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Labour organisations and social workers will observe today the first anniversary of fire at Tazreen Fashions at Nichintapur in Ashulia, the outskirt of the capital Dhaka, with the victims still crying for justice. Different organisations have chalked

The minimum monthly wage of the readymade made garment workers in Bangladesh will continue to be the world’s lowest despite a 74 per cent hike proposed from the next month. A government appointed wage board recently fixed the minimum monthly wage at Tk 5,300 equivalent to US $68.12, up from Tk 3,000 or

Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury on Saturday said there is still possibility of a dialogue between the two major parties to resolve the political impasse over the poll-time government. “I hope that the two parties will soon reach an agreement on the issue and the next election

ULFA?leader Anup Chetia likely to be deported first under the pact The Bangladeshi and Indian governments are planning to execute the agreement on “Transfer of Sentenced Persons”, by December, by exchanging some prisoners lodged in each other’s prisons, home ministry sources said. The agreement was signed during Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s

Addicts contribute to rise of crimes, speakers tell Star-American Alumni Association seminar About half of the five million drug addicts in the country are involved in crimes, said leading anti drug-abuse campaigner Prof Arup Ratan Choudhury yesterday. Bangladesh stands eighth among the world’s top 10 countries of drug abuse, he said at a discussion, adding ... Read more

Foreign agents involved Airports major routes for smuggling gold  Bangladesh has now become a major transit point for international smuggling because of its strategic geographical position. Seizure of a huge number of gold bars at airports in the recent months gives indication that the smugglers have chosen the country as their prime route, sources said ... Read more

Illegal Sale Of Tickets Rly authorities take limited action The black-market in the sale of train tickets has become a common feature at many railway stations with as many as five or six illegal ticket sellers being arrested at some railway stations each week, though elsewhere little action is being taken. ‘I visit my in-laws’ ... Read more

A college student was killed as a bus ran over him in the capital’s Nilkhet area on Saturday afternoon. The deceased, Sajjadul Islam Enamul, 22, was a second year student of National Institute of Information and Technology. New Market police subinspector Kamal Hossain said Enamul was riding a bicycle in the Gausul Azam Market area. At about ... Read more

A man was burned alive and his wife critically injured in an arson attack allegedly by his rivals over a land dispute in the district’s Lalpur upazila early yesterday. The dead was Habibur Mandal, 55, of Fugipur Charpara village. His wife, Sufia Begum, has been undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

Intercity train schedules between Dhaka and the country’s northern and southern regions have collapsed since Thursday, said officials. Disruption in the schedules was causing enormous sufferings to the passengers. Intercity trains running on the Dinajpur-Dhaka,

Fakhrul wants crisis resolved before poll-schedule announced The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday threatened to paralyse the country through a tough movement if the schedule for the 10th parliamentary polls is announced without any resolution to the stand-off over the non-party poll-time government issue. “We came to know that the Election Commission (EC) will ... Read more

Election likely to be held in first week of January: Shah nawaz The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the upcoming general election by Monday with possible polling date in early January. “The schedule for the 10th parliamentary polls will be announced by November 25, and the election is likely to be held in ... Read more

The European Parliament has called on all parties in Bangladesh not to boycott the coming parliament elections as it would deprive citizens of a political choice and undermine the country’s social and economic stability and its impressive development progress. The parliament called on the Election Commission

Body on foreign ministry worst performing among 51. The performance of the parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of foreign affairs was the poorest among 51 such panels. Records show that the standing committee could only hold 20 meetings in 57 months of the Ninth Parliament, secretariat sources said. In stark contrast, the standing committee ... Read more

Garment Safety ILO-backed inspection on The government has ramped up inspection of building and fire safety at garment factories in efforts to ensure safer workplaces for apparel workers and avoid preventable disasters. Five teams of experts from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) yesterday inspected about 10 garment factories in

Affected workers and family members of those killed in the Tazreen Fashions fire last year staged demonstrations on Friday in front of the fire- ravaged factory at Nichintapur in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, and expressed their frustration over the slow pace of investigation. Many affected people also said they were yet to ... Read more

Finance Minister AMA Muhith Friday said that a Permanent Pay Commission for the government employees would be announced Sunday. The minister gave this assurance at a function organized by the Bangladesh Audit and Accounts Officers’ Association at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. Muhith said that the government had

Gana Forum president and eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday alleged that Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was hatching a conspiracy to hold what he called a “stage-managed election” for petty political interests. “Forming the all-party Cabinet is the

More and more people in Bangladesh are now using Internet for daily work like many other countries in the world, according to a global web index report published in London on Friday. Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web Foundation published the report. Bangladesh is 64th among 81 countries in the index, which looks at how ... Read more

Shakhawat Hossain and Jasim Uddin The Orion Group has sought almost duty free import of luxury vehicles to oversee the construction of Mayor Hanif Flyover, the main part of which was already opened last month for vehicular movement. The National Board of Revenue officials told New Age that the group had repeatedly asked the revenue board ... Read more