Govt plans to reduce 40 per cent dependency on Sadarghat
The government has a plan to reduce 40 per cent dependency on Dhaka’s main river port Sadarghat by developing a modern port at Smashanghat of Postagala.
Cabinet okays $1.6 lakh for death of air passenger
The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention, 1999) Bill 2019 aiming at protecting the rights of passengers and the security of baggage carried by airlines operating flights to and from Bangladesh.
Red tape hides actual dengue death figures
In the face of a phenomenal rise in dengue infections in Bangladesh this year, the government agency tasked to monitor the diseases has resorted to a ‘bureaucratic process’ to confirm the
Rohingyas rally for rights at home
Thousands of Rohingya people on Sunday held a rally at Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar marking the second anniversary of their exodus into Bangladesh following a crackdown on them by the Myanmar military.
List of Pakistani collaborators underway
Different agencies are working to prepare a list of the Pakistani collaborators who aided the military in fighting against the country’s freedom fighters and carrying out the massacres during the nine-month-long war of independence.
Defaulted loans go up
Defaulted loans in the country’s banking sector rose by Tk 18,513.17 crore during the first half of the year 2019, including the new addition of Tk 1,551.63 crore during the April-June period this year as ensuring good governance in the sector remained a far cry.
Rumeen applies for plot in Purbachal
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Rumeen Farhana, who, on several occasions, questioned the legitimacy of the present parliament, alleging that it was constituted through
Protect migrant workers from middlemen: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to be mindful so that the people who have gone abroad in search for better life do not end up being cheated by middlemen.
Rohingyas mark two years of crisis with big rally in Bangladesh camp
Thousands of Rohingya refugees held a rally at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, marking the second anniversary of the start of the crisis that began following an offensive of Myanmar army.
UN panel for trial of Myanmar military
The Bangladesh government and the UNHCR would continue to determine voluntariness of Rohingya families for sending them back to Rakhine, when UN experts are stressing the need for holding Myanmar military officials accountable for the atrocities they committed.
