GULSHAN CAFÉ ATTACK Tahmid acquitted of charge
A Dhaka metropolitan court on Sunday acquitted Bangladeshi origin Canadian student Tahmid Hasib Khan, one of the survivors of the Gulshan café attack on July 1, 2016, of the charge of hiding information from the police about the extremist attack.
IGP takes swipe at political leaders
Inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Sunday criticised a section of political leaders, terming their comments questioning the ‘anti-extremist raids’ ‘irresponsible’ and ‘encouraging for extremism.’
Historic Mujibnagar Day today
The nation celebrates today the historic Mujibnagar Day, commemorating the formation of the provisional government of Bangladesh in 1971.
Low wages, high migration costs Unskilled workers baffled
Skilled workers spend less on migration from Bangladesh compared to their unskilled compatriots but they also earn more than the unskilled ones.
QOUMI COURSE RECOGNITION Govt puts cart before horse: academics
Academics have observed that the government has put the cart before the horse recognising Dawra-e-Hadith degree of Qawmi madrassahs as equivalent to master’s degree while the Qawmi madrassah education is not recognised and syllabus of the course is backdated.
PM for consensus among three organs of state
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday laid high importance on consensus and good relations among the three state organs which have to work as complementary to each other. ‘Here we expect a situation where the three organs of the state — executive, legislature and judiciary — would not supersede each other or show their strength to each other,’ she said.
Dhaka 2nd largest Facebook user
With 2.2 crore active Facebook users, Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has the second largest number of people on the Facebook among global cities.
None to be allowed to interfere in internal affairs: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said that none would be allowed to interfere in Bangladesh’s internal affairs in the name of friendship and development.
Pahela Baishakh celebrated amid restrictions
The nation celebrated its most colourful and traditional festival Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year 1424, on Friday with much fanfare, festivity and enthusiasm amid restrictions.
Country to move forward in new year: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed her firm optimism that Bangladesh will continue its march forward in the new year.
