Outsourcing employees of government institutions blocked Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Saturday morning, demanding nationalisation of their jobs. Hundreds of employees gathered at Shahbagh at around 10:30am, halting traffic movement in the surrounding areas. Many passengers were seen getting off the buses and started walking to reach their destinations, they added. A protester said “Our one-point demand is nationalisation of ...
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UN HR chief Volker Turk to visit Dhaka this month
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is scheduled to pay a three-day official visit to Bangladesh in the last week of October. “We are working on this,” a senior official told UNB. The UN Human Rights chief is expected to meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and other stakeholders to have broad discussions on rights issues, including the ...
Read More »Shamsher Mobin sent to jail in Jubo Dal leader murder case
A court in Dhaka on Friday sent Trinamool BNP Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury to jail in a case filed over murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in 2023. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Afnan Sumi passed the order as investigation officer of the case Tonmoy Kumar Biswas produced Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury before the court and pleaded to keep him behind the ...
Read More »Bid to kill Khaleda Zia: Ex-OC of Gulshan police station remanded
A court in Dhaka has placed former Gulshan Police Station’s officer-in-charge (OC) Md Rafiqul Islam on a four-day remand for questioning in a case filed over obstructing duties and attempting to kill BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia keeping sand-laden truck in front of her Gulshan residence in 2013. Investigation officer of the case pleaded to the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court ...
Read More »Amar Desh to come in market by Dec: Mahmudur Rahman
Publisher and acting editor of Amar Desh newspaper Mahmudur Rahman has said that the daily will come back in circulation by December this year. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club on Friday, he said the newspaper is facing financial problems. For the time being, it will be published in another printing press. Mahmudur Rahman said, “I will ...
Read More »Estonia keen to collaborate with Bangladesh in ICT sector
Estonia has expressed keen interest in collaborating with Bangladesh in the ICT sector, particularly in e-governance and cyber security, reports BSS. It was revealed when newly-appointed non-resident Ambassador of Estonia to Bangladesh Marje Luup paid a maiden courtesy call on Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain at the foreign ministry in Dhaka on Thursday, said a press release on Friday. ...
Read More »Ekushey Padak-winning eminent artist Shujeo Shyam passes away
Shwadhin Bangla Betar Kendra-famed legendary singer, composer, and music director Shujeyo Shyam passed away last night at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the capital, at the age of 78. The eminent artist breathed his last around 2:50 am, his daughter Rupa Manjuri Shyam confirmed to the media. His body has been taken to Dhakeshwari temple in the capital ...
Read More »Mufti Abdul Malek appointed new Baitul Mukarram Khatib
The government has appointed Islamic law expert and Hadith scholar Mufti Muhammad Abdul Malek as khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. The approval of his appointment came from the government high level Thursday, said a press release of the Ministry of Religious Affairs issued Friday. Mufti Abdul Malek is a renowned Islamic scholar with advanced degrees in Islamic Studies, ...
Read More »Next election “realistically possible” by 2025: Asif Nazrul
Law Adviser Asif Nazrul has said the next national election could be arranged by the next year – 2025 – after completing the pre-election preparations including formation of a new Election Commission through a search committee. “I think realistically, holdind the election can be possible by the next year. There are many factors. This is a preliminary assumption to me,” ...
Read More »Govt approves 26 public holidays for 2025
The interim government has approval the proposed list of 26 public holidays in 2025, with a combination of national days, religious festivals, and executive orders. However, nine holidays coincided with weekends (Fridays and Saturdays), so the total number of days off for workers is only 17. Of the total holidays, there will be 12 general holidays while 14 other holidays ...
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