Commodity prices keep rising as Ramadan nears
Prices of essential commodities continued to increase in the city for past one month belying the government assurance that prices would not increase before Ramadan, beginning next week.
CAB for use of Special Powers Act to control prices
Consumers Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday said despite repeated assurances and measures form the government the prices of essential commodities could not be controlled ahead of Ramadan.
Fakhrul’s seat declared vacant
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Tuesday declared the Bogra 6 constituency vacant as Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir refrained from taking oath or seeking time as the deadline for swearing in expired on the day.
Workers at risk of losing jobs after wage hike
Murad Soyeb, once a worker of an apparel factory at Hemayetpur, Savar now sells potato, onion and vegetables door to door.
Biman MD removed
Biman Bangladesh Airlines managing director AM Mosaddique Ahmed was removed on Tuesday.
BNP MPs join JS
Five Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmakers joined parliament on Monday and demanded immediate release of jailed party chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Stocks continue to fall on minister’s remarks
Dhaka stocks, passing through worst ever spell of losses, plunged further on Monday following the latest comments of finance minister Mustafa Kamal that the government had no control over the capital market.
Two killed in RAB raid on extremists’ den in Dhaka
At least two people allegedly linked to an extremist group were killed on Monday due to an explosion and firings during an overnight raid by Rapid Action Battalion at a tin-shed structure in close proximity of the RAB camp at the periphery of the capital’s Basila.
BU VC granted leave until tenure expires
Barishal University vice-chancellor SM Imamul Haque has been granted 46-day leave with effect from April 11 to May 26, the last day of his tenure, in the wake of month-long student agitation demanding his removal.
Economic theories become ineffective in society without rules, ethics
Economist Wahiduddin Mahmud on Monday said economic theories could not bring any good to a society where rules and minimum ethics did not apply properly.
