UNB : Local Government (Union Parishad) (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was placed in Parliament with a provision to appoint administrators in Union Parishads on the expiry of five-year tenure of the elected representatives. Local Government Minister M Tajul Islam placed the Bill and it was sent to the Standing Committee on Local Government Ministry for further examination. The Committee was asked to submit its report within seven days. The bill stated that the government can appoint administrators in Union Parishads after...
Day: May 6, 2024
Staff Reporter : The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday denounced the absence of press freedom in Bangladesh under the one-party rule of Sheikh Hasina, asserting that the core principle of a free press is integral to democracy. Speaking at a discussion organised by the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at the National Press Club to mark World Press Freedom Day, BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. Abdul Moin Khan reiterated the significance of...
Staff Reporter : The ongoing conflict between the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army forces continues to impede the establishment of a safe environment for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who sought shelter in Bangladesh in 2017. The intensity of the fighting has led to Myanmar Army personnel seeking refuge across the border in Bangladesh to ensure their safety, as they reportedly struggle to withstand the attacks from the Arakan forces. On Sunday, a group of 88 members of the Myanmar...
Staff Reporter : The Election Commission (EC) has issued directives for the transfer of Noakhali Subarnachar Thana Office-in-Charge (OC) in anticipation of the upcoming upazila parish polls. EC’s deputy secretary, Md. Mizanur Rahman, dispatched a notice to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Sunday, signalling the decision. The notice stipulates that with the aim of ensuring the sixth upazila polls are conducted in a free, fair, and neutral manner, the EC has opted to withdraw Noakhali Subarnachar Thana OC,...
Staff Reporter : The traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has intensified its crackdown on the use of unauthorised stickers, unfit vehicles, and illegal vehicles. Police sources reveal that many relatives of officials working with different institutions, including the police force, are illegally using stickers of those institutions on their vehicles for undue privileges on city streets. The information was shared at a press conference held at the DMP media centre on Sunday (May 5). In the press conference,...
Business Report : Voluntary Consumers Training & Awareness Society (VOCTA) on Sunday urged the government to take effective steps to formulate a consumer-friendly budget with special emphasis on inflation control, employment and income growth. The organization’s Executive director Md. Khalilur Rahaman Sajal made the suggestion on behalf of VOCTA, an organization of consumer rights protection movement, at a press conference held at Abdus Salam Hall of Jatiya Press Club today. In continuation of the pre-budget proposals of 2022-2023 and 2023-2024...
Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj : A pregnant woman and her five-year-old son died after a tree fell on them in Kishoreganj’s Karimganj upazila. The incident took place at Niamatpur Hajipara Ghonarbari village on Saturday night around 11:30 pm. Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Karimganj, Farhana Ali Muktha confirmed this matter. The victim identified as Roop Tara (45) wife of Abdul Kawium and their son h Taijul (5) at Ghonarbari village under Niamatpur Union. Locals and police saids , after eating...
Barishal Correspondent : A 4-feet long Irrawaddy dolphin baby has washed up on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali. It has injury marks on its head and abdomen. The crops of the dolphin later buried on the beach on early Thursday night . Sagarika Smriti, Associate Researcher of EcoFish-2 Bangladesh Project of Worldfish, a research institute working on blue ocean economy, coastal environment and biodiversity, said, this dolphin has a clear injury mark near its head. It may die due to bleeding...
