Apex court accepts lower court judges’ conduct rules
The Appellate Division on Wednesday accepted the lower court judges’ conduct rules as notified by the government in the official gazette.
24 teachers hospitalised on 4th day of hunger strike for MPO
At least 87 non-government teachers fell sick until Wednesday,the fourth day of their hunger strike they undertook to press the demand of payment of salaries and benefits by the government under its Monthly Pay Order, commonly called MPO
12 NGOs barred from aiding Rohingyas
Bangladesh government has banned 12 local non-governmental organisations from carrying out humanitarian assistance operations for Rohingya people who have taken shelter in Cox’s Bazar fleeing violence in their homeland Myanmar
Khaleda says no election without BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday led an impromptu sit-in in the capital amid an alleged attempt to foil Chhatra Dal’s founding anniversary programme.
Rising living cost hits poor hard: CAB
The cost of living leaped by 8.44 per cent in the capital in 2017 as food and other essentials, utility charges as well as house rent became costlier, according to the annual report of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh released Tuesday
Bad roads push up train ticket demand
Bangladesh Railway is struggling to cope with the growing demand for train tickets, thanks much to the dilapidated condition of the country’s highways and roads due to the recent floods
NON-MPO TEACHER’S PROTEST Protesters reject education minister’s assurance
Teachers and employees of non-government schools, colleges and technical institutions, who are on hunger strike demanding their inclusion in the government’s Monthly Pay Order for salaries and other benefits, rejected education minister Nurul Islam Nahid’s call to end their protest on Tuesday.
OIC team to visit Rohingya camps from today
A delegation of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will visit the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar for four days from today to acquire first-hand information on the state of human rights violations, faced by Rohingyas in Myanmar, for preparing an objective report on the issue.
Teachers continue hunger strike ignoring Nahid’s assurance
The teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions who are on a hunger strike on Tuesday ignored education minister Nurul Islam Nahid's assurance, and vowed to continue their strike until an assurance is made to meet their demand with a timeframe.
UNDER KLEPTOCRACY When an education minister declares himself as thief
THE education minister made a rather morally distasteful remark recently that shocked the nation yet again. However, that seems to be the harsh reality of our country at the moment. In a programme of Directorate of Inspection and Audit at the Education Building in the capital on December 24, 2017
