Staff Reporter : About 70.9 percent of households have been victims of corruption while taking services from 17 sectors in the country, the 2021 survey on corruption in service sectors shows. Country’s law enforcement agencies are the most corrupt as per the survey report of the Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB) conducted in 2021. The report found alarming rate of increasing corruptions in the country’s service sectors and corruption is continuing to be institutionalised. The survey finds the seven most...
Day: September 1, 2022
Staff Reporter :The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the High Court verdict that scrapped a provision of the ‘Sarkari Chakori Ain, 2018’ making it mandatory for law enforcers to take prior permission from higher authorities in arresting any civil servant on charges related to their job before submitting the charge sheet. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, declined to pass any stay order on the HC...
DU Correspondent :The Dhaka University administration has dismissed one teacher from his job on charge of full-time employment in two sectors at the same time and demoted other for plagiarism in his PhD thesis. The decision was taken in syndicate meeting chaired by DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman at NababNawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban on Tuesday evening. Ashraf-uz-Zaman Sarkar, Assistant Professor of Institute of Modern Language Institute has been dismissed from the service of the university for his full-time...
Staff Reporter :After killing his wife and minor daughter with a sharp knife in Domar upazila of Nilphamari, a man tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself in the stomach. At the time, killer’s one-month-old baby Yashin and his mother-in-law Bilkis Begum were also injured. The deceased are identified as Ziarul’s wife Ratna Begum (25) and two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Yasmin Akhter. The accused person is identified as Ziarul Islam Zia (30), son of one Sumaru Mamud of Chandinapara area of Boragari...
Staff Reporter :Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday claimed that the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is not providing complete information about the dengue situation. “We have not received complete information from the DGHS. It is a difficulty we face so that we are struggling daily,” the DSCC Mayor said while addressing the media after inaugurating a foot-over bridge in Azimpur in the city. “DSCC has to work daily to collect information from other...
Staff Reporter :An illegal arms factory has been unearthed in a dense forest area of Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazila. On Wednesday, in a tip-off, a team of elite force RAB conducted a drive and unearthed the illegal arms factory. 10 firearms and some gun-making tools were seized from the spot. The elite force also detained one person identified as Zakir Hossain alias Zakerullah, 50, and seized 10 firearms including eight one-shutter guns during the drive, said commanding officer of RAB-7 Lieutenant...
City Desk :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men to build themselves as perfect leaders by moving forward with sacrificing mind leaving personal interest and greed. “If you (Chhatra League leaders and activists) move ahead with sacrificing mind discarding personal interest and lust, you could establish yourselves as perfect leaders,” she said at a discussion as the chief guest. BCL central executive committee organized the discussion in the city’s Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), marking...
City Desk :Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said patriotism was the base of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s ideology. “The foundation of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s ideology was patriotism. He deeply loved his people. Now it is our duty to show love towards him,” he said. He said these on Tuesday while addressing a discussion organized by Bangladesh Muslim Nikah Registrar Kalyan Samity in the city as the chief guest on the...
City Desk :Final Dissemination Workshop on the Australian Government-funded research project titled ‘Sustaining Groundwater Irrigation for Food Security in the Northwest Region of Bangladesh’ will be held in the capital today. Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) in association with Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia, will arrange the workshop at BRAC Centre INN, Mohakhali, Dhaka.Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque will speak at the workshop as the chief guest while Water Resources Senior...