Four more former ministers, who were dropped from Sheikh Hasina's new cabinet, have been made chiefs of the same number of parliamentary standing committees last night.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu hints at forming a new wage board for journalists of the electronic media and televisions.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, a component of Awami League-led 14-party alliance, pledged to form a bicameral parliament.
Though there are many private television channels in the country, 83 per cent television viewers still watch Bangladesh Television (BTV), Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu tells Parliament.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu calls upon all to practice workers-friendly politics and run workers-friendly economy in the country to build a society free from discrimination and exploitation.
Blaming a faction of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) for creating anarchy in post-independence Bangladesh, BNP today says Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu should be brought to justice for that.
Opposing induction of JSD leader Hasanul Huq Inu as a minister, Jatiya Party lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid expresses his fear that the prime minister might even bring some secret killers to the parliament someday.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu was threatened with life yesterday. An unknown person sent him a shroud in a shopping bag, said a ministry official.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu is anonymously threatened with death through a package containing a shroud, says a ministry official.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique and 23 other eminent persons allegedly receive death threats from banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team.
Information Minister says the government will arrest BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia if she does not surrender