Conspiracies to be there, but I don’t care, says PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said conspiracies over elections were there and will be there in the future but she does not care about it at all.

Seven top BNP leaders get anticipatory bail

The High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bails to seven top Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed with Hatirjheel police station.

No quota for Class I, Class II govt jobs

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the government committee proposal for abolishing quota system in recruitment of Class I and Class II employees in public service.

Sinha to be brought back: Law Minister

Claiming that former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has no allegiance towards the country, law minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said he will be brought back home through a legal process.

Govt to spend Tk 4,371cr on navigability dev, reclamation of four rivers

The executive committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved 15 projects involving Tk 13,218.31 crore, including the Tk 4,371 crore 'Navigability development and reclamation of Old Brahmaputra, Dharla, Tulai and Punarbhaba Rivers' project.

Two killed in blast at National Fan factory

At least two workers were killed and 15 others injured in a blast at the heat chamber of National Fan Factory at Tongi in Gazipur on Tuesday.

AL election pledges on independence of judiciary left unfulfilled

The Awami League-led government did not keep its election promises that ‘genuine independence and impartiality of the judiciary will be ensured’ and the Supreme Court would be given ‘the responsibility of controlling and supervising the lower judiciary.’

Fresh case filed against Fakhrul, Moudud, Abbas, others

A fresh case was filed under the Special Powers Act against main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general and standing committee members and others while about 150 BNP leaders and activists were remanded in police custody in Dhaka on Monday.

Don’t be complacent, work for polls victory: PM urges activists

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged her party leaders and workers not to be over complacent about coming back to power in the next election instead work together to help win of the candidates in all constituencies in the upcoming polls.

Nazmul Huda sues SK Sinha

Former minister and Bangladesh National Alliance president Nazmul Huda lodged a case with Shahbagh police station against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha accusing him of misusing power and indulging in corruption.