report in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 23, 2018 at 02:09 AM BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday urged the government to amend the constitution in a bid to include the provision of having an election-time government. He said: “The Prime Minister has recently said an election-time government will be formed, but there’s no existence of such administration in the constitution.” Speaking at a discussion, he further said: “If you (PM) accept the election-time government…
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report in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 23, 2018 at 06:11 PM Bangladesh showed stable and qualitative improvement in major economic indicators last year, with leading 40 countries in the Inclusive Development Index (IDI) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Among 74 emerging economies, the country this year secured the 34th position in the IMF’s annual index, which reflects quality of economic performance in a particular country. In the index, Bangladesh also performed far better than India…
report in The Daily Star, Jan 23, 2018 Two education ministry officials, who were arrested on Sunday, had taken bribes to facilitate re-opening of an English medium school closed down on the allegations of patronising militancy, police say. Motaleb Hossain, personal official of Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, and Nasir Uddin, upper division assistant of the ministry, received bribes from Khaled Hassan Matin, owner of Lakehead Grammar School, a senior DB official said yesterday. Md…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 23, 2018 BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday urged the government to amend the constitution in a bid to include the provision of having an election-time government. He said: “The Prime Minister has recently said an election-time government will be formed, but there’s no existence of such administration in the constitution.” Speaking at a discussion, he further said: “If you (PM) accept the election-time government system, you can…
By Shariful Islam and Rafiul Islam in The Daily Star, Jan 22, 2018 The fight against militancy remains challenging as ever as dozens of militants are getting freed every year from prisons that have no de-radicalisation programmes. The government has yet to launch such programmes to deradicalise inmates despite repeated demands from law enforcers and global anti-terror experts for years. The issue came to the surface again after a suspected top militant recruiter, who is…
by Fazlur Rahman Raju in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 22, 2018 Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Central Executive Committee has expelled at least 350 leaders and activists for their alleged involvement with serious crimes such as rape, assault on women, extortion, murder and abduction. According to insiders from the Awami League’s student wing, the central committee alone has expelled at least 350 leaders and activists, while local committees also expelled a significant number of party members for…
The next course of national politics, particularly how the upcoming parliamentary elections will be held, largely depends on the pending verdict of the graft cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, say political observers. By then, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders think, it will be obvious what kind of election the Awami League government, that got a virtual walkover in 2014 due to the BNP’s boycott, wants to hold. “These two lawsuits should have bearing on…
by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Jan 22, 2018 Dhaka: The Jatiya Sangsad will elect the next president within a month as the tenure of incumbent President Abdul Hamid nears an end. Hamid took office on April 24, 2013, and his five-year term expires on April 23. According to article 123 of the constitution, presidential election will be held between 90 and 60 days before the five-year term of the president expires. This…
B’desh: Police arrest education minister’s PO, ministry staffer and school owner, who were ‘missing’
report in bdnews24.com, Jan 21, 2018 at 22:08 BdST The law enforcers arrested Nurul Islam Nahid’s aide Motaleb Hossain in Mohammadpur’s Basila on Sunday night, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman told bdnews24.com. Education ministry staffer Nasir Uddin and Lakehead Grammar School owner Khaled Hasan Matin were detained in Gulshan around the same time, Masudur said. He said the police found Tk 130,000 in cash on Nasir. The DMP’s Detective Branch Joint Commissioner Abdul…
Qawmi madrasas have long resisted being brought into the mainstream. As it stands, the Qawmi madrasa system teaches a curriculum that not only restricts the job prospects of madrasa students in an increasingly globalised world, but also distances them from the mainstream culture and values of our society.This is unfair towards the large swathes of the population who attend Qawmi madrasas, and later find themselves lacking a number of the skills needed for gainful employment…
Parents should always keep an eye on their children, discuss various issues in their lives and encourage them to engage in cultural activities, family members of a number of militants came up with these suggestions yesterday. Speaking at a workshop, they also suggested that the government should take effective counter-narrative initiatives, visible de-radicalisation programmes in and outside the prisons and rehabilitate those who have already been de-radicalised. Family members and relatives of 14 militants, including…