Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday requested the opposition BNP to call off their May 2 hartal considering the humanitarian ground as the rescue operation at Savar is going on. “It’s very disheartening that the opposition has called the hartal at a time when the rescue operation, treatment and rehabilitation works are going on,” she ... Read more
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None should be spared for Savar tragedy: BNP
BNP standing committee member Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain on Monday asked the government to ensure punitive measures against those responsible for the building collapse in Savar. He said the ruling party should not opt for a “political hogwash” by arresting only the owner of the building. He was addressing a press conference at the party’s Naya ... Read more
Jail killing case appeal verdict today
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on April 30 over the government’s appeal against the High Court order that acquitted six former army officers in the jail killing case. After concluding a 10-day hearing session involving both sides, a six-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Md ... Read more
EU to finance six HR projects
The European Union launched six new human rights projects in Bangladesh on Monday. The development takes place at a time when Bangladesh is presenting in Geneva its achievements and challenges in the areas of human rights to the international community within the Universal Periodic Review process (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council,
High-powered panel to oversee RMG
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the Cabinet Secretary to form a high-powered committee headed by a state minister for submitting a report before the cabinet soon after visiting all the garment factories to review infrastructures and other safety measures, taken by the factory-owners. Sheikh Hasina, also president of Awami League (AL),
Rana, accomplices remanded
A Dhaka court on Monday placed Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza at Savar that collapsed last Wednesday killing at least 381 people, under a 15-days police remand in two separate cases filed against him. Along with Rana, the court also granted Anisur Rahman, owner of Ether Tex Ltd, 13-day police remand in two ... Read more
B’desh rejects offers of search, rescue teams: Daily Telegraph
Bangladesh rejected offers of search and rescue teams from Britain and other countries to free people trapped during last week’s catastrophic factory collapse in Savar, The Daily Telegraph, a UK daily newspaper, reported on Sunday. More than 370 people died when the eight-story Rana Plaza building crumbled into a vast pile of rubble on Wednesday. ... Read more
Savar death toll touches 397, four rescued on 5th day
Rescue operations in Rana Plaza at Savar continued for the fifth day on Sunday as rescuers found some survivors inside the nine-storey building that collapsed on Wednesday morning. The death toll in the tragedy rose to 397 on Sunday evening. In total, 2,437 people were rescued so far from the building, including the four, who ... Read more
Rana Plaza owner captured before fleeing to India
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel on Sunday arrested Sohel Rana, the owner of the nine-storey Rana Plaza in Savar, the building which caved in on Wednesday leaving nearly 400 people dead and more than 400 others injured. Sohel Rana was nabbed from a hideout in Ball Field area of Benapole in Jessore. Hours after the arrest, ... Read more
PDB fails to ensure adequate pry fuel sources
The state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has chalked out plans to build the country’s first naphtha-based power plant in Chittagong, but has not ensured its primary fuel sources. According to the BPDB, a tender has been floated to build a naphtha-based power project. It will require around 250 metric tonnes of naphtha every day ... Read more
Amendment to CHT land dispute act stuck in bureaucratic tangle
The amendment to the Chiitagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Land Dispute Resolution Commission Act, 2001 has landed in bureaucratic tangle, reducing chances of its passage by parliament in the twilight hours of the government’s tenure. The amendment holds the key to the resolution of the CHT issue affecting both the tribes people and the settlers from ... Read more
2 killed, 15 injured in AL-Jamaat clash
Two persons were killed and 15 others injured in a clash between the supporters of Awami League and Jamaat-e-Islami at Shyampur union of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Bashir Uddin, 36, son of Abu Bakr Siddique of Lebudanga under Radhanagar union of Gomostapur upazila and Nasir Uddin, 35, ... Read more
PM visits Savar victims in hospitals
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited the Orthopedic Hospital here today (Sunday) to enquire about the condition of the Rana Plaza building collapse victims undergoing treatment at the hospital. She talked to the injured persons and the doctors of the hospital. Hasina directed the doctors and others concerned to ensure complete treatment of the 48 victims ... Read more
UPR hearing in Geneva today
The hearing on human rights issues in Bangladesh under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism will be held at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. The UPR is a mechanism established by the UN to assess and improve the human rights situation in each of the 193 member states. During the ... Read more
BNP leaders slam MKA for remarks over Savar tragedy
BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the government would be dislodged soon. He also said the ruling party would be “shaken out of power”, referring to the comments made by the home minister that the Savar building collapse was triggered by violent shaking of the building by a group of ... Read more
HC directs BB to freeze accounts of owners of Rana plaza RMG units
The High Court (HC) on Sunday directed the Bangladesh Bank (BB) authorities to freeze the bank accounts of the Savar building owner and proprietors of five garment factories housed in Rana Plaza so that they cannot withdraw money from the respective accounts without paying workers salaries. It also directed the Bangladesh Garment Manufactures
Muhith agrees to resume MPO in schools
Finance minister AMA Muhith agreed to resume the monthly payment order (MPO) for the secondary schools due to heavy pressure from the Chairmen of parliamentary standing committees of different ministries. The chairmen of parliamentary standing committees of different ministries raised their voices in favour of MPO to allocate fund in the up coming budget to
US wants stopping political violence, holding dialogue Khaleda-Mozena meeting
The United States on Sunday called upon both the government and opposition to reach an agreement to stop political violence. US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena expressed the desire of his government during a meeting with opposition leader Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office “The US doesn’t want to see any political violence in Bangladesh.
HC embarrassed to hear bail petitions of BNP top brass
A High Court (HC) judge on Sunday felt embarrassed to hear on bail petitions filed by some top BNP leaders including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakrul Islam Alamgir in connection with five cases filed against them over violence. The other leaders, who filed the bail petitions are Mirza Abbas, Abdullah Al Noman, Goyeswar Chandra ... Read more
Demo in front of BGMEA for trial of culprits of Savar tragedy
Members of different professional groups, including teachers and students staged a demonstration in front of the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturing and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building pressing demands for the trial of the Rana Plaza owner and the owners of the factories in the building that collapsed in Savar on Wednesday killing over 300 workers. They also ... Read more