Day: August 30, 2024

City Desk : Advocate Ehsanul Haque Shomaji will not assume the position of public prosecutor (PP) at the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court. Citing personal and family reasons, he announced his decision not to take up the role just two days after being appointed. He detailed his reasons for declining the position in a letter sent to the Solicitor Wing of the Law and Justice Department on Thursday. In the letter, he said: “As a regular member of the Dhaka...

City Desk : The UK government is providing an additional £450,000 or Tk 7 crores of vital humanitarian assistance to support more than 36,000 people affected by flooding in eastern Bangladesh, where more than five million people have been impacted. This builds on the £33,000 (BDT 5.2 lacs) of initial emergency funding released on Monday 26 August, said the British High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday, reports UNB. It brings the UK government’s total support to disaster preparedness and response...

City Desk : Forum for Freedom of Expression Bangladesh (FExB), on Thursday urged the interim government to repeal the Cyber Security Act immediately and enact democratic, humane, people-friendly and participatory laws and policies. The Forum raised the demand at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in the capital this morning, reports BSS. “All the cases filed under repressive Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006, Digital Security Act, 2018 and the Cyber Security Act, 2023, should be canceled. The...