PM asks Chhatra League to eradicate illiteracy
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked Bangladesh Chhatra League to offer education to illiterate people of their respective areas in a bid to eradicate illiteracy in the country.
Search committee likely this week
The president, Abdul Hamid, is likely to form a search committee in a couple of days to reconstitute the Election Commission, which would conduct the next parliamentary election.
BERC limps with one member, no chair
The five-member Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission, the country’s independent watchdog for energy sector, is running with only one member and without the chairman for more than one month.
Netrokona war crimes suspect dies at DMCH
A detained war crimes suspect from Netrokona died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday morning.
Arafat Sunny denied bail, sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Tuesday denied bail to Bangladesh national cricketer Arafat Sunny and ordered him to be sent to prison after completion of his remand in a case filed under Information and Communication Technology Act 2006.
BCSIR misfires for decades
The country’s leading multidisciplinary public research institute, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, has only a few original researches to its credit in its lifetime spanning over six decades.
Police want revocation of anti-torture law
A field-level police official in an annual gathering of police in Dhaka on Monday demanded revocation of the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act 2013.
DCs asked to spot ‘grey areas’
The Cabinet Division has asked all divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners across the country for ‘pro-active monitoring’ over corruption-prone areas like government purchase, recruitments and development activities under their jurisdictions.
Nat’l committee expects all parties’ support to Thursday’s strike
National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Power and Ports on Monday expressed its hope that people from all walks of life and all political parties, including the ruling Awami League, would support its half-day general strike in Dhaka for Thursday protesting against Rampal coal-based power plant.
Behrouze Ispahani passes away
Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, chairman of MM Ispahani Limited, a leading industrial conglomerate of the country, passed away at Apollo Hospitals Ltd around 5:20am on Monday, said family sources.
