On Monday, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina chaired a cabinet meeting which decided to grant official government recognition of people who gender identify as Hijras, people who identify as neither male nor female.
Category: Governance
Three districts get new DCs
The government has appointed new Deputy Commissioners (DC) for the districts of Niphamari, Bhola and Jamalpur.
India makes fresh promise to ratify Land Boundary Agreement
India has again assured Bangladesh of a fresh attempt to ratify the Land Boundary Agreement during the winter session of Parliament beginning next month. Foreign Minister Dipu Moni was told of the new move by the Indian Government for a…
EU expresses worry over curtailing ACC authority
European Union (EU) delegates at a meeting of the Local Consultative Group on Monday expressed their concern over curtailing the Anti Corruption Commission’s (ACC) authority to file cases against government officials. Finance Minister AMA Muhith said this to reporters at a…
Parliament adjourned till Nov 18
The 19th session of the ninth Parliament has been adjourned until Nov 18.
Dipu Moni on way to New Delhi
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has left Dhaka for New Delhi on Sunday to join the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of foreign ministers.
Charge-framing hearing against Adilur, Elan Nov 17
A tribunal here on Sunday fixed November 17 for hearing on charge-framing against secretary of rights body ‘Odhikar’ Adilur Rahman Khan and its director ASM Nasiruddin Elan in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
Tk 21cr siphoned to Koko Ac in Singapore brought back: Muhith
Some Tk 21,00,55,394 which was siphoned off to Singapore by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat Rahman Koko had been brought back home during the present tenure of the government, the Finance Minister told Parliament on Sunday.
Level-playing field for all after polls schedule: CEC
The Election Commission (EC) will ensure a level-playing field for all political parties and candidates after the announcement of the election schedule.
26 bombs, gunpowder recovered in Rajshahi
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 26 crude bombs and 4.5 kg gunpowder in Kasba area of Poba upazila here on Saturday night.
Bus driver held with Phensidyl in Benapole
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a bus driver along with 1171 bottles of Phensidyl from Kagozpukur area here on Saturday.
Top BNP leaders sent to jail, remand hearing Nov 14
A Dhaka court on Saturday sent five senior BNP leaders including incumbent lawmakers and the party’s Standing Committee members, MK Anwar and Barrister Moudud Ahmed to jail in two separate cases filed with Motijheel Police Station.
Noor Hossain Democracy Day today
Shaheed Noor Hossain Day, commemorating the heartrending martyrdom of young man Noor Hossain during the anti-Ershad movement in the late 80s, will be observed on Sunday with due solemnity.
India to open first integrated check post at Agartala border
Agartala: India’s second international-standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the Bangladesh border will be opened to people at Akhaurah in Tripura on November 17, officials said here on Friday.
TIB demands punishment of those who attacked minorities
Condemning the recent attacks on minorities, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday demanded exemplary punishment of the perpetrators through a fair investigation into the incidents.
Bangladesh eligible country for MCC Threshold Program
After long nine years of wait, Bangladesh has been declared an eligible country for the Threshold Program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the USA.
US Asstt Secy Nisha Desai may visit Dhaka Nov 16
US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal is likely to arrive here on a three-day visit on November 16, says a Bangladesh government foreign Ministry source.
‘Tarique case verdict this month,’ hopes prosecution
Prosecution hopes a verdict in the money laundering case against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman will come this month.
Nizami played political role in 1971: Defence
Denying the charges of crimes against humanity, including genocide, during the Liberation War against his client, a defence counsel on Thursday said that accused Motiur Rahman Nizami, a 1971 president of Islami Chhatra Sangha (ICS), student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, had…
‘Police not nabbing Santhia attackers’: HRC chief
National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman has alleged that police are arresting ‘innocent people’ sparing those involved in communal attacks at Santhia in Pabna.
Three to die for murder
Three people have been sentenced to death for killing a poultry businessman in Barishal three years ago.
3 held with heroin, Yaba tablets at Benapole
Police arrested three alleged drug peddlers along with heroin and Yaba tablets at Ghup Nauapara in Jessore sadar upazila on Wednesday night.
4 additional secys, 10 joint secys transferred
The government has made key administrative changes, shaking up the top positions in several departments even as its term nears its end.
BJP meets Bangladesh envoy over attacks on Hindus
New Delhi: A Bharatiya Janata Party delegation Wednesday met Bangladesh High Commissioner Mahbub Hassan Saleh and lodged a protest over attacks on Hindus in that country. The delegation was led by BJP’s convenor of overseas affairs Vijay Jolly. “He (Jolly)…
Dhaka-Ashulia elevated expressway work to start in due time: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said in Parliament that hopefully, the construction work for the 38-km Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway will start in due time stretching from Shahjalal International Airport to Chandra of Gazipur along the Ashulia road.
President for establishing entrepreneurs Dev University
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday underscored the need for establishing an Entrepreneurs Development University to make the development activities of entrepreneurs more dynamic and professional apart from checking the brain drain.
Political parties must protect children from violence: Rights bodies
Two leading international child rights organisations working in Bangladesh on Wednesday urged all political parties and movements to do their utmost to respect and protect the rights of children during the lead-up to election.
ICT Contempt on Channel 24: Hearing deferred to Nov 28
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday again deferred to November 28 the hearing of the pretrial contempt petition against Channel 24 , a private satellite TV network, on its impugned live talk-show, ‘Muktabaak’, calling in question the transparency of the…
JS passes EC Secretariat, REB Bills
Parliament on Wednesday passed two bills including the Election Commission Secretariat (Amendment) Bill, 2013 empowering the commission to appoint its manpower.
Adhikar’s rights activist Elan sent to jail
Human rights organization Odhikar Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan on Wednesday morning surrendered to Dhaka’s Cyber Crime Tribunal and the judge sent him to jail rejecting his bail petition in a case filed for allegedly distorting facts about eviction of Hefajat…