The proposed Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill conflicts with the prevailing judiciary, industrial law and the country’s labour law, said the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is doing its best to control prices of daily essentials amid the high global inflation rate.

Law enforcers yesterday interrogated at least six Dhaka College Chhatra League men with links to the clashes between students and traders in the capital’s New Market area, which left two persons dead.

Unless concrete actions are taken and accountability is ensured, there is no scope for lifting the sanctions on Rab, said US Ambassador Peter Haas at a discussion yesterday.

The youths who beat up and hacked 19-year-old Nahid Mia during the New Market clashes on Tuesday have primarily been identified and are now under police surveillance, said multiple sources, including law enforcers.

The draft data protection act, the anti-discrimination bill, the new social media and OTT regulations, and the mass media employees bill are meant to protect the rights of citizens, but none will do so, said experts.

On an average, 67 arrests were made every month under the Digital Security Act in the 11 months preceding February, said a new report by the Centre for Governance Studies.

Farmers in the haors are now busy harvesting Boro paddy as the sky was clear and no flash flood was forecasted anytime soon.

The trial progress in the murder case filed over the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse has been dismal as only one out of 594 prosecution witnesses has so far testified.

A Chhatra League leader and a Jubo League activist were stabbed to death in separate incidents in Chattogram’s Patiya upazila Friday night.

The tourism industry is set to rebound during the Eid vacation after two years of slump amid the pandemic.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the government would start administering oral cholera vaccines in the capital from next month.

Police yesterday arrested BNP leader Mokbul Hossain for instigating the clashes between shopkeepers and Dhaka College students in the capital’s New Market area that left two persons dead and scores others wounded.

Shahidul Islam landed a job in Standard Asiatic Oil Company Limited (SAOCL), a partner company of state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), as a senior officer (maintenance) in 2015.

Justice may remain elusive for Mitu Akter, wife of shopkeeper Morsalin, who died early yesterday from the head injuries he suffered during the New Market clashes on Tuesday. But her main worry now is how to survive with her two children.

The government is yet to decide whether the Primary Education Completion Examination would be held this year.

They were innocent and young and had nothing to do with the events that ended their lives. The brutality of the murders calls for exemplary punishment, yet their families are not seeking justice.

Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has served a legal notice on Dhaka Wasa requesting it not to increase water tariff, and demanding removal of its managing director from his post.

Police have filed a case against former New Market thana BNP president Makbul Hossain and former general secretary of the unit Jahangir Hossain Patwari for obstructing police from discharging duties, assaulting law enforcement officers, and damaging properties.

An inadequate number of ferries and gridlocks on highways are likely to be causes of sufferings for Eid holidaymakers heading to the 21 southern districts via the Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Kathalbari routes.