Monday, July 7, 2025

Service extended to 60 years

The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of ‘Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act 2010’ allowing the extension of service tenure of labourers working with the government organisations. “As per the decision, labourers would retire from their services at the age of 60 instead of 57,”

Project to dredge 11 major rivers

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) plans to dredge 666 kilometres of 11 important rivers so that passenger vessels and cargo vessels could navigate the rivers smoothly.   The 11 river routes are-Munshiganj-Taltala-Dohuri, Laharhat-Veduria, Shahaberhat-Tongibari-Laharhut,

Feni BDR mutiny verdict on Apr 18

A special court has fixed April 18 for delivery of verdict in a BDR mutiny case against 58 jawans of 19 Rifles Battalion in Feni. The three-member Special Court-3 headed by BDR Director General Maj Gen Md Mainul Islam fixed the date after holding a hearing on the

Another youth arrested

Gulshan Murders Another youth arrested Another youth was arrested yesterday in connection with the Wednesday’s gruesome double murder of a couple at Kalachandpur in capital’s Gulshan. Identified as Nazmul Islam Babu, 23, of Joarsahara under Badda, he is a friend of prime suspect

Tribunal starts work today

War crimes trial Tribunal starts work today The law minister, war crimes tribunal judges, investigation agency chief, and some of the members of the agency and the prosecution team on Sunday visited their offices and the courtroom, set up at the old High Court building on the Supreme Court

Gulshan murder: Prime suspects arrested

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested three accused, including the prime suspect of the double murder in city’s Gulshan area, at Gabkhan under Jhalakati sadar upazila yesterday. They arrested accused are: Rubel, 25, his associate Mithun Chandra Chanda, 25, and Rubel’s brother-in-law

Govt to offload shares of 26 SoEs by June

The government will offload shares of 26 state-owned enterprises (SoEs) by June this year as the finance ministry yesterday informed a Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) delegation of the progress in this regard. The progress in the government’s previous plan was apprised when a delegation of the new DSE executive committee, led by its president

People angered by 2-hour Loadshedding

The 2-hour load shedding after every two hours introduced across the country on Saturday has received with criticism and resentment from different sections of power consumers. Power distribution agencies-DESCO, DPDC, REB, PDB and WZPDC – introduced the system at the best of the highest policy makers replacing

Dolphin habitat exists in Sundarban

Reveals WCS survey A dolphin habitat was found in the coastal rivers of the Sundarban and swatch of no-ground areas of the Bay of Bengal. A total of six species of dolphin and a species of porpoise graze there safely as water and environment of rivers of the world’s largest mangrove forest are suitable for

High fees cost country $1b last year

Remittance transfer High fees cost country $1b last year Few multinational financial institutions and banks are churning out a huge amount of money from the expatriate Bangladeshi workers in different parts of the world by charging high fees for transferring their remittances, according to a finance ministry

UZ vice-chairmen threaten to go for movement

Upazila Vice-chairman Oikya Parishad at a press conference yesterday said they would go for tougher movement if their 10-point demands were not met immediately. Upazila Vice-chairmen Oikya Parishad convener Abdul Majid Khan and joint conveners Mohibur Rahman and Fatima Kabir were, among others, present at the

Boy stabs girl, parents in city

A couple and their daughter, a university student, were stabbed early Saturday at Kalabagan in the capital by a boy, reportedly having an affair of love with the girl, after they had refused to give him money to go abroad. The victims are businessman Aminur Rahman, 55, his wife Rokhsana Momtaz, 48 and their

Gulshan Murder

Killers still at large An ‘accomplice’ of the two absconding accused in Wednesday’s double murder at Gulshan in the capital was arrested yesterday. Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) tracked him down at Tongi in Gazipur. Rab identified the arrestee as Delwar Hossain Dipu, a close friend of the accused on the

Harmful metals detected in Buriganga sludge

The Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) has detected the presence of harmful heavy metals in the Buriganga sludge, which is dangerous for public health. There is a presence of harmful matter like chromium in the Buriganga river sludge, the report

World observes earth hour

Westin known to be lone participant in Dhaka Earth Hour was observed worldwide, turning off lights at 8:30pm for one hour yesterday, to send a powerful message to the global leaders about environmental awareness and caring for the planet. On Earth Hour, hundreds of millions of people around the world came together to call for

MRP, MRV from 1st week of May

The government will issue Machine Readable Passport and Machine Readable Visa from the first week of May to meet the deadline set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Official sources said one can apply for MRP from April 1 and the authority will start the delivery from the first week of May after completion of

War crimes tribunal, probe team formed

12-member prosecutors’ team named  The government yesterday announced a three-member international crimes tribunal, a seven-member investigating agency and a 12-member prosecutors team to try the people who committed crimes against humanity during the Libaration War in 1971. The crimes include helping the Pakistani

In the dark for a minute

Thousands of people across the country switched off lights a minute before midnight past Thursday for a minute paying respect to the people killed in the 1971 independence war and demanding punishment of war criminals. Nearly a thousand people who gathered at Shikha Chirantan in Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka chanted