SC orders strict compliance with court edicts
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has issued a warning to all government authorities asking them to ensure strict compliance with court rulings and orders...
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Receipts to be submitted to exchequer on collection day
The Finance Division has framed guidelines on the collection and management of levies outside the purview of the National Board of Revenue with a provision of reviewing rates at least...
Reforms in education should be priority agenda of govt
ISSUES of national education have recently come to the fore, with the cancellation of a textbook review and revision committee on September 28 apparently amidst opposition by some right-wing Islamist groups after it was formed on September 15. The process of national education also came to be questioned when the authorities cancelled the...
Govt reconstitutes law commission
The government on Wednesday reconstituted the Law Commission, Bangladesh, appointing former Appellate Division Justice Zinat Ara as the new chairman of the commission for a three-year tenure...
SC halts Sohel Rana鈥檚 bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court鈥檚 interim bail order for Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza and former leader of the Awami League鈥檚 youth wing, Juba League...
A call to harness net zero vision
THE interim government has announced six commissions for reforms in the constitution, the electoral system, the judiciary, the police, the Anti-corruption Commission and public administration. Considering the significance, urgency and challenges of Net Zero Vision 2050, the government should add environment commission to the cart as well. As efforts to...
SC halts Sohel Rana鈥檚 bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court鈥檚 interim bail order for Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza and former leader of the Awami League鈥檚 youth wing, Juba League.
DU students protest against cancellation of textbook revision committee
Some students of Dhaka University have protested against the cancellation of the textbook revision committee and labelling Professor Samina Luthfa of sociology department of the university as 鈥榓nti-Islam鈥� on Monday.
Govt should not show rightist bias or weakness
THE dissolution of the textbook review and revision committee, formed on September 15, and the criticism, controversy, demands and counter-demands that led to the dissolution is concerning on a few counts. The Secondary and Higher Education Division on September 28 dissolved the 10-member committee meant to review textbooks of the...
Interim govt removes councillors of 12 city corporations in Bangladesh
The interim government has removed ward councilors of all the 12 city corporations from their positions with immediate effect.
Flood likely in low-lying areas along Teesta
The rivers in Rangpur division might rapidly rise by tomorrow following very heavy rain inside Bangladesh and its adjacent upstream areas in India under the influence of a low pressure that started moving onto land...
Orion Group files Tk 500cr defamation case against Independent TV
The Orion Group on Thursday filed a defamation case seeking Tk 500 crore in compensation against the Independent Television over allegations of airing 鈥榙efamatory鈥� and 鈥榝alse鈥� reports against the company...
Ex-justice Manik shown arrested in another murder case
A Dhaka court on Thursday showed retired justice of the Appellate Division AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik arrested in a case lodged over the murder of Abdul Motalib in the capital during anti-discrimination student-led mass uprising...
Raising age limit for govt jobs proposed
The Cabinet Division has sent a proposal on raising the age limit for entering government jobs to 35 years and the retirement age to 65 years to the public administration ministry...
Golam Rabbani becomes law secretary
Md Golam Rabbani has been appointed as the full secretary of the Law and Justice Division of the law ministry...
Govt nod must for raw material import, foreign drug sale: SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a ban on importing pharmaceutical raw materials and selling foreign medicines without prior approval from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
Tariquzzaman resigns as BSEC commissioner
ATM Tariquzzaman, a commissioner of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, submitted his resignation letter to the secretary of the Financial Institutions Division on Tuesday...
ADB to disburse $900 million in next six months
The Asian Development Bank is likely to disburse around $900 million in the next six months as it expressed keen interest to cooperate with the interim government of Bangladesh...
BTV begins airing drama serial 鈥楯ora Shalik鈥�
Bangladesh Television began airing a new drama serial titled 鈥楯ora Shalik鈥� on Sunday...
Bulbul Ahmed鈥檚 birth anniv today
Today is the 83rd anniversary of the birth of actor Bulbul Ahmed, who left his mark in several mediums, including television, film and theatre...
LGRD bars Shahid from acting as DWASA MD
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Co-operatives on Thursday directed Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority deputy managing director AKM Shahid Uddin to cease functioning as the organisation鈥檚 managing director....
Govt challenges HC ban on DWASA MD鈥檚 holding office
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives on Wednesday filed a petition with the Appellate Division challenging a recent High Court order that barred AKM Shahid Uddin from serving as the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority...
625 killed, 18,380 injured in mass uprising: health services secy
A total of 625 people have lost their lives and 18,380 have been injured during the student-led mass uprising, senior secretary MA Akmal Hossain Azad of the Health Services Division said on Wednesday.
Vision offers free servicing for products damaged in flood
Vision, electronics brand of RFL Group, is providing free service for any brand of electronics products affected by floods in different districts of the country, said a press release.
CJ nominates Justice Md Rezaul Haque as vacation judge
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has nominated Justice Md Rezaul Haque to settle the urgent matters related to the cases of the Appellate Division during the vacation from September 8 to October 17.
10 govt, private banks face provision shortfall of over Tk 31,000cr
Ten banks, including four government and six private commercial ones, had faced a provision shortfall of around Taka 31,549 crore in total at the end of June this year, as per the latest data of Bangladesh Bank.
Regent鈥檚 Shahed freed after getting bail in 96 cases
Regent Group鈥檚 chairman Mohammad Shahed has been released from Dhaka Central Jail following an order by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court...
SC to hear experts鈥� opinion
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday decided to seek expert opinions on the legal maintainability of Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥� appeal to quash...
Contempt of court petition filed against 3 former chief justices, others
Supreme Court lawyer Eunus Ali Akond filed a contempt of court petition against three former chief justices and four former judges of the Appellate Division on Wednesday.
Review petition seeks caretaker govt restoration
Five eminent citizens on Tuesday filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking a review of its May 10, 2011 verdict that declared election-time non-party caretaker government system illegal.
