Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) yesterday demanded an amendment to the Children Act, 2013, incorporating a provision to protect children from physical and mental torture they face -- especially in educational institutions -- in the name of punishment.
Two people were crushed under the wheels of a train at Kursha in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early yesterday.
Nine people were killed in separate road accidents across five districts in the last two days, report our correspondents and a news agency.
The results of Primary Education Completion (PEC), Ebtedayee, Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations will be published on December 31.
Many schools and colleges in Chattogram don’t have female friendly toilets and sanitation facilities. This forces female students to miss classes during their menstruation period, as they don’t want to use unhygienic toilets, speakers said at a programme yesterday.
All pending cases cannot be disposed of amid the current rush of filing unless those are settled outside courts, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.
Dr Md Sabur Khan -- chairman of Daffodil International University and Daffodil Family, and high commissioner of World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF), Bangladesh -- has been appointed as one of the global board members of WBAF’s Science, Technology and Innovation Commission.
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced 10 people to death for killing pharmacy owner Mazharul Islam Paltan in Mymensingh’s Nandail 12 years ago.
A man is arrested with 10,800 pieces of yaba pills at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram city.
The High Court questions the legality of holding the office of Jatiya Party chairman by GM Quader as he was allegedly appointed to the post without any council.
