Dhaka, June 20 – In a verdict, the High Court yesterday issued a set of directives to bring back discipline on the road and reducing road accident across the country. While delivering a judgment, the HC bench comprising Justice JBM…
Category: Governance
3 suspects killed in ‘gunfights’ in Dhaka, Comilla, N’ganj
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Three people, including two suspected criminals and a ‘drug dealer’, were killed in alleged gunfights with law enforcers in Dhaka, Cumilla and Narayanganj on Thursday. In Dhaka, a suspected criminal was killed in a ‘gunfight’…
Christchurch attack: NZ launches gun buy-back scheme
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – New Zealand has launched a gun buy-back scheme in the wake of the deadly Christchurch mosque shootings, reports BBC. More than $208m New Zealand dollars (£108m, $136m), have been set aside to compensate owners of…
Health insurance for people on cards, pilot project on: PM
Sangsad Bhaban, Jun 19 (UNB) – The government has planned to introduce health insurance to ensure healthcare services for people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday. As part of the plan, she said, the government has already started…
Khaleda to walk out of jail with HC bail, hopes BNP
Dhaka, Jun 19 (UNB) – BNP on Wednesday hoped that its chairperson Khaleda Zia will be released soon from jail with bail from the High Court in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases. “We hope the High Court…
EVMs to be used in all future BD elections: CEC
Bogura, June 19 (UNB) – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said that Electronic Voting Machines will be used in all future elections in Bangladesh. “A legal framework has been prepared in this regard,” he said at…
Lop-sided election not good for democracy: EC Mahbub
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – Mentioning that the upazila parishad elections were lop-sided ones as opposition parties did not participate in the polls, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Wednesday said no one-sided election is good for democracy. He made the…
Ex-minister Sohel Taj’s nephew rescued in Mymensingh
Mymensingh, June 20 – Police rescued the nephew of former state minister Sohel Taj from Batala Bazar area in Tarakanda Upazila early Thursday, 11 days after he was abducted from Chattogram. Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tarakanda Police Station, said criminals…
‘Exempt poultry industry from 5 percent Vat’
Dhaka, June 19 – The leaders of the Feed Industries Association Bangladesh (FIAB) and Breeders Association of Bangladesh (BAB) have urged the government to exempt the poultry industry a 5 per cent Advance Tax (AT) and 5 per cent Advance…
Former MP Rana gets bail
Dhaka, June 19 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted permanent bail to former Awami League lawmaker from Tangail-3 Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a case filed over the murder of two Jubo League leaders.…
HC to know steps for stopping fish cultivation in Sewer lagoons
Dhaka, June 19 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday wanted to know the steps taken to implement its 2015 directives for stopping cultivation of fishes in Dhaka, Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) lagoon in…
Older and wiser?—when govts get it wrong on pensions reform
by Steve Coulter on 18th June 2019 Greater dependency ratios may imply pensions reform—but not that it be unfair. Europe is turning grey. By 2060 over a quarter of the EU’s population will be over 65. Ageing is accelerating as…
Court completely independent, no govt interference: Quader
Dhaka, June 18 – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday again claimed that the country’s judiciary is completely independent and the Sheikh Hasina government doesn’t interfere in the court matters. “It has proved again that the AL-led government doesn’t…
Police HQ forms committee to probe DIG Mizan’s graft allegations
Dhaka, June 18 – Police Headquarters have formed a three members committee to investigate allegations of graft and submit a probe report in a case filed against Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman. Confirming the matter, Assistant Inspector General of…
Remove and destroy expired medicines in 30 days: HC
Dhaka, June 18 (UNB) – The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to remove expired medicines from pharmacy shelves across the country and destroy those within 30 days. The HC bench of Justice FRM…
How indigenous people in Sikkim united in anti-dam movement
by Sahana Ghosh on 17 June 2019 • Territoriality through traditional self-governance played a key role in successful and sustained anti-dam protests by two indigenous communities in Lachen and Lachung in the eastern Himalayas. • While many anti-dam protests have…
Egypt’s ousted president Morsi dies in court during trial
Cairo, Jun 18 (AP/UNB) — Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi who was ousted by the military in 2013 after a year in office, collapsed in court while on trial Monday and died, state TV and his…
Don’t use EVM in Bogura-6 by-polls: BNP
Dhaka, Jun 17 (UNB) – BNP on Monday demanded the Election Commission withdraw its decision of using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat billed for June 24. “The Election Commission, which is subservient to the government,…
Ex-OC of Sonagazi refused bail, sent to jail
Dhaka, June 17 – Dhaka Cyber Crimes Tribunal yesterday sent former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi police station Moazzem Hossain to jail after rejecting his bail plea in connection with a case filed for recording Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s statement on video…
What’s wrong with environmental impact assessments?
by Maxwell Gomera Cambridge – Walhi, Indonesia’s largest environmental organization, recently took the government to court for issuing construction permits to a Chinese company based on what they allege was a “deeply flawed” environmental impact assessment. In fact, Wahli contends,…
Case over Viquarunnissa School student Aritri’s suicide
Dhaka, June 16 – Two teachers of Viqarunnissa Noon School and College yesterday secured bail in the case filed over instigating the suicide of school’s student Aritri Adhikasri. Judge Rabiul Alam of the Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of…
HC orders random testing of food products across Bangladesh
Dhaka, June 16 – The High Court on Sunday ordered the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) to inspect and re-examine food products at random throughout the year across the country with the help of other agencies to ensure the…
Over 40% of newly elected Indian lawmakers facing charges
New Delhi, Jun 16 (AP/UNB) — India’s recent national election delivered a historic victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, but also exposed the influence of money, power and questionable morality on the world’s largest democracy. Nearly 43%…
Nushrat video recording: Ex-Sonagazi OC Moazzem held
Dhaka, June 16 (UNB) – Police finally arrested former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain from the city on Sunday in a case filed over circulating a video on social media on Feni madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s statement…
3 suspected drug peddlers killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, June 16 (UNB) – Three men, described as drug peddlers by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), were killed in an alleged gunfight in Teknaf upazila early Sunday. Rab-15 Teknaf camp commander Lieutenant Md Mirza Shahed Mahtab confirmed UNB…
CIMS database helped prevent terror attacks: Dhaka Police
Dhaka, June 15 (UNB)— The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been observing the ‘Citizen Information Collection Week’ from Saturday as part of its preventive measures to avert threats of militant attacks. It will continue until May 21. During this period,…
Sexual assaults in BD take horrific turn: Two held
Dhaka, June 15 – Two minor girls have reportedly been raped in Netrakona and Comilla while a bus driver and his helper arrested in Manikganj for ‘rape attempt’ on a woman in their moving vehicle. Besides, a youth has been…
Mixed reaction on budget from ruling alliance
Dhaka, June 14 – The leaders of Awami League-led 14-party alliance have given mixed reaction over the proposed budget for 2019-20 fiscal year. Some alliance leaders said the proposed budget will not fulfill the expectation of the mass people of…
Budget not reflects ruling party’s polls manifesto: CPD
Dhaka, June 14 – The proposed national budget has not reflected the pledges of the ruling party Awami League’s election manifesto as it would go in favour of the people who are beneficiary of economic misrule instead of the larger…
Young BD girl set on fire in Narsingdi
Narsingdi, June 14 (UNB) – A young girl suffered serious burn injuries as miscreants allegedly set her on fire at Birpur in the district town on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Phulon Barman, 17, daughter of Shital Barman…