Detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina was admitted to city\'s Square Hospital yesterday, and a seven-member medical board there unanimously recommended that she should be sent to the US for treatment of hearing loss.
Welcoming the government initiative to enact an ordinance on right to information (RTI), eminent citizens yesterday stressed the need for discussing the matter with political players who will ultimately implement the law.
The hearing on charge framing against Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina and six others in the barge-mounted power plant graft case began yesterday.
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed has called upon all, irrespective of their professions and positions, to put in their best efforts for creating an appropriate political and socioeconomic structure to ensure overall development of women.
Prices of different essentials continued to soar at both wholesale and retail markets in the capital and elsewhere in the country over the past week, intensifying sufferings of people belonging to all strata.
The long overdue polls to upazila parishads will start being held in May, six months ahead of the timeframe stipulated in the electoral roadmap of the Election Commission (EC), according to an announcement made by the LGRD adviser yesterday.
Detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina is likely to be admitted to a city hospital within a few days as part of the government\'s plan to send her abroad for better treatment.
Election Commission\'s counsel Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday told the court last year\'s cancelled dialogue between EC and BNP is no longer an issue, terming it a \"dead horse\".
A special court yesterday sentenced Awami League leader and former chief whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah to 13 years\' imprisonment for concealing information in wealth statement submitted to the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) and amassing wealth illegally.
