The cabinet in principle approved the draft of "The Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) Law, 2016" aimed at modernising agricultural research and making it more time-befitting.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the visiting US assistant secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs that sharing information is very important to fight militancy and terrorism together.
Expressing her firm resolve to eliminate militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned that her government would be very tough to stamp out the demon from the country.
People from all walks of life vowed to resist militancy with coordinated efforts as they celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday with due religious fervour and festivity, but amid sadness against the backdrop of the brutal killings in the capital's Gulshan area.
Heads of state and government and international organisations, diplomats and political leaders extended their firm support to the Bangladesh's steps to combat militancy while they also strongly condemned the brutal attacks on a Dhaka's restaurant and near the country's largest Eid congregation.