ATTACK ON JOURNOS Land minister’s son Tomal sent to jail
A Pabna court on Wednesday sent Sirhan Sharif Tamal, son of land minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, to jail rejecting his bail petition in a case filed for assaulting journalists at Ishwardi on November 29.
Martyred Intellectuals Day being observed
The nation is recalling the countless intellectuals who embraced martyrdom at the hands of Pakistani occupation army and their local collaborators’ killing squads on this day in 1971 with due solemnity.
'Don't let the sure victory slip away' : PM
Confident about Awami League's victory in the next national election, prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the party leaders and activists to remain alert so that the 'sure victory' must not slip away just for intra-party conflicts.
BNP must join polls to avoid crisis of existence: Quader
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said BNP must have to take part in the next parliament election if the party does not want to push its existence at stake.
DIPHTHERIA AMONG ROHINGYAS Vaccination launched to check spread
The government in association with international health aid groups on Tuesday launched a vaccination campaign against diphtheria to check the fast spread of the disease among Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar
DU turns into a place for one-party thinking: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday claimed that Dhaka University has turned into a place for ‘one-party thinking’. Addressing a panel introducing function, Fakhrul
Gayle’s gale propels Rangpur to title
Chris Gayle struck an explosive century filled with record to set up a huge 57-run win for Rangpur Riders over Dhaka Dynamites, helping the side win their maiden Bangladesh Premier League title on Tuesday.
PM arrives in Paris to attend One Planet Summit
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Paris on Monday on a three-day official visit to attend One Planet Summit.An Emirates flight carrying the prime minister and her entourage landed Charles De Gaulle International Airport at 7:40pm (local time). Bangladesh ambassador to France Kazi Imtiaz Hossain received the prime minister at the airport.
LOWER COURT JUDGES’ DISCIPLINE Rules published finally keeping dual authority
The government on Monday finally published the 24-page lower court judges’ disciplinary rules in official gazette notification keeping dual administration in the lower judiciary after taking time on 27 occasions in the past two years.
ROHINGYA CRISIS Repatriation deal set to face hiccups
Implementation of a deal on starting repatriation of forcibly displaced minority Rohingyas to their home is likely to face hiccups as the Bangladesh and the Myanmar governments are set to miss the deadline for establishing a joint working group and a terms-of-reference for supervising return to Rakhine State
