The government is identifying the places where about 224,000 foreign nationals in Bangladesh live and work to give them security.The move comes in the wake of the killing of two foreigners in Dhaka and Rangpur within a span of one…
Tag: Governance
US to back Bangladesh in fight against IS
Dhaka and Washington have “everything” needed to fight Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh, US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat says.Her comment follows the murder of two foreign nationals in Bangladesh within a week, for both of which the IS has claimed responsibility.The…
NHRC wants govt. to stop extrajudicial killings
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) wants the State to play a more responsible role in reducing the incidents of political violence, extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance.
Governance matters
by Sunita Narain It is time we recognised that the current ways of fixing the environment are not working. Rivers are more contaminated; air is more polluted and cities are filling up with garbage we cannot handle. The question is:…
Law and order good: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday claimed that the country’s overall law-and-order situation is good barring some stray incidents. “Except for several murders, the overall law-and-order situation is quite good,” he said while talking to reporters after distributing food at…
Handwritten passports phase out Nov 24
All passport users, both at home and abroad, have been requested to swap their handwritten passports with the new machine readable ones by November 24. The deadline was fixed at an inter-ministerial meeting held at the Civil Aviation and Tourism…
Law and order on downslide like pre-75 period: Bnp
BNP yesterday alleged that the law and order situation of the country has been on downslide as the incidents of robbery, killing, and sexual assaults on women have marked an alarming rise as during the pre-1975 period. Party spokesman Dr…
Cantt best location for army as reserve force for polls: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has said the army can best fulfill its role as a reserve force during the three city corporation elections from inside the cantonments. “The cantonment is centrally located in Dhaka. It is ideal to…
467 executive, 33 judicial magistrates being deployed for polls
Some 500 magistrates along with the army and the regular law enforcement agencies will be kept deployed for four days from April 26 to 29 in the three cities in Dhaka and Chittagong to punish violation of election code of…
Community policing for peace, preventing repression
Speakers a views-sharing meeting have stressed for strengthening activities of the community policing, involving the common people, to ensure peace in the society, prevent repression and violence against women.
4 awarded life-term for beating one to death
Al-Asif Md. Anisuzzaman, Additional District and Session Judge-2 of Bagerhat, in a judgment delivered on Monday, convicted 4 persons including a former Councilor of Bagerhat Pourashava and sentenced them to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Tk.25 thousand each…
AL to pick candidate for Dhaka South, Bnp weighs options
The AL leadership is yet to announce the name of its nominee for Mayor of Dhaka city south although Syed Khokan has already become lound in his claim of getting the paarty nomination Khokon, son of former Dhaka mayor Mohammad…
6th year of BDR carnage Wednesday
The nation will remember the carnage at BDR headquarters at Pilkhana in the capital where 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in 2009. Relatives of the martyrs, government high-ups, and Border Guard Bangladesh and army officials will pay…
Police opens visitors’ register at Khaleda’s office gate
Police yesterday opened a registration log book in front of BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office to preserve details of visitors. Shamsuddin Ahmed Didar, a member of chairperson’s media wing, confirmed it saying that the city SB opened the register at about…
JCD activists, police clash in Feni
Activists of the BNP’s student front, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), have clashed with police in Feni on the founding anniversary of their organisation. They have exploded improvised bombs and vandalised vehicles before locking horns with the law keepers, police say.
DCC polls not possible in Jan, says CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Tuesday said it is not possible to arrange polls to bifurcated Dhaka City Corporation in January next. “Why should I hold election in January? We’ll need more time to take our preparations. Time…
BCS job assurance exposes govt’s extreme politicisation: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that PM’s adviser HT Imam’s reported assurance about arranging government jobs for Chhatra League activists has exposed the government’s extreme politicisation and nepotism. “The government has already politicised the…
Five found dead in 3 districts
Five people were found dead in Bogra, Keraniganj of Dhaka and Sylhet districts on Friday. In Bogra, police recovered the partially decomposed body of a Class-VI girl from a vegetable field in Shajahanpur upazila around 11am. The deceased was identified…
Absolute executive power creates scope for abuse: TIB
Absolute power of the executive organ of Bangladesh creates scope for abuse and prompts to take executive decisions on partisan basis, according to a study of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). The study reveals that the Prime Minister being the…
Border settlement gives scope for more trade with Myanmar: Hamid
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday said the settlement of maritime boundary disputes between Bangladesh and Myanmar provided an excellent opportunity to enhance maritime commerce and cooperation between the two countries. The President said this when Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Navy Admiral…
18 get life term in Khulna lawyer killing case
A court Khulna on Wednesday sentenced 18 people to life term imprisonment for killing a lawyer back in 2000. The lifers are Sunil Boidya, Subhash Mandol, Arun Biswas, Amar Sarkar, Basudeb Sarkar, Nripen Biswas, Binoy Sarder, Joyonto Sardar, Tapos Biswas,…
PM’s Bangla New Year’s greetings for Khaleda, Raushon, Ershad
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted Leader of the Opposition Begum Raushon Ershad, PM’s Special Envoy and Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on the occasion of Bangla Nabo Borsho 1421.
HC summons BNP central leader Gayeshwar Roy
The High Court has summoned BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy for a remark he made which the court considers defamatory. The bench of Justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ABM Altaf Hossain issued the suo-moto order on Monday. The BNP Standing…
Development is blind without participation: experts
Eminent professionals and members of the Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) at a meeting on Saturday observed that public policy without evidence and participation can make journey towards blind development. They made the observation while addressing the annual general…
PM visits ailing Awami League MP Hiron
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited city’s Apollo Hospital on Saturday to see Awami League leader and lawmaker Showkat Hossain Hiron who has been critically ill after suffering heart attack and brain hemorrhage. Hasina stayed there for some time and enquired…
Shootout again: Two ‘pirates’ killed
Two suspected pirates were killed in a ‘shootout’ between their cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Char Balua in Companiganj upazila early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Sumon, 25, and Javed, 22, both members of notorious…
14-party wants legal action against remarks on first president
Ruling Awami League-led 14–party alliance on Thursday urged the government to take legal action against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her eldest son Tarique Rahman, now living in England, for their recent identical statements claiming slain Gen Ziaur Rahman as…
Minister allegedly beats PDB engineer
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddique allegedly beat an engineer of the Power Development Board (PDB) in Tangail’s Kalihati Upazila on Friday. The minister at his home in the Upazila reportedly beat Deputy Assistant Engineer (Sales and…
ACC to examine wealth of women MPs
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will probe the wealth of newly elected female lawmakers for the reserved seats if it receives any specific allegation against them. “We are yet to receive any complaint about the wealth of female lawmakers. The commission…
Mizanur regrets, Matiur apologises, court order Thursday
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…