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Reckless Driving Mother dies in front of child Yet another life was lost in a road accident in the capital yesterday. This time a six-year-old girl had to watch her mother getting crushed under the wheels of a bus. Roksana Begum Laila, 37, was returning home in Rayerbagh of Jatrabari with her school-going daughter Nusrat ... Read more

Prof. Anu Muhammad, member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, said on Tuesday that destruction of the Sundarban, the largest mangrove forest in the world, would make the country vulnerable to environmental disasters. He iterated a seven-point demand, including cancellation of the

The acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged, alluding to the shipping minister Shajahan Khan, that a minister had started a new game to destroy apparel industry, He said this at a discussion Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Muktijuddher Prajanma organised at the National Press Club. Fakhrul said that when the situation

Shortages in gas supply have led to reductions in power generation across the country, which has caused power outages of around 1,800 MW. Such massive power cuts are the most acute during the tenure of the present government, according to the Power Development Board (PDB). The power shortages have crippled city life. Water supply

Following the death of a university student in a road accident, hundreds of students of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Kumira area on Tuesday morning. The students torched two buses and vandalised about 50 other vehicles. Police sources said that Nurunnabi Rubel (22), a student of

Customs intelligence yesterday seized around 11.5kg gold worth around Tk 5 crore at Shahjalal International Airport, and arrested a man in this connection. On suspicion, officials intercepted Masud Rana after he had passed the immigration, and recovered 104 gold bars from inside his shoes and trousers,

Says German envoy German Ambassador to Bangladesh Albrecht Conze yesterday said pay hike for garment workers is necessary as the garment industry here pays the minimum wage compared to other industries. Talking to a select group of journalists at his office in the afternoon, he stressed the need for an agreed procedure to look into ... Read more

Global Gender Gap Report 2012 Bangladesh ranked 8th  Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said Bangladesh, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2012, has ranked 8th in terms of political empowerment of women due to the incumbent government’s pro-women policies. She was speaking at a roundtable on “Equal Futures Partnership” hosted by US Secretary of State John ... Read more

A worker died after falling into a washing machine at a factory in Bhannara of Kaliakoir upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ujjal Mia, 22, washing machine helper of ‘China Kitchen Ware Industry’ and a resident of Shibpur Shelerchar village in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail district. The police said Ujjal fell into the washer while ... Read more

Workers attack ansar camp, battle with police in Gazipur, Savar, Dhaka, 135 injured The police battled with violent apparel workers who vandalised factories and vehicles and attacked an ansar camp as labour unrest over wages flared in Gazipur, Savar and in the capital on Monday. Garment factory workers, demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk ... Read more

The High Court on Monday stayed the recruitment process of more than 5,000 different posts of third and fourth class under the Health Ministry for three months. After brief hearing on two separate writ petitions, the HC bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and AKM Zahirul Haque came up with the order.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said that the United Nations’ (UN) initiative for a dialogue between the country’s two major political parties to overcome the crisis of poll-time administration had failed due to the government’s unwillingness. The BNP leader said that the government would

The Election Commission (EC) has finally broken its silence regarding Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) elections, saying that the DCC polls would not be held before the Parliamentary elections due to boundary disputes. “DCC polls are unlikely to be held before the next general elections,” election commissioner Md Shah Nawaz said on Monday. Shah Nawaz said that the ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived at New York’s John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in the morning head of a 140-members delegation, to attend the 68th session of the UNGA. As the Prime Minister arrived the JFD airport, local Awami League leaders and activists accorded hearty welcome while local BNP activists staged demonstration. Foreign Minister Dr ... Read more

A court in Egypt has banned “all activities” by the Muslim Brotherhood. The Cairo administrative court said its ruling applied to the Islamist group, its non-governmental organisation and “any organisation derived from it”. It also ordered the interim government to seize the Brotherhood’s funds and form a panel to administer its frozen assets until any appeal ... Read more

The High Court on Monday directed the police to arrange collection of DNA samples from members of families who claim that at least one of their relatives died in the Tazreen Fashion fire but their bodies have so far not been identified. The names of 24 workers, not included in the official list of 111 workers confirmed ... Read more

HC rejects petitions against its release The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the government to release a genetically modified (GM) crop, Bt Brinjal, in Bangladesh. The court rejected two separate writ petitions that challenged the legality of a government move to release the crop for the first time in the country. A division bench ... Read more

The government has decided to temporarily stop issuing immigration clearance for people who want to work in the Maldives in order to observe the experience of those Bangladeshi workers who are already in the island nation, officials from the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training said on Monday. In nine months since January, around 8,000 ... Read more

A large number of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are set to get Bangladeshi nationality by listing their names in fresh voters’ lists, according to a government agency report. The government agency has informed the Election Commission that millions of Rohingyas living in greater Chittagong districts applied to local and

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Monday expressed its grave concern over the unrest and vandalism in garment sector. The country’s apex trade body voiced its concern as the apparel workers were staging demonstrations to realise their demand for an increase in monthly wage.