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Cases filed under cyber laws for speech offences to be withdrawn

The government has decided to swiftly withdraw the cases related to speech offences filed under cyber laws, reports UNB.Besides, people who were arrested in these cases will be granted immediate release through legal processes, according to a release of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.As of August 2024,...

BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu speaking at a rally -

BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu speaking at a rally, organised by 'Desh Bachao Manush Bachao Andolon' in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Monday. — Focus Bangla

Cancellation of textbook review committee ‘risky compromise with radicals’, opines TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), on Monday, said the interim government has set a worrisome and risky precedent by compromising policy decisions in response to self-interested radical threats, reports UNB.The organization expressed deep concern, saying that the decision to cancel the coordination committee to revise all textbooks, prepared and printed by...

DU students protest against falsely labelling Samina Luthfa 'Islamophobic'

Students of the Sociology Department at Dhaka University (DU) on Monday held a rally and marched in protest of remarking an Samina Luthfa, an associate professor in their department, as 'Islamophobic'.The students began their march from the Faculty of Social Sciences and ended it at Raju Memorial Sculpture, where it...

Rehabilitate flood victims, Tarique urges govt

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman has called upon the interim government to take initiatives for rehabilitation of the flood-affected people in five northern districts.He has also urged the government to take measures to help prevent riverbank erosion.He made the call in a statement sent by BNP senior...

Hasina sued in another attempt to murder case

Another case was filed on Monday against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 78 others for allegedly attempting to murder transport worker Sohel in Khilgaon area in the capital during the recent anti-discrimination student movement, reports BSS.The victim filed the complaint with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saiful...

Ex-Sirajganj MP Henry, her husband arrested from Moulvibazar

MOULVIBAZAR, Sept 30 (UNB): Rapid Action Bangladesh (RAB) has arrested former lawmaker for Sirajganj-2 Jannat Ara Henry and her husband Md Labu Talukdar, former chairman of Sirajganj Zilla Parishad, from Moulvibazar on Monday.A team of RAB-9 conducted a drive in Sonapur area of the town and arrested them from the...

Arrest warrant against Shafik Rehman withdrawn

A Dhaka court on Monday withdrew the arrest warrant issued against veteran journalist Shafik Rehman in a case lodged for plotting to abduct and murder ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the USA in 2015, reports BSS.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque passed the order...

Ex-AL minister Mostafizur Rahman Fizar passes away

Dinajpur, Sept 29 (UNB): Former Minister for Primary and Mass Education and Awami League lawmaker Mostafizur Rahman Fizar passed away on Sunday night. He was 70.Fizar, also President of the Dinajpur District Awami League, breathed his last around 8pm at the LabAid Hospital in the capital while undergoing cancer treatment...