The underlying message at the fifth annual Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development was summed up in its telling title “The politics of peace.”
Category: Governance
Hearing on Gazipur City polls stay deferred for a day
Dhaka, May 9 – The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday deferred to Thursday the hearing on the appeal petitions filed challenging the High Court order that stayed Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election for three months.
2 suspected ‘criminals’ killed in ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, May 9 – Two suspected criminals were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with the members of Detective Branch (DB) and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Demra and Narayanganj early Wednesday.
Nine zebras seized in Southwest BD district Jashore
Jashore, May 9 – Detectives in a drive seized nine zebras from Satmail Bazar area in Sharsha Upazila early Wednesday.
China, Japan, South Korea agree on North’s nukes
Tokyo, Apr 09 (AP/UNB) — China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to work together to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and on a three-way and regional free trade agreements.
3 held with Yaba pills in Cumilla
Dhaka- Members of highway police in a drive arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with 40,000 pieces of Yaba pills and 100 bottles of phensidyl syrup from Kalakachua in Burichang upazila in Cumilla on Tuesday morning.
50 Jamaat men held in Satkhira
Dhaka – Police in a special drive arrested 50 Jamaat leaders and activists from different places of the district on various charges in Satkhira on Monday night .
6 held over Bogura four murders
Dhaka- Police arrested six people, including a couple and their daughter, over the murders of four young men, who were found slaughtered in a paddy field at Baladighi village in Shibganj uapzila on Monday, from different parts of the upazila…
India’s top court to hear Chief Justice’s impeachment plea
A five-judge constitution bench of India’s top court will hear a petition Tuesday challenging the rejection of the impeachment notice against Chief Justice Dipak Misra, officials said.
EC to appeal against Gazipur polls stay
The Election Commission on Tuesday decided to appeal with the Appellate Division challenging the High Court order that stayed Gazipur City election for three months, just nine days before the polls slated for May 15.
Writ seeks stay on Bar Council polls
A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Tuesday seeking a stay on the upcoming Bangladesh Bar Council election.
‘No instruction from PM office on quota abolition’
Senior Secretary of the Public Administration Ministry Mozammel Haque Khan on Tuesday said gazette notification on the abolition of the quota system in public service will be issued once they get instructions from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Hearing on appeal against Gazipur polls stay Wednesday
The Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hold hearing on the two appeal petitions on Wednesday challenging the High Court order staying the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election for three months.
Hearing of writ of BNP’s Gazipur Mayor candidate Tuesday
Dhaka, May 6 – The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division will hold the hearing Tuesday on an appeal filed by BNP mayoral candidate Md Hasan Uddin Sarker challenging the High Court order that stayed the Gazipur city corporation (GCC)…
4 jailed for acid attack on Kushtia college girl
Dhaka – A court here on Monday sentenced a young man to 14 years’ imprisonment and three others to 7 years’ one in a case filed for an acid attack on a college girl in 2014.
4 youths found slaughtered in Bogura
Dhaka – Four young men were found slaughtered in a paddy field of Baladighi village in Shibganj upazila on Monday.
Govt may stop Khulna City election too: BNP
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday feared that the government may now try to get the Khulna city corporation polls stayed by court as a mass wave has also been created there like Gazipur in favour of the…
Ramadan office-time from 9am to 3-30pm
Dhaka, May 7 – The government has fixed the office timing during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan from 9 am to 3:30 pm on every working day.
False dowry cases to invite 5 years in jail
DHAKA, May 7 – The cabinet today gave final approval to the revised dowry law suggesting five years of imprisonment for making efforts to implicate one with false charges at its weekly meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the…
Writ filed challenging HC order on Gazipur polls
Dhaka, May 7 – BNP mayoral candidate Hasan Uddin Sarkar filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday challenging the High Court order staying the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election for three months.
BNP to stage demo on Wednesday in capital
Denied permission to hold a rally, BNP on Monday announced to stage demonstrations in all thanas of the capital on Wednesday.
AL’s fear of defeat led to Gazipur election stay: BNP
Dhaka, May 6 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the government has got the Gazipur City Corporation election stayed by the court resorting to tricks sensing the sure defeat of the ruling party mayoral…
Female college teacher, bank auditor found dead in Faridpur flat
Police launch an investigation to unveil the mystery Faridpur, May 7 – Police recovered the bodies of a female college teacher and a bank officer from a flat of a house at Dakhshin Jhiltuli of the Faridpur district town on…
Gunman injures Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal in Punjab
A gunman has shot and injured Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal while he was visiting his constituency in the north-eastern city of Narowal.
Verdict in Prof. Rezaul killing case May 8: Justice urged
Rajshahi, May 6 – The teachers and students of English department of Rajshahi University (RU) brought out rally and formed human chain at the university on Sunday demanding fair justice in their fellow teacher Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee murder…
ACC concerned over wife’s liability to husband’s graft
Dhaka, May 6 – The Anti-Corruption Commission, (ACC) is concerned about 118 cases of corruption against men and the provision of punishment of women along with husbands, said Iqbal Mahmud, Chairman, ACC.
Gun attack on BNP-backed KCC councilor candidate
Khulna, May 6 – Some unidentified miscreants opened fire on a BNP backed councilor aspirant for Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election at Jamuna Road in Khlishpur on Saturday night.
66.94 lakh cigarettes seized in Chattogram
Dhaka- The Chattogram Customs House has seized huge cigarettes worth Tk 10 crore imported under a false declaration against the names of two non-existent entities.
7kg gold seized from Biman microbus at Dhaka airport
Dhaka – Customs members seized 60 gold bars weighing around 7 kgs from a microbus of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday afternoon.
IG of Police calls for better inter-force relations
DHAKA, May 6 – Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary asked the police personnel to maintain friendly relations with members of other forces while discharging their professional duties.