It is the local Awami League leaders and their allies who are actually enforcing the transport strikes in divisional cities right before the BNP rallies, while ministers keep insisting that transport associations are independent.
Clueless about the reasons behind his forced retirement, the immediate past information secretary, Mokbul Hossain, said he was not given any chance to defend himself.
The Bangladesh Press Council is fully dependent on government funding. As a result, its independence to act as a self-regulatory body remains susceptible to government interference.
DHAKA, Bangladesh On Thursday, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) should focus on Palestine and Myanmar.