PM flies to Thimphu today
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Thimphu on Tuesday morning on a three-day official tour to attend the international conference on autism and nuero developmental disorders. The three-day conference begins at the royal banquet hall in the Bhutanese capital on Wednesday.
RISHA KILLING Obaidul indicted
Alleged stalker Obaidul Khan, also a tailor, was indicted for hacking 14-year-old Willes Little Flower School student Suraiya Akhter Risha to death in front of her school at Kakrail in Dhaka in August 2016 that triggered countrywide protests.
FIVE YEARS OF DISAPPEARANCE: Govt apathy blamed for failure to rescue Ilias
The family, relatives and followers of Bangladesh Nationalist Party former organising secretary M Ilias Ali, reportedly a victim of enforced disappearance, blamed government’s apathy for the failure to find out his whereabouts even inside five years of the disappearance.
Commuters left in lurch as chaos rules road
The drive against buses charging extra and doing other irregularities brought only miseries to the commuters in the capital on Sunday amid a shortage of transport and an utter confusion over the rate of fares.
Knowing history most important for next generation: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said it’s foremost important for the next generation to know the history of the country for imbuing them with the spirit of patriotism and building their good character.
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.
