Jan8: Police frustrated an attempt to besiege Shikkha Bhaban on Tuesday by the teachers of educational institutions not included under the government’s Monthly Payment Order (MPO). The law enforcers intercepted a procession of those teachers around noon when they were…
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Govt to nationalise primary schools
Jan8: The government has decided to nationalise 26,193 non-government primary schools across Bangladesh. Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Ameen says Sheikh Hasina will make an announcement to this effect on Wednesday from a rally of the non-government primary school…
ACC Chairman says: Decision on 3 foreigners after WB report
Jan 8: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Ghulam Rahman said the commission would take decision on the three foreign accused after getting World Bank (WB) report over the Padma Bridge graft allegation. The three foreign accused are Ramesh Saha, Ismail…
PM says: Gas connection in Noakhali soon
Jan 8: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday categorically said the people of the district would be provided with gas connection and others privileges soon. “The gas of Sundalpur and Shahajadpur will not only be added to national grid, but…
Country lacks rule of law: BNP
Jan 8: Opposition BNP Standing Committee Member MK Anwar said rule of law has been halted in the country due to the verdict of former Justice ABM Khairul Haque over the issue of caretaker government. The senior leader of the…
Nirmal Sen dead
His family said he died at around 6.30 pm on Tuesday at a hospital in Dhaka of septicemia, a lung infection that spread into his blood stream. Within minutes, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recalled in a message her long association…
Parliament’s winter session from Jan 27
Parliament will convene its winter session on Jan 27. It will be 16th sitting of the ninth Parliament. President Mohammad Zillur Rahman on Monday summoned Parliament into the session in line with the constitutional obligation of holding a sitting within…
Judge gets bail
Senior Assistant Judge Javed Imam on Monday secured six-month’s ad-interim bail from the High Court after being held for allegedly possessing contraband Phensydyl syrup. The bench of justices Quamrul Islam Siddiqui and Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain also asked the Deputy…
Fire at Mohakhali slum
Jan7: A devastating fire broke out at Lichutala Slum at Mohakhali in the city on Monday night. A fire service official told banglanews that the blaze began around 8:00pm at the slum adjacent to Metropolitan Hospital in the area.
Non-MPO teachers besiege Shikkha Bhaban Tuesday
Teachers working at educational institutions not enrolled to MPO system will besiege the Shikkha Bhaban in the capital on Tuesday to press the government to enlist them. The announcement came following a day-long sit-in protest staged by Non-MPO Shikkha Prothisthan…
Gazipur to be 11th city corporation
The government on approved country’s 11th city corporation at Gazipur comprising about 330sq km area from Tongi and Gazipur municipalities. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reforms (NICAR), chaired by Prime Minister…
13 Shibir women held in city
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Police personnel allegedly held 13 female activists of Chhatra Shibir from National Press Club area of the capital on Saturday afternoon. Three of the detainees are Joshna Begum, Fatema and Sadia. Wishing anonymity an RAB…
Students seek raise in govt job entry age
Students from various universities and colleges on Saturday staged a demonstration at the city’s key Shahbagh intersection demanding raise in the current age limit for government employment to 35 years from 30. The three-hour demonstration by the students, united under…
Panel to oversee gang-rape victim’s treatment
The condition of the 15-year-old schoolgirl who was gang-raped for three days in Tangail has ‘slightly improved’ at Dhaka Medical College Hospital where authorities formed a medical team on Thursday to oversee her treatment. Dr Bilkis Begum, coordinator of the…
17 days remand for Fakhrul sought
Police on Thursday filed a petition seeking 17 days remand for BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir showing him as arrested in two more strike-related violence cases. Motijheel and Sutrapur Police filed the petitions seeking exhibit of arrest…
Shibir’s city processions: Cocktails exploded, 2 held
Shibir activists brought out two sudden processions in city’s Ittefak intersection and Mohakhali rail gate areas Thursday morning. In first procession, activists of Chhatra Shibir locked into clash and with police around 10:15 am and exploded numbers of cocktails, banglanews…
No food scarcity in country: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, on Thursday categorically said, at present, there is no scarcity of food in the country now. “The incumbent government is agriculture-friendly. We are committed to ensure food security of the country,”…