Gas supply off for 10 hours in Mirpur today
Gas supply will remain suspended Monday for 10 hours in the city's Mirpur and adjoining areas due to relocation of gas pipelines to facilitate construction of Mass Rapid Transit Development under the Dhaka Metro Rail Project.
Govt gets two weeks more to publish judges' discipline rules
The Supreme Court on Sunday gave the government two weeks more to publish the gazette notification on the rules determining discipline and conduct of lower court judges. The six-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha,
25kg gold seized at Shahjalal airport
Customs officials held a man with 25 kilograms of gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday night. Assistant commissioner of Customs Intelligence Ehsanul Kabir said Jamil, the arrestee, came to Dhaka from Singapore around 10:30pm.
Ethnic minorities now passing toughest time: Santu
Adivasi Forum president Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, known as Santu Larma, on Saturday said that ethnic minorities of the country were now going through the toughest time amid repeated attacks and land grabbing as they lacked constitutional recognition.
16TH AMENDMENT VERDICT Direct election to JS women reserved seats favoured
The Appellate Division in its 16th Amendment verdict, released Tuesday, hoped that the 50 women MPs from the reserved seats would be elected through direct election. The verdict called electing the women MPs from the reserved seats by 300 elected MPs as ‘incompatible with the spirit of the Preamble of the Constitution as well as its Article 7(1).
BANASREE DOMESTIC HELP’S DEATH Two cases filed
Two cases were filed on Friday night over the mysterious death of domestic help Laili Begum at her employer’s residence at Banasree in the capital. The victim’s brother-in-law, Shahidul Islam, filed a case with Khilgaon Police Station accusing her employer Munshi Moin Uddin, his wife Shahnaj Begum, their security guard
Mild tremor jolts Sylhet
A mild earthquake shook different parts of Sylhet early Thursday. The tremor, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, was felt around 12:18am, said Ganesh Chandra Das, senior officer of local Met office.
PM approves nine power purchase proposals without tender
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has approved nine proposals for purchasing expensive electricity from private fuel oil-fired power plants with 1,763MW combined capacity without any tende
SC stays further proceedings on DU VC appointment
The Appellate Division on Thursday stayed further proceedings on the appointment of Dhaka University vice chancellor from the panels elected by the senate.
Hajj-related problems to go soon: Menon
All the hajj-related problems, including flight schedule debacle, will be resolved within a day or two, civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon said on Wednesday. He came up with the assurance after an emergency meeting to discuss the overall situation and find ways to make the hajj-related activities smooth and trouble-free.
