‘Next national polls to follow other parliamentary democracies’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated that the next general elections in Bangladesh will be held as per the Constitution and follow the other parliamentary democracies across the world. “The next general elections in Bangladesh will be held the way elections are being held in other ... Read more
Month: July 2013
Civil society group sets targets for post-MDG regime
A civil society platform on Monday said it was going to send 11 proposals to the UN for inclusion in the post-Millennium Development Goals (MDG) agenda. The platform, People’s Forum for MDG (PFM), announced this at a meeting on “People’s report on post-2015 development agenda”. The meeting was organised by Palli Karma Sahayok Foundation
Five crew members of MV Hope return home
Five crew members of MV Hope landed at Jetty no. 15 of the Chittagong Port at 11 am on Monday. They are fourth engineer of the vessel Abdul Hakim, deck cadet Mukhlesur Rahman, seamen Rubel, Osman and Saiful Islam. The crew members started crying at seeing their homeland once again. “We’ve returned alive from death’s ... Read more
N’ganj mayor slams govt for ‘shielding’ Twaki’s killers
Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayor Selina Hayat Ivy on Monday warned the government not to foment trouble in an attempt to protect Shamim Osman, an Awami League leader and an accused in the Twaki murder case. She also slammed the government for failing to maintain law and order. “We have won the mayoral elections of ... Read more
Khaleda invites AL leaders to join Iftar party
Leader of the opposition in Parliament Khaleda Zia has invited Awami League’s general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam along with all presidium members to join BNP’s Iftar party in political leaders’ honour. A BNP delegation, led by assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony, on Monday went to AL president’s political office at Dhanmondi and handed over ... Read more
50 rivers rise, 19 fall
Water levels in 50 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 19 stations recorded fall. Among the 73 monitored water level stations, three have been registered steady, a bulletin issued by FFWC said today. All the monitoring water level stations are flowing below their respective danger levels except ... Read more
SQ Chy lived in Karachi during Liberation War, says witness
A defence witness on Monday claimed that war crimes accused and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 8, 1971. The witness, Nizam Ahmed, gave the deposition during Chowdhury’s trial at the International Crimes Tribunal-1. Ahmed was the second defence witness in the case. “My friend Qaiyum Reza Chowdhury had
City’s public transport problem gets acute
No meeting of transport committee held in six months The public transport problem aggravated in recent months due to the indifference of the Dhaka Metropolitan Regional Transport Committee, headed by the city’s police commissioner, to address the issues. Several transport companies were unable to press
3 new police stations likely in Khulna city
Three more police stations are likely to be set up soon taking to eight the number of police stations in Khulna city. A gazette notification for the setting up of Labonchora, Arhonghata and Sundarban police stations is likely to be issued soon, Khulna Metropolitan Police
HRW accuses Dhaka tanneries of human rights violation
The international human rights organisation Human Rights Watch questioned the condition of the leather industries in Bangladesh by tagging an accusation of ‘systematic human rights violations’ on it. In recent years leather industry of Bangladesh is witnessing a boom with an expectation to be worth $1 billion annually. It has emerged as a major supplier
MC College students demand arrest of perpetrators
HOSTEL FIRE MC College students demand arrest of perpetrators Students demand reopening of hostel Sylhet MC College students on Monday demanded immediate arrest of the people who set he college hostel on fire on July 8, 2012. At a human chain in front of the college hostel at Baluchar in the city, Student Movement Council ... Read more
City building catches fire
A residential-cum-commercial building, ‘Rahat Tower’, in the capital’s Bangla Motor area caught fire Monday morning. The fire service officials said the fire originated from the eighth floor of the twelve-storey building at around 07:50am and it spread around quickly.
NBR rejects GB plea for 6-month tax exemption
The National Board of Revenue has rejected a plea of Grameen Bank seeking tax exemption on its income for the period of six months with retrospective effect from January 2011 to June 2011. The tax authority has taken the decision in its last board meeting saying that there was no scope in the Income Tax ... Read more
GB splitting move a heinous attempt, says Yunus
The government’s move to spilt the Grameen Bank was a ‘heinous kind of attempt’ to destroy the self-reliant organisation, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus said on Monday. ‘The government say they are going to take it over. They will split it into 19 pieces. How dare they say that? What kind of government is it?’ Yunus ... Read more
70 top retailers to inspect Bangladesh RMG factories
Seventy top retailers promised to open their Bangladesh factories to safety inspections within nine months as part of a pact finalised and released Monday in the wake of the Savar Rana Plaza collapse that claimed 1,129 lives, reports AFP. The mainly European brands will underwrite repairs and renovations if inspections reveal their factories to be ... Read more
BTRC serves show-cause notices on 3 telcos
INTERNET SERVICE VIOLATION BTRC serves show-cause notices on 3 telcos Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission recently issued show-cause notices to three mobile phone operators as they failed to inform the internet users about the usage of their packages. Last week the BTRC issued the show-cause notices
Traders, ministry set chickpea, red lentil, dates prices in Ramadan
Businessmen and the commerce ministry on Monday set the maximum retail and wholesale prices of red lentil, chickpea and dates for Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims. At a meeting the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the commerce ministry set the retail prices of red lentil imported from
70pc TCB dealers not taking products on low market price
Most of the dealers of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh across the country are not interested in taking commodities from the TCB as its margin of the prices in compare with the market are very low. The corporation is supplying four products — soybean oil,
Dhaka stocks inch down
Dhaka stocks inched down on Monday amid volatile trading with an increased turnover due to profit-taking selling by investors after gains in the previous four trading sessions. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, declined by 0.34 per cent, or 14.86 points, to finish at 4,263.23 points.
Bangladesh factory tragedy gives hope to leather workers
The gutters run blue and red, contaminated by chemicals; the air is acrid with fumes; the white midday sun bleaches the dirt of the busy thoroughfare. Mohammed Jalal, 42, is sitting under a ragged awning. He sips tea served scalding hot, despite the 45C temperature. Soon he will return to work in one of the ... Read more