Three land services (e-mutation system, e-parcha system and land development tax system) that are currently online will be closed from 6 pm on Tuesday (November 26) to 9 am on December 1 (Saturday).

A press release from the Land Ministry informed this information.

The notification informed that the initial activities for the nationwide introduction and use of 4 upgraded (2nd edition) software related to land services (mutation system, land development tax system, digital record and map management system, land administrative management system) and 1 newly created software (Land Service Gateway) prepared under the Land Management Automation Project being implemented by the Land Ministry are starting.

Land Adviser A. F. Hasan Arif will formally inaugurate the activities at 9:30 am on December 1. The 3 land services that are currently online will be closed during the specified time to operate the said 5 software activities.

15 candidates, including the BNP-backed president and general secretary, have been declared winners in the annual election of the Chuadanga District Bar Association.

On Monday (November 25), the names of the winning candidates, who were elected unopposed, were hung on the notice board of the District Bar Association by the convener of the election management sub-committee, Adv. Md. Shah Alam.

The leaders of the newly elected committee of Chuadanga District Bar Association for 2025 are - Sayeed Mahmud Shamim Reza Dalim (president), Md. Ahsan Ali (general secretary), Manzar Ali Joardar Helal (vice president), Abdullah Al-Mamun Ershad (vice president), SM Humayun Kabir (joint secretary), Mashiur Rahman Parvez (joint secretary), SNA Hashemi (treasurer), Zillur Rahman Jalal (library secretary), Md. Shahjamal Jamal (Sports and Cultural Secretary), Rubina Parvin Ruma (Member), Bazlur Rahman Dablu (Member), Muhammad Ikramul Haque (Member), Ragib Ahsan (Member), Ashikur Rahman Raj (Member) and Shariful Islam (Member).

Incidentally, in the Chuadanga District Bar Association elections, the BNP-backed National Lawyers' Unity Council withdrew and submitted 15 nomination papers. On the other hand, the Awami League-backed Coordination Council withdrew its nomination papers for four posts, including the post of President, and one independent candidate for the post of General Secretary, but later, as no one submitted their nomination papers, the BNP-backed candidates were elected unopposed.

To prevent the rehabilitation of fascism and resolve the ongoing unrest in educational institutions, Hasnat Abdullah, convener of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has announced to observe 'National Student Solidarity Week' for the next week in coordination with all anti-fascist student organizations.

On Monday (November 25) night, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held an emergency meeting with all student organizations at Bangla Motor in the capital. He made this announcement after the meeting.

Hasnat Abdullah said, "For the past few days, we have been seeing various conspiracies going on to rehabilitate Awami fascists. Even at the same time, various institutional movements have started. People wearing lungis as students are also coming and beating up students, whom anyone can understand just by looking at them. We have seen that the Chhatra League has also incited the rickshaw pullers' movement and tried to create a violent situation." So today, all the student organizations have agreed that we will observe the 'National Student Solidarity Week' for next week.

He said, in the last 16 years of misrule, the Awami League has emptied the country's banks by laundering money. As you know, even an MP has more than 300 houses abroad. We all agreed in today's meeting that all the assets of those MPs and ministers should be confiscated as soon as possible. We see that even sitting abroad; they have continued various conspiracies against the country. If all their assets are not confiscated, they will continue to conspire in this way and will create various chaos one after another. Therefore, we demand from the government that measures should be taken to confiscate their assets as soon as possible.

Hasnat said, the season of demands movement that is going on in Bangladesh has extensive funding from the Awami League. The Awami League cannot be allowed to be rehabilitated in any format. Zero tolerance to Awami League.

The meeting, led by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, was attended by Chhatra Dal Central Organizing Secretary Amanullah Aman, Dhaka University (DU) Chhatra Dal President Ganesh Chandra Roy Sahas, DU Islami Chhatra Shibir Secretary SM Farhad, Swadhin Bangladesh Chhatra Sansad President Jamaluddin Mohammad Khalid, Islamic Shasantantra Central Secretary General Muntasir Ahmed, Organizing Secretary Imran Hossain Noor and Public University Secretary Khairul Ahsan Marjan, Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad Central President Bin Yamin Molla, Secretary Nazmul Hasan, Chhatra Federation President Mashiur Rahman Khan Richard and Secretary Saikat Arif, among others.

Convener Hasnat Abdullah, Chief Organizer Abdul Hannan Masud and Spokesperson Umama Fatema were present on behalf of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

The interim government is committed to comprehensive labor reforms to attract more foreign buyers to the country, said Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.

He said this when a large US labor and brand delegation met him at the chief adviser’s office in Tejgaon on Monday (November 25) to discuss labor issues.

“We want to bring our labor laws up to global standards. This is my commitment,” Professor Yunus told the delegation.

He said the interim government has appointed a special envoy only to reform the country’s labor laws and address concerns raised by local and international labor rights groups, the International Labor Organization and Western countries in this regard.

The delegation was led by US Department of Labor Deputy Under Secretary Thea Mei Lee and US Special Representative for International Labor Affairs Kelly Fay Rodriguez.

The two senior officials said that the US global labor rights group and top international brands that buy clothing and footwear from Bangladesh support Professor Yunus’s move to reform labor laws and create worker-friendly conditions in Bangladeshi factories.

Kelly Fay Rodriguez, citing the steps, including an 18-point agreement signed between the government and local unions, said that what the interim government led by Professor Yunus has done for the labor sector in the past three and a half months is “an amazing testament to what he has done.”

US officials called for the establishment of union rights in factories and annual wage reviews to protect millions of garment and footwear workers from inflationary pressures.

Regarding the provision of a minimum wage in garment factories, Thea May Lee said, “It is good for business and good for the economy.” She said that labor unions are “the training ground for democracy.”

Senior officials from three top US brands, PVH, Calvin Klein and Gap Inc., also attended the meeting.

Michael Bride, senior vice president of PVH Corporation, said they supported labor reforms in Bangladesh. They supported similar efforts in Cambodia.

Professor Yunus urged brands to announce price increases for their orders every January so that Bangladeshi manufacturers can increase workers' wages accordingly.

US Chargé d'Affaires Megan Boldeb was also present at the meeting. "The United States fully supports Professor Yunus's comprehensive labor reforms," she said. "We want to partner with you," she said.