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New law on the anvil to reinforce RAB's accountability

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said the government started drafting a new law aiming to reinforce accountability and transparency of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)."We (the government) have taken an initiative to enact a new law. Under that law, a force will exist as an elite unit. Whether RAB will...

President returns home

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has returned home after completion of his follow-up treatment and health examinations in London, reports UNB.A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:50am.Law Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Yousef S. Y. Ramadan, British High...

Get ready to play effective role in JS

Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman directed the BNP's members of parliament (MPs) from women's reserved seats to prepare themselves to play an effective role in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS), reports UNB.He came up with the directive while addressing a meeting with the newly-elected women MPs at the Cabinet Division of...

Mosleh Uddin Ahmed takes charge as DMP chief

Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mosleh Uddin Ahmed took over as the Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday, reports UNB.Deputy Commissioner of DMP N M Nasiruddin, confirmed the matter to the media.Earlier on Sunday, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification appointing him as the DMP...

Protest against new VC appointment continues at DUET with blockade

Protests by students over the appointment of the new vice-chancellor at the Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) in Gazipur have entered their fifth day, reports bdnews24.com.The "DUET Blockade" programme began on Monday morning. As a result, almost all activities at the university have come to a standstill.The situation...

CNG filling stations to stay open 24 hrs during Eid holidays

FE REPORTThe government has instructed all CNG (compressed natural gas) filling stations across the country to remain open round the clock during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays to ensure smooth vehicle movement.The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources issued the directive on Monday.According...

Another person's blood found on clothes

The blood of another person has been found in a sample collected from the clothes of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a student and theatre activist from Comilla Victoria Govt College who was murdered a decade ago, reports bdnews24.com.DNA tests have found that sperm and blood samples of four people were present...

NSU holds lecture on crafting budget

The Department of Law, North South University (NSU), in collaboration with the NSU Law and Mooting Society hosted a session of its 'Business Law Talks' series, featuring a special lecture titled "Law and Economics of Crafting a Budget That May Work for Bangladesh" on its campus in the capital on...

JU students block Dhaka-Aricha Highway

JU CorrespondentStudents of the Jahangirnagar University (JU) blocked the Dhaka-Aricha Highway on Monday afternoon, expressing resentment over the law-enforcement agencies' failure to arrest the suspect involved in the attempted rape of a female student.Under the banner of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU), the demonstrators staged a blockade on...

Death anniv of Mujib-Rabeya Rahman today

Today (May 19) is the sixth death anniversary of Md. Majibur Rahman Patwary (87) and Rabeya Begum (73), parents of Md. Anowar Habib Kazal, senior assistant director (public relations) of Daffodil International University. They died of Covid-19 on this day in 2020, says a press release. In this regard, doa-fateha...