Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday said the ninth wage board for the journalists will be announced soon after the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) sends its delegation to wage board formation body, reports UNB. The minister came up with the remarks while talking to…

Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka yesterday said Bangladesh gets much less than its expectation from its big neighbour India although Bangladesh has fulfilled its ‘all the desires’, reports UNB. “India has nothing to get more from Bangladesh. She (PM) has given [India] everything, but…

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said there was a satisfactory progress in bringing fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back to the country, reports BSS. “A satisfactory progress has been made in bringing back the fugitive killers…

A court in Dhaka yesterday framed charges against former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and BNP leader Sadek Hossain Khoka in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over allotting space illegally at Dhaka Trade Centre, reports UNB. Judge Dr Md Akhteruzzaman of Dhaka…

Voicing deep concern over the deteriorating flood situation in the northern region, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged her party leaders and activists to immediately stand by the victims with relief materials, reports UNB. In a statement, she said, “The country’s flood situation…

The member secretary of the Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad (BAAP), Fazle Noor Taposh, yesterday alleged that the editor of an English daily had prepared the draft of a portion of the verdict in the case relating to the 16th amendment to the Constitution. “The part of the Chief Justice’s…

The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the government to communicate with the Saudi Arabian embassy in Dhaka within 24 hours to resolve the complications over the visas of Hajj pilgrims so as to ensure that all of them can have smooth journeys. The HC bench also directed the government to arrange additional…

Law Commission (LC) chairman ABM Khairul Haque was served a legal notice yesterday, asking him to withdraw his comments on the Supreme Court (SC) judgment on the 16th amendment to the Constitution. On August 9, ABM Khairul Haque, at a press briefing, had strongly criticised the SC verdict, terming it…

Leaders of the National Committee for Saving the Sundarbans yesterday protested against the permission given to set up over 300 new factories near the mangrove forest and demanded their cancellation. Speaking at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU), Sundarban Rakkhya Jatiya Committee…