The legal system for the migrant workers denies justice although they are constantly cheated and exploited in the overseas recruitment process, says an action research. “Under the guise of recruitment agencies, traffickers use deception, fraud, and other means to extract huge sums of money from the poor and vulnerable. Yet the survivors are persistently denied
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Road crashes kill 7, injure 48
Seven people, including a four-year-child and a university student, were killed and 48 others injured in separate road accidents in Bagerhat, Nilphamari and Gaibandha yesterday. A correspondent from Bagerhat reports: Three people were killed and 15 others injured when a bus flipped on the Khulna-Mawa highway in Mollahat upazila early
Autism confce begins July 25
The world’s renowned personalities will gather in Dhaka on July 25 to participate in a two-day regional conference to raise awareness on autism. Titled “Autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities in Bangladesh and South Asia”, the conference will be organised jointly by the Centre for Neurodevelopment and Autism in Children
Body to probe assault of journo by cops
Police yesterday formed a committee to investigate into the allegations of harassing a journalist and his family in Tanore upazila. The committee headed by the additional DIG of Rajshahi Nibash Chandra Majhi was asked to submit report to the DIG as soon as possible
National fish week begins today
The production of fish has been dropped in the past few years due to lack of rainfall, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas said yesterday. “This lack of production results unsatisfactory per capita income of the fishermen,” he said during a press conference on the eve of National Fish Week-2011 in the auditorium of ... Read more
Passengers destined to suffer as Barisal port dev work goes slow
The work of the Barisal river port development project is going on at a snail’s pace, with the deadline already missed several times. People will suffer during Eid rush in September as the work is not expected to end before December. The deadline for completing the project was April of the current year and after ... Read more
Rise in sea levels will swamp islands
A 36-inch increase in sea levels would swamp all low-lying areas and islands around the globe including southern Bangladesh, said experts at a seminar on Monday. Experts found that the sea levels have risen between four and eight inches in the past 100 years but current projections indicate that sea levels could continue to rise ... Read more
Students suffer as RU hall reconstruction delays
The reconstruction of the Rajshahi University Motihar Hall, a dormitory for its male students, has not yet been completed, leaving the students to suffer more from the existing accommodation crisis at the institution. The university students blamed that the authorities were negligent in carrying out the construction work sooner. This correspondent, during his visit to ... Read more
Call for proper implementation
Climate Strategy Call for proper implementation The country’s future depends on how effectively the government implement the climate change strategy and action plan, experts said yesterday, emphasising proper research to face the challenge. Speaking at a climate conference, they blamed lacks of political will and coordination among ministries for Bangladesh’s lagging behind in climate strategy ... Read more
Seven injured in Chittagong cylinder explosion
Seven people were injured after the cylinder of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw exploded at Kulgaon under Bayzid police station in the Chittagong city early Sunday. The injured were identified as Alauddin, 24, Shahabuddin, 28, Raju Ahmed, 26, Jahangir, 25, Rabiul Islam, 26, Helal, 24, and the CNG driver Shahabuddin,
58.37pc population suffers from fever
The highest 58.37 per cent of the country’s population of both sexes suffered from fever, according to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2010. The survey showed that 9.94 percent of the population of both sexes at the national level suffered from pain, followed by 5.16 percent from diarrhoea, 2.12 percent from dysentery, 2.49 percent ... Read more
Office hours during Ramadan
Staff Correspondent Office hours during the month of Ramadan will be from 9:00am to 3:30pm for government, semi-government, and autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations. A proposal in this regard will be placed in the cabinet at its regular weekly meeting today at Bangladesh Secretariat. Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will chair the
PRAN-RFL Group makes donation to BSMMU nursing faculty
PRAN-RFL Group has donated Tk 5 lakh to the nursing faculty of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. PRAN-RFL Group chairman Mahtabuddin Ahmed handed over the cheque to BSMMU vice-chancellor Pran Gopal Dutta at his office on Sunday, said a press release. Mahtabuddin said as part of corporate social responsibility the amount was given for expedite
Sylhet tree fair witnesses holiday crowd
The Sylhet divisional tree plantation campaign and tree fair drew a huge crowd on Monday, a public holiday for Shabe Barat, a religious occasion of the Muslims. The organisers and stall owners said that people began to pour in from the late afternoon. Service holder Shahana Begum bought her 6-year-old son Dihan to take a ... Read more
Pabna headmaster freed on bail
5 ‘plotters’ temporarily barred from coming to school The headmaster of Basherbanda High School, who was convicted in a ‘false charge’ of sexual harassment on July 10, got released upon bail on Sunday as the court granted his petition for appeal. “I am innocent but was implicated in the false charge due to a conspiracy,” ... Read more
Mysterious death of mother, 2 children
Bodies of a housewife and her two children were recovered from a pond at Chhoykut village in Kamalganj upazila early Sunday. The deceased are Shelly Rani Dev, 30, wife of Asit Chandra Dev and their daughter Oishi Rani Dev, 2, and son Uzzal Chandra Dev,
Dhaka unaware as Delhi gives go-ahead to Tipaimukh dam
Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen on Saturday said that his ministry was not aware of a reported move by the Indian government to start construction of the Tipaimukh Dam. “We do not have any information about it,” the minister told The Independent when his attention was drawn to media reports that the North Eastern ... Read more
DCC delays approval for new mobile toilets
Only seven mobile toilets are in operation in the capital as the non-government organisations willing to add more are yet to get permission from the Dhaka City Corporation. The Association for Realisation of Basic Needs is running four, Dustha Sasthya Kendra is running two and Nagar Seba is running one mobile toilets in the
Rights activists protest at charging fee on tube-well users
Rights activists at a press conference in the Khulna city on Saturday assert their position against the Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority’s decision to impose registration fees and charges on the deep tube-well users from this month. They demanded maximum use of surface water and the lowest use of underground water in the
‘Vandal’appointed IO
Ransacking Journo’s House by Cops ‘Vandal’appointed IO Rajshahi journos demand punishment Different journalists’ organisations in Rajshahi yesterday held protest programmes demanding punishment of the responsible police officials for assaulting journalist Imran Hossain and ransacking his house. They also demanded withdrawal of the “false” extortion case against Imran Hossain, Tanore upazila correspondent of Rajshahi-based daily Sonar ... Read more