Day-time express passenger service and river cruising on Dhaka-Barisal-Dhaka route starts from Sunday.
Month: April 2013
Remove Menon, Inu, Khandaker from boat: Hefajat
Leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam on Monday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to drive away ‘atheists’ Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Haq Inu and AK Khandaker from her boat, or else, they said it will capsize.
RMG buyers worried over Savar tragedy: BGMEA
The international buyers of readymade garments here on Monday expressed grave concern over the huge casualties in the Savar building collapse and the ongoing political unrest in the country.
Govt rejects foreign rescue offer for Savar
A reliable source in Britain said that Bangladesh government rejected offers of search and rescue teams from Britain and other countries to free people trapped in collapsed Rana Plaza of Savar.
Four more bodies found in 2nd phase rescue
Four more bodies were recovered from the wreckage of collapsed Rana Plaza in Savar since the second phase of rescue operation began Sunday midnight, raising the death toll to 382.
Country made qualitative change in HR regime: Dipu
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said Bangladesh has made a significant qualitative change in the normative and institutional framework in its human rights regime.
Jubo League dissolves its Savar units
In the wake of controversy over the alleged involvement of Sohel Rana, now in custody, in the associate body of the ruling party, Jubo League on Monday dissolved its Savar thana and municipality units.
Sohel Rana on 15-day remand
A Dhaka court on Monday Sohel Rana, owner of collapsed Rana Plaza, on a 15-day remand for police interrogation in two cases.
Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet city polls June 15
Elections in Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet City Corporations will be held on June 15.
Business leaders want May 2 hartal withdrawn
The business community on Sunday urged BNP to withdraw their May 2 dawn-to-dusk hartal keeping in mind the Savar tragedy.
Stocks down at opening
Share prices at the country’s both bourses—Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) –- continue negative trend in early hours of trading on Monday, the second trading day of the week.
Committee to monitor RMG factories soon
In the latest development, the government is going to form a committee soon to monitor overall conditions of the country’s readymade garments factories.
Time to end the adult war on children
By Robert J. Burrowes
Building, garment owners found responsible
The Home Ministry inquiry committee, formed to investigate the Savar tragedy, in its preliminary investigation, found the owners of Rana Plaza and the garment factories housed in the huge complex responsible for the dreadful incident.
One killed, 4 injured in land related clash
One person was killed and four others were injured following a clash between two rival groups at Bikenagar under Janjira upazila of the district on Saturday.
Building owner held 4 days after tragedy
Four days after the Savar tragedy, members of elite force Rab arrested Sohel Rana, the owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza in Savar, from Benapole in Jessore on Sunday, foiling his bid to flee to India.
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Savar tragedy death toll hits 398
The death toll from the horrific building collapse at Savar reached 398 with the recovery of several more bodies from the ruins on Sunday as the search for the survivors goes on.
Fakhrul’s bail plea: HC judge embarrassed
A High Court judge on Sunday felt embarrassed to hear the bail petitions of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in five cases filed in connection with March 2 violence in the city.
Bangladesh Water Protection Bill passed
Parliament on Sunday passed the ‘Bangladesh Water Bill, 2013’, seeking coordinated development, management, extraction, distribution, usage, protection and conservation of water resources in the country.
Nor’wester kills two in Tangail
Two minor children were killed and several hundred thatched houses damaged as a nor-wester lashed 16 villages in Sadar upazila on Saturday night.
Chapai AL-Jamaat clash kills 3
Three people were killed and 20 others injured in a clash between activists of Awami League and Jamaat-e-Islam in Khonchpara under Shibganj Upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon.
Housewife stabbed to death in Sherpur
A housewife was stabbed to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws at Satpakia village in sadar upazila Friday.
Stop commercialisation of water
Participants of a discussion demanded people’s participation for the formulation of the water law and removal of loopholes in draft water act-2013 to stop commercialisation of water resources on Saturday.
Capital dredging projects under implementation
The government has taken an initiative to implement capital dredging projects in the country’s big and important rivers at a cost of Tk 50,000 crore, Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen told Parliament on Sunday.
Garment factories to open from Monday
President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Atiqul Islam on Sunday urged the garment workers to join their works to protect the country’s RMG sector.
Cropland fish farming up in Jhalakathi
There has been a noticeable expansion of fish cultivation in enclosures (ghers) on cropland in the district this year.
Japanese ex-vice minister new ADB president
Japan’s former vice-finance minister Takehiko Nakao has assumed the presidency of the Asian Development Bank, vowing to continue its anti-poverty mission and sustain Asia-Pacific’s growth.
1 killed as storm lashes Sirajganj
A woman was killed and 39 people were injured as a storm swept over the district on Saturday night.
Maunsell Aecom for Padma Bridge tender process
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday said the government is likely to reappoint consulting firm Maunsell Aecom Ltd on Monday to resume the tender process for constructing the Padma Bridge with its own fund.