Month: November 2013

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam and BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir reportedly held a meeting on Saturday night to discuss ongoing political impasse. Fakhrul, however, denied having any

Bangladesh’s garment sector may not be able to withstand another tragedy on the scale of Tazreen and Rana Plaza, a US Senate report said. Only way to guarantee the success of the apparel industry is to avoid another disaster by promoting and protecting labor rights now, according to

Labour organisations and social workers will observe today the first anniversary of fire at Tazreen Fashions at Nichintapur in Ashulia, the outskirt of the capital Dhaka, with the victims still crying for justice. Different organisations have chalked

The minimum monthly wage of the readymade made garment workers in Bangladesh will continue to be the world’s lowest despite a 74 per cent hike proposed from the next month. A government appointed wage board recently fixed the minimum monthly wage at Tk 5,300 equivalent to US $68.12, up from Tk 3,000 or

Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury on Saturday said there is still possibility of a dialogue between the two major parties to resolve the political impasse over the poll-time government. “I hope that the two parties will soon reach an agreement on the issue and the next election

ULFA?leader Anup Chetia likely to be deported first under the pact The Bangladeshi and Indian governments are planning to execute the agreement on “Transfer of Sentenced Persons”, by December, by exchanging some prisoners lodged in each other’s prisons, home ministry sources said. The agreement was signed during Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s

Addicts contribute to rise of crimes, speakers tell Star-American Alumni Association seminar About half of the five million drug addicts in the country are involved in crimes, said leading anti drug-abuse campaigner Prof Arup Ratan Choudhury yesterday. Bangladesh stands eighth among the world’s top 10 countries of drug abuse, he said at a discussion, adding ... Read more

Foreign agents involved Airports major routes for smuggling gold  Bangladesh has now become a major transit point for international smuggling because of its strategic geographical position. Seizure of a huge number of gold bars at airports in the recent months gives indication that the smugglers have chosen the country as their prime route, sources said ... Read more

Illegal Sale Of Tickets Rly authorities take limited action The black-market in the sale of train tickets has become a common feature at many railway stations with as many as five or six illegal ticket sellers being arrested at some railway stations each week, though elsewhere little action is being taken. ‘I visit my in-laws’ ... Read more

A college student was killed as a bus ran over him in the capital’s Nilkhet area on Saturday afternoon. The deceased, Sajjadul Islam Enamul, 22, was a second year student of National Institute of Information and Technology. New Market police subinspector Kamal Hossain said Enamul was riding a bicycle in the Gausul Azam Market area. At about ... Read more

A man was burned alive and his wife critically injured in an arson attack allegedly by his rivals over a land dispute in the district’s Lalpur upazila early yesterday. The dead was Habibur Mandal, 55, of Fugipur Charpara village. His wife, Sufia Begum, has been undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

Intercity train schedules between Dhaka and the country’s northern and southern regions have collapsed since Thursday, said officials. Disruption in the schedules was causing enormous sufferings to the passengers. Intercity trains running on the Dinajpur-Dhaka,