The High Court on Thursday again set January 28 (Sunday) for submission of investigation report on five-year-old Ayaan, who died due to negligence of the doctors, as Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) failed to submit the progress report today. Ayaan was admitted to the United Medical College Hospital, situated in the capital’s Badda area, On December 31 for circumcision. When ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Planning Commission to identify which of the running projects can be finished quickly with little cost to reap maximum economic benefits from the programmes. “We have to prioritise the development programmes which would be finished with little money. Because I think that the quicker we would be able to finish these projects ...

Election Commission secretary Jahangir Alam on Wednesday announced the schedule of 233 elections, including Cumilla and Mymensingh City Corporation polls. As per the schedule, the last date of nomination submission at returning office is February 13 and scrutinising on February 15. The last date for the withdrawal of nominations is February 22. Symbols will be allotted on February 23. The ...

A court in Dhaka on Wednesday granted bail to BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed with Paltan Model Police Station. With this, he secured bail in nine cases, out of 10 lodged against him over the clashes between police and BNP men and alleged attacks on different establishments, including the residence of the chief ...

Election Commission secretary Jahangir Alam on Wednesday announced the schedule of 233 elections, including Cumilla and Mymensingh City Corporation polls. As per the schedule, the last date of nomination submission at returning office is February 13 and scrutinising on February 15. The last date for the withdrawal of nominations is February 22. Symbols will be allotted on February 23. The ...

The historic ‘Mass Upsurge Day’, commemorating the 1969’s movement for autonomy from the then East Pakistan that eventually led to the Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, is being observed on Wednesday (January 24) in a befitting manner. Different political and socio-cultural organisations have taken separate programmes in observance of the day. On January 24, 1969, Matiur ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought more investment from Saudi Arabia to help accelerate Bangladesh’s socio-economic development, reports UNB. The prime minister said this while Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yousef Essa Alduhailan called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban in Dhaka. PM’s speechwriter M Nazrul Islam briefed reporters after the call on. Hasina told the envoy that ...

In a meeting with a delegation from the Dhaka Ahsania Mission, Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, declared a commitment to addressing the environmental impact of cigarette waste. The minister asserted that a thorough analysis of the effects of cigarette waste on the environment would be conducted, and necessary measures would be implemented to mitigate its ...

Awami League-led ‘dummy government’ is now looking for a ‘dummy opposition’ in parliament, said BNP senior joint secretary general ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He said that the total electoral system of the country has been made distrustful, ineffective, and hilarious due to the greed for power of a particular individual. The BNP leader was speaking at a press conference at the ...

“Who are You to explain about the Appellate division verdict? Only Supreme Court to explain.” The Appellate division on Tuesday warned BNP’s joint secretary general and Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon. Mahbub Uddin Khokon earlier said that oath taking by the 290 lawmakers was “unconstitutional” as the tenure of the 10th parliament expired on January 28, 2019. Therefore, ...