Building construction workers holding a rally to observe May-Day on Wednesday mourned the recent Savar tragedy demanded enforcement of building construction code with complete insurance and opening separate wing for speedy rescue and salvage operation management in building collapse incidents.
Two daring dacities were committed in the village Piljanga under Fakirhat Upazila in the district on the night of Monday, according to a delayed report received here.
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was arrested and held for seven hours Monday and warned to keep silent about matters detrimental to the Islamic regime before he was released, according to a source within the Revolutionary Guard’s intelligence unit.
Discussants at a prgramme in Uzirpur of Barisal on Tuesday stressed safety and security of the migrant workers through maintaining legal procedures with transparency and accountability.
Taking cognisance of the charges of crimes against humanity perpetrated by Al Badr operators Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan during the 1971 Liberation war, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Thursday issued warrants for the arrest of the duo fugitives.
Savar municipality mayor Mohammad Refayet Ullah was suspended for not taking action immediately after cracks found in Rana Plaza. The Local government ministry issued an order to this effect on Thursday. At least 433 garments workers were found dead in…
Bangladesh Ulema-Mashayekh Oikya Jote on Thursday urged the government to impose a ban on Hefajat’s all programmes, including its May 5 Dhaka siege, as it what they said wants to create anarchy in the country through the programmes.
President Abdul Hamid will go to Singapore on Saturday night for medical checkup at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. A regular flight of Singapore Airlines carrying the President will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:15pm. His personal physician will accompany…
A five-member core committee, headed by Chairman of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipaksha (RAJUK) Engr Nurul Huda to identify risky mills and factories with the Rajuk area, BGMEA president M Atiqul Islam said here on Thursday.
The US will continue to engage with its companies to discuss what role they can play in improving the working conditions in Bangladesh as businesses operating in the collapsed Savar building appear to have links to numerous companies in the…
Inward remittance in April witnessed a declining trend as it reached US$ 1,030.95 million compared to $ 1,229.36 million fetched in March this year.
Bangladesh must make its factories safer or risk the loss of privileged access to the country`s biggest market after a building collapse killed hundreds of garment industry workers.
Johannes Zutt, appointed by the World Bank as its new Country Director for Bangladesh and Nepal, joined his Dhaka office on Thursday. Johannes Zutt, a Dutch national, joined the World Bank in 2000 and held managerial positions of increasing responsibility, said…
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) urged the Non-Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) businessmen of Dubai to invest in Bangladesh. DCCI president M Sabur Khan made the call during a meeting with Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Dubai on Wednesday where…
A six-passenger spaceship owned by an offshoot of Virgin Group fired its rocket engine in flight for the first time on Monday, a key step toward the start of commercial service in about a year, Virgin owner Richard Branson said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged opposition BNP leader Khaleda Zia to sit for dialogue in any place –in or outside parliament–to resolve ongoing political crisis.
Seven years after the first report on the ‘vanishing islands‘ of Sundarbans, Subhra Priyadarshini revisits the fragile delta in the Bay of Bengal to find that it is not just climate change that threatens the existence of this world heritage…
Information and Communication Technology Ministry has taken long term initiatives improving quality and infrastructural development of ICT sector of the country.
Terming the current regime a wicked one, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday said this government started its journey with blood by killing 57 army officers in February, 2009 and set to complete its tenure with the blood of workers.
Twenty more bodies were recovered from the wreckage of the collapsed Rana Plaza on Wednesday as rescuers continued their 2nd phase rescue operation for the second consecutive day, raising the death toll to 411.
Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned as “slave labour” the conditions for hundreds of workers killed in a factory collapse in Bangladesh and urged political leaders to fight unemployment in a sweeping critique of “selfish profit”.
A fire broke out at the laboratory centre of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH) on Wednesday afternoon.
The European Union voiced strong concern over labour conditions in Bangladesh after a building collapse at Savar that killed four hundreds of factory workers.
A high-profile International Labour Organization (ILO) team visited Savar on Wednesday to offer its support and expedite action by all parties following the collapse of the Rana Plaza Building in Savar.
Voicing her hope that she will be able to play an effective role, newly elected Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Wednesday urged the opposition to join parliament and play their role in the House.
Train communications of the port city of Chittagong with the rest of the country resumed after nearly six hours of suspension on Wednesday afternoon following derailment of an intercity train in the morning.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the country’s mill and factory owners to ensure the safety and overall welfare of their workers if they want to do business.
A week after the Savar building collapse, the historic May Day was observed in the country on Wednesday with garment workers staging peaceful demonstrations demanding punishment of the killers of their fellow-workers in the tragic incident.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith leaves here for New Delhi on Thursday to attend the 46th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
An industry group says manufacturing growth in China slipped in April as exports continued to decline, raising questions about the strength of recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy.