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Poetic tribute in parliament as chief whip hails PM's Time 100 placement

Dhaka, April 16 -- Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni has extended a formal congratulation to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the parliament following his inclusion in Time Magazine's list of the 100 most i... Read More


Bar Council poll suspension sparks parliament row, MP Akhter criticises move

Dhaka, April 16 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) lawmaker Akhter Hossen has expressed his fury in parliament over the postponement of the Bangladesh Bar Council elections. The Rangpur-4 representative... Read More


'Alex' Emon murder: Six suspects to be questioned in police custody for 4 days

Dhaka, April 16 -- Police have remanded six people to police custody for questioning over the murder of Emon aka "Alex Emon", the leader of "Alex Group" youth gang, in Dhaka's Mohammadpur. Dhaka Metr... Read More


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


4.5mn 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


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


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