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Jatiya Muktijoddha Council Act draft pending for 2 years

The proposed amendments to the ‘Jatiya Muktijoddha Council Act-2020’, which incorporated a provision to enable the council to recommend the government to publish the list of Razakars and other anti-liberation elements, have been pending for about two years. The Liberation War Affair...

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Each district to have environment court

The government is planning to set up environment court in every district in Bangladesh. The provision was mentioned in the initial draft of the ‘Environment Court Act, 2010 (Amendment)-2021’.The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has prepared the draft. It was uploaded on...

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Plans to amend anti-tobacco law

The government is planning to bring another amendment to the tobacco control law aiming to shun loopholes from the existing law and make it time befitting. The government plans to amend the law following repeated calls from experts and anti-tobacco activists who have been saying that the law ha...

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World-class tourism institute soon

The government has taken an initiative to set up an institute on tourism and hospitality management named after Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB) is implementing the initiative. The BTB has completed the necessary preparations to launch the in...

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Pry edn board law soon to strengthen exam, edn system

The government is moving forward to enact the ‘Primary Education Board Act, 2021’ to implement the plan of constituting a separate education board in order to administrate the Primary Education Terminal Examination (PETE).The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) has prepared a draft of...

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Digitally recorded docs to be considered evidence

Handwritten ledgers, daily books, cashbooks and other documents in banking transactions are almost over, as digitalisation has brought significant change in the banking activities and services. The banking transaction and other activities are now preserved electronically in devices instead of b...

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Plan for reg office to deal with patents

The government is planning to set up a registrar office in the country to issue and cancel patents of any technological innovation.The plan will be implemented after updating the century-old patent law. The government has designed two fresh laws in this regard.One of the proposed laws the ‘Ban...

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Tobacco banned near edn instts

The government has banned the sale of all types of tobacco products within 100 meters of the educational institutions in Bangladesh. Licensing system has also been introduced for the sale of tobacco products and the license must be renewed every year through payment of fees as fixed by the loca...

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Rules to curb air pollution soon

The Environment, Forest and Climate Change ministry has recently prepared the draft of the ‘Air Pollution Control Rules, 2021’ with the objective of preventing, controlling and reducing air pollution to protect the environment and public health. The Rules were drafted as per Section...

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Dust pollution in city rings helth alarm

With the advent of winter, the dust pollution in Dhaka city starts deteriorating sharply, posing a serious threat to public health.However, the dust pollution reaches an alarming stage in the city before the onset of winter this year. Its level is much higher than at any time in the past.At this mom...

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Highways Bill likely to be passed in next JS session

The government has already prepared a fresh law to bring discipline on the highways in the country and check road accidents.The proposed law has already been scrutinised by the parliamentary standing committee on Road Transport and Bridges Ministry.The ‘Highways Bill, 2021’ was placed in...

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Call for formulating Health Promotion Foundation

About 17 percent of the adult population and 13.6 percent of children in Bangladesh suffer from various mental disorders. Covid-19 situation brings more negative impact on mental health. It is a non-communicable disease. The risk of the disease can be reduced through health promotion infrastructure ...

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900 death references pending in higher courts

The death references of lots of death-row convicts in various cases, especially murder cases, are pending in the High Court and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.Appeals filed by many of the death-row convicts are also pending for hearing.According to the High Court and prisons sources, nearly...

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Judge shortage hits judicial activities

Thousands of cases have piled up in both the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court because of the shortage of judges, while more than 39 lakh cases are also pending in the lower courts across the county.The pending cases have increased further due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation...

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Trafficking-prone zones lack special courts

Special courts set up to dispose of the human trafficking cases within a short time and without any hassle have on the other hand, added to sufferings of the victims with delay and hassle in settling the cases as well. Law experts and persons or officials concerned have suggested setting up of speci...

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‘Legal framework for e-commerce needed’

Many e-commerce companies in the country are embezzling hundreds of crores of taka from people through their deceptive strategies of business promotion.However, it is not possible to take appropriate legal action in proper time due to lack of specific authority and laws, regulations, and policies.Th...

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E-judiciary sees little progress

The government had taken a plan to digitise the country’s overall justice system under the e-judiciary project but no visible progress of the Tk 2,878 crore five-year project has yet been made. The plan of the e-judiciary system was taken some years back aiming to apply the Information an...

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EC mulls holding all UP polls this year

The Election Commission (EC) is mulling to hold polls to all Union Parishads (UPs) across the country this year. Alongside the UP polls, the EC wants to complete the elections to Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC), Cumilla City Corporation (CCC), some municipalities and some by-polls in several...

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Food safety still a far cry

Bangladesh has the highest number of laws, regulations and policies on safe food in the world. However, ensuring safe food still remains a major challenge in the country due to poor application of the laws and shortage of application tools.Experts on public health opined that the full implementation...

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Each div to have river court

The government is moving forward to formulate a tightened law aiming to protect rivers, reservoirs and all other water sources in Bangladesh.After enactment of the proposed law, each division will have one or more special courts called ‘River Conservation Tribunal’, which will be linked ...