Dhaka, Jan 24 – The Anti-Corruption Corruption (ACC) has decided to seize illegal wealth during the investigation against corrupt persons, if there is any. Sources in the commission said that the ACC took the decision at an emergency meeting held…
Category: Governance
EC appoints observers for suspended Gaibandha-3 election
Dhaka, Jan 24 – Election Commission (EC) has appointed its observers and monitoring persons to closely oversee the parliamentary polls of Gaibandha-3 constituency scheduled on January 27. EC sources said the Commission on Wednesday appoint seven of its senior election…
Three suspects killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfights’
Cox’s Bazar, Jan 24 – Two suspected drug traders and an alleged robber were killed in separate incidents of a reported gunfight with law enforcers in Teknaf and Maheshkhali Upazila early Thursday. In Teknaf, two suspected drug traders were killed…
HC asks lower court to dispose of Khaleda’s bail plea
Dhaka, Jan 23 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the lower court concerned to dispose of by February 4 the bail petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Cumilla arson attack case that…
Brexit, Trump and ‘yellow vests’
Sixty years ago, the sociologist WG Runciman published an influential study of attitudes to ’relative deprivation’ in 20th century England. Runciman sought to explain why at crucial periods in the past century, notably after the first world war and in…
Two police constables closed for ‘drug trading’
Two police constables of Bhaberchar Highway Police camp have been closed to the district police lines for their alleged involvement in drug trading.The accused are Constable Arif, 28 and Constable Mamun, 27. Acting on secret information, a team of Rab-10…
HC asks Comilla tribunal to dispose of Khaleda’s bail plea
The High Court on Wednesday asked the lower court concerned to dispose of the petition filed seeking bail to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia by February 4 in a case filed over killing of eight people in an arson attack on…
Prisoner dies while undergoing medical treatment at Rajshahi
A prisoner died while undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Jabbar, 45, son of Javed Ali of Paba upazila, said Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Rajpara Police Station. The inmate was…
Exclusive: Seven years jail for illegal recruiters
Special Correspondent Those who indulge in illegal recrutiment can be jailed for seven years and fined OMR2,800, (Rs500,000) a draft of Indian Emigration Bill 2019 reveals. According to the draft, which is likely to be tabled in the February Budget…
Royal decree for Thailand’s election issued
A royal decree for Thailand’s general election was issued on Wednesday to be followed by the announcement of the election date within the next five days.
SC upholds CCF Osman Gani’s 12-year in prison sentence
Dhaka, Jan 22 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the High Court verdict that upheld a lower court judgement sentencing former Chief Conservator of Forest Osman Gani to 12 years’ imprisonment in a corruption case.
By-elections of Dhaka North city mayor now Feb 28
The by-elections to the vacant mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Kishoreganj-1 constituency will be held on February 28.
Writ challenges reserved seats for women
A writ has been filed challenging legality of the 17th amendment to the Constitution which extended the tenure of 50 parliamentary seats reserved exclusively for women for 25 years more.
European Parliament elections: prospects for the left?
The European left is going through a crisis. In an insightful article, ‘What happened to Europe’s left?’, Jan Rovny explains that the various political defeats of social-democratic parties—in France, Germany, Italy, Holland, the Czech Republic and Greece—stem from shifting their…
Spirit of Bd Liberation War beaten in Dec 30 polls: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said Bangladesh’s democracy had been killed through December 30 national election.
Kamrun Nahar Women & Children Affairs Ministry secretary
Dhaka, Jan 22 – Principal Information Officer Kamrun Nahar has been made secretary to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
Opposition BNP woman leader held over FB post in Chittagong
Chattogram, Jan 22 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal leader from GEC intersection in the city on Monday night over posting ‘provocative remarks against the state and law enforcement agencies’ on her facebook.
Bd opposition BNP pushes for fresh polls, movement
Claiming that Awami League has turned into a ‘mass enemy’ for ‘looting democracy’, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their movement will continue until a people’s government is installed through a fresh election under a nonparty…
Jamuna Bank security guard found dead
Dhaka, Jan 21 – The police recovered the body of a security guard from a Jamuna Bank ATM booth in the capital’s Baridhara area on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamim, 24.
Two ex-IGs of police sentenced in Grenade Attack case bailed
Dhaka, Jan 21 – The High Court (HC) on Monday granted six months’ bail to two former inspectors general of police (IGPs)—Ashraful Huda and Shahudul Haque—who were sentenced to four years in jail each in connection with the August 21…
ACC finds 40 percent doctors absent from govt hospitals
Dhaka, Jan 21 – Officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) found 40 per cent doctors absent while conducting drives in 10 government hospitals in eight districts simultaneously on Monday. They also found that 62 per cent doctors in Upazila hospitals were…
Billionaire gains grew $2.5 bn a day in 2018 – poorest lost
Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year – or $2.5 billion a day – while the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity saw their wealth decline by 11 percent, reveals a new report from…
Khulna journalist gets anticipatory bail in ICT case
The High Court on Monday granted a four-week anticipatory bail to Rashidul Islam, the Khulna correspondent of Daily Manabzamin, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.
Grenade Attack Case: 2 former IGPs get HC bail
The High Court on Monday granted six-month bail to former Inspectors General of Police (IGP) Ashraful Huda and Shahudul Haque, who were convicted in a case filed over August 21 grenade attack.
DU Paribesh Parishad meeting held over Ducsu polls
A meeting of the Dhaka University (DU) Paribesh Parishad was held on the campus on Monday over elections to DU Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall unions.
Warrant against Khaleda: Instigating religious issue case
Dhaka, Jan 20 – A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, in a case filed for allegedly making false and instigative remarks on religious issues involving the ruling Awami League.
Bd anti-graft body demolishes four illegal brick kilns
Dhaka, Jan 20 – The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday demolished four illegal bricks kilns and freed 20 acres of farmland from the illegal occupants at Mujibnagar under Meherpur district.
BB moves to file case against cyber heist in US court
Dhaka, June 2- – Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said Bangladesh Bank (BB) is taking all sorts of preparations to file a case with a New York court by the end of January to recover the whole money heisted…
Gulshan attack accused Ripon placed under police remand
Dhaka, Jan 20 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka court on Sunday placed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) member Md Mammunur Rashid, an accused in Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery café attack case, on a five-day remand.
UN sexual abuse report shifts focus
A survey of sexual harassment at the United Nations has uncomfortably shifted the focus to some of the senior UN officials who have either escaped censure – or punishment– despite a rash of charges against them, including abuse and misconduct.