Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said the government is determined to create a labour-friendly environment in the country as he addressed International Labour Organisation (ILO) governing body’s 350th session in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday. “The government is pledge-bound to form a labour-friendly environment in the country and
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SC upholds govt decision to keep schools open during Ramadan
Dr Yunus files appeal seeking permission to go abroad
Nobel Laureate economist Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has filed an appeal to the Labour Appeal Tribunal seeking permission to go abroad. The appeal was filed at the Labour Appeal Tribunal on behalf of him on Sunday (March 10). The appeal states that Dr Muhammad Yunus wants to attend several international conferences abroad.
Destiny’s Rafiqul Amin gets bail in graft case at High Court
The High Court on Wednesday (March 6) granted one year's bail to Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited managing director Rafiqul Amin who was jailed for 12 years in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) allegedly for laundering Tk 4,200 crore. The bail was given on condition that he would deposit
HC orders forming committee to probe Bailey Road building fire
HC asks to submit report on Ayaan’s death on Thursday
The High Court on Monday directed the director general of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to submit the investigation report on Thursday (January 25) on five-year-old Ayaan, who died following full anesthesia during a circumcision procedure at United Medical College Hospital on December 31, last. An HC bench of Justice
Evaly’s Rassel gets bail one day after warrant issued
Mohammad Rassel, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of e-commerce company Evaly, secured bail on Wednesday, one day after an arrest warrant issued again him. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Hayder passed this order after hearing on a bail petition. Mohammad Rassel submitted the petition through his lawyer after surrender in the court this
Mirza Fakhrul gets bail in another case
A court in Dhaka has granted bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in another case filed with the city's Paltan Police Station. Dhaka's Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Tahmina Huque passed the order on Wednesday granting bail to Mirza Fakhrul after a hearing on his bail plea. Earlier on January 10,
SCSCCR sends letter to UN to protect Palestinian children
Bangladesh Supreme Court Special Committee on Child Rights (SCSCCR) has sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ant›nio Guterres, urging him to take effective steps to provide protection to children in Gaza, Palestine. SCSCCR president Justice M Enayetur Rahim sent the letter on January 15 through the Ministry of
Two agents jailed for using mobile phones at Barguna-1
Two polling agents have sentenced to one year in jail in the Burirchar union of Barguna-1 (Sadar) constituency for using mobile phones. The two persons -- Mokhlesur Rahman, agent of the Mango symbol, and Monir, an agent of the Truck symbol. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Harun-or-Rashid sentenced the agents for entering the