Skipping parliament a wrong political decision: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the elected lawmakers of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-dominated Jatiya Oikya Front to refrain from taking a ‘wrong political decision’ of not joining the Parliament.
Govt backtracks on high-powered body
The government has backtracked on appointing a high-powered committee on the country’s ailing banking sector as it will constitute a review committee to deal with the growing bad loans in the state-owned banking sector.
Probe body formed over Thakurgaon BGB firing
The local administration in Thakurgaon has formed a three-member probe committee to investigate into the Tuesday’s clash between villagers and members of Border Guard Bangladesh that left three people killed and several injured.
Bangladesh PM plans to stay in village after retirement
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that she would live at her village in Tungipara after retirement from politics.
49 woman candidates set to be elected unopposed
The Election Commission is going to declare 49 candidates elected unopposed for the parliamentary seats reserved for women as the commission’s scrutiny on Tuesday found all of them valid.
HC questions legality of govt doctors’ private practice
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain in four weeks the legality of the provisions that allowed private practice of doctors employed in the public health service.
3 villagers killed in BGB firing
At least three villagers, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed and at least 16 others injured after Border Gourd Bangladesh personnel opened fire on agitating villagers at village Baharampur under bordering upazila of Haripur in Thakurgaon on Tuesday.
DUCSU polls schedule announced
The Dhaka University authorities on Monday morning announced the full schedule for holding the DU Central Student Union elections after 28 years since 1990.
Minimum cost for each Hajj pilgrim fixed at Tk 3,44,000
The cabinet on Monday approved the draft Hajj Package, 2019, setting the minimum cost for an individual pilgrim at Tk 3,44,000 up by Tk 12,641 from the previous year both under government as well as private arrangements.
Two cops held for rape in Manikganj
Police arrested two officers of Saturia Police Station early Tuesday on charges of gang-raping a young woman after keeping her confined to the upazila Duck-bungalow in Manikganj.
