PM orders strengthening relief work in haor areas

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked ministries concerned to strengthen relief operations in flash flood-hit haor areas and urged more media coverage of the government initiatives for the affected people.

BNP leader Selima Rahman gets bail in 22 cases

Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice-chairman Selima Rahman secured bail in 22 separate cases filed for carrying out sabotage in 2015.

FOUR YEARS OF RANA PLAZA COLLAPSE Victims remembered amid restrictions

Survivors and families of victims of Rana Plaza collapse remembered the victims with flowers and tears amid restriction from the police on Monday marking the fourth anniversary of the world’s biggest factory building collapse that killed at least 1,136 and injured 2,000 on April 24, 2013.

FOUR YEARS OF RANA PLAZA COLLAPSE Families lie broken, dreams shattered

The married life of Hridoy and his girlfriend Yasmin Akter Eti lasted for three days before it was brought to an abrupt end by Rana Plaza collapse in 2013. For them, the dream for a happy conjugal life never came true.

Boro crops of Shanir Haor go under water

Standing boro crops of Shanir Haor, one of the largest wetlands in Sunamganj and which was so far unhurt, went under water early Sunday after protection embankment collapsed under the pressure of onrushing flood water.

RANA PLAZA DISASTER Rana’s trial not held in 4 years

No trial of collapsed Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana took place in four years since the disaster killed 1,136 people mostly female apparel factory workers and left over 200 others injured at Savar on April 24, 2013.

B’baria OC hurt in clash during AL hartal

A police officer was injured as local Awami League activists clashed with cops during a hartal enforced by the party protesting the visit of fisheries and livestock minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque.

No uranium contamination in haor waters: BAEC

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission scientists said Sunday that no sign of radioactive

No uranium contamination in haor waters: BAEC

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission scientists said Sunday that no sign of radioactive

Overseas job market Sending unskilled workers yields bad return

The huge number of workers leaving Bangladesh for overseas job does not match with the remittance they send as most of them are unskilled and thus fall far behind the skilled workers sent by other countries.