The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to take public opinion on its move to amend the constitution to restore parliament’s authority to impeach the Supreme Court judges for misconduct or incompetence. The Cabinet approved the draft of the 16^th constitutional amendment that seeks to return the power to impeach the SC judges to the parliament taking it from the Supreme Judicial Council, reports UNB. The parliament had this power under the country’s original 1972 constitution. In a statement on Saturday, TIB e...

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today requested the Centre to talk to Bangladesh government for restarting railway services from Agartala to the neighbouring country. "Government of Bangladesh may be pursued to take all necessary actions and Railway Ministry may take up this (restoration of rail link) construction work with highest priority," Sarkar said at the conference of Chief Ministers of all North Eastern states. "Prior to independence, towns in Tripura were connected by railway network with erstwhile East Pakistan, presen...

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines is planning to appoint fresh pilots for the smooth operation of its flights. “At a recent meeting, we’ve discussed the issue and asked Biman to appoint fresh pilots for its fleet,” Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon told UNB. The minister also said he has instructed the Biman authorities to give priority to picking pilots from local people as there is a scope for utilising some 10 cadet pilots now sitting idle. “Local pilots will be our main choice for the national flag carrier and ...

Honey collected from the Sundarbans has started earning foreign currency with its export to India from the last fiscal year. According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), honey worth about Tk20 lakh was exported to the neighbouring country in the five months from February to June of the fiscal year 2013-14, reports UNB. Of the total, honey worth Tk three lakh was exported in February, Tk nine lakh in March, Tk five lakh in April-May and Tk one lakh in June. The sources said India is the only country where Bangladesh’s honey is being exported. ...

Pakistan Jute Mills Association (PJMA) has urged the government to follow Bangladesh in adopting an aggressive approach to support its jute sack industry. Secretary General of PJMA, Mohammad Younus said that recently appellate division of the Supreme Court had supported Bangladesh government’s decision to make use of jute bags necessary for packaging rice in order to provide assistance to jute sack industry against the polypropylene or plastic bags. Bangladesh has already promulgated orders nominating jute sacks mandatory packaging for whe...