Day: September 26, 2024

Court Correspondent : A Supreme Court lawyer on Wednesday filed a writ petition with the High Court Division of the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the interim government’s decision to allow exporting 3,000 tons of HILSA fish to India. Advocate Md Mahmudul Hasan submitted the petition as a public interest litigation also seeking its order on the government to cancel the decision and to issue a ban on the exports of HILSA fish captured from Padma and Meghna Rivers...

Staff Reporter : The Chief advisor, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has sought support from foreign friends to build a new Bangladesh after fall of Dictator Sheikh Hasina. Dr. Yunus sought the cooperation while addressing a reception hosted marking the 50th year of Bangladesh’s membership in the United Nations on Tuesday evening. “Through the sacrifice of lives and strong leadership of the youth, revolutionary changes have taken place in Bangladesh. They sacrificed their lives to build a discrimination-free society and a...

News Desk : CITES, the international endangered wildlife trade convention, has suspended Bangladesh, one of its signatory countries, due to the illegal trade of birds – mainly import – for commercial purposes. Bangladesh, a signatory nation of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), has failed to control illegal bird trade and has recently been suspended from the convention, reports media. Data shows that Bangladesh has been importing several species of endangered birds...

DU Correspondent : The Ministry of Public Administration has provided advice to apply for getting remedy of those officials who were deprived in their jobs during the Awami League regime from 2009 to August 4, 2024. The ministry informed the development in a notification in this regard and asked to apply by September 30 of this year. The ministry also asked to apply to the senior secretary of this ministry to draw attention of the additional secretary of the recruitment,...

Staff Reporter : A violent clash erupted between two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Gazipur’s Shreepur area over the jhut (waste fabric) business of a local factory. The incident, which involved the use of cocktails and gunfire, occurred in front of the SQ Celsius Limited garment factory on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, leading to significant disruption of traffic. According to local police, the confrontation began on the morning of September 25, when Md. Polash, a member of the...

Staff Reporter : Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Mainul Hasan on Wednesday said that necessary security has been beefed up in all areas concerned over the upcoming Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community. He said it while talking to reporters after attending a meeting on the law and order situation, held at DMP headquarters. Plainclothes police, Swat, Crisis Response team, Quick Response team, Crime Scene Van and bomb disposal units will also remain...

Diplomatic Correspondent : In a bid to improve relations strains by recent political changes in Bangladesh, high-level officials from Bangladesh and India held their first direct talks since the upheaval that overthrew the fascist Sheikh Hasina government on August 5. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Foreign Adviser to the Interim Government of Bangladesh, Md. Touhid Hossain, and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar discussed ways to advance mutual...