Bangladesh Bank (BB) will certainly be comforted with the bumper crop production this year, but ructions in commodity markets still hold some weight for the central bank before announcing the new monetary policy later this week, reports BSS. Governor Dr Atiur Rahman is set to announce the monetary policy for the first half of the ... Read more
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Govt spurred to stop it
Extra-judicial killing Govt spurred to stop it At least one person has been beaten to death by mobs in every two days in the first 21 days of this month taking the number of deaths to 11 in such incidents, says a report of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a human rights organisation. The ASK ... Read more
2 arrested
Students Killed by Mob 2 arrested Police arrested two persons yesterday for their suspected link with the killing of six students in a mob attack on the city outskirt Aminbazar. Sanwar Hossain, 28, and Mohammad Selim, 25 were shown arrested in a murder case after they were picked up from Aminbazar and Baradeshibazar, said Mahbubur ... Read more
Seven killed, 30 hurt as bus plunges into ditch
At least seven people were killed and 30 others injured in a road accident at Talbaria of Kushtia yesterday. Of the dead, five were identified as Ahsan Ali, 60, and his younger brother Akhter Ali, 40, of Sherkandi of the district, Salah Uddin Ahmed, 20, and his younger brother Chunu, 18, of Ishwardi, Pabna, and ... Read more
2 boys found dead in pond
Police recovered bodies of two minor students from a pond yesterday from Madhumita area under Tongi of Gazipur after a day they went missing. The deceased were Mohammad Sakib, student of local Master Kindergarten and Mohammad Siam of Al Hera Madrassa, both aged around 9, police
Safety rules defied
Workers face rising risks of accidents Most construction firm owners directly or indirectly force workers to work without any safety gear and in hazardous conditions which lead to frequent accidents at construction sites. With a high unemployment rate, firm owners have the luxury of firing anyone who talks about safety, and hiring someone who does
5 rivers above flood levels
Cox’s Bazar situation on the mend Five rivers of the country including the mighty Jamuna and the Padma were flowing above their respective flood levels on Friday morning while the situation in Cox’s Bazar started improving with the sky being cleared off the rain clouds. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre in Dhaka on Friday ... Read more
Chevron dumps oil rig waste into hilly stream
100 villagers contact skin diseases from using the water in Moulvibazar At least 100 people of three villages in Madhabpur union under Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar have contracted skin diseases from using the water of a hilly stream allegedly poisoned by the waste of a gas well that Chevron is drilling in the area. The ... Read more
Biman struggles to maintain schedule
Aircraft shortage, mechanical glitches force it to reduce number of flights Biman Bangladesh Airlines faces severe backlog of flights on international routes for the last couple of weeks for shortage of aircraft and frequent technical glitches in some of its planes. The situation got so worse that Biman authorities had to reduce the number of ... Read more
Border Haat opens today
Bangladesh and India will jointly inaugurate their first ever Border Haat today along the borders of Kurigram district in Bangladesh and West Garo Hill district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Bangladesh Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan and his Indian counterpart Anand Sharma will formally open the market, reports our New Delhi
UP results boost BNP confidence
Party favourites won chairmanship in nearly half of the unions in recent polls The BNP high command considers the success at recent union parishad polls a big comeback for the party in grassroots politics as its favourites won chairmanship of about half of the unions across the country. The party leaders say the elections came ... Read more
Bangladesh awarded in Int’l Physics Olympiad
Bangladesh has won the Best Newcomer Award in the 42nd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) held in Thailand from July 11-17. The country also received two Honourable Mention Awards for its maiden participation in the Olympiad, said a press release here yesterday
6,665 killed in traffic accidents in 2 years and 5 months
Despite social concerns and campaign as well as rhetoric from the administration about safe road, the reality gives a shocking picture of 6,665 deaths of people in road accidents across the country during the nearly two and half years under the present government. The death figure has been received from the police department that has ... Read more
Nahid against coaching business
Says immoral activities must be stopped Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday criticised the teachers who are busy with coaching business instead of teaching in classes. He also strongly criticised a section of people for their immoral activities in educational institutions. “Some teachers engage in teaching outside classes in exchange of money and attract students ... Read more
Woman dies after muggers dragged her down from running train
A 60-year woman died after muggers pulled her down from a running train at the airport station Thursday night. The deceased was Saleha Begum of Noakhali. The victim’s son Shahadat Hossain alleged that his mother died after she sustained critical head injury when muggers had dragged her to the ground from the running train in ... Read more
BSF kills Bangladeshi in Chuadanga
A young Bangladeshi farmer was beaten to death by the Border Security Force of India on Thakurpur border in Damurhuda of Chuadanga on Friday. The deceased was Selim Hossain, 25, of Thakurpur in the upazila. BGB and local sources said Selim was working in his paddy field near border early Friday when 5 to
4 die in construction lift collapse
Four workers died as a makeshift lift carrying them plunged to the ground in a terrifying free-fall at an under-construction building in the city’s Kakrail yesterday evening. The dead were Zahidul Islam, 26, Delwar Hossain, 28, and his two nephews Rubel, 20, and Abdur Rahman, 18. The lift, on its way up to 13th floor, ... Read more
Most construction firms flout safety rules
Most of the private construction firms in the capital are flouting the provisions of the Bangladesh National Building Code 2006 which require them to ensure the safety of people. They do not even follow the safety rules required for workers. Inadequate safety measures increased the number of death of workers in construction sites. The latest ... Read more
Honour they never got
Raju Bala Dey and Surjo Begum — two Birangonas raped by Pakistani soldiers during the Liberation War — yesterday narrated their horrifying experience and the humiliation thereafter. The two Birangonas (war heroines) from Sirajganj are the first among nearly two lakh war rape victims to come in public to recount their
Most city shops stop selling sugar, oil
TCB outlet also stops sales abruptly Sugar and soya bean oil ‘ran out’ in most retail shops in the capital on Thursday, a day after the commerce ministry revised the soya bean oil price and set the prices for palm oil and sugar. The commodities could be found in a few shops in the city, ... Read more