The government has finalized its decision to extend primary education level up to class VIII from V, to implement National Education Policy. The decision came up today at a meeting of the National Education Policy Implementation and Monitoring Committee at the Secretariat in the capital. From today, all academic activities of class VI, VII and VIII have been handed over to the Ministry of Primary…

The High Court on Wednesday issued a suo motu rule on the government asking it to show cause as to why legal action shall not be taken against those who are responsible for the public humiliation of a teacher in Narayanganj.   A division bench comprising Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Ikbal Kabir passed the order.   Two senior lawyers of the Supreme Court, MK Rahman and Mohsin…

Marking the 45 years of Japan-Bangladesh friendship, a discussion meeting and a cultural function has been arranged by Non-Resident Bangladeshi in Japan (NRB Japan), an organization for expatriate Bangladeshis in Japan, at 6:00 pm (local time) on 22nd May, 2016 (Sunday) at the Kita-Ku Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The cultural function will be adorned by the singers and artists from both Bangladesh and Japan.…

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday said public humiliation of a teacher is “a punishable offence.”   Earlier, a headmaster of a school in Narayanganj was beaten up by a mob and made to do sit-ups holding his ears in the presence of local Jatiya Party lawmaker AKM Selim Osman last Friday.   Allegations against him were that he demeaned the religion of Islam.   The incident,…

Disaster Management and Relief Ministry on Tuesday has asked the authorities concerned to demolish a total of 110 buildings in the capital which have been found to be ‘very risky’ in terms of earthquake resilience.   Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) Director General Brig Gen Ali Ahmed said the decision was taken at a recent meeting held at the ministry. Ali Ahmed said this while…

The DNA test conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu has found rape evidence. "We've found profile of semen of three men in the dresses and underwear of Tonu in the DNA test conducted at the CID Dhaka laboratory," news agency UNB said quoting Special Police Super of Cimilla CID Dr Nazmul Karim Khan on Monday night. He said they matched…

Two Bangladeshi peacekeepers who were assigned under the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, were killed as a cyclone lashed the West African country on Sunday. The deceased are police constables Md Samidul Haque, 30, and Motahar Hossain, 28. The two constables were on duty along with others of the UN peacekeeping mission when the cyclone brushed the coasts of Mali around 5:30pm (local time) on Sunday,…

Health Minister Mohammed Nasim on Sunday said that the killing of Rajshahi University (RU) teacher Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee took place due to the administrative weakness. He came up with this statement while addressing at a solidarity meeting organised by RU Teachers’ Association (Ruta) at the university Senate Bhaban. “There’re some lapses in the local and field level administration.…

State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Sunday said mobile phone operators will give free minutes to its users as compensation for every case of call drop and network failure. She came up with the decision after a meeting with the chief executive officers of the mobile phone operators at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Sunday. As per the decision, the users will not get compensation…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday termed the killing of Bandarban Buddhist monk as an isolated incident and pointed finger at the relatives of the victim.   The Minister delivered the statement in reply of a query by the reporters at the Rajshahi University, hours after the Buddhist monk murder.   “It is an isolated incident and the victim’s relatives are involved…

The charred bodies of three teenage boys, including two brothers, were recovered from a dairy farm room at Hemayetpur in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Jibon, 19, Nasir, 16 - two sons of Ziaur Rahman; and Bhoje, 14, son of Karkama Mia, hailing from Nilphamari district went to sleep in the room on Friday night. All the three were workers of Pranta…

Once again a Bangladeshi youth was gunned down by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Natunpara bordering area of Jibannagar upazila in Chuadanga district on Saturday. Quoting locals, BGB said BSF members from Nonaganj camp arrested some Bangladeshi young men, including Shehab, 18, son of Mahabul Halsena of Goalpara village in the upazila, after they entered a mango orchard for plucking…

A total of thirty five unknown persons have been sued in connection with the killing of an Ansar member who was gunned down allegedly by robbers inside Rohingya refugee camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Alamgir Hossain, an Ansar member of the barrack, filed the case with Teknaf police station last night, said SM Azimuddin, deputy director of Bangladesh Ansar (Chittagong zone), reports UNB.…