The World Bank (WB) has warned the government that the Chittagong Water Supply Improvement and Sanitation (CWSIS) project could be cancelled if the Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) fails to sign the consultancy contract for the water treatment plant by May. On July 26, 2010, the government signed a financing agreement
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Bangladesh not allowed to join global programme
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the World Bank (WB) have refused to let Bangladesh join a textile industry monitoring programme until the country overhauls its labour laws and conditions for unions improve, reports The Washington Post quoting a top ILO official. The strict stance by the ILO and World Bank, which jointly run the ... Read more
Cabinet body on DAP to dispose petitions for revision
The cabinet committee on detailed area plan (DAP) review has formed two committees to physically visit and dispose the petitions which were submitted to the Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkhya (RAJUK) to revise the plan for in and around the capital announced in 2010. The committees include cabinet sub-committee on detailed area plan (DAP) review to recommend ... Read more
Three Hefazat leaders arrested in city
Detective Branch of police arrested three leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam from Mirpur area on charges of unleashing violence on May 5 at Shapla Chattar. They are Emran Majari, Khatib of the Lalbagh Shahi Mosque, Mizanur Rahman, vice-principal of Jamia Arabia Khademul Islami Madrasa and Abul Bashar,
EU, Japan, Canada urge AL, BNP to resolve crisis
European Union, Japan and Canada on Sunday urged the two major parties to resolve the ongoing political impasse over formation of election-time government. Ambassadors of European Union and Japan and High Commissioner of Canada to Dhaka made the appeal during a meeting with Leader of the Opposition
From shelters to shattered homes
Thousands of people who took shelter at different cyclone centres, have started returning home after Cyclone Mahasen swept across the country on Thursday. Although life is getting back to normal in the coastal areas, many people do not know where to go as the cyclone has rendered them homeless. The devastating cyclone has damaged crops ... Read more
Opposition tried to topple govt on May 5: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday alleged that foreign and local quarters conspired to topple an elected government on May 5. “But they did not succeed eventually as people of the country are with the Awami League. I firmly believe that no conspiracy will work as long as the public support remains with us,” Sheikh ... Read more
Nasim rules out talks with BNP outside Parliament
Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Friday called upon the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to return to Parliament for talks on ending the political impasse. “Dialogue can be held on election-time government and it will certainly be held in Parliament. But no talks will be held outside the House,” Nasim told a meeting organised ... Read more
Hijackers in uniform : Cop caught in Savar
A section of members of law enforcing agencies have allegedly been got involved in most of the hijacking incidents in and around the city, especially Savar. In most of the cases, they wear civil dress while some others reportedly use the uniform, pistols and walkie -talkies of the detective police during hijacking. But in the ... Read more
BNP to take part in JS on its own interest: Moudud
The main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will participate in the upcoming budget session of the 9th Parliament, scheduled to begin on June 3. Speaking at a discussion meeting held at the National Press Club on Friday, BNP leader Moudud Ahmed said, “We will participate in the upcoming budget session of Parliament for the sake ... Read more
‘BNP wants talks as it has failed to topple govt’
Suranjit Sengupta, minister without portfolio, on Friday said that the opposition leader Khaleda Zia has finally agreed to sit for dialogue as it failed to topple the government. “BNP, as a political party, now has no identity of its own. It depends on either Jamaat-e-Islami or Hefazat-e-Islam to carry out plots against the government. BNP ... Read more
Decomposed body of buying house official recovered
Police recovered the decomposed body of a buying house official from his flat at Paltan area in the capital on Friday. The deceased was identified as Ali Afzal Selim, 45. His decomposed body was found lying on the bed of his seventh floor’s flat in Chandramallika apartment complex at Chamelibagh area at around around 1:00am. ... Read more
Dravid, Shilpa won’t be quizzed: Police
The Delhi Police today (Friday) said it has no reasons to interrogate cricketer Rahul Dravid or Rajasthan Royals owners Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty in connection with the spot-fixing case in which three players were arrested, online edition of the Outlook said on Friday. “Delhi Police has no reasons to invite them to join investigation ... Read more
Navotheatre to be information centre for Rooppur power plant
Government is set to conduct an international seminar on nuclear energy to comply with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s requirement to create public awareness on the issue at Dhaka on May 29. “Before going to install any nuclear power plant in the country it’s a pre condition to establish an information centre and conduct ... Read more
While Swapna has blank look, Rozina cries
Swapna Akhtar, a young apparel worker and victim of the Savar Tragedy just keeps staring at the sky hour after hour through the window from her hospital bed at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. “She doesn’t want to eat any food; nor does she want to speak to anybody. She just constantly stares at the ... Read more
JnU staff stabbed to death by fellow worker
A leader of class four employees’ association of Jagannath University stabbed his fellow to death on the campus over extra marital affairs on Friday. The deceased was identified as Kamal Hossain, 22, a daily basis worker of Jagannath University Registrar office, hailed from Mymenshing district. Eyewitness and campus sources said, the association general
TIB lauds BNP’s JS joining decision
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Friday voiced cautious optimism over the main opposition BNP’s decision to return to parliament, and hoped that it may lead to a dialogue between the two major political parties. “If they join Parliament, certainly it’s good news. We all want so. We hope there’ll be a dialogue between the two ... Read more
Five killed in road accidents
Five people were killed and two others sustained injuries in two separate road accidents at Uttara in the capital and its outskirt Keraniganj on Friday. In Keraniganj, three people were killed on the spot and two others were critically injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw rammed a motorcycle at Pouraharivita in Keraniganj under Keraniganj Model Police ... Read more
Ashulia garment factories to reopen today
All the closed readymade garments (RMG) factories in Ashulia will reopen today (Friday) after a three-day closure following violent protests by workers. “All factories in Ashulia will reopen on Friday. Wages for the opening day will be paid as overtime as it is a weekly holiday (Friday),” said Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) ... Read more
Muhith hints at GDP growth target shortfall
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said the provision for making black money white would continue in the next budget. He also said the expected GDP growth is unlikely to be achieved because of the “anarchic situation” in the country. Muhith claimed that the existing provision for whitening black money