New curriculum not suspended: ministry
Education ministry officials on Saturday confirmed that a new school curriculum had not been suspended amid a confusion raised in this regard...
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Finance div prepares economic report for finance adviser
The Finance Division has prepared an update about the economy highlighting the prevailing high inflation and falling forex reserves to submit to the finance adviser of the newly formed interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus...
Rangpur manager Bithi reinstated
Rangpur Division women鈥檚 cricket team manager Arifa Jahan Bithi 鈥� who was dismissed from her role following her participation in helping the protestors during the recent Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in the country 鈥� has been reinstated...
Judiciary must learn to stay off political control
THE judiciary appears to be in need of an urgent course correction as it appears to have shifted its standing with the change in the government. And, such a shift questions the independence of the judiciary that was officially effected on November 1, 2007 from the executive and the legislative based a 12-point directive that the Appellate Division issued...
Courts in Bangladesh to remain closed indefinitely
All the proceedings of the Appellate Division and High Court Division of the Supreme Court will remain closed for an indefinite period starting Monday.
Citizens for probe into killings of protesters under UN supervision
Seventy-four eminent citizens demanded unbiased, independent, transparent, and credible investigations into the killings of students and other citizens during the quota reform movement under the supervision of United Nations high-level experts...
Contempt of court rule issued against lawyer Mohsin, journalist Kanak
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday issued contempt of court notices against lawyer Mohammad Mohsin Rashid and expatriate journalist Kanak Sarwar for making objectionable comments about the judiciary, Supreme Court and International Criminal Tribunal...
Six land in jail in BTV rampage case
A Dhaka court has sent six leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, including Sultan Salauddin Tuku to jail in a case, lodged over rampaging state-owned...
Notification to be issued anytime, says minister
A notification on the order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court over quota reform is likely to be issued today or tomorrow, public administration minister Farhad Hossain said on Monday...
Govt had better take action on all issues protesters talk of
THE Appellate Division has revoked the High Court verdict of June 5 that ordered the government to reinstate 30 per cent of civil service job reservations for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters. The appeals court in its verdict after hearing two petitions on July 21 brought down the civil service job reservations...
The wound will cast a long, indelible shadow
THE Appellate Division coming to revoke the July 5 High Court verdict that asked the government to reinstate 30 per cent quotas in government jobs for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters, sparking massive student protests, does not, and will not, heal the wounds that have been inflicted on the nation since July 15...
BTV incurs Tk 200-300cr damages in arson attack
Valuables worth around Tk 200-300 crore were damaged during the arson attack on Bangladesh Television building amid the students鈥� protests over quota...
SC set to hear appeal against quota verdict this morning
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is set to hear the government appeal against the High Court verdict on quota in civil service recruitment at 10:00am today just as the curfew ends...
JS body asks BTV to broadcast quality progs
The parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of information and broadcasting on Tuesday suggested Bangladesh Television broadcast quality programs in order to...
Govt appeals against HC verdict on quota
The cabinet secretary on Tuesday filed a petition in the Appellate Division seeking permission to appeal against a High Court verdict that asked the government to maintain...
SC rejects petition for appeal against admission cancellation
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court scrapped the leave to appeal brought against a High Court judgement, upholding the admission cancellation of the 169 students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College of the capital...
SC summons lawyer Mohsen, journalist Kanak
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday summoned lawyer Mohammed Mohsen Rashid and journalist Kanak Sarwar for allegedly scandalising, demeaning and maligning the judiciary of Bangladesh in a talk-show...
Passage of budget retains largely all ills opposed to and criticised
THE Finance Bill 2024 has been passed. But the budget for the 2025 financial year in its passage has retained a controversial provision that economists have always been opposed to. The passage of the bill has also failed to handle a few other issues that were considered beneficial for the economy...
DSE independent director Abdullah Al Mahmud faces probes
The Financial Institutions Division of the finance ministry on Wednesday instructed the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and the Dhaka Stock Exchange to form two separate investigation committees to probe insider trading allegations against DSE independent director Abdullah Al Mahmud...
Police ADC faces forced retirment for relationship with Porimoni
The Public Security Division of the home ministry has sought a suggestion of the Public Service Commission about the 鈥榝orced retirement鈥� of former additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Md Golam Saklain as punishment for his 鈥榠mmoral relationship鈥� with actress Porimoni...
Court able enough to catch wrongdoers wherever they hide: SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has said that courts are able enough to catch wrongdoers wherever they hide...
Finance Division extends fund release deadlines
The Finance Division has extended deadlines for fund release under operating and development budgets until June 23 from previous June 13, said the...
SC clears way for releasing ex-Juba Mohila League leader Papia
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the bail of Juba Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia which was granted by the High Court in the last case relating to amassing illegal wealth...
Challenges to economy spotted sans measures
The finance division has identified around half a dozen challenges, including high inflation, a low tax鈥揋DP ratio, non-performing loans, and high...
Child鈥檚 body recovered from Chaktai canal
The body of a child was recovered from Chaktai Canal near Karnaphuli River on Wednesday morning after two children went missing there on Tuesday in the port city...
Govt must make national document issuance fail-safe
THE High Court has asked the Election Commission and a number of government authorities that include the Local Government Division and the Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration, to establish the number of the Rohingyas that have been registered as voters and the...
AL MP for legalising money through stock market
A number of ruling Awami League lawmakers on Tuesday spoke in favour of keeping illegal money legalising provisions, taking part in a general discussion on the proposed budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year in Jatiya Sangsad...
SC refuses to stay HC verdict restoring 30pc FF quota in govt jobs
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday refused to stay a High Court verdict that asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service....
SC suspends lawyer for FB post on judge
The Appellate Division on Sunday suspended High Court Division lawyer Muhammad Ashraful Islam鈥檚 practice in any court across the country until further hearing on August 29...
SC upholds death sentences of 2, restores life-term of 2 acquitted
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence handed down on two persons by a lower court in the case of killing of college-going student Ashikur Rahman Khan Apu and maiming his two brothers at Sutrapur in Dhaka in 2008...