The historic May Day will be observed on Wednesday in the country as elsewhere across the world with a pledge to establish the rights of workers.
Category: Governance
HC grants interim bail to Farroque
The High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail for six months to opposition chief whip Zainul Abedin Farroque in a case filed over March 11 city violence.
Jail Killing Case: SC upholds death sentence
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the lower court verdict of death sentence to two former army men – Dafadar Marfat Ali Shah and Dafadr Abul Hashem Mridha, both fugitive – in the sensational jail killing case rejecting the High…
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.
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.
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.
Engineers, garment owners remanded
A Dhaka court placed two garment-owners on 6-day remand and two engineers on 4-day remand for police interrogation in two cases filed with Savar Thana.
Khoka slates MKA for ‘mindless remarks, misdeeds’
Vilifying Home Minister MK Alamgir as a ghost of Pakistan generals Yahia Khan, Tikka Khan, BNP vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka on Saturday said he needs to be crushed on the streets for his misdeeds and mindless remarks.
PM’s Relief Fund receives Tk 5mn for Savar victims
Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Products and Footwear Exporters’ Association on Saturday donated Tk 5 million to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for the Savar building collapse victims. Association President Syed Nasim Monjur handed over a cheque for the amount to…
US ready to help, wants better working conditions
The US government says it is ready to assist Bangladesh at the time of present situation regarding Savar building collapse and has wished a quick recovery of those injured in the in the tragic incident.
UK minister Warsi wants govt to work with all parties
Senior British Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi wants the government of Bangladesh to work with all parties on dialogue that supports free, fair and inclusive elections, as this is an important year for the country with parliamentary elections due by…
Arrest of Rana Plaza, 5 garment unit owners: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday ordered immediate arrest of Sohel Rana, the owner of ‘Rana Plaza’, along with the owners of five garment factories that were housed in the building which collapsed Wednesday morning leaving over 300 people killed.
Rescue to continue till today: GOC of 9th Div
GOC of 9th Infantry Division Major General Hasan Suhrawardy Bir Bikram on Thursday said the rescue operation would be conducted till Friday as per the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Two outlaws held with arms, ammunition
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two members of an outlawed party along with firearm, bullets and bombs at Ghorashal village in Sadar upazila on Tuesdaynight.
Find out who forced workers into Rana Plaza: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday informed Parliament that the government will find out the garment factory owners who had forced the workers to enter into the Rana Plaza knowing that the building was in grave danger.
100 RMG workers hurt in Savar
About 100 readymade garment workers were injured in clashes with law enforcers and stampedes in Savar and Ashulia, outskirts of the capital, on Thursday.
Produce building, garments owners on Apr 30: HC
The High Court ordered Officer-in-Charge of Savar Thana to produce owners of Rana Plaza and five RMG factories before the court on April 30.
What Khaleda wants to achieve: PM
Blasting the opposition for their violent acts, Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday wanted to know from Begum Khaleda Zia what she wants to achieve from their subversive activities.
Hartal passes off; one dead
The killing of a teenage boy in Chapainawabganj and stray incidents of violence marked the second day of the BNP-led 18-party alliance’s countrywide hartal, which was withdrawn two and a half hours before it was supposed to end.
Khaleda shocked at loss of lives in Savar tragedy
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the loss of huge lives in a building collapse near Savar bus stand on the outskirt of the capital.
BNP calls off strike in Dhaka for Savar tragedy
The 18-party opposition alliance has called off its general strike in Dhaka to facilitate rescue work in Savar where a multi-storied building collapsed on Wednesday morning.
Dialogue after release of BNP leaders: Hanif
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Tuesday said a dialogue might be held to overcome the ongoing political crisis after the release of detained top leaders of BNP by following the due legal process.
Dhaka reassures Colombo of its support at int’l fora
Bangladesh has reassured its support to Sri Lanka at international fora and standby Sri Lanka on human rights issue.
Blast in Dhaka Metro Sessions Judge Court area
A crude bomb exploded on the premises of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court during the opposition alliance’s 36-hour shutdown demanding the release of its leaders.
3 Mohila Dal activists jailed for hartal violence
DHAKA: A mobile court sentenced three female activists of Mahila Dal, BNP’s women affiliate, to three months imprisonment for their involvement in hartal violence in city’s Khilgaon area during the 36-hour countrywide hartal on Tuesday.
Eight vehicles torched as hartal approaches
Eight vehicles were torched in separate incidents in the city on Monday, ahead of the BNP-led 18-party alliance’s 36-hour shutdown.
First day of 60-hr hartal in dists
The first day of a 60-hour hartal, enforced by Islami Chhatra Shibir in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts, passed off amid some stray incidents of violence on Monday.