Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), the world’s biggest retailer, could move some of its apparel manufacturing out of Bangladesh, according to a report published in Women’s Wear Daily.
Day: March 19, 2013
Recent pilgrims barred from 2013 Hajj
Pilgrims who went for Hajj in the last five years will not be able to go for pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in the coming Hajj season.
Khaleda sits with party policymakers tonight
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit in a meeting with her party’s national standing committee members tonight (Tuesday night) to discuss the country’s overall political situation and chalk out the opposition’s next course of action programmes.
Home Minister calls Jamaat-Shibir ‘terrorists’
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Tuesday said exemplary punishment will be meted out to ‘Jamaat-Shibir terrorists’ under the existing law of the land for their terrorist acts across the country.
Kuwait Amir’s special envoy due Mar 25
A special envoy of Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will arrive here on March 25 to attend the celebration of the 42nd Independence and National Day of Bangladesh.
HC decision due on Hasina-Khaleda talks
The High Court is set to pass orders on Wednesday on two petitions for directives to force the top leaders of BNP and Awami League sit and try to thrash out a solution to the ‘current political impasse’.
Stop politics of corpses or face trial: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday warned opposition leader Khaleda Zia of putting her on trial for her attempt to save the war criminals unless she stops killing people, bloodletting and the politics of dead bodies.
Opposition’s hartal ends: Two dead
The 36-hour hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, ended amid stray incidents of violence that left a BCL man dead in Tangail on Tuesday.
Movement to continue until CG restored: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul on Tuesday threatened that the 18-party alliance will make its ongoing movement tougher to force the government to restore the non-party caretaker government system.
Celebrate World Water Day by reducing water use
The United States is one of the world’s biggest users of water—many Americans use as much water as approximately 900 Kenyans. As a result, water resources in the U.S. are shrinking.
Parade’s End scores four awards
The BBC’s World War I drama ‘Parade’s End’ has received four honours at this year’s ‘Broadcasting Press Guild Awards’.
Are royal couple preparing for gender disappointment?
Kate Middleton and Prince William have admitted the gender they’re hoping their unborn baby will be – but the royal couple don’t agree on whether they’d like a baby boy or girl.
Birthday boy Herath stars in Sri Lankan win
Dhaka – Since Muttiah Muralitharan’s retirement in 2010, Sri Lanka had won only four Tests. Rangana Herath’s figures in those are: 9 for 128, 12 for 171, 5 for 121 and 11 for 108.
Hartal continues amid violence: One dead
Dhaka – The 36-hour hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, is proceeding with stray incidents of violence that left a BCL man dead in Tangail on Tuesday.