As all hopes faded for finding any more Savar victims alive under the rubble of Rana Plaza 17 days after it collapsed, rescuers miraculously pulled out a young woman apparel worker named Reshma alive and almost well on Friday. Rescuers first heard a metallic noise (a banging on a metal
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Rana Plaza death toll jumps to 1042
The death toll from the disastrous Rana Plaza collapse climbed to 1042 with the recovery of 17 more bodies in four hours till Friday noon. The 17 bodies were pulled out of the ruins from 8.00pm on Thursday to 12.00pm on Friday, said General Commanding Officer of the 9th Infantry Division Major General Chowdhury Hasan ... Read more
Capital punishment sought for Sohel Rana
Demanding the highest punishment for Sohel Rana, the owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza, eminent citizens and garment industry leaders said on Friday that vile politics and a pervasive culture of impunity were responsible for the disaster. They also opined that such calamities in the readymade garment
Rumour on Shapla Chattar deaths baseless: Press Note
The government on Friday said the ‘rumour of loss of thousands of lives’ in the city’s Motijhel area during a joint drive to clear Shapla Chattar is completely baseless, fabricated and ill-motivated. “At the age of mobile phone, email and internet, it’s simply unbelievable,” the government said in a press note issued after five days ... Read more
BNP to turn to UN if govt says no to judicial probe
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Friday threatened to take up the issue of the crackdown on Hefazat-e-Islami activists at Shapla Square in the early hours of May 6 with the United Nations if the government does not form a judicial probe panel to investigate the incident. “I will request ... Read more
Hamid, Hasina, Khaleda thank rescuers
President Abdul Hamid on Friday greeted the rescuers for their sincere and successful efforts in saving alive a trapped female garment worker from the ruins of Savar Rana Plaza, 16 days after the tragedy struck. In a message, the President said: “It’s a glorious example and it’ll ever be remembered in the history of the ... Read more
Twaki’s cousin shot in N’ganj
Ornab Wahid, 28, cousin of killed Tanvir Muhammad Twaki sustained bullet injury in an attack by some miscreants in Narayanganj on Friday night. A group of 10-12 miscreants fired at Ornab in the town’s Khanpur Jora Tanky areas at about 8pm and later injured Ornab was taken to Khanpur Hospital by the local people. Ornab ... Read more
World Bank asks govt to restructure plans
The World Bank (WB) has asked the government to restructure the plans and review the parameters, including financing, performance contracts and timelines, of 13 problematic projects. In particular, the WB has asked the government to revise the plans and review the financing, performance contracts and timelines for completion of subprojects, and discuss with the Bank ... Read more
Fire service officials searching for clues Mirpur factory fire
Three days after the devastative fire, which broke out at Tung Hai Group building at Mirpur that killed eight people including the factory owner and a senior police official, law enforcers and the investigators of the probe body said, they are yet to find the source from which the fire originated. “We came to know ... Read more
Beware of anarchy in RMG sector: Dipu Moni
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Friday urged both the owners and workers to remain alert so that no one can create anarchy in the readymade garment (RMG) sector. “Discipline will also have to be maintained in all factories including the RMG factories,” she said at a discussion meeting at the Jatiya Press Club, which ... Read more
US reiterates support for war crimes trials
The United States has reiterated its support for the ongoing war crimes trials but emphasised that the trials must be free, fair and transparent meeting the international standards. “As we said at the time of first verdict of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, the United States supports bringing to justice those who commit atrocities,” Patrick Ventrell, ... Read more
No anarchist will be spared: Qamrul Islam
State minister for Law Justice and Parliamentary affairs Advocate Qamrul Islam on Friday warned that none would be spared if found creating anarchy in the country in the name of movement. Bangabandhu Academy organised a discussion at the Diploma Engineers in observance of the fourth death anniversary of the internationally famed nuclear scientist late Dr ... Read more
89pc pass SSC exam, boys overtake girls
A total of 11,54,778 students passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations, registering 89.03 per cent success rate, 2.66 per cent higher than the previous year. As many as 12,97,034 students appeared for the exam. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Thursday announced
Kamaruzzaman awarded death penalty
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Thursday sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to death as he was found guilty of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The three-member tribunal, comprising its chairman justice Obaidul Hassan, justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and judge Md Shahinur Islam,
Hasina slams Khaleda, warns of legal action
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday warned that the opposition leader would be implicated in the cases filed for burning people alive and the copies of holy Quran as instigator of Sunday’s violence in Dhaka city. “She (Khaleda) is the instigator…she’s the accused of giving orders,” Hasina said. The Prime Minister came up with the ... Read more
Jamaat was a part of military govt, tribunal observes
During the country’s 1971 Liberation War Jamaat-e-Islami not only collaborated with the Pakistani occupation army, but also it became a part of the military government and the Pakistan army. “Jamaat-e-Islami, is the key architect of the crimes against humanity committed, in territory of Bangladesh in 1971, in violation of customary international law,”
8 killed in city garment factory fire
Mystery shrouds over the incident of fire at a highrise garments building at high rise garments factory building at Mirpur area in the city early Thursday that left eight people including the owner of the factory and an Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police killed. The fire broke out on the second floor of ... Read more
Hefazat suspends hartal on May 12
The Chittagong-based Islamist organisation Hefazat-e Islam Bangladesh (HIB) suspended its nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal, which was called on May 12. In a press conference at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Muinul Islam Madrasa of Hathajari upazila in Chittagong district on May 7, the Islamist party announced the enforcement
Sporadic violence marks second day of Opposition hartal
The second day of the two-day countrywide hartal, called by the BNP-led 18-party Opposition alliance, passed off with stray incidents of violence on Thursday. In the capital, several crude bombs exploded at Gabtali, Mirpur Mazar Road, Pallabi, Tejgaon industrial area, Paltan and Bijoy Sarani during the early hours.
Jamaat calls hartal Sunday
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday called a nationwide dawn to dusk hartal for Sunday protesting verdict against its joint secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman for two wartime offences. The party announced the programme in a statement on Thursday following the ICT verdict that awarded death sentence to Kamaruzzaman.