A bill was placed in Parliament on Tuesday with a proposal to provide judges of the Supreme Court monthly special allowances. Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Anisul Huq placed the bill titled Supreme Court Judges (Remuneration and Privileges)…
The 94th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed across the country on Monday as the National Children’s Day. The day was a public holiday. On March 17, 1920, the architect of the nation was born at Tungipara…
Echoing Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Monday said elections to all the local bodies should be held on partisan basis like that of parliament. “No non-partisan election is held in the…
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor on Monday observed that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is not still safe. “Sheikh Hasina is always gripped by fear of death. The anti-liberation forces have always been engaged in a plot to kill Sheikh Hasina…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought wealth statements of Awami League lawmaker Aslamul Haque Aslam and former Jatiya Party MP M Abdul Jabbar and their family members. The commission on Sunday served sent notices to Aslamul Haque, MP and his…
In an interview to the ‘Telegraph’, Kolkata’s leading English daily, Khaleda has asked India to stop supporting the ‘illegal government’ of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “India, which has a long and proud history of democracy, should stand on the side…
Jhenaidah – Ain O Shalish Kendra executive director, ex advisor to the caretaker government Advocate Sultana Kamal has said, “extrajudicial killings widely known as crossfire to the law enforcing ageniies are one of the most formidable barriers to the establishment…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called for united efforts at making the country economically self-reliant in fulfilling the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She made the appeal while delivering her speech at a seminar titled ‘Speech of March…
Two frigates and two maritime patrol aircraft of Bangladesh Navy have been deployed in the Bay of Bengal and its adjoining areas as part of search operation for the missing Malaysian aircraft. The move came at the directive of the…
President Abdul Hamid on Friday called upon people from all walks of life to actively cooperate with the government in a bid to ensure country’s overall development. “Development is an ongoing process. The government’s responsibility is to ensure a development-friendly…
Bangladesh is going to assist the international community in tracing the Malaysian missing aircraft from Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday directed the authorities concerned to assist the international community in the search operation for the missing Malaysian plane,…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has collected some information on money laundering by some former ministers of the BNP-Jamaat led government, says Commissioner M Sahabuddin Chuppu. “The commission has received specific information on money laundering by about four or five BNP…
The mediation between Sonali Bank Limited and the directors of Dandy Dying Limited in the case filed for a defaulting loan amount of Tk 45.49 crore failed and the court fixed March 23 to frame issue of the case. Judge…
The High Court has found Prothom Alo Joint Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan guilty of contempt for two of his articles published by the Bangla daily. Khan has been fined of Tk 5,000 and the judges considered the five days of…
Arab League Secretary General Nabil El Araby has said he is following Bangladesh’s war crimes trial “quite closely” and that the Arab League will always “stand by the side of justice”. He made the comment in a meeting with Bangladesh’s…
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated former Rajuk chairman Azizul Haque and its former member Nasir Uddin in connection with irregularities in Rajuk plot distribution. ACC deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy questioned them for two hours from 11…
The High Court has directed the government to issue within 48 hours a machine readable passport (MRP) to BNP Standing Committee Member Barrister Moudud Ahmed. The bench of Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order…
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad arrives here on Saturday to attend the convocation of the University of Information, Technology and Sciences (UITS) to be held here on the same day. Dr Mahathir is scheduled to arrive here…
The two-day election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will begin on Wednesday. The voting will be held from 10am to 5pm on Wednesday and Thursday with a one-hour break from 1pm on both days. A seven-member panel, headed…
A senior editor with Prothom Alo has apologised over his articles during the hearing of contempt of court charges against him. Editor Matiur Rahman has also regretted in High Court about the publication of the articles taking full responsibility. The…
A Supreme Court lawyer has brought contempt-of-court charges against senior journalist Amanullah Kabir over his remarks at a television talk show. Former High Court judge Munsurul Haque brought the charges amid the hearing over a contempt rule against the joint…
The government will give opportunity to 10,000 Bangladeshi pilgrims to perform hajj at Tk 300,000- 350,000. Altogether 101,758 Bangladeshi pilgrims will perform Hajj this year. Other than the 10,000 going on government packages, the rest can perform Hajj through private…
A woman from Rajshahi and her two accomplices have been sentenced to life in jail for throwing acid on her husband in an attempt to kill him. Rajshahi Additional Chief Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Shahidullah pronounced the verdict at 3pm…
The High Court has ordered daily Prothom Alo’s Editor Matiur Rahman and Joint Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan to re-submit their explanations on charges of contempt of court. It also ordered the editor to appear before the court and ascertain that…
A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist, injured in Saturday’s clashes between supporters of two chairman aspirants at Sreepur, has died in a Dhaka hospital, his relatives say. Al Amin, 25, was a member of Sreepur municipal BCL unit. He passed…
All the 50 reserved seats for women in Parliament will be elected uncontested as they have no rivals, it is learnt. The number of elected unopposed MPs in the legislature would thus thand at 203 This picture emerged on Sunday,…
Visiting Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani on Sunday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take initiatives for the repatriation of Myanmar refugees from Bangladesh. Madani made the request when he met the Prime Minister…
Another Jahangirnagar University (JU) teacher testified on Sunday to Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 in the case lodged in connection with the killing JU student Zubair Ahmed. JU professor Dr SM Badiar Rahmed of the Department of Bio-Chemistry of the university…
The High Court on Sunday declared illegal the recruitment of over 4,000 nurses holding diploma degrees by the government. After hearing a writ petition, an HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the…
Senior advocate of the Supreme Court Barrister Rafiqul Haque has called for restricting the tenure of Prime Minister so that nobody can seek elevation to the position for more than two terms. He said that the practices of the last…