Dhaka for sustainable Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh proposed a plan to Myanmar for sustainable repatriation of nearly 4 lakh Myanmar nationals staying here as well as improving bilateral relations between the two next-door neighbours.
Rising water inundates two more districts
The flood situation across the country deteriorated on Saturday with parts of Shariatpur and Lalmonirhat districts going under water, displacing more than five thousand families.
RETURN JOURNEY Mad rush on way to Dhaka
Thousands of city dwellers returned to Dhaka on Saturday following Eid holidays. Transport crisis and higher fares, however, reportedly failed the passengers as they turned back to the country’s most populous employment hub.
Masses make journey home
Masses of people streamed out of cities across the country on Friday, the first of two-day weekend before the Eid vacation beginning Sunday, on their hectic journey to near and dear ones in fur-flung areas.
DEATH OF ROMEL CHAKMA NHRC seeks Army’s explanation
The National Human Rights Commission has written to the defence ministry asking for a Bangladesh Army
FESTIVAL ALLOWANCE RMG workers deprive of legitimate amount
More than a half of apparel factories of the country were not giving legitimate amount in festival allowance to their workers, taking advantage of the labour law.
Public hospitals discharge patients ahead of Eid
Public hospitals in the capital discharged many of their patients in last couple of days as many of the doctors and nurses would be on leave on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the major festivals of the Muslims.
TRAFFICKING ACROSS INDIA-B’DESH BORDER Traffickers buy up land, houses to smuggle women
Along the India-Bangladesh border that runs through India’s eastern state of West Bengal, human traffickers are buying land, building homes and enrolling on voter lists to create cover for their cross-border operations, campaigners said.
LANDSLIDES IN HILLS Uncertainty stalks affected people
Huddled at different shelters in Rangamati, with inadequate food, water, medicine and other amenities, landslide-affected people find it hard to imagine what the coming days would be like for them, with their homesteads buried deep into mud.
RANGAMATI LANDSLIDES Ctg-Rangamati road reopens for light vehicles
Movement of light vehicles resumed on Chittagong-Rangamati road on Wednesday afternoon, eight days after it was made off-limits to traffic due to massive landslides in Rangamati. Road transport and highways division secretary MAN Siddique reopened the road around 2:30pm at Shalbagan, some 10 kilometres off the district town.
