Five of renowned public universities can provide only a fourth of their girl students with residence in halls, forcing many to share seats in the halls. A half of the girl students need to live outside the campuses by spending money lot more than others do. In the face of growing accommodation crisis, girl students need to live in groups […]
Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony landed in jail on Thursday after a metropolitan magistrate in Dhaka rejected his petition for bail in a case of assault on journalists. The magistrate, SM Ashiqur Rahman, sent the lawmaker for Patuakhali-3 constituency to jail and asked the authorities to ensure his facilities and treatment according to the jail code. The court said […]
The remarks that Sajib Wazed Joy, the son of the prime minister, made on Tuesday that the ruling Awami League would be voted to power again in the next national elections have energised the party grass roots, many Awami League leaders said. Sajib Wazed at an iftar party on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday said that the […]
Staff correspondent The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday took into cognizance the formal war crimes charges against Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam. On July 18, the prosecution submitted the formal charges against Azhar on six counts of crimes against humanity he allegedly committed in Rangpur during the War of Independence in 1971. The tribunal said that it had perused the […]
Detained ruling Awami League legislator Golam Maula Rony in a statement on Thursday apologised to journalists and the media for his ‘unrestrained behaviour’ with them. ‘I am solely responsible for my unrestrained behaviour with journalist friends,’ he said in the statement. ‘I offer apologies to all journalists and media people and those who are unhappy over my conduct. I hope […]
The BNP’s senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman has called upon its leaders and activists to get ready for a strong movement to force the government to restore the caretaker government system. ‘At this moment, it’s the prime task to establish a neutral non-party government before the polls. There’s no alternative to caretaker government for holding a free, fair and transparent election. […]
The foreign minister, Dipu Moni, on Thursday went to New Delhi to directly approach directly Indian opposition Bharatiya Janata Party to win the support for the Land Boundary Agreement likely to be placed in the monsoon session of the Indian parliament early August. As India’s Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government rues the lack of political support for the Land Boundary […]
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday asked the Election Commission not to amend the electoral code of conduct that would allow the prime minister and 20 cabinet members nominated by her to participate in the election campaigns for the party candidates. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan at a news briefing at the party’s central office said it was […]
A train flew off the tracks as it reportedly tore at twice the speed limit around a bend in northwestern Spain, killing at least 80 passengers and injuring more than 140 in the nation’s deadliest rail disaster since 1944. Carriages piled into each other and overturned in Wednesday’s crash, smoke billowing from the wreckage of mangled steel and smashed windows […]
Law minister Shafique Ahmed on Thursday turned down a proposal of the deputy commissioners to restore the power of summary trial by the executive magistrates. He said that there was no scope for the executive magistrates to take cognisance of offences and exercise judicial authority after the separation of the judiciary from the executive. ‘Article 22 of the constitution clearly […]
Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over non-enforcement of laws on children. According to statute books, Bangladesh has 35 laws to protect children’s rights. Speaking at a seminar the Chief Justice regretted that the proper enforcement of the child laws ‘is in limbo’ due to lack of knowledge of the principal actors- the police, magistrates and prosecutors […]
The Election Commission on Thursday sent the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Order 1972 to the law ministry for vetting. The proposed amendments keep provisions for using mobile court in the run-up to the elections, barring war criminals and those convicted of crimes under the International Crimes (Tribunal) Act 1973 from contesting the polls, barring ‘rebel’ candidates […]
Bangladesh Ulema Mashaikh Sanghati Parishad, a pro-Awami League Islamist organisation, on Thursday asked the government to boycott Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus socially and declare him persona non grata in the country. At a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity, the organisation leaders demanded immediate arrest of Yunus. Addressing the press conference, the organisation presidium member Ayub Ansari also threatened that […]
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Thursday said that no general elections would be held with the Awami League in power. Speaking at a pre-iftar discussion she alleged that the AL was hatching conspiracies to hold the next polls staying in power. Bikalpadhara Bangladesh hosted the iftar-party at a city convention hall for politicians and eminent citizens. The […]
The labour and employment minister, Rajiuddin Raju, on Thursday said that the government would protest against the statement of the International Labour Organisation on the amendment to the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 passed by the parliament. ‘A protest letter will be sent to the ILO soon,’ Raju told a press conference at his ministry, terming the ILO statement unexpected. The […]
The prosecution on Thursday sought the indictment of detained Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali on 14 charges of crimes against humanity. Quasem was in the dock. The prosecution laid the charges Quasem allegedly committed in Chittagong during the Liberation War in collaboration with Pakistani occupation army and his accomplices. Reading out the formal charges against him at the International Crimes […]
A judicial magistrate in Dhaka on Thursday sent to jail the sacked Savar municipal mayor Refayet Ullah in a case related to the Rana Plaza collapse that killed more thna 1,100 people. Dhaka senior judicial magistrate Kazi Shahidul Islam passed the order as Refayet was produced in court after his arrest on Wednesday. The court also rejected Refayet’s bail prayer. […]
The University Grants Commission is working to launch an internet-based information portal for universities, which will ease decision-making on higher education. The portal titled Higher Education Management Information System is being developed under the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project. A workshop was held in the UGC auditorium in the capital city on Thursday to decide the indexes of the portal. […]
Another prosecution witness in the Bishwajit killing case gave his deposition in the trial court on Thursday. The speedy trial tribunal judge, SM Rafiqul Islam, recorded the deposition of the fourth prosecution witness Abdul Jabbar, also an employee of the shop of Bishwajit’s brother. He told the court that he just heard about the incident but did not witness the […]
A parliametntary panel on Thursday asked the health ministry to ensure women-friendly health services and take steps to popularise male contraception methods in rural areas. The committee on public assurances also asked the ministry to allocate additional fuel for smooth operation of ambulance service of upazila health complexes. The committee at its 59th meeting discussed the assurances made for the […]
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