Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government is planning to enact a liberation war denial crimes law, reports UNB.  “Formation of a liberation war denial crimes law is the demand of time and the Law Commission is working with its draft. Under the law, action will be taken against…

Public university teachers had a meeting with high government officials yesterday over their four-point demand that include formation of a commission to introduce an independent pay scale for them, reports UNB.  A delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers Association (FBUTA),…

The coordination committee of Prokrichi-BCS General Education Association yesterday held a meeting with senior government officials, though nothing significant came out of it except for some assurances to meet the former’s demands. The meeting discussed permanent solutions for promotion of different…

DHAKA; Disaster Management and Relief Affairs Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Bir Bikram, yesterday urged the District Relief and Rehabilitation Officers (DRROs) to further enhance their monitoring activities on Project Implementation Officers (PIOs) to gear up the disaster management activities…

DHAKA: As the world is getting smaller with unprecedented advancement of information technology, renowned education experts yesterday laid emphasis on internationalization of higher education to flourish talent and potential of students for creating global citizens, reports BSS. Without promoting internationalization…

CHUADANGA: Chuadanga Sadar Thana police arrested three alleged abductors and recovered a girl student from their possession yesterday noon, reports BSS. Police arrested them near from Chuadanga Bara Bazar area when they were trying to take the victim forcibly by their jeep. The victim is identified…

RANGPUR: A court yesterday sentenced three accused persons to death and another accused man to life term rigorous imprisonment for murdering a poor vegetables trader in Pirgachha upazila in the district 22 years back, reports BSS. Additional District and Sessions Judge Abu Jafar Md Kamruzzaman of the…

MUNSHIGANJ: At least 16 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Srinagar Bazaar under Srinagar upazila of the district yesterday noon, reports BSS. Fire brigade sources said the fire originated from a cotton shop of the Bazaar and soon engulfed the adjacent shops. Being informed, fire fighters from…

A mobile court, led by executive magistrate and AC (Land) of Bhuapur Anjan Kumar Sarker,  slapped a fine of Tk 60,000 on owner of Akhi Bricks at village Golabari in Bhuapur upazila yesterday. Anjan Kumar Sarker said he went to the brick field and found that the bricks were being burnt using timber…

MADARIPUR: A man was burnt alive when a fire broke out in his house at Habiganj village under Dhurail union in Sadar upazila in the early hours yesterday, reports BSS. The victim was identified as Yousuf Ali, 44, of the same area. Dhurail union parishad chairman Mojibur Rahman said it is not clear how…

Md. Tofazzal Hossain Bhutto, the newly reelected mayor of Santahar municipality in Bogra, was arrested by police when he came to Bogra Deputy Commissioner’s Office yesterday for taking oath. In-charge of Detective Branch (DB) police of Bogra Md. Amirul Islam said they have arrested Tofazzal Hossain…

A Chittagong court yesterday summoned five people, including executive director of Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers’ Association (BNWLA) Advocate Salma Ali, in a case filed for embezzling about Tk 50 lakh, reports UNB. Other accused in the case are: BNWLA director Advocate Wahida Idris, Bangladesh…