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Mukhlesur Rahman made Rab DG The government yesterday made Hassan Mahmood Khandker, director general (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), the new inspector general of police (IGP) by replacing Nur Mohammad after about four years. Besides, Rajshahi range deputy inspector general (DIG) Mohammad Mukhlesur Rahman has been made the new Rab DG

Country’s manpower export has significantly declined over the year alongside the reduction of remittance earnings during the last couple of months, statistics show. The reduction of manpower export is as high as 20 per cent as 231,171 jobseekers went abroad during the last seven months against 288,925 in corresponding previous

Passengers await risky journey ahead of Eid More than a hundred faulty and unfit launches are getting quick repair in Keraniganj dockyards to carry passengers on different routes ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Most vessels have major defects in engines or design faults, said repairers in dockyards. They could not tell whether the launches have any fitness

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been spending Tk 40 lakh each month for six additional pilots who have no planes to fly in the emaciating fleet of the national flag carrier, a web-based news agency, yesterday. The pilots, appointed on contract, receive around US$ 57,000 a month – US$ 9500 each. A board meeting of the ... Read more

Adopted in Savar kiln on trial basis; can cut air pollution by 60-70pc, save 4 lakh trees a year A brick company using clean technology has started its debut production in the country at Nayarhat, Savar. Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln, the technology, can reduce air pollution up to 60 to 70 percent and save 4 ... Read more

It was really fascinating to watch in Ekushey TV news on Friday and Saturday nights (August 27 & 28) in two consecutive episodes a taxi driver named Mohammad Ali analysing to a BUET teacher a marvelous solution he derived from his 5-year long research based on his hands-on experiences to ease the notorious gridlock of ... Read more

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a textile mill and a leather tannery a sum of Tk 40.60 lakh in the city’s Kalurghat Industrial area for polluting the river Karnaphuli with untreated chemical wastes. A team from the DoE led by Munir Chowdhury, director of monitoring and enforcement took the action during an anti-pollution

Waiting for verdicts in cases filed against errant employers At least 44 Bangladeshi workers have been languishing in the United Arab Emirates for the last five months after they sued their employers for not paying wages for nearly a year. The workers living in two camps in Sharjah can neither find new jobs nor have ... Read more

Readymade garment (RMG) factory owners yesterday have announced that they will pay dues and festival allowances to the workers before Eid. They also said that with the help of Government they will take necessary steps to implement the decision if some factories fail to

A team of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) yesterday demolished around 50 makeshift shops erected at Banani playground following a report carried in this daily on August 22. Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), however, has not yet freed the Chairman Bari Khelarmath (playground), in the residential area of Banani, occupied by Zaker Party to hold its

The shopping for Eid-ul-Fitr festival has started gaining momentum as people of different ages thronged the city’s shopping malls to buy panjabis, dresses and other necessary items for their near and dear ones for celebrating the biggest occasion in the country with joy and gaiety. With the advent of the Eid-ul-Fitr, city’s customers especially women ... Read more

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a ship-breaking yard at Sonaichhari under Sitakunda upazila Tk 7 lakh for ignoring workers’ safety and environmental pollution. A team led by DoE Director (Enforcement) Munir Chowdhury fined Messrs Sultana Ship-Breaking. This is the first time a ship-breaking yard was

Govt now says Tk 45 is minimum In a span of three days, the Islamic Foundation has fixed this year’s fitra at Tk 100 and Tk 45 per head creating confusion among people. At a meeting yesterday, Islamic Foundation fixed the minimum fitra at Tk 45. Earlier on Thursday, it fixed the fitra at Tk ... Read more

Bangladesh and Chinese Yunnan Province yesterday signed four Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) aiming to enhance further cooperation in the areas of agriculture, tourism, energy and education. The MoUs were signed at a delegation level talk between Bangladesh and Yunnan province last evening at Sonargaon Hotel. Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain and

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday in an anti-adulteration drive fined four factories in old Dhaka for producing adulterated vermicelli and fraud in marketing the product. Rab-10 along with the members of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute (BSTI) raided Kamrangirchar, Lalbagh and Chawk Bazar areas from 11:30am to 4:30pm to check

Additional leased buses, alongside regular buses, will travel on inter-district routes during Eid holiday, a Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation statement said Sunday. As many as 200 buses will be available during the holiday, which will start from Sep 8 and will continue three days after the Eid. BRTC will start selling tickets in

The sector not getting $600m from donors as reform remains stuck in bureaucracy for 4 years The struggling Bangladesh Railway is yet to get the much-needed $600 million loan as for three and a half years bureaucracy had been stalling the rail reforms that the multilateral donors insisted on, officials concerned said. The donors had ... Read more

Thousands of city dwellers are becoming frustrated for not finding advance Eid tickets as they desired to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of the Muslims, with their near and dear ones at village homes. Hundreds of people crowded at the counters of Gabtoli, Shayamoli and Kallanpur bus

Post and telecommunications minister Raziuddin Ahmed Razu has urged all to use Teletalk as it is an organisation of the country. Moreover, the telecom minister requested everyone to help the public telecom service provider. He was addressing the inauguration ceremony of Narashingdi’s first Teletalk service and

The newly developed BRRI Hybrid-4 variety will make a significant contribution to boosting Aman rice production in the country. The variety was released at the beginning of this year and now it is being cultivated at farmers’ level for the first time. Agriculture experts of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) said this while