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Rana Plaza Collapse Body to propose Tk 23 lakh in damages for each dead worker A committee on the compensation for Rana Plaza victims is likely to propose today that each of the apparel workers who died or went missing in the building collapse should get about Tk 23 lakh in damages and one member ... Read more

Felani case A Kolkata, West Bengal based Indian rights group Manabadhikar Surakkha Mancha (MASUM) has alleged that two of its activists were denied Visa to Bangladesh. BBC Radio’s Bangla service has reported on Wednesday night that Kirity Roy, head of MASUM, claimed that both he and a former Justice Moloy Sen Gupta were returned their ... Read more

Despite opposition from different quarters, the education ministry has started the process to recruit 1,532 teachers in government secondary schools on an ad hoc basis. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid told the Parliament on Thursday that the government has started the process to recruit the teachers against

Cop, Wife Murder Jony arrested as ‘instigator’ Oishee Rahman’s fugitive friend, who allegedly instigated her to kill her parents Special Branch of police inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and Swapna Begum, was arrested in the capital’s Badda area on Wednesday night. The Detective Branch of police arrested Asaduzzaman alias Jony, who had been on the run for a ... Read more

Minimum Wage RMG workers reject owners’ proposal Apparel worker rights groups on Wednesday rejected a proposal of owners’ representative to the minimum wage board for Tk 3,600 a month, a 20 per cent increase on the existing wage of Tk 3,000, at the fifth meeting of the board. Labour leaders termed the proposal ‘illogical,’ ‘unacceptable’ ... Read more

No murder case against drivers for accidents before investigation: MKA Transport owners and workers on Wednesday asked the home ministry at a meeting to stop widespread extortions and harassment by the police and others on roads and highways. They alleged that the transport business was at peril due to harassment and widespread extortions faced by ... Read more

The government has taken up an “Energy Master Plan” for generation of 20,000 Megawatt of electricity in the country by 2021, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the parliament on Wednesday. During a question-answer session, she said the government signed a $500 million dollar state credit agreement with the Russian Federation on

Jamaat’s strike passes off first day An auto-rickshaw driver was killed, six including a policeman were injured with bullets and several others were injured in sporadic clashes in places across the country on Wednesday, the first day of Jamaat’s 48-hour countrywide general strike. The policeman who was injured as pickets shot

Coal Power Project Near Sundarbans Justification contradicted While environmentalists are focused on the negative environmental impact of the proposed coal-based power plant in Rampal close to the Sundarbans, the government is looking at the massive project as an economic opportunity that could change the face of the region and eventually help conserve the forest. As ... Read more

The Border Guard Bangladesh chief on Wednesday iterated that continued killing, beating and firing in the frontiers were hampering ties with India as the chief of both the border forces expressed concern about the issues. The BGB director general, Major General Aziz Ahmed, made the statement at joint briefing on the 38th Border Coordination Conference ... Read more

Kibria Murder Case 9 more accused to be charged Nine more accused will be included in the fresh charge sheet in the murder case of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir said yesterday. Criminal Investigation Department will submit the charge sheet against a total of 28 accused, including the nine, ... Read more

The government has asked all the 71 private universities to set up closed circuit cameras on their campuses to save students from the clutch of narcotics, Yaba in particular. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, on Wednesday old New Age, `According to media reports, the number of Yaba users has alarmingly

More than 50 apparel workers were injured in a clash with the police at Manipur of Hotapara in Gazipur sadar on Wednesday. Three apparel factories were closed for the day because of the clash that broke out with workers rallying for an increase in their monthly

The ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and Teesta water sharing deal will top the agenda when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh meet in New York on September 28 – on the sidelines of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Prime Minister is scheduled ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Public Service Commission (PSC) to recruit efficient, honest and talented people rising above all influences. “The public servants will have to be pro-people as they are the servants of the republic while the people are its owners,” she said while inaugurating

The prevalence of early marriage among boys is 34.1 per cent, while the rate is 67.6 per cent for girls and girls are more vulnerable than boys, according to a baseline survey by World Vision Bangladesh, a non-government organisation. On the other hand, household survey data shows that the prevalence of early marriage for boys ... Read more

Shrugging off opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s recent remarks that the incumbent Election Commission is spineless, Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Zabed Ali on Wednesday said they are quite strong and their spines are straight. “We’re quite fit and our backbones are straight. We’re working for ensuring a level-playing field for all candidates,” he told reporters

Though huge number of people has been killed in factory accidents in Bangladesh, measures to prevent such accidents have not been materialised, according to a report published in the Huffington Post on Wednesday. Retailers, labour unions and government organizations started talks in Geneva last week to discuss compensation for the victims of two recent factory

Power Development Board (PDB) signed an agreement on Wednesday, to supply 50 mw of electricity from India, under the India-Bangladesh power export scheme on test run basis from September 27. PDB has to provide 4.21 crore rupees to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India for the test run. But PDB sources said that is has

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain, entered the courtroom at 9.32 am and delivered the 4:1