Tomorrow (February 24, 2022), the Search Committee will submit its recommendations to the President. Regrettably it will be done as before – in secrecy. We will never know (unless the President decides otherwise and sets a new precedent, and we hope he does) the ten names they recommended and only learn about the five the President will choose in consultation with the Prime Minister.
Mushtaq Ahmed, the writer, the commentator, the socially conscious citizen, the articulate but moderate voice of dissent and a critical observer of current events is dead.
While we are haunted by the spectre of coronavirus damaging our society, its health and the economy, there is another “virus” that has been destroying us from inside for decades.
The reason we say that this “request” couldn’t have come from our Supreme Court judges is that the implication of the “request” is nothing short of death for court reporting. It will lead to shrouding of the judicial process and whatever goes on in the courts into the darkness of night forever depriving it of the “light” of public scrutiny.
The much-awaited Gazipur city election is over, the “we-knew-it-from-before” polls results are upon us, the “impartiality” of the police and the “neutrality” of the civil administration have once again been demonstrated, the never-too-late-to-follow “certificate” of the Election Commission has been delivered and, of course, our democracy now stands “strengthened”.
This government's sterling achievement of setting in motion a “Digital Bangladesh” suffers a serious blow by way of the proposed Digital Security Act that the cabinet has just approved.
Almost 70 percent of the chairman aspirants in the district council elections received higher education, civil body Shujon says in a report.
Saying there is nothing to be worried about the new law on child marriage, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lambasts those opposing incorporating the provision for special marriage in the Child Marriage Prevention Act 2016.
Unidentified criminals killed a housewife in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat on Saturday night, two hours into her abduction.
Stressing that an offender will be treated as a criminal without considering his or her identity or affiliation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says they will surely be brought to justice.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim says his ministry will introduce a digital tracking device to prevent leakage of question papers ahead of the medical admission test this year.
Law Minister Anisul Huq says there is a way to bring Bangabandhu's self-confessed killer Noor Chowdhury back to the country and therefore Bangladesh government is holding talks with its Canadian counterpart.
The construction work of Rampal power plant will not be suspended despite Unesco's advice, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid says.
Law Minister Anisul Huq says the recent reports about the expulsion of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's self-confessed killer Noor Chowdhury from Canada is false.
Stern actions will be taken against the people including ministers, lawmakers and VIPs if they drive on the wrong side of the roads, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says.
Speakers at a discussion in Habiganj yesterday urged the government as well as the forest officials to take initiative for creating
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges all, including guardians, to remain alert so that their children do not go to the wrong path of terrorism and militancy.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina claims that Rampal power plant project will not affect the world's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans.
