In its latest intervention in ‘abuse of power by mobile court magistrates’, the HC yesterday summoned Dinajpur’s Birganj upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) for sentencing a lawyer following an argument over taking a seat in the public servant’s office. The move comes on the…

The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution affirming that any change to the status of Jerusalem has no legal effect and must be reversed,…

The Election Commission (EC) has announced that it will hold the by-elections to the mayoral post of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) in the last week of February next year. Besides, the EC said it would hold fresh elections to 36 new wards of both DNCC and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)…

NGOs running Rohingya relief programmes got none of their fresh projects cleared by the government authorities over the past one month, alleged leaders of the non-government organisations yesterday, reports UNB. Briefing newsmen at Jatiya Press Club today, the NGO leaders said they didn't get 'no…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has blamed question paper leaks for a gradual morass in the education system. An ACC report said the leaks of question papers was due to the probable nexus between coaching centres, fraudulent teachers and different criminal gangs, and some corrupt officials of the…