Power supply to four divisions resumes after four hours
Power supply to half of the country restored after more than four hours suspension due to grid failure which occurred at around 11:20am Tuesday.
Tangail bus accident kills 7
At least seven people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus skidded off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch at Haripur in Ghatail upazila on Tuesday night.
Bangladesh ‘fails’ to protect dissenting voices: AI
Amnesty International, a London-based right group, has said Bangladesh government has failed to protect dissenting voices or hold accountable the armed groups that threaten them, and stifled freedom of expression through a slew of ‘repressive tactics and new laws’.
Opposition MP wants end of debate on judiciary-executive relations
Opposition Jatiya Party lawmaker Fakhrul Imam on Tuesday urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to hold discussion in parliament to settle the ongoing debate centering which branch of the state holds most authority.
May Day observed
The historic May Day was observed across the country as elsewhere around the globe on Monday with a fresh call to announce a new salary structure for workers and ensure their justified rights, including trade union one.
Culture of impunity continues in absence of rule of law: NHRC
National Human Rights Commission chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque on Monday said that the country failed to come out from the culture of impunity in the absence of rule of law.
So-called labour leaders out to destroy industries: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised so-called labour leaders for their repeated attempts to destroy the country’s industrial sector through complaining to foreigners.
Ban on Shakib Khan withdrawn
The indefinite ban imposed on Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan by 12 film associations was withdrawn on Monday after the actor apologised unconditionally.
Malaysia My Second Home ACC to probe Bangladeshis
The Anti-Corruption Commission is planning to send its sleuths to Malaysia to find out Bangladeshis who invested in that country’s ‘second home programme’.
BSCIC plans yet another tannery park
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation has planned another tannery park with an effluent treatment plant at Savar when it failed to complete the current one in the same area in the past 15 years.
