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Strong social movement a must to combat rape: Fakhrul

LGRD, and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said laws and government initiatives alone are not sufficient to prevent rape, child abuse, and killings, emphasising that a strong nationwide social movement is essential to combat these crimes effectively, report agencies.He made the remarks in a post shared on his...

Students stage protests in the capital's Kalshi area on Thursday, demanding justice for Ramisa, a class II

Students stage protests in the capital's Kalshi area on Thursday, demanding justice for Ramisa, a class II student of Popular Model High School in Pallabi, who was brutally killed, allegedly after rape, on Tuesday. — FE Photo

Swapon seeks UK, Swiss support to safeguard media freedom

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon has said the present government is committed to upholding the freedom of media, reports BSS."The government is determined to ensure media freedom. To this end, work has already begun to form a Media Commission," he said.He made the remarks during a courtesy meeting...

Jamaat slams SC secretariat abolition

The abolition of the Supreme Court (SC) Secretariat amounts to a 'slap' to the judiciary, Jamaat-e-Islami has said while criticising the government's decision, reports bdnews24.com.Lawyer Shishir Manir, a member of the party's central working council of Jamaat-e-Islami , expressed his position at a press conference at the Jamaat headquarters in...

CEC committed to holding violence-free local elections

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said the Election Commission (EC) is committed to holding fair and violence-free local government elections and called upon all stakeholders to cooperate in fostering national unity to ensure the credibility of the electoral process., report agencies."We want local government elections to be...

HC rejects writ seeking probe into interim govt activities

The High Court (HC) has dismissed a writ petition seeking an investigation into the 18-month activities of the immediate past interim government, led by Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, report agencies.The HC bench of Justice Ahmed Sohel and Justice Fatema Anwar passed the order after hearing the petition on Thursday.Advocate MK...

Jatiya Party leader Ruhul Amin hospitalised

ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader, secretary general of a faction of the Jatiya Party, has been admitted to a hospital in the capital with cardiac complications, reports bdnewsw24.com.The former minister is being treated at the CCU of United Hospital, the party's Office Secretary MA Razzak Khan said on Thursday.Razzak said Ruhul...

BNP leader killed in N'ganj--

NARAYANGANJ, May 21 (UNB): A local leader of BNP has been stabbed to death by some miscreants at Kaunda in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj district.The deceased is Osman Goni, office secretary of Araihazar upazila unit of BNP and son of Abdur Rashid of Boro Binai Char in the upazila.Witnesses said...