UNB, Khulna : Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has said that the disappearance of Rahima Begum, who was found alive...
Day: September 28, 2022
Online Desk : The overall number of global Covid cases has now crossed 621 million amid a rise in new...
Ap, TOKYO : Armed with a new law that boosts U.S. support for computer chip manufacturing, Vice President Kamala Harris...
Why with each passing day feuding within Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) cadres centering on violent clashes with the opposition and...
WE may have to accept all the lies but this government has no constitutional legitimacy to remain in power any more. The government is wasting time in passing laws for abusing power to achieve its goal. Let alone the law on a very sensitive subject such as citizens’ personal data protection. Once passed, the law can be misused. The proposed “Data Protection Act, 2022” that has been published for personal feedback quite some time ago has scope for government surveillance...
Woman empowerment propels prosperity Women’s empowerment has always been a contentious topic in developing nations like Bangladesh because of the complicated cultural and socio-demographic environment. Women are considered subordinate to men in the country and are made confined to houses for the nourishment of family members. It is really an irony to see women restricted around four walls without emancipation to relish their fundamental rights. The fact can’t be denied that women are the source of the development of nations...
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP :A review of the 23-year freedom-struggle led by Bangabandhu clearly shows that the Pakistani colonial rulers...
Hira Aman :Social media has become an inevitable part of our daily life. It is one of the major tools of engagement through which people can instantly communicate with each other and came to know about global affairs. We need a peaceful and safer society in order to survive in this physical world and in doing so people follow some ethical and moral principles. Similarly, social media is a digital world where people develop online connections. As digital citizens of...
Staff Reporter :The death toll from Sunday’s boat capsize in the Karatoa River under Boda upazila of Panchagarh district has risen to 68 with the recovery of 18 more bodies till Tuesday afternoon, while at least four people still remain missing.The authority concerned has apprehended that the number of death toll may rise further. According to the investigation committee formed by the district administration, the incident of boat sinking in Karatoa river of Boda upazila of Panchagarh occurred due to...
Staff Reporter :In the full text of a verdict the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has observed that granting bail to anyone on the mere ground of age is not rational. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Md Nuruzzaman delivered the verdict after hearing a criminal petition for leave to appeal filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against a High Court judgment. In the verdict, the apex court also criticized the High Court Division for...
Staff Reporter :Chief of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Banaj Kumar Majumder has filed a case against former superintendent of police Babul Akter and three others under the Digital Security Act (DSA) and the Special Powers Act (SPA). The PBI chief, also the Additional Inspector General of Police, lodged the case with Dhanmondi Police Station on Tuesday night for providing and spreading false and untrue information in the Mitu murder case.Three others accused are Babul’s father and former police officer...
Staff Reporter :The tanneries relocated from the capital’s Hazaribagh area to Savar to save the Buriganga river, are now polluting another major river-the Dhaleshwari-putting its existence and biodiversity at stake, said experts.The direct disposal of untreated liquid and solid wastes full of high level of concentrated chromium and salt from the leather factories has degraded the water quality of the river.In a programme organized by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), Association for land reform and Development (ALRD) and Water Right...