Over 500 industrial units at risk of unrest over wages, find Industrial police
Over 500 industrial units across the country are vulnerable to labour unrest over payment of wages and festival allowances to workers before Eid-ul-Azha, according to the industrial police sources.
Govt fails to submit fresh report about Shahidul Alam to court
The High Court Division’s directive to the home secretary to submit a fresh report to the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court in the capital on Monday regarding whether or not acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam was tortured physically and mentally in the custody of the Detective Branch was not complied with.
Nothing reins in reckless driving
Local people blocked Dhaka-Rangpur Highway for around four hours and clashed with police after reckless driving claimed the life of yet another student in Rangpur on Sunday, only two weeks after student protests demanding road safety rocked the country.
Shahidul Alam sent to jail
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Sunday sent internationally acclaimed photographer and writer Shahidul Alam to jail after interrogation in police custody for seven days. Metropolitan magistrate Farhat Bin Amin Chowdhury passed the order as the police investigators
Quader tells quota reformists nothing can be achieved with ultimatum
Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that protesters for quota reform could achieve nothing by issuing ultimatum to the government.
Killers of Ramiz Uddin College students to be punished: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday promised to bring to justice those responsible for the accident that took the lives of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School and College.
BNP to hold prayer sessions on Aug 15 marking Khaleda’s birthday
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday announced to hold countrywide prayer sessions on August 15 on the occasion of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s birthday.
Pvt health facilities getting away with anomalies
Minimal action from time to time and lax monitoring by the authorities concerned did little or nothing to stop the unbridled malpractices by private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across the country.
323 prominent activists, artistes, academics call for Shahidul’s immediate release
Three hundred and twenty three nationally and internationally renowned activists, artistes and academics have called for immediate release of acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam and other road safety protesters.
BNP’s Arif wins Sylhet mayoral race
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Ariful Haque Chowdhury has won the Sylhet mayoral race securing 6,201 votes more than his main
