The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday approved a law ministry proposal that sought to relax for one year a specific condition of experience relating to the promotion of additional district judges in order to make smoother the judicial functions of the lower courts across the country. According to Section…

Terming Rohingya return deal bad one, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said Bangladesh and Myanmar should invite UNHCR to join in the drafting of a new tripartite agreement, reports UNB. "After the widespread atrocities, safe and voluntary return of Rohingyas will require international monitors on…

BNP yesterday alleged that the government has issued the gazette notification on the disciplinary rules for lower court judges keeping its control over it as part of a 'serious conspiracy', reports UNB. "We've struggled for a long time for the independence of the judiciary, and talked…

President Md Abdul Hamid reached Istanbul yesterday to attend the 6th Extraordinary Islamic Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), reports UNB. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the OIC special conference to discuss the repercussions of the US recognition of Jerusalem…

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he believes President Donald Trump will bring the US back into the Paris deal on combating climate change, reports agencies. But, Macron says he will not agree to the president's demand that America's terms should be negotiated. Macron condemned the…

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday inaugurated the expanded national emergency services through using toll-free hotline number '999' across the country, reports UNB. The number - 999- is an officialemergency telephone numberused in a number of countries around…