Search committee makes parties aggrieved, optimistic
A number of political parties on Wednesday reacted to the formation of the search committee by president Abdul Hamid in order to find out neutral people to constitute a new Election Commission.
PUTTING OFF NASIMAN, KARIMAN, UNFIT VEHICLES FROM HIGHWAYS, Govt gets fresh directive
The High Court Division in a verdict on Wednesday gave fresh directives to the government to make the highways safe for travelers by making them off limits for unfit vehicles as well as locally improvised slow moving unauthorized three-wheelers called nasiman, kariman and bhatbhati. The fresh directives were given as previous HC directives fell on the deaf ears of the government, said lawyers.
8-hour hartal in city today
The eight-hour general strike sponsored by the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports to press home their 7-point demand, including, scrapping coal-based Rampal power plant near the Sunderbans, begins today at 6:00am, in the capital. The national committee would also hold protest rallies across the country today to realise their demands.
PM asks Chhatra League to eradicate illiteracy
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked Bangladesh Chhatra League to offer education to illiterate people of their respective areas in a bid to eradicate illiteracy in the country.
Search committee likely this week
The president, Abdul Hamid, is likely to form a search committee in a couple of days to reconstitute the Election Commission, which would conduct the next parliamentary election.
BERC limps with one member, no chair
The five-member Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission, the country’s independent watchdog for energy sector, is running with only one member and without the chairman for more than one month.
Netrokona war crimes suspect dies at DMCH
A detained war crimes suspect from Netrokona died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday morning.
Arafat Sunny denied bail, sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Tuesday denied bail to Bangladesh national cricketer Arafat Sunny and ordered him to be sent to prison after completion of his remand in a case filed under Information and Communication Technology Act 2006.
BCSIR misfires for decades
The country’s leading multidisciplinary public research institute, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, has only a few original researches to its credit in its lifetime spanning over six decades.
Police want revocation of anti-torture law
A field-level police official in an annual gathering of police in Dhaka on Monday demanded revocation of the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act 2013.
