CJ’S LEAVE Govt forced CJ to take leave: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said chief justice SK Sinha was not sick rather the government ‘forcibly’ prevented him from discharging his duties. The party wanted to know the stance of the chief justice about his sickness and going on leave for one month soon after the Supreme Court spent a long vacation.
Tamim all but ruled out for 2nd Test
Bangladesh suffered a huge blow before the second Test against South Africa as their star opener Tamim Iqbal was deemed unfit for the game due to an injury that he aggravated during the first Test.
Half of people hit hard by record rice price hike: FAO
The Food and Agricultural Organisation on Tuesday said that rice price in flood-hit Bangladesh reached record levels to affect life of at least half of 16 million people.
SC clears way for deducting marks for second-time MBBS, BDS admission seekers
The Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld stay on the High Court order that had stayed a government decision for deduction of five marks from the aggregate score of the second-time admission seekers of medical and dental courses for this year. This order, however, paved the way for the mark deduction of the second-time admission aspirants.
Half-fed Rohingyas lack healthcare, safe water
Almost all the estimated 5,09,000 Rohingyas entering Bangladesh to flee violence in Myanmar and save life since August 25 continued half-starving in absence of adequate relief assistance while no end to the influx was still is sight.
RICE, WHEAT PILFERAGE FROM CSDS Syndicates of black marketers, food officials active
Powerful syndicates of black marketers with support from food department officers are running foolproof system of stealing grains from the government’s storage depots in the capital and elsewhere.
Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah made acting CJ
Government made Appellate Division senior most judge Md Abdul Wahhab Miah as acting Chief Justice approving 30-days leave of the Chief Justice SK Sinha for his ‘illness’
THE ROHINGYAS Breaking cycle of expulsion, forced repatriation
EVEN as the Rohingyas in Bangladesh watch their villages burn across the Naf river, even as trapped and internally displaced Rohingya desperately seek safe passage around the road blocks and landmines to Bangladesh, all talk it seems is focused on returning the Rohingyas to Myanmar.
Myanmar for partial return of Rohingyas
Myanmar on Monday proposed to take back her nationals who fled to Bangladesh only after October last year as more Rohingyas still continued to cross the border from that country.
‘We’ll eat one meal a day for distressed Rohingyas, if necess ary’: PM
Highlighting her government’s steps to provide shelter, food and medicare for distressed Rohingya people, prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said the countrymen will eat one meal a day and share another meal with them, if necessary.
