Include domestic work in labour law
March 11, 2010
Speaker at a discussion yesterday called on the government include the labour of domestic helps in the labour law to ensure their rights to health and basic education.
“Women are the main workers at the domestic labour and they have been working in vulnerable situation where they frequently violated with their employers,” said speakers at the discussion organised by ActionAid Bangladesh at Chhayanaut Auditorium in the city.
HC starts delivering judgment on Hasina Niko case plea
March 11, 2010
The High Court on Thursday started delivering judgment on a writ petition filed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for quashing proceedings against her in the Niko corruption case.
The HC bench of Justice Md Shamsul Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee began delivering the verdict at about 12:30pm on the petition after concluding hearing on it.
All-female police contingent to be sent to UN mission
March 9, 2010
Home Minister Sahara Khatun announced yesterday that the government will soon send an all-female police contingent to a United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Bangladesh will become the first Muslim nation in the world to commit an all-female contingent.
Man remanded for bomb attack on Taposh
March 9, 2010
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Sohel Rana on a 10-day remand in connection with the bomb attack on Awami League lawmaker Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh in October last year.
Second Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Zafar Mohammad Samsuzzaman passed the remand order after Assistant Commissioner Akbar Hossain of the Detective Branch produced him before the court with a 10-day remand prayer.
BIWTA starts eviction drive in N’ganj
March 9, 2010
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Narayanganj district administration Tuesday morning began an eviction drive against encroachers of Shitalakhya, Buriganga and Balu rivers.
Students vow to ensure trial of war criminals
March 6, 2010
Over 1000 students yesterday vowed to ensure the trial of war criminals and move forward with the spirit of the liberation war.
They took the vow at a function titled ‘Muktir Utsab 2010′ organised by Liberation War Museum at the central playground of Dhaka University.
PM says govt working on ‘health services for all’
March 6, 2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government is working to reach the health services to the doorsteps of all people across the country.
Meanwhile, 6.82 lakh people in 400 upazilas have received health services through the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust. People in rural areas are now getting health services sitting at their houses as per the pledges of the grand alliance government, she said.
JS body on CHT promises action against culprits
March 6, 2010
A parliamentary body on Saturday assured the victims of the recent violence in Rangamati and Khagrachhari that the people having ties to the killings and arson attacks must face exemplary punishment.
The assurance came during the visit of the parliamentary standing committee on Chittagong Hill Tracts to Gangaram Mukh village.
Khagrachhari OC stand released
March 4, 2010
The officer-in-charge of Khagrachhari Sadar Police Station was stand released on Thursday in connection with February 23 violence that killed one and injured 50 others.
Police Super office sources said the action was taken against OC Shariar Khan following an order by Additional Inspector General of Police (Admin) Nabo Bikrom Kishor Tripura in the early hours of Thursday.
CID gets 3 months more for Aug 21 probe
March 4, 2010
The Criminal Investigation Department on Thursday got three more months to submit the probe report in one of the two August 21 grenade attack cases.
ANM Bashir Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court Dhaka allowed the time after the investigation officer (IO) sought four more months to submit the report in the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.