A court here on Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of BNP standing committee member MK Anwar on charge of instigating communal forces and defaming a Swechchhasebak League leader. Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque passed the order after accepting a petition filed by Swechchhasebak League leader Debashish Biswas in this regard. In his complaint, Debashish ... Read more
Month: May 2013
HC summons Inquilab editor
The High Court on Tuesday summoned editor of a Bangali Daily Inquilab AMM Bahauddin to appear before it on May 13 to explain his position over occupation of Gulshan Lake inside Gawsul Azam Complex. Bahauddin, who is also Chairman of Gawsul Azam Complex and owner of Quaderia publication, is allegedly involved in filling up the ... Read more
RMG workers block highway for salary
Hundreds of agitated ready-made garment workers of the five garments factories housed at the collapsed Rana Plaza brought out a procession along with the relatives of the deceased, injured and missing workers blocking the Dhaka-Aricha highway on Tuesday. During their more than two-hour long protests, movement of all kinds of vehicles were completely halted fearing ... Read more
Savar death toll crosses 700
Rescuers on Tuesday found more bodies from the debris of the collapsed Rana Plaza, taking the death toll to 715. According to sources, 552 bodies have already been handed over to victims’ families, while 42 have been kept in the Savar Adhar Chandra Model High School playground. Some of the bodies are now at the ... Read more
Speakers underscore strategy, coordination to face disaster
Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday underscored the need for preparedness and coordination to face any kind of natural or manmade disaster. The workshop titled “Multinational Planning Augmentation Team Tempest Express 22 (MPAT TE-22) Shetubandhan or Bridging the Ties of Friendship” focused on the subject of earthquake. US ambassador Dan W Mozena inaugurated
Gas supply for Rajshahi city people gets final nod
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasian, on Tuesday gave her final approval for supplying gas for household use in the Rajshahi city. The prime minister has singed a file in this regard and ordered the authorities concerned to take rapid steps to ensure gas supply for Rajshahi, said a press release
DSCC to seek fund for repairs at Motijheel, adjacent areas
The Dhaka South City Corporation will seek from the government fund for repair work in the Purana Paltan, Mothijheel Shapla Square, Bijaynagar and Gulistan areas left devastated by activists of Hefajat-e-Islam early Monday night. The DSCC chief executive officer, Mohammad Ansar Ali Khan,
Teachers at KU, KUET go for indefinite work stoppage
Academic activities at both Khulna University and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology are being seriously hampered as teachers are on a work abstention programme. The teachers of all departments at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology went on a work abstention for an indefinite period on Monday to press
2 held with cocaine in Ctg
The Rapid Action Battalion on Tuesday arrested two peddlers along with 580 grams of cocaine from Diamond Hotel in the Chittagong city. The arrestees were identified as hotel manager Mohammed Saifuddin, 43, of Siddikiya residential area in Patia, and Mohammad Abdul Goni, a truck driver,
Greens worried over tree felling during political violence
Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan on Tuesday expressed their deep concern over tree felling during political violence in capital Dhaka and elsewhere of the country. In a press statement, they said in the past few months a huge number of trees were cut down in different districts of the country including the capital during political violence.
One killed in city road accident
A woman was killed and her HSC examinee daughter and another person sustained injuries when a bus hit them from behind at Mirpur 10 roundabout in the capital on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Selina Pervin, 36, and the injured are Tanzila Pervin Tuli, 17, an HSC examinee of Mirpur Ideal College, and Mokhlesur ... Read more
Rally against Diganta TV, Islamic TV closure held
The Chittagong Metropolitan Union of Journalists on Tuesday formed a human chain and held a rally protesting at the suspension of operation of private television channels Diganta TV and Islamic TV. The programmes were held on Nur Ahmmed Road before the CMUJ office in the morning. Expressing solidarity with the human chain, BNP city unit ... Read more
April export earning growth hit 6-month low as unrest takes toll
Export earning growth in April of the current financial year hit lowest in six months to 9.95 per cent due to the ongoing political turmoil, said exporters. The $21.78 billion export earning in the first 10 months of the current FY also indicates that the country is set to miss its $28-billion export target for ... Read more
Inflation up in April on supply chain disruption
The country’s general or point-to-point inflation increased to 7.93 per cent in April from 7.74 per cent in March mainly because of disruption in supply chain amid political unrest that pushed up food prices. Food inflation increased to 8.68 per cent in April from 7.50 per cent
BGMEA seeks tax relief on destroyed products
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has sought tax exemption on the destroyed finished apparel items and raw materials of the five garment factories housed in Rana Plaza building that collapsed on April 24. In a letter sent to the National Board of Revenue early last week, the BGMEA requested the NBR to remit the ... Read more
Forex reserve crosses $15b mark on BB dollar buying spree
The country’s foreign exchange reserve on Tuesday crossed the $15-billion mark for the first time due mainly to the Bangladesh Bank’s dollar buying spree, slump in imports in the first nine months of this financial year and increased inflow of remittance, said official of the central bank. A BB official said that the foreign exchange
Fin min asks BB to refinance Tk 1,266cr
The finance ministry has asked the Bangladesh Bank to provide the merchant banks and brokerage houses with Tk 1,266 crore to reschedule the loans of the investors affected in the 2010 stock market crash. The decision came after a Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission proposal had requested the government to approve the refinance scheme.
Janata Bank yet to take action against officials
Janata Bank is dillydallying on taking punitive action against its officials who, according to two Bangladesh Bank inspections, were involved in a financial scam in the bank’s four branches in Dubai, said officials of the central bank and Janata Bank. A BB official told New Age on Tuesday that the central bank
No panic as Tigers eye series
The Bangladeshi cricketers refused to press the panic button before taking on Zimbabwe in the do-or-die third one-day international today at Bulawayo as the three-match one-day series is all-square at 1-1. The tourists went 1-0 up after the first game with a crushing 121-run win before the home side crawled back to level the series ... Read more
Champions Russell end in style
Newly-elect champions Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra finished their dream run in the Bangladesh Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Feni Soccer Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Nigerian striker Bukola Olalekan registered his first goal of the league campaign while local forward Zahid Hasan Emily attained his sixth goal to ensure a ... Read more