The government has suspended the licences of three recruiting agencies for sending Bangladeshi youths to Russia under the pretext of employment and forcing them to participate in the Ukraine war. Legal action is also being taken against these agencies, State Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Haque informed parliament.
Independent MP Rumeen Farhana has expressed extreme anger and dissatisfaction over the severe deterioration of the country's law and order situation. Speaking in parliament on Monday, June 8, under Rule 71, she highlighted alarming figures of murder, kidnapping and violence against women during the government's first 100 days.
Rajshahi City Corporation Administrator Md. Mahfuzur Rahman had applied to go to France to gain experience on new energy-saving technologies for street lighting. The Prime Minister has directly rejected his proposal for this foreign trip. However, the Head of Government has approved the proposal of Rajshahi City Corporation's Power Department Executive Engineer ABM Asaduzzaman Sweet.
A Dhaka court dismissed a criminal complaint filed against former Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus and four other officials over child deaths linked to the country's measles vaccine shortage, hours after the petition was submitted.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday (June 8) granted bail to Professor Dr. Abul Barakat, former chairman of state-owned Janata Bank, in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), clearing the last legal hurdle to his release from custody.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain has said that the demands raised by agitating intern doctors, trainee physicians, and medical students would be carefully assessed for merit before any official response is finalised.