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ERD, ILO sign 2 accords on skill dev, worker rights The government has initiated a move to generate employment for 1.5 million people in apparel and other sectors by grabbing the opportunities, created following shifting of export orders in an increased volume from China, a senior official said Thursday. “The government is moving forward with

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed said on Thursday that the commission would announce the parliamentary election schedule in time, whether Parliament would continue or not is immaterial. “Don’t worry. We are on the right track. We are making preparations as per the Constitution, which is our guideline and we are hopeful that we

Jahangirnagar University (JU) vice-chancellor Prof Anwar Hossain has decided to resign from his position by January 24. The VC made the announcement at a press conference, at JU Senate hall Thursday his meeting with the parliamentary standing committee. “Immediately after completing all the procedure to hold VC panel election, I’ll be back

The system of women reserved seats in parliament has not facilitated women empowerment in mainstream politics rather it has made them more dependent on this quick and easy access to power, says a study conducted by Khan Foundation. The study showed that in the nine parliaments since independence, 214 women had become MPs in reserved seats

Oppn places Khaleda proposal, walk out Picking the head of the poll-time government on the basis of consensus is the main issue for the opposition to resolve the ongoing political stalemate, not selecting the 10 advisers from the two previous caretaker governments. After returning to Parliament on Wednesday, BNP lawmakers made it clear while they ... Read more

A fear of worsening law and order situation mounts as the BNP-led 18-party alliance demanding polls-time caretaker government is determined to go ahead with its scheduled October 25 public rallies in the capital and elsewhere despite restrictions. The decision to stick to the plan was taken at the secretary general-level meeting of the alliance held ... Read more

Warns of further slide from its 5.7pc growth forecast The World Bank has said Bangladesh needs a smooth transition of power through a democratic process for its steady economic growth. “We are looking forward to an electoral process that is free, fair and credible … that reflects the will of the people,” WB Country Director ... Read more

“Sister, I never thought that I would be able to walk again. Doctors had amputated my legs few days after my admission here. I thought I would not walk again. Glory be Almighty Allah, the doctors have treated me so well,” said Rebeka Yasmin. Rebeka, 22, was the most critical of the 217 survivors of ... Read more

Prime minister and ruling Awami League president Sheikh Hasina assured 14-party leaders that she would talk to opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia over telephone to resolve the ongoing crisis over the system of the poll-time government. She gave the assurance when some leaders of the AL-led 14-party Alliance urged her to resolve the

Elevated Expressway Changed route gets govt nod  Target to complete work by 2016 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday approved the final route of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway with a target of completing the project by 2016. As per the revised final route of the 21km expressway, it will commence at Shahjalal International Airport ... Read more

Hatirjheel stinks as sewage surges into water Delay in setting up of a water treatment plant in Dasherkandi area and illegal dumping of industrial and household waste are every day turning bad to worse the water of Hatirjheel-Begunbari canal in the capital. The Dasherkandi plant has now become pivotal to keep the water of the canal ... Read more

Couple held for interrogation Yet another blast within a span of two weeks took place in a house, owned by a Jamaat-e-Islami man, in the Chittagong city on Tuesday night. The police arrested a couple and seized bomb making materials from the house at Rasulbag under Bakolia police station. Key suspect of the blast who

Bangladesh and India exchanged document of extradition treaty on Wednesday, eight months after the two countries signed the landmark agreement for deportation of cross-border criminals. This also clears the way of deportation of general secretary of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Anup Chetia, and other members of the organization.

Election Commissioner Md. Shahnewaz said on Wednesday that the commission would bring all necessary changes in the draft “Code of Conduct” as per the aspiration of political parties to ensure level playing field for them. “Election is the game of political parties, it is their show, they will run it and the commission is a ... Read more

Total Sanitation By 2013 Bangladesh finds urban slums major hurdle to achieving target Bangladesh has identified urban slums, floating people and coastal areas as the major hurdles for achieving ‘total sanitation by 2013’. Officials and experts attending the 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation at Katmandu on Wednesday said that the country’s target for ensuring ... Read more

For Bangladeshis, migration is nothing new. About 8.5 million Bangladesh nationals have migrated to various countries in search of greener pastures. However, several hundreds of them harbour different dreams while migrating. As many as 753 Bangladesh nationals, some of them women, want to

Owners of ship-breaking yards at Sitakunda are misappropriating millions of cubic metres of concentrated natural gas (CNG), violating the government’s directive, at a time when there is severe crisis of gas in the port city of Chittagong. Owners of CNG refuelling stations in Sitakunda upazila have been selling CNG to the ship-breaking yards at the ... Read more

The Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has indefinitely banned rallies and processions in the port city from 6 am today. The CMP Commissioner, Md Shafiqul Islam, issued a circular imposing the ban under the Chittagong Metropolitan Act 29, 30, 31 and 34. The circular reads that rallies and processions will be banned from 6 am today until ... Read more

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said, Nobel Laureate Prof. Yunus is talking like a terrorist. “He (Dr Yunus) is an envoy of peace but he is now talking like a terror,” the finance minister said after a meeting of the cabinet committee on purchase, held at the conference room of the cabinet division in the ... Read more

Rejects Khaleda’s poll-time govt proposal Pime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday said that the nation made great strides in the past couple of decades but the Opposition Leader’s proposal regarding poll-time government will take the nation back to 1991. “This is 2013… we’re taking the country ahead with the help of people. We’ll make the country free ... Read more