People asked to deposit donations in govt fund

The government has decided to accept donations from philanthropists who want to help Rohingya refugees recently entered the country fleeing Myanmar military crackdown on the ethnic minority community in Rakhine state.

No intention to disclose identity of internet users: Tarana

Posts and Telecommunications Division has no plan or intention to expose the identity of the people who visit pronography websites at their personal choice, state minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim said on Tuesday.

Gazette notification of disciplinary rules for lower judiciary: SC sets fresh deadline for govt

The Appellate Division on Monday asked the government to notify the disciplinary rules for the lower court judges by January 15.

Martyred Intellectuals Day tomorrow

The nation commemorates tomorrow the intellectuals who embraced martyrdom at the hands of the Pakistani occupation army and its local collaborators on this day in 1971.

EC reconstitution: President initiates talks

The president, Abdul Hamid, on Monday initiated a move to talks with registered political parties on the reconstitution of the Election Commission and invited five parties including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to separate talks in the first phase.

Munshi Abdur Rauf memorial museum cum library: No power supply as yet

The time when Bir Shreshtha Munshi Abdur Rauf Memorial Museum and Library will open and close is much more a subject of whim than a timetable when river erosion is a constant threat to the memorial structure.

English medium students: VAT illegal, HC

The High Court on Monday declared illegal the imposition of value added tax on tuition fees for students of English medium schools.

President rejects SC proposal for disciplinary rules for lower judiciary

President Md Abdul Hamid on Sunday rejected disciplinary rules for the lower court judges, proposed by the Supreme Court, describing them as ‘unnecessary.’

No interference in judiciary: law minister

The law minister, Anisul Huq, on Sunday said that their government never interfered in the judiciary as they believed in the rule of law.

Lack of care visible everywhere at Matiur Rahman Museum, library

On entering Bir Shreshtha Matiur Rahman Memorial Museum and Library, broken chairs and tables, worn out books and dusty furniture are what the visitors will come upon.