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Demand for repeal of Cyber Security Act

Forum for Freedom of Expression Bangladesh (FExB), today urged the interim government to repeal the Cyber Security Act immediately and enact democratic, humane, people-friendly and participatory laws and policies. The Forum raised the demand at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in the capital this morning. “All the cases filed under repressive Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006, Digital Security Act, 2018 and the Cyber Security Act, 2023, should be canceled. The interim government ...

Instrument of accession to int’l convention on enforced disappearances signed

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today signed the Instrument of Accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances. He signed the instrument at the weekly meeting of the council of advisers amid clapping by the advisers. "It is a historic occasion," the chief adviser's press wing quoted Prof Yunus as saying. The instrument was signed a day before the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The i...

Ameer Shafiqur Rahman makes sense

Sir Frank Peters

It’s been a most refreshing experience to read Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer Shafiqur Rahman’s call for patience and restraint above the shouts and screams that permeates Dhaka’s polluted air seeking premature fresh elections.

It’s only been a couple of weeks since President Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu swore in Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus as Chief Adviser to the Interim ...

Sarsina Peer Saheeb distributes relief goods among flood victims

Peer Saheeb Alhaj Maulana Shah Abu Nashar Nesharuddin Ahmad Hussain of Sarsina distributed relief goods among the flood victims of Feni, Cumilla and Noakhali districts on Thursday. He visited and monitored the relief activities of Rahi Madrasa of Chanua Union under Sadar Upazila of Feni District at the time of distributing food stuffs among the flood victims. During the visit, Pir Saheeb offered a special prayer for the peace of the nation and the Muslim Ummah including the victims of ...

UCB Board gets new chairman, EC chairman

Dr. Aparup Chowdhury, Independent Director of UCB has been unanimously elected as Chairman of United Commercial Bank PLC in the board meeting held on today at the corporate office of UCB. Moreover, Mr. Bashir Ahmed has also been elected as the Executive Committee Chairman of UCB. Dr. Aparup Chowdhury was former Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh working consistently for 37 years with progressively increasing responsibilities in Field Administration, Policy Pool of different Ministries and Organizations as well as Cor...

5-member commission to detect force disappearance

The government has formed a five-member Commission to find out forcibly disappeared people by the law enforcement agencies from January 1, 2010 to August 5, 2024. Retired judges of the High Court Division Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Farid Ahmed Shibli have been made president and member of the Commission. Other members of the Commission are: human rights activist Nur Khan, BRAC University teacher Nabila Idris and human rights activist Sazzad Hossain. The Commission has been given 45 working days to summit the investigation report to the government.
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