Twenty-one eminent citizens of the country called upon authorities to rectify some errors in a chapter on Bangladeshi political parties in a secondary level textbook on civics in grades IX and X.

A probe body of Jatiya Muktijoddha Council will meet soon to look into the legal aspects of revoking gallantry awards given to late president Ziaur Rahman and killers of Bangabandhu and their patronisers.

A parliamentary body today recommended to take necessary actions against Bangladeshi citizens at home and abroad under sedition law for spreading propaganda through social media against the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government has taken up many programmes to turn the country's youth into skilled manpower.

UN human rights experts have said that Bangladesh should suspend the construction of a large-scale tourist resort in the Chittagong Hills Tracts because it “threatens to dispossess the indigenous Mro peoples of their traditional lands and cause serious environmental damage”.

Two state-of-the-art helicopters are being added to the Bangladesh Police for further enhancement of the force’s efficiency and capability to provide service to the people, police said.

The government will observe and celebrate the golden jubilee of the country’s independence on March 26 this year with drone and aerial shows, and fireworks.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government has taken an initiative to upgrade nearly 20 kilometers (Gabtoli to Nabinagar) of Dhaka-Aricha highway from four-lane to 10-lane.

Planning Minister MA Mannan today directed the officials concerned to highlight the errors and inaccuracies in the report of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) under the ministry.

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh ITO Naoki today inaugurated a training course at Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre (BKTTC) for returning female migrant workers without the certainty of an income source, who were forced to come back to Bangladesh when the pandemic broke out last year.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland Saida Muna Tasneem has been awarded the “Woman of the Decade in Public Life and Diplomacy 2021” by the Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (WICCI).

Admission test for MBBS course in the country’s government-run and private medical colleges for the academic year 2020-21 will be held on April 2. Also, admission test for BDS courses of dental colleges and units will be held on April 30.

The reflections in the controlled media are just like visual distortions to people, who always turn to free media for authentic information. A free media is after all the mirror they need. And, press freedom, not the ‘praise freedom’, is what turns a media into that mirror.

The Cabinet today gave the final nod to a draft of “The Child Daycare Centre Act, 2021” -- keeping a provision of maximum 10 years in jail in case of failure to ensure proper security and safety to the children -- at a regular weekly meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, joining virtually from her Gono Bhaban residence.

Twelve superintendent officials of police (SP-ranked), including Kushtia’s SP SM Tanvir Arafath, have been transferred. The home ministry issued a notice in this regard today.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad’s Central Committee has elected Dr Fauzia Moslem as its new president, said a press release, signed by Maleka Banu, general secretary of the organisation.

Editors Guild Bangladesh, “the biggest organisation of editors in the country”, today said Qatar-based channel Al Jazeera has aired the report “All the Prime Minister’s Men” to serve “special political purposes”, without following ethics and regulations of journalism.

A day after one faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) demanded a ban on the transmission of Qatar-based Al Jazeera television channel in Bangladesh, another faction of the organisation issued a statement expressing their shock at the demand.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh is working to sue Al Jazeera for using inaccurate information in its report “All the Prime Minister’s Men”.

Nirapad Sarak Chai today protested and condemned the alleged threat of boycotting its chairman Ilias Kanchan that transport leader and lawmaker Shajahan Khan made yesterday.