Safety, working condition compliant units to get sub-contract The government is going to finalise a guideline for establishing a transparent and accountable sub-contracting system in the readymade garment sector to ensure workers’ safety and improve working conditions in the sub-contracting factories, commerce ministry officials said. The ministry has already formulated a draft
Month: November 2013
UAE offers $320m as initial investment for port dev
The United Arab Emirates has offered to invest $320 million, in the initial phase of a multi-billion package for the development of port facilities and an inland container terminal in Bangladesh. The UAE Ministry of International Cooperation and Development offered the investment in a recent communication to the Finance Ministry.
DSE to seek registration from RJSC today
Demutualisation DSE to seek registration from RJSC today The Dhaka Stock Exchange will submit an application to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms today to get registered as a demutualised bourse. The bourse has to pay Tk 1.12 crore for getting registered with the RJSC as a company with paid-up capital of Tk ... Read more
Dhaka stocks end flat
Dhaka stocks ended flat on Tuesday with a declining turnover as the investors went for profit-taking moves after significant rise in the earlier three trading sessions. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, ended flat at 4,090.12 points, adding 0.12 per cent, or 4.91points. DS30,
BSEC cancels Sandhani Life Growth Fund registration
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday cancelled the registration of Sandhani Life Growth Fund for failing to submit the draft of public offering prospectus in time. The decision was taken at a regular commission meeting presided over by BSEC chairman M Khairul Hossain. A BSEC press release said the asset
152 to die for murders
BDR Mutiny 152 to die for murders Pintu, Torab, 159 others get life in jail, 277 acquitted A sessions court in Dhaka on Tuesday sentenced to death 152 former riflemen and their officers for killing 74 people, including 57 army officers, and committing other criminal offences during a bloody rebellion in the border force’s Peelkhana ... Read more
Court’s observations
While delivering the verdict the judge of the special tribunal observed that the ‘operation Dal Bhat (pulse and rice)’ programme was one of the main reasons for the carnage. According to him, involvement of a military force or para-military force like BDR in such a programme was not proper. The judge in his observation also ... Read more
Pintu’s verdict politically motivated: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has termed the life-term imprisonment verdict against the party’s central assistant organising secretary Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu in connection with BDR mutiny as mockery and politically motivated. As part of a deep-rooted conspiracy, the government has implicated Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, joint convener
A dark chapter
Pronouncement of the verdict on BDR carnage case is no doubt a step forward to make the nation free from a stigma that had been haunting for over four years. The BDR carnage that left 74 people, including 57 top and mid-ranking army officers, killed by rebel BDR personnel is perhaps one of the darkest ... Read more
Families of slain army officers laud verdict
Want immediate execution of sentences Family members of 57 slain army officials who were brutally killed in a Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny at the BDR Headquarters in Peelkhana expressed their satisfaction over the BDR verdict and demanded its immediate execution. As many as 74 people, including high-ranking to mid-ranking 57 army officials, were killed in ... Read more
Place demand which ministries you want, Hasina tells Khaleda
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday renewed her call to the opposition leader to place her demand which ministries she wants in the all-party polls-time government to oversee the next general election. “I asked her to place her demand which ministries she wants in the all-party election-time government, but she didn’t pay heed to my ... Read more
Polls only under non-party admn, iterates BNP
Reaffirming the opposition’s stance on not joining the Prime Minister proposed all-party cabinet, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said they will force the government to arrange the next polls under a non-party administration through a tougher street movement, reports UNB. “Our lone target is to compel the government
Stray violence marks 2nd day of hartal
More than 100 people were injured in incidents of stray violence on the second day of the 60-hour countrywide hartal called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday. The shutdown programme will end at 6 pm on Wednesday. In the capital, some picketers exploded 10-12 crude bombs in front of Wasa Bhaban in Kawran ... Read more
Virtual death of a force
Over 9,000 jawans lost job following mutiny Over 9,000 jawans of the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles lost their jobs for their involvement in the mutiny in Pilkhana headquarters and 46 other units across the country on February 25-26. The 33-hour rebellion that killed 74 people including 57 army officers at Pilkhana headquarters of the then BDR ... Read more
78 deaths in detention shrouded in questions
Deaths of at least 78 border guards, most of whom were detained after the BDR carnage in 2009, still remain a big mystery as most of them died of “heart attack” but had injury marks in their bodies. As many as 4,089 accused mutineers were detained in the capital following the carnage at the former ... Read more
Next legal steps to take 3 years
At least three years will be needed to execute death sentences of the convicts in BDR carnage case, if the High Court and the Appellate Division affirm their convictions after hearing and disposing of their appeals. Two criminal law experts — Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, and Khurshid Alam Khan, editor of Dhaka Law Report — gave ... Read more
Owners threaten RMG shutdown
Apparel factory owners on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the government to review in 15 days the minimum monthly wage of Tk 5,300 for apparel workers recommended by the Wage Board, or they would shut down the factories. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters
RMG labour bodies, left parties reject new wage
Different garment workers right bodies and left leaning political parties on Tuesday rejected the minimum wage of Tk 5,300 per month for the garment workers announced by the RMG workers’ wage board on Monday. The leaders of 12 garment workers’ right bodies at a press conference at Nirmal Sen Auditorium at Segunbagicha rejecting the announced wages ... Read more
JS passes Grameen Bank Bill 2013
Parliament on Tuesday passed the much talked about ‘Grameen Bank Bill 2013’ providing for abolishing the military government promulgated ‘The Grameen Bank Ordinance 1983’ and make the law more time befitting. Finance Minister AMA Muhtih on Tuesday moved the bill in the House, which was passed by voice vote amid absence of the opposition.
Hazaribagh on list of most polluted spots
Global survey says 200m people at risk from toxic pollution Hundreds of millions of people worldwide risk exposure to toxic pollution, environmental groups warned Monday, publishing a list of the world’s worst areas, including tannery-infested Hazaribagh of Bangladesh. “We estimate that the health of more than 200 million people is at risk from pollution in the ... Read more