BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that no one will be spared if they commit corruption while in power. He assured that the BNP government will not do politics of building houses in Dhaka or abroad—even in Canada.
Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam has announced an internal investigation into allegations that a recently resigned prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal demanded a bribe of Tk 1 crore in exchange for securing bail for an accused.
The government has revoked the dismissal order of Md Kohinoor Mia, former deputy commissioner (west) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), after nearly 16 and a half years. At the same time, a decision has been taken to consider the period of his dismissal as service tenure and grant him all unpaid salaries, allowances and entitled benefits.
The government could lose approximately Tk 1,327 crore in annual import duty revenue if the Bangladesh-US trade agreement takes effect, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has expressed concern.
The Family Card has been launched as part of women's empowerment, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said. He stated that 15,000 women in Karail, Basantek and Sat Tola areas have been brought under the Family Card scheme. "I firmly believe my government will be able to take this Family Card to all of the 4 crore families in Bangladesh within the next five years."
A case has been filed over the assault on Rahid Khan Pavel, a Philosophy Department student of Dhaka University, for posting about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on social media Facebook on the occasion of historic March 7.