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July 3, 2023

Judge impeachment bill placed in JS

The constitutional amendment bill to restore the parliament’s authority to impeach Supreme Court judges for misconduct or incapacity was placed in parliament this evening. Law Minister Anisul Huq placed the bill in the parliament amid full support of main opposition Jatiya Party lawmakers. sangsad bhabanThe bill was sent to the parliament standing committee on law ministry giving it seven days for submitting a report in parliament after scrutiny. All parliament members of ruling alliance also supported the bill by thumping up their des...

DBBL donates Tk 5cr for flood victims

Torrential rainfall and rush of water from the upstream caused severe flood for the last few days across the country. Thousands of people of several northern districts particularly in Sirajgonj, Gaibanda, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram etc. are marooned. The flood displaced thousands of people from their homes and caused severe damage to crops. Pic of the event In order to mitigate the sufferings of the flood-hit people, the Board of Directors of Dutch-Bangla Bank decided to donate Tk. 5.00 (five) crore to the Prime Minister’s Relief...

Bangladesh Denim Expo website launched

‘Denim Expo’ to be held in November this year to popularize the denim products around the globe, launched its official website http://www.bangladeshdenimexpo.com today. The Expo’s initiator and Managing Director of the Denim Expert Ltd. Mostafiz Uddin unveiled the official website, at a ceremony held in a city hotel. denip expo A total of 10 countries will be participating in “Denim Expo”, first of its kind, to be held in the Radisson Blu Water Garden hotel on 11 and 12 November 2014. ...

IBBL allocates Tk 2cr for flood affected people

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited  (IBBL) allocated Tk. 2 crore for flood affected people of the country. IBBL logoThe Bank will distribute relief materials including food and cash money among the flood affected poor people in different district including Bogra, Sirajganj, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Jamalpur, Tangail, Shariatpur, Madaripur, Manikganj, Rajbari, Munsiganj, Feni, Noakhali, Sylhet, Sunamganj.

‘Make value-added apparels’ – Korean envoy

To get more orders from global markets, Bangladeshi apparel exporters should concentrate on manufacturing more value added products, South Korean envoy to Bangladesh said. Bangladeshi textile and apparel industry should move beyond only cutting and stitching and add more value-added products, Ambassador Lee Yun-Young said, while at the inauguration of the Textech trade fair. fashionHe added that it’s time for the Bangladeshi garment exporting industry to move to a new phase and South Korean companies would be ready to support the upgrades. ...

Rights group criticizes new Bangladesh expression policy

Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] announced [HRW report] on Wednesday that the Bangladesh government [official website, in English] should abolish a recently enacted policy that restricts the media’s freedom of expression. HRW argues the policy, passed in August, is broad, vague and imprecise and is seemingly designed to repress critical reporting by the media. HRWThe policy bans speech that is “anti-state,” “ridicules the national ideology” or “is inconsistent with Bangladesh’s culture” and HRW fears it will allow the government to arbitrarily enforce ...
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