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Rumeen Farhana flags Sarail hospital crisis in parliament, says it is 'like a patient itself'

Dhaka, April 16 -- Independent MP Rumeen Farhana has described the 50-bed hospital in Brahmanbaria's Sarail, which serves a population of 350,000, as being "like a patient itself" in parliament. She ... Read More


Action plans for 468,220 govt posts lying vacant since Dec 31, 2023: state minister

Dhaka, April 16 -- There are currently 468,220 vacant posts in all ministries and government offices across the country, which will be filled through six-month, one-year and five-year action plans, sa... Read More


July Charter: Jamaat alliance calls 'mass' march in Dhaka on Saturday

Dhaka, April 16 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami-led "11-Party Alliance" has called for "mass marches" on three consecutive Saturdays to push for various demands, including the implementation of the July Nation... Read More


4.05mn cases are awaiting trial at lower courts, law minister tells parliament

Dhaka, April 16 -- Law Minister Asaduzzaman says that 4,041,924 cases were at the trial phase in Bangladesh's lower courts at the end of the previous year. To reduce the backlog, the government has c... Read More


4.5mn cases are awaiting trial at lower courts, law minister tells parliament

Dhaka, April 16 -- Law Minister Asaduzzaman says that 4,041,924 cases were at the trial phase in Bangladesh's lower courts at the end of the previous year. To reduce the backlog, the government has c... Read More


Masdar Hossain's licence to practise law suspended

Dhaka, April 16 -- The Bangladesh Bar Council has temporarily suspended the lawyer's licence for Masdar Hossain, a former district judge and Supreme Court advocate, after "initial evidence was found" ... Read More


'Flat graft': Indictment hearing against British MP Tulip Siddiq deferred

Dhaka, April 16 -- The ACC filed the case on Apr 15 last year against Tulip and two former RAJUK (capital development authority) legal advisors, Shah Md Khosruzzaman and Sardar Mosharraf Hossain, for ... Read More


Absent gatekeepers, deadly crossings: Systemic failures drive surge in railway deaths

Dhaka, April 16 -- Track Record: Ghosts at the Gate Anatomy of a "death trap": Most level crossings remain unauthorised, unmonitored and structurally flawed. With only 20-25 percent properly staffed,... Read More


Shibir leaders shot in legs in Chougachha: Tribunal to decide on framing charges on Apr 20

Dhaka, April 16 -- The International Crimes Tribunal has concluded a hearing on the framing of crimes against humanity charges in a case over the shooting of two Islami Chhatra Shibir leaders in the l... Read More


College student dies after being 'thrown down 8-storey elevator shaft' in Chattogram

Dhaka, April 16 -- A college student has allegedly died in Chattogram after being thrown an eight-storey elevator shaft. He is believed to have entered the under-construction building in an attempt t... Read More