Govt rules out UN concerns
The government has ruled out United Nations’ concern over Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char, saying that accommodation of the displaced people from Myanmar staying in Cox’s Bazar camps was the country’s internal affair.
VC rules out re-elections, protests on
Dhaka University vice-chancellor Md Akhtaruzzaman on Wednesday ruled out re-elections to the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union while all but Chhatra League continued protests for the second consecutive day for re-polling and resignation of people engaged in conducting the polls.
Obaidul due for bypass surgery next week: BSMMU director
Physicians at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore were taking preparations to conduct a bypass surgery on ailing Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader next week.
No written test for admission to Class I: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the ongoing written admission test system for Class-I in primary schools terming it a ‘mental torture’ on children.
DU students continue hunger strike
The hunger strike of five Dhaka University students rolled into the second consecutive day on Wednesday demanding DU Central Students’ Union re-election.
Ethiopia crash brings wave of Boeing suspensions, Trump anxious
Britain joined a growing wave of suspensions of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on Tuesday as US president Donald Trump waded into the debate over modern airplane design following a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people.
British MPs reject Brexit deal for second time
British lawmakers on Tuesday rejected prime minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a second time, plunging Britain into complete uncertainty with just over two weeks to go until its scheduled date of departure from the European Union.
All stage protests for re-elections
All student organisations, including the ruling Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League, who contested Monday’s elections to the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and hall students’ unions, staged protests on the campus on Tuesday for re-elections.
Nurul Huq elected DUCSU VP, Golam Rabbani GS
Nurul Huq Nur of Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakshan Parishad was elected as the vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union while Golam Rabbani and Saddam Hossain of Bangladesh Chhatra League were elected as general secretary and assistant general secretary respectively in the Monday’s elections.
PM for pvt practice in public hospitals
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday gave directive that the government physicians should be facilitated with scopes for private practice in the public hospitals in the evening.
