Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid put the bill to vote on Sunday and it was later passed. There was a minor parliamentary drama ahead of the bill’s ratification as Gono Forum leader MP Mokobir Khan walked out of the house in protest against the government’s move of not considering…
Most of the demands are not new. Some of the key demands are: resignation of the government by dissolution of parliament, formation of a new election commission and a caretaker government to oversee the next general election in line with the constitutional amendment brought in in 1996, and Khaleda’s release. The BNP wants to amend…
A study by Khan Foundation revealed that the reserve seat for women in the parliament is not empowering women; on the contrary women are becoming dependant on this opportunity. Up to ninth parliament two hundred and fourteen women were made parliamentarian but only nineteen of them contested in direct election later and only five of…
Transparency International Bangladesh has unveiled its declaration on parliamentary openness to mark the International Democracy Day today. TIB also gave some specific proposals to ensure parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh. It says present voice vote method of parliament should be replaced by electronic voting. The constitution allows a lawmaker to absent for 90 consecutive days in…
Not only production and marketing but also preservation and carrying are a punishable offence according to the draft pornography control act 2011. This act is approved by the cabinet. Now this draft will be placed before the Bangladesh National Parliament. This new has the provision to fine five lakh taka or 10 years’ of rigorous…
Now Wild Life Conservation Bill-2011 is placed in the parliament by the forest and environment ministry. It has included one thousand three hundred and twenty three species. It has identified 8 types of amphibians, 58 types of reptiles, 41 types of birds, and 40 types of mammals as endangered species. According to the bill the…
There was a time when kings and landlords hunted bears or tigers. It was their recreation. Even government encouraged deforestation, because at that time government wanted more farmland. Time has changed, now experts are concerned about the conservation biodiversity. Herbs and wild life are in danger, Many species are gone any many more are on…