Cyberbullying legal panel starts work this week: Zahed
Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman on Tuesday said the interim government would not tolerate cyberbullying, enforced disappearances, or extrajudicial killings, announcing that a panel of lawyers formed to address cyber-related legal issues would begin its work this week.Speaking to reporters at the secretariat in the...
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EC seeks to bar MPO teachers, dual citizens from local polls
The Election Commission (EC) has finalised a set of recommendations proposing amendments to local government laws to disqualify MPO-listed teachers, dual citizens and holders of offices of profit from contesting local government elections, report agencies .The proposals also seek to bar loan defaulters and guarantors, as well as utility bill...
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Rizvi asks who sheltered Zia assassination convict
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday asked who had sheltered and patronised one of the convicted killers of former President Ziaur Rahman during the past 45 years, reports UNB.He raised the issue while speaking as the chief guest at a prayer programme, organised by Jatiyatabadi Jubo...
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Dr Shafiqur Rahman speaks at a workshop
Opposition Leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman speaks at a workshop for the party's office staff at the Al-Falah Auditorium in the capital's Moghbazar on Tuesday. — Collected
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ICT orders to produce ex-army officer Mozaffar by July 23
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered former army officer Major Mozaffar Hossain to be produced in a crimes against humanity case involving retired lieutenant general Masud Uddin Chowdhury, report agencies.The order was issued on Tuesday by ICT-2, headed by Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, following a petition filed by Chief...
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DU appoints acting deans for two faculties
Dhaka University (DU) authorities have appointed two new acting deans for its Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Biological Sciences.Prof Md Mehedi Hasan Khan of the Department of Population Sciences has been appointed Acting Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, while Prof Dr Md Abdul Karim of the...
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Three Myanmar security personnel held in Teknaf
COX'S BAZAR, July 21 (UNB): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have detained three members of Myanmar's security forces after they illegally entered Bangladesh through the Naf River along the Teknaf border.The three crossed the river by swimming with the aid of plastic water containers and entered Bangladesh through the Naittongpara...
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