Tomorrow (February 24, 2022), the Search Committee will submit its recommendations to the President. Regrettably it will be done as before – in secrecy. We will never know (unless the President decides otherwise and sets a new precedent, and we hope he does) the ten names they recommended and only learn about the five the President will choose in consultation with the Prime Minister.
Mushtaq Ahmed, the writer, the commentator, the socially conscious citizen, the articulate but moderate voice of dissent and a critical observer of current events is dead.
While we are haunted by the spectre of coronavirus damaging our society, its health and the economy, there is another “virus” that has been destroying us from inside for decades.
The reason we say that this “request” couldn’t have come from our Supreme Court judges is that the implication of the “request” is nothing short of death for court reporting. It will lead to shrouding of the judicial process and whatever goes on in the courts into the darkness of night forever depriving it of the “light” of public scrutiny.
The much-awaited Gazipur city election is over, the “we-knew-it-from-before” polls results are upon us, the “impartiality” of the police and the “neutrality” of the civil administration have once again been demonstrated, the never-too-late-to-follow “certificate” of the Election Commission has been delivered and, of course, our democracy now stands “strengthened”.
This government's sterling achievement of setting in motion a “Digital Bangladesh” suffers a serious blow by way of the proposed Digital Security Act that the cabinet has just approved.
Almost 70 percent of the chairman aspirants in the district council elections received higher education, civil body Shujon says in a report.
Saying there is nothing to be worried about the new law on child marriage, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lambasts those opposing incorporating the provision for special marriage in the Child Marriage Prevention Act 2016.
The government is going to recruit 10,000 more nurses in the state-run hospitals to ensure better treatment for the patients, says Health Minister Mohammad Nasim.
The widening gap between rich and poor around the world is a "ticking time bomb" threatening to explode into social and economic unrest if left unchecked, Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus says.
The government is determined to fully implement Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) peace accord, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said at a public reception in the district town yesterday.
The next “major challenge” for Bangladesh is to bring 195 Pakistani army officials to book for their involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, says noted writer and human rights activist Shahriar Kabir.
In an opinion write-up in The New York Times, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, grandson of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, opined that his grandfather’s killer should be extradited from the US.
Road communications between Rangamati and Bandarban resumed yesterday following the reconstruction of a Bailey bridge that collapsed
"The powerless president may be made powerful in political rhetoric for gaining some political mileage. But this does not give him any authority to exercise. This will only be creating confusion about the president's real powers," opines Shakhawat Liton.
Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International (TI) says civil society’s freedom of speech is vital to eliminate corruption from the society.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for staying alert to power usurpers, saying it's very unfortunate that the people have to hear sermons on democracy from the power grabbers.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the fine slapped by the UK financial watchdog on Sonali Bank (UK) Ltd will have to be paid.
