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PM pays homage to Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed a floral wreath Sunday morning at the portrait of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the historic 7th March speech.
The prime minister along with her cabinet colleagues and party leaders laid the wreath at the portrait at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi.
Later, other leaders from Awami League [...]

RMG factories at high fire risk

Absence of regular emergency evacuating drills puts a garment factory in danger whenever a fire breaks out, though lack of fire fighting equipment at the building is always brought to the forefront as main reason behind the fatality.
The factory owners take licences from the fire service authorities by showing only some fire fighting equipment. In [...]

Govt challenges HC verdict on warrant of precedence

The government on Sunday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking stay on a High Court verdict declaring illegal the existing Warrant of Precedence.
An HC bench on Thursday directed the government to issue a new Warrant of Precedence for the republic’s officers, giving district judges and equivalent judicial officers precedence over the chiefs of [...]

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Bangladesh won’t give corridor to India: Dipu Moni

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Thursday turned down the allegation of offering corridor to India, in turn accusing opposition BNP of making false and motivated allegations.
Bangladesh has not allowed corridor to India and will not do so in future, the minister said at a roundtable on “Bangladesh-India Summit” at the Jatiya Press Club.
Referring to BNP’s [...]

Civil service law on cards

The government has initiated a move to enact a law in order to regulate appointment, promotion, posting and transfer of the civil servants, LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told the parliament on Monday.
“It’s expected that drafting of the law will be completed in May this year,” said Ashraful, who is also in charge of the [...]

5th amendment: SC hears pleas Jan 18

The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed January 18 for hearing two petitions, seeking stay on the High Court verdict declaring illegal the fifth amendment to the Constitution, at its full bench.
Appellate Division Chamber Judge Md Mojammal Hossain fixed the date for hearing the two separate stay petitions filed by BNP secretary general and three SC [...]

Death warrants issued for 5 killers

A Dhaka court on Sunday issued death warrants against five convicts in condemned cells in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case.
Judge Md Abdul Gafur of the District and Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order after he received the final verdict of the Supreme Court.
The court sent the death warrants in a red envelop to the [...]

Jan 18 last day for excluded DCC voters to be enlisted Changing polling addresses of over 2 lakh voters begins soon

The persons who are eligible to be voters in the areas under the Dhaka City Corporation, who failed to register their names in the voters’ roll during the recently concluded updating drive, will get a chance to enlist their names from tomorrow after publication of the draft list.
The eligible citizens who could not be enlisted [...]

Notice served on govt to form river commission

A legal notice has been served on the government to constitute “National River Protection Commission” by the next seven days according to the High Court directives.
President of the Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB) Advocate Manzill Murshid issued the notice to the secretaries of seven ministries — planning, finance, forest and environment, LGRD and [...]

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