Politics
Waiting for 'right time' to wage movement: BNP
BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday said their party is waiting for an atmosphere conducive to creating a mass uprising to turn Bangladesh into a democratic country by ousting the current government
Govt taken all-out preparation to procure Covid-19 vaccine: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday assured the countrymen that the government has taken all-out preparations to bring COVID-19 vaccine whenever it will be available.
"The vaccine is about to be invented, research works are going on. We've given advance booking so that we could bring a vaccine at once after its invention. We're taking steps for that purpose. We've taken all-out preparations for that," she said while delivering her winding-up speech in the Parliament.
Responding to criticism from the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Jatiya Party leader GM Quader, she said that educational institutions were opened in America and European countries including UK, but later they shut down all as the infection of coronavirus was shooting up alarmingly.
"We've also discussed to open our educational institutions. If opened, students, teachers and guardians would go to the respective institutions. Coronavirus is contagious, a vaccine is yet to be invented. Why should we take the risk? We can't push our people towards death risk. We've to keep that in our mind too," she said.
Courts having jurisdiction can try narcotic-related crimes, Bill passed
The ‘Narcotics Control (Amendment) Bill, 2020’ was passed in Parliament on Thursday dropping the provision of setting up separate narcotic control tribunals to pave the way for competent courts to try narcotic-related crimes.
JS passes bill allowing BERC to bring any change in tariff more than one time per FY
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was passed in Parliament on Wednesday to empower the BERC to make any change in tariff more than one time per financial year.
Fakhrul for following Bhashani’s political philosophy
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the nation must follow the political philosophy of late great national leader Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani to get rid of the ‘deep crisis’ the country has long been facing.
Bill allowing formation of one-man companies passed in JS
The ‘Companies (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2020’ was passed in Parliament on Wednesday keeping a provision of formation of one-man companies, aiming to attract greater investment and do better in the global ease of doing business ranking.
Bill passed in JS to establish Science & Technology Univ in Sunamganj
The ‘Sunamganj Science and Technology University Bill 2020’ was passed in Parliament on Wednesday allowing the authorities concerned to establish one more science and technology university in the country.
Jubo Dal leader Leon ‘goes missing’: BNP
Voicing apprehension that Jubo Dal Paltan Thana unit convener Leon Haque was “made disappeared by law enforcers”, BNP on Wednesday demanded the government present him before the public immediately.
Govt lost ‘ground beneath its feet’: BNP
BNP senior leader Selima Rahman on Wednesday alleged that the government is harassing opposition leaders and activists by implicating them in fresh ‘false cases’ out of its fear of facing an imminent fall since it has already lost the ‘ground beneath its feet’.
BNP leader Hafiz for street movement to ‘oust govt’
Questioning the justification of BNP’s participation in the recent elections and by-elections, party senior leader Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Monday said the fall of the current government will have to be ensured through a street movement, not by voting.