Govt plans to introduce scouting at primary schools: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government has decided to introduce scouting at primary schools as part of an intensified effort to promote the youth movement in the country to grow up future generation as efficient manpower.
PROTEST AGAINST RAMPAL POWER PLANT, Dozens wounded in police attack
More than 50 people, including two journalists, were injured as police attacked pickets, fired teargas shells and rubber bullets, sprayed hot water using water cannon and charged baton during the half-day general strike in the capital on Thursday.
Cops assault 2 journalists
Police assaulted two television journalists of ATN News at Shahbagh police station in the capital on Thursday when they were filming cops’ action against an anti-Rampal protester, during the hartal hours, witnesses said.
Govts wants to divert public attention away from search committee: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday claimed that warrant for arresting Tarique Rahman in a ‘fabricated’ case is a clear government ‘tactic’ to divert public attention from the ‘partisan search committee.’
Private univs realise fees at their will: Nahid
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid told parliament on Thursday that the private universities realised tuition and others fees at their will in violation of the Private University Act 2010 that required them to fix the fees in consultation with the University Grants Commission.
Six-member search committee formed
The president, Abdul Hamid, on Wednesday formed a six-member search committee headed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain of the Appellate Division for the reconstitution of the Election Commission as the tenure of incumbent commission would expire on February 8.
Hasina terms Yunus cheat, usurer
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday termed Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus a cheat, saying that he gave no share of profit made by Grameenphone to microfinance organisation Grameen Bank as he promised before setting up the telecommunications company.
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.
