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Mitford Market Raided Fake, foreign medicine seized As many as 103 people were detained, 28 shops sealed and over Tk 1.25 crore fined yesterday in a joint drive against fake and unauthorised medicine at Mitford in Old Dhaka, the country’s largest hub of wholesale medicine. The eight-hour-long drive that started at 10:00am was conducted by ... Read more

At least 20 readymade garment (RMG) factory workers were injured in a clash with law enforcement personnel in Ashulia when police tried to stop a procession brought out by workers in support of their demand for a minimum monthly wage of Tk. 8,000. A general holiday was announced in five

Speakers at a seminar on Saturday underscored the need for a free, fair and credible election with the participation of all political parties in order to strengthen democracy in the country. Addressing a seminar organised to mark the launching of ‘The Dhaka Forum’, a civil society organization, speakers urged the country’s two major political parties-Awami ... Read more

Many young people rallying against the government move to set up the Rampal thermal power plant near Sundarban are carrying out campaigns on social networking and video-sharing sites demanding an early cancellation of the project. They are holding signature campaigns and requesting petitions against at project to save Sundarban as ‘it has always protected

Unidentified armed assailants on Saturday barged into the drawing room of a businessman at Rupnagar in the Mirpur area in the city and shot him dead. He was identified as Zafrul Haque Moktar, 55, son of late Jahirul Haque, of Karupchar village in Shibchar, Madaripur district. The incident

About 79 Bangladeshis have been languishing in a Kurdistan prison in Iraq for months without trial for illegal entry. The Bangladeshi citizens, who mainly used to work for different municipalities as garbage collectors, house cleaners and construction workers, were in fear that they would be deported to Iran instead of being sent back home, reported ... Read more

Garment owners and workers Saturday agreed to work together to cool down the labour unrest prevailing in the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector centering increase of the minimum wage. Leaders of BGMEA (Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association) and garment workers at a joint press conference Saturday expressed the

Looking for an alternative route amid the growing port activities, Chittagong Development Authority (CPA) and Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) have jointly planned to take up a 17-kilometer elevated expressway project to connect Karnaphuli Bridge and Patenga beach with at least five landing stations. Keeping in mind the future requirement, CDA chairman

A former high official of Unique Group was found dead, with hands and legs bound, at a building in the capital’s Moghbazar last night. A mob might have beaten Abdullah Masud, 40, to death before leaving the body at the basement of SK Tower, said Ramna police.

She proposes 21st Feb as Int’l Mother Language Day Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the international community to extend its all-out support to the ongoing trial process of war criminals in Bangladesh for the sake of justice, human rights and the rule of law, reports UNB. “The trials are being held maintaining the ... Read more

The consumption has been 11 times the discovery of natural gas in 15 years, according to data  available with the state-run Petrobangla. Since 1999, state-run and foreign companies have discovered three fields —Bangura and Srikail in Comilla and Sundulpur in Noakhali — with 750 billion

India supplies 50MW on trial basis; formal inauguration on Oct 5 The much-talked about power import from India began on trial basis yesterday by adding 50 megawatts to the national grid. The 50MW electricity was supplied around 10:45am to a sub-station of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) in Bheramara in Kushtia.

The government has failed to stop the use of banned polythene bags in and around the capital due to lack of a proper monitoring system, sources said. A section of employees in the department of environment (DoE) is reportedly responsible for the manufacture and marketing of polythene bags. It is alleged that the alarming rise ... Read more

To promote the use of jute bags for packaging foodstuff and agricultural produce, the Ministry of Textiles and Jute on Thursday issued a circular saying that it is mandatory for private rice mill owners to use 100 per cent jute bags for packaging under the Jute Packaging Law. The circular, signed by a joint secretary ... Read more

Plans to operate flights to several cities from Oct Biman Bangladesh yesterday said it was aiming at operating flights to several Indian cities, up from two at present, and adding one more flight to Kolkata from next month. It plans to start double dailies from Kolkata by October-end instead of five flights a week now, ... Read more

The long march by the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports is now on its way to Rampal in Bagherhat in protest against the proposed coal-fired power plant and to save the Sundarban from environmental pollution. The marchers, who set out from Dhaka

The Awami League and its associated bodies have arranged Milad Mahfil and special Doa at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and all other mosques in the country to celebrate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 67th birthday on Saturday. The Islami Foundation has organised a Doa Mahfil after Zohr prayers. Prayers have also been arranged at the ... Read more

The acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the party would definitely go for general elections if a level playing field was ensured. He said this in response to comments ruling party leaders made that the BNP would finally join the next general elections. Fakhrul at a discussion

Bangladeshi Workers KL to recruit 10,000 by next year Malaysia will hire 10,000 Bangladeshi workers by next year for its plantation sector, not 1.4 million as interpreted by some Malaysian newspapers. The country’s Deputy Human Resources minister Ismail Abd Muttalib yesterday clarified this in parliament when a lawmaker asked

Yunus urges fashion brands Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has urged fashion leaders and designers to stand up in solidarity with garment workers across the globe to improve their deplorable condition. He made the appeal while presenting the keynote speech at a UN event for the First Ladies of the US, said a release issued ... Read more