National Human Rights Commission Bangladesh (NHRCB) in partnership with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) will make periodic report on overall situation of the country’s human trafficking (including child trafficking). Disclosing this at a meeting today (Dec 17), Civil Society members said they in partnership with NHRCB will prepare the report and submit it to the government…
Fabia Shahzadi In 1973, William Peter Blatty’s bestselling novel, The Exorcist, was adapted into one of the most successful movies of all time. It told the story of a young girl’s soul being possessed by a demon, and it was actually inspired by a real-life incident. In 1949, a 13-year-old boy from Cottage City, Maryland…
Raj Ahmed of DOT The High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Barrister Mainul Hosein for six months in 13 defamation cases, The Daily Star reported. The court also stayed the trial proceedings of 15 defamation cases filed against Hosein for the next six months. The bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Zafar…
UNB A policeman and some workers of Pran Agro Ltd were injured in a clash between the two groups at Ekdala in the district town on Thursday morning. Police and factory sources said workers of Pran Agro Ltd launched a movement on the factory premises on Wednesday evening demanding an increase in their wages. The…
Major General Abdur Rashid Bangladesh has experienced two kinds of violent extremism since its birth, which indeed espoused opposing ideologies. The Socialist movement launched immediately after the birth of Bangladesh, under the banner of red revolution, which caused the loss of more than 22,000 lives. A new kind of violent extremism appeared in the 90s…
BSS Four consumer shops were fined Taka 14,000 on charges of selling unhygienic and substandard foods to the customers in the city on Monday. A team of Department of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) conducted the raid in Sapura area and found Shaymal Store, Shiplu Store, Ashoke Misty Ghar and Shaheen Store for preparing, possessing…
Raj Abrar of DOT Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced yesterday that the final list of the grand alliance candidates for the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls will be declared in a day or two. “We’ll be able to finalize our list for the next polls in a day or two . ….
NDTV: Aero India – Asia’s largest military aviation exhibition – will be held in Bengaluru in February next year, the government said Saturday. The announcement comes weeks after controversy over reports that the prestigious air show hosted by Bengaluru for over two decades might be shifted out of the city. “The Government has decided to…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Supreme Court asked the authorities concerned to file leave-to-petition in the regular bench against the bail to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act over the arson attack in Cumilla on January 25, 2015, reports Daily Sun. The SC also fixed December 13…