Pollution spreads around new tannery park
Around 5,000 cubic metre of untreated effluent from 55 tannery factories is dumped into the Dhaleswari River every day since they shifted to the Tannery Industrial Park at Savar.
LANGADU ARSON Lawmakers for actions against attackers
Independent lawmaker and PCJSS leader Ushatan Talukdar and Bangladesh Nationalist Front lawmaker Abul Kalam Azad on Monday demanded punitive action against the perpetrators of arson attack on ethnic minorities in Langadu of Rangamati.
Oishee’s death sentence commuted to life term
The High Court Division on Monday commuted death sentence of Oishee Rahman, 19, for killing her parents to life term.
ROOPPUR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Draft agreement on spent nuclear fuel removal approved
The cabinet on Monday endorsed a draft agreement on ‘Cooperation Concerning Return of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to the Russian Federation’ for signing with Russia.
RANGAMATI ARSON No measure yet for homeless ethnic minorities
Very few of the ethnic minority people, who fled arson attacks on Friday, returned to their villages on Sunday only to find no places for them to live in.
Country exists for Sunderbans: PM
Highlighting the importance of the Sunderbans for the country’s existence, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that whatever project the government took for development it did that keeping the mangrove forest in mind so that it did not get affected in any way.
Concerns about some tax provisions to be addressed: PM
Amid concerns of the business community and the people about some provisions of tax, VAT and excise duty in the proposed budget for 2017-18 fiscal year, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that her government would look into those for finding solutions.
Khaleda hosts iftar for professionals
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday hosted an iftar party for the professionals and eminent personalities of the country.
ONE YEAR OF MITU MURDER Slow pace of investigation frustrates family
The parents of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, slain wife of former police superintendent Babul Akter, expressed their frustration as the police neither could complete investigation into the murder case nor could unearth the motive behind the killing even after one year of her murder.
Dhaka welcomes US senate move to probe Hillary-Yunus link
The government has welcomed the move of the United States senate committee on the judiciary to look into then secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s alleged hands in the interference in an ‘independent investigation’ against Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh.
