A top official of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Thursday expressed displeasure over the slow progress in compensating the Rana Plaza victims saying it will be a ‘shame’ for all the stakeholders. “It’s very hard…very difficult to speak here…
Several associations of the garment workers marked the first anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy on Thursday demanding that the victims and their families get adequate compensations. They also demanded punishment to those responsible for the disaster, one of the world’s…
Relatives of victims and labour activists were joined by thousands of people on Thursday at the place where the ill-fated high-rise Rana Plaza once stood. Relatives of victims and labour activists were joined by thousands of people on Thursday at…
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think-tank has urged the authorities to fulfill their commitments to help the victims of Rana Plaza tragedy and their families. The call came at a keynote paper presented at a seminar to…
The High Court on Wednesday rejected two petitions seeking quashing of the trial court indictment order against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust fund graft cases. An HC division bench comprising Justice Borhanuddin and Justice…
Water levels in the mercurial Teesta river have dramatically risen and fallen with a span of a few hours. On Wednesday, the water level dropped by almost half of what it was after showing a sharp rise on Tuesday. The flow…
The sudden spike in the water levels of the Teesta river has sent the two major political parties of Bangladesh – the Awami League and its fierce rival the BNP – jostling for credit. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the…
Urging neighbouring India to ensure 10,000 cusecs of water to Bangladesh from the Teesta River to maintain good relations between the two countries, BNP on Wednesday concluded its two-day long march to Teesta Barrage at Dalia point. Addressing a concluding…
The Democratic Left Alliance will organize a national convention in Dhaka on May 23, demanding due equal share of water from 54 common rivers, including the Teesta. The national convention was called as part of its ongoing movement demanding due…
The United States on Tuesday assured Bangladesh of providing further assistance to enhance maritime security as Bangladesh needs to play an important role in maintaining security in the Bay of Bengal. “The United States recognises that Bangladesh is located in…
The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule upon authorities concerned to explain as to why a lawyer of war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury arrested in connection with the leakage of the draft verdict should not be granted bail.…
Bangladesh’s taka has got stronger against the US dollar reporting a steady exchange rate for a year amid periodic intervention by the central bank. The dollar was traded at Tk 77.65 in the inter-bank money market on Monday against Tk…
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday seeking its directives to stop the construction of illegal structures in Dhanmondi playground and open it to all. Six green activists, including former president of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh…
The government has formed three separate enquiry committees following the recent incidents at Birdem General Hospital, Sir Salimullah Medical College (Mitford) Hospital and Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. This was stated by Health Minister Mohammad Nasim after a meeting with leaders…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has lodged three cases against the Expatriates Welfare Secretary Khondaker Showkat Hossain for corruption while he was the public works secretary. Deputy Director Jatan Kumar Roy filed the cases filed at Motijheel Police Station at 5pm…
India on Tuesday apparently increased the release of the Teesta water into Bangladesh. The flow of the Teesta water into the Bangladesh territory reached 3,000 cusec as of Tuesday afternoon, said executive engineer of Bangladesh Water Development Board Mahbubur Rahman.…
Terming the present government illegal and subservient one, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said this government would not be able to realize due sharing of water of Teesta river. “India has built 14 dams in…
BNP on Tuesday started its two-day long march towards Teesta Barrage from Azampur in the city’s Uttara area on Tuesday, demanding due share of the river water. Though the long march was scheduled to begin from Airport intersection, it finally…
US Vice-President Joe Biden is to meet Ukraine’s newleaders in a show of support for the pro-Western government. Mr Biden is due to discuss the upcoming elections with the country’s interim prime minister and president during his visit to Kiev.…
Strongly condemning Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) senior leader Subramanian Swamy’s remark that Bangladesh should compensate India with land, BNP on Monday termed his comment a serious threat to the country’s independence and sovereignty. In a statement, BNP acting secretary general…
Over 250 workers of a garment factory fell sick after taking food provided by the factory in the city on Monday night. Locals said the workers of sweater factory ‘Best Wool’ situated at Zarun in the city started vomiting…
The interns of Sir Salimullah Medical College (Mitford) Hospital went on an indefinite strike on Monday following a case filed the Ekushey Television (ETV) authorities against its director and four interns for alleged assault on some journalists . Moaibul Islam…
Love is said to be behind early Monday’s double murder in Dhaka’s Mirpur. A young man had run away with a teenage girl that led to a clash and the murders. Bodies of two young men with multiple stab wounds were…
Ships from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India have reached the Chinese port of Qingdao to take part in rare naval exercise this week. A Bangladesh navy frigate BNS Abu Bakar left Chittagong earlier this month to join the exercise, sources in…
The BNP’s long march to the Teesta Barrage in Lalmonirhat sets off from the Airport roundabout in Dhaka, instead of its Naya Paltan central office planned earlier, at 8am on Tuesday. The two-day march, BNP leaders say, is intended to…
Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta on Monday said BNP is going to organise a long-march programme towards the Teesta Barrage amid the sultry weather of Baishakh only to sow its anti-Indian stance. “It’s not their movement…it’s a bad politics.…
Out of the 350 members of the 10th parliament, 175 MPs are businessmen (50 percent), while 51 MPs lawyers and 21 farmers. Besides, 275 MPs (78.57 percent) are either postgraduates or graduates, while 15 have educational qualification below the SSC,…
Condemning the jailing of two top BNP leaders by a lower court, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said the country has gone under the grip of one person’s ‘whimsical and barbaric’ misrule. “The country is now under one individual’s…
Alleging that India has established its full control over Bangladesh due to the current government’s subservient policy, BNP on Sunday vowed to face the ‘water aggression’ by the neighbouring country together with people. “Our government has given away India our…
A heatwave that has been sweeping across Bangladesh, making life miserable all around, will continue at least for two more days, the Met office says. On Sunday, the mercury shot to 40 degrees Celsius in Rangamati, the highest temperature of…