Month: September 2013

The state-run Soil Resources Development Institute has found some 40 per cent of both locally produced and imported fertilisers adulterated. Laboratory tests by SRDI also found that the adulteration levels in fertilisers, including urea, DAP, SSP, SOP and boron, increased compared

Apparel workers continued agitation to press home their demand for a minimum monthly wage of Tk 8,100 for the fourth consecutive day in Dhaka, Narayanganj and Tangail, ignoring the government’s call for joining their works. The government held a tripartite meeting with factory owners and workers on Monday night and after the meeting shipping

Apparel Sector Owners sound warning against unrest Apparel factory owners on Tuesday said that they would not be able to pay wages and festival allowances to workers if the unrest in the sector over wage increase continued. The fresh unrest and vandalism in the apparel sector over an increase in wages creates new fears and ... Read more

Apparel Sector Wage CPD for Tk 6,560 this year, Tk 8,200 from next year Civil society think-tank Centre for Policy Dialogue on Tuesday proposed Tk 6,560 in monthly minimum wage for entry-level apparel workers. The minimum wage needs to be increased to Tk 8,200, CPD officials said at a dialogue in the CIRDAP auditorium. The CPD ... Read more

For the second time, prime minister Hasina received South-South award for her achievement in fighting poverty use of technology in Bangladesh. The International Organisation for South-South Cooperation (IOSSC) authority handed over the award to the PM at their headquarters in New York

Govt will be paralysed after Oct 24: Moudud BNP chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia has said that her party will never allow any election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administration as well as the current voter list. “People have become annoyed with the government due to its acts of repression, misdeeds and corruption. ... Read more

Reckless Driving Mother dies in front of child Yet another life was lost in a road accident in the capital yesterday. This time a six-year-old girl had to watch her mother getting crushed under the wheels of a bus. Roksana Begum Laila, 37, was returning home in Rayerbagh of Jatrabari with her school-going daughter Nusrat ... Read more

Prof. Anu Muhammad, member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, said on Tuesday that destruction of the Sundarban, the largest mangrove forest in the world, would make the country vulnerable to environmental disasters. He iterated a seven-point demand, including cancellation of the

The acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged, alluding to the shipping minister Shajahan Khan, that a minister had started a new game to destroy apparel industry, He said this at a discussion Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Muktijuddher Prajanma organised at the National Press Club. Fakhrul said that when the situation

Shortages in gas supply have led to reductions in power generation across the country, which has caused power outages of around 1,800 MW. Such massive power cuts are the most acute during the tenure of the present government, according to the Power Development Board (PDB). The power shortages have crippled city life. Water supply

Following the death of a university student in a road accident, hundreds of students of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Kumira area on Tuesday morning. The students torched two buses and vandalised about 50 other vehicles. Police sources said that Nurunnabi Rubel (22), a student of

Customs intelligence yesterday seized around 11.5kg gold worth around Tk 5 crore at Shahjalal International Airport, and arrested a man in this connection. On suspicion, officials intercepted Masud Rana after he had passed the immigration, and recovered 104 gold bars from inside his shoes and trousers,

Says German envoy German Ambassador to Bangladesh Albrecht Conze yesterday said pay hike for garment workers is necessary as the garment industry here pays the minimum wage compared to other industries. Talking to a select group of journalists at his office in the afternoon, he stressed the need for an agreed procedure to look into ... Read more

Global Gender Gap Report 2012 Bangladesh ranked 8th  Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said Bangladesh, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2012, has ranked 8th in terms of political empowerment of women due to the incumbent government’s pro-women policies. She was speaking at a roundtable on “Equal Futures Partnership” hosted by US Secretary of State John ... Read more

A worker died after falling into a washing machine at a factory in Bhannara of Kaliakoir upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ujjal Mia, 22, washing machine helper of ‘China Kitchen Ware Industry’ and a resident of Shibpur Shelerchar village in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail district. The police said Ujjal fell into the washer while ... Read more