Chief Justice asks judges to speed up disposal of cases
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Saturday asked judges to restrict inflow of cases before they are filed to reduce the backlog of lawsuits.
Journalist Mahfuz Ullah dies
Senior journalist, columnist and freedom fighter Mahfuz Ullah died at a Bangkok hospital Saturday. He was 69.
Autopsy says excessive burns caused Nusrat’s death
Dhaka Medical College Hospital forensic department chief Md Sohel Mahmud on Saturday handed to the police the post-mortem report of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, which said that excessive burns caused her death.
DISAPPEARANCE, EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING UN officials criticised for inaction
Rights activists on Saturday criticised three senior UN officials for ignoring human rights abuses, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing in particular, in Bangladesh during their recent visit.
Sofia Hossain’s novel Bir Birangana launched
A novel featuring struggles of women during the Independence War titled Bir Birangana by Sofia Hossain was launched at RC Majumdar auditorium of Dhaka University on Saturday.
NUSRAT MURDER Classmate Mohiuddin sent to jail
A Feni court on Friday sent Mohiuddin Shakil, who was arrested in the case of killing the 18-year old Sonagazi madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, to jail after police produced him before the court.
ROHINGYA RELOCATION TO BHASAN CHAR PM criticises aid organisations
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday criticised international aid and voluntary organisations for opposing government move to relocate Rohingyas to Bhasan Char island form Cox’s Bazar camps.
Zahidur took oath under govt pressure: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the party’s lawmaker-elect Md Zahidur Rahman from Thakurgaon 3 took oath as an MP under government pressure.
WASA sewage treatment plants construction in limbo
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is yet to begin construction works of four sewage treatment plants and renovation of existing Pagla plant under a 23-year master plan taken in September 2014.
No antibiotic sale without prescription: HC
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to prevent sale of antibiotics without prescriptions issued by registered doctors.
