Staff Reporter :The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld its chamber judge’s order that issued a status quo on the general secretary post of the Film Artistes’ Association saying that none can hold the post of general secretary till further order. The apex court also upheld the chamber judge’s order that stayed the High Court order halting the Appellate Board’s decision cancelling the candidacy of Zayed Khan and declaring Nipun Akter as the general secretary of the...
Stating that Bangladesh is a country of religious harmony, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said herparty does not believe in the division of ‘religious minority and majority’.“The fraternity among different religious communities is our golden tradition. The people of all religions in Bangladesh are bonded with mutual relation of compassion. We don’t believe in the division of religious minority and majority,” she said in a message.She further said, “We all are Bangladeshis. The philosophy of Bangladesh nationalism reflects the...
Reuters, Moscow :Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine will win local regulatory approval in the first half of August and be administered to frontline health workers soon afterwards, a development source close to the matter told Reuters.A state research facility in Moscow – the Gamaleya Institute – completed early human trials of the adenovirus-based vaccine this month and expects to begin large-scale trials in August.The vaccine will win regulatory approval from authorities in Russia while that large-scale trial continues, the source...
UNB, Jhalakati :A group of miscreants torched a local land office in Ponabalia union of Sadar upazila early Thursday on...
UNB, Dhaka :State-owned Power Development Board (PDB) has submitted a proposal to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) seeking a hike in the bulk tariff of electricity.According to official sources, the PDB has appealed to the regulator to raise the bulk power tariff to Tk 5.51 per kilowatt hour (each unit) from the existing rate of Tk 4.70 per unit.The proposal, sent recently to the BERC, also urged the watchdog body to give effect to the proposed hike from January...
BBC Online :Boris Johnson has insisted he will stay in office, despite a growing Tory revolt against his leadership.At Prime...
Staff Reporter :The government today asked factory owners to pay the due salaries and Eid festival bonus of the workers by July 25 ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.Begum Monnujan Sufian, state minister for labour and employment, came up with the government directive to the owners of factories in 42 different sectors.Sufian said this during a meeting with the leaders of Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad at Srama Bhaban in Dhaka. Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest festival of the Muslims, is likely to be...
Staff Reporter :The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, have been protecting the people of the coastal belt from different disasters, including cyclone, for ages acting as a natural shield.There is no exception in the case of cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’ which lashed the coastal districts on November 10 last year.It was because of the Sundarbans that the intensity of the cyclone as well as the extent of damages were minimised as it hit the forest first and then...
Staff Reporter :At least 187 women were raped and 29 women faced sexual harassment across the country in last three months, according to a report of human rights body Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK).At least 46 people were killed in “crossfire” with law enforcement agencies in the last three months, it added.Of them, 16 were killed in “crossfire” with Rab while 19 with police, five with Detective Branch of police and the rest were killed in “crossfire” with other agencies,...
Staff Reporter :The Foreign Ministry (FM) has acknowledged that if the Indian government chooses to voice its opinions both for its own interests and in favour of regional peace and stability, the region would undoubtedly reap the benefits. The Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen made the comments when the journalists drew his attention to a report published by Anandabazar Patrika which said that India is not happy with the current role of the US centering the upcoming elections in...
Reza Mahmud :A total of 17 sacrificial cattle markets are to be installed in Dhaka’s two city corporation areas, sources said.Of the two, Dhaka South City Corporation will arrange 10 and Dhaka North City Corporation will have seven sacrifificial animal markets on account Eid-ul-Azha. When contacted, Farid Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer of Dhaka South City Corporation told The New Nation on Saturday, “We have started leasing of 10 cattle markets in our jurisdictions to traders through bids. The decision of...
Staff Reporter :A seven-member investigation committee, which formed after a part of a launching girder of BRT project in front of the airport and an under-construction pier cap in Uttara fell, will start their investigation from today (Tuesday).Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project director ASM Illias Hossain confirmed it to The New Nation on Monday night.He said that the seven-member committee, led by Joint Secretary of Road Transport and Highways Division Anisur Rahman, will probe the two incidents. They were asked...