Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a countrywide daylong strike for Monday protesting death warrant against its senior leader Abdul Quader Mollah. Jamaat Acting Secretary General Shafiqur Rahman announced the programme in a press release on Sunday following the issue of a death warrant by
Month: December 2013
Justice denied to 11 victims
2004 Bus Arson Justice denied to 11 victims All 18 accused including Nanak, Azam cleared as police probe finds them not guilty Eleven people, burnt to death in June 2004 in an arson attack on a passenger bus in the capital’s Shahbagh, may never get justice after the failure of the Criminal Investigation Department in ... Read more
Riot rocks S’pore after killing of Bangladeshi
A rare riot broke out in Singapore’s Little India neighborhood Sunday night, apparently after a Bangladeshi worker was hit and killed by a bus, a local television channel reported. Channel News Asia showed dramatic pictures of burning vehicles and people attacking the windshield of a bus with sticks and garbage bins.
Aggrieved OSDs stage demo at secretariat
Cabinet secretary M Musharraf Hossain on Sunday asked the home secretary to beef up security around the cabinet division and the public administration ministry to bar officers on special duty (OSDs), officials and employees from meeting them without prior appointment. He also asked the home secretary to keep the officials and employees under
Non use of jute bags to be penalised by mobile courts
The jute and textile ministry has requested the home ministry to make violation of the Mandatory Jute Packaging Act-2010 as a punishable offence under the mobile court law, senior officials told New Age. They said that the ministry would start enforcing the Mandatory Jute Packaging Act from January. The law requires all government and private
BPC battles to avert diesel crisis during irrigation season
Bangladesh Petrolium Corporation (BPC) is battling to avert diesel crisis during the current irrigation season as the special supply operation launched for farmers suffers setback due to blockade enforced by opposition alliance, concerned officials said. As the blockade disrupts the transportation
Sadeque Hossain sent to jail
A court in Dhaka on Sunday sent Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Sadeque Hossain to jail after rejecting both bail and remand prayer. Metropolitan magistrate Syed Atiqur Rahman passed the order after the Tejgaon police sub-inspector Md Abu Zafar Talukder Manik produced Sadeque seeking him to be remanded in custody for 10 days for interrogation in
Test in 17 dists cancelled
Pry Teachers Recruitment Test in 17 dists cancelled The primary and mass education ministry has cancelled the written tests for recruiting assistant teachers for primary schools in 17 districts after the ministry probe committee found that question papers of the test were leaked. The ministry took the decision on Sunday after the committee to probe the ... Read more
Begum Rokeya Day today
The nation will observe Begum Rokeya Day on Monday marking the birth anniversary of the pioneer of an awakening for women’s rights in the subcontinent. The Women and Children Affairs Ministry, and various socio-cultural and political organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day. On the occasion, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister
Surgeries at RMCH shut over tender crisis
THE patients who need to undergo operations at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital are suffering much as the authorities postponed surgical operations at the hospital amid a crisis over buying medical and surgical requirements since Friday. The surgical operations remind stopped as the
Man held for passing himself off as reporter
Police arrested a man for impersonating a reporter of a private television channel in Sylhet city Saturday late night. The arrested was identified as Suman Ahmed, 26, of village Tajpur under Osmani Nagar police station in the district, the police said. Local sources said Suman had been extracting
1,700 slum households to get Tk 65 lakh grant
Financial support towards slum households for their small-business promotion could be effective means of freeing the urban poor and extreme poor communities from the vicious cycle of poverty and hunger. Mayor of Rajshahi Mosaddeque Hossain Bulbul said this while disbursing bank cheques for block grants worth Tk 8 lakh among 160 poor and extreme
Eight city corporations to get LED street lights
Saved energy could power 5,000 households every day Conventional fluorescent and sodium street lights in eight city corporations are going to be replaced by energy-saving light emitting diode (LED) lamps, some to be run by solar power, saving 10 megawatts of electricity per day. This means an additional 5,000 households in the capital can be powered ... Read more
International Anti-Corruption Day today
The International Anti-Corruption Day will be observed in the country on Monday as elsewhere in the world, aiming to raise awareness against corruption. The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) have chalked out separate programmes marking the day. The ACC will bring out a procession from its head office in
32 rescued in Ctg while being trafficked to Malaysia
The police have rescued 32 people while being trafficked to Malaysia via a sea-route and arrested two members of a human trafficking racket from a hotel in the port city early Sunday. Syed Abdur Rouf, Officer-in-Charge of Chandgaon Police Station said that a racket of human traffickers gathered the people at Al-Sakira Hotel in Chittagong ... Read more
Oman labour court orders compensation for 36 Bangladeshi workers
Working Without Pay Oman labour court orders compensation for 36 Bangladeshi workers The Labour Court in Oman ordered authorities concerned to compensate 36 Bangladeshi workers who had worked for a construction firm in the Arab state without regular salaries for over two years. The court order came on Thursday, said Bangladesh Ambassador to Oman Sheikh Sekander ... Read more
Women found dead in Ctg
A woman was found dead in Karnaphuli third bridge area under the Bakolia police in Chittagong early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nasrin Akther, 35, wife of Nazimul Islam of South Nimthol area under Patiya upazila in Chittagong. The Bakolia police assistant subinspectorm, Dulal Chandra, said a van driver of the area found the victim lying
Cycling club launched at JU
The Jahangirnagar Cycling Club was launched on the university campus on Sunday. A press conference was held at the JU Journalists’ Association’s office at the university’s Teachers Students Centre on the occasion. The club started its formal journey on the campus with the motto ‘bliss on wheels’ to make cycling popular as a physical exercise. The club started ... Read more
$50m loan package to rescue fire-ravaged Standard Group
Bangladesh Bank and five commercial banks on Sunday agreed to give a rescue package including $50-million loans in easy terms for restoring the business activities of the fire-ravaged Standard Group. Besides, the BB also relaxed the regulations of the loan rescheduling, export retention quota and opening tenure of the letters of credit for the
NBR asks BRTA not to issue registration to 117 cars
Misuse Of Carnet Facility NBR asks BRTA not to issue registration to 117 cars The National Board of Revenue has requested the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority not to issue registration to 117 luxury cars brought by tourists mostly foreign nationals of Bangladeshi origin in the country under the carnet de passage facility and sold by ... Read more