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.

Heavy rainfall disrupts city life

Heavy rainfall in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country disrupted normal life on Saturday as commuters suffered immensely with city streets going under water.

Next general election without BNP wouldn’t be easy: Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that holding the next general election keeping the party outside would not be ‘so easy’.

Police raid on Jhenaidah ‘extremist den’ ends

The police declared the end of a raid on a suspected extremists’ den at a Jhenaidah village Saturday afternoon, 21 hours after it began.

Mother fishes release eggs in Halda after a year

Mother fishes released eggs in the River Halda, the country’s one of the natural sweet water breeding ground of carps, on early Saturday after a gap of one season.

Rain wreaks havoc in Ctg

Downpour combined with high tide on Friday sent low-lying areas of Chittagong city under water, bringing normal life almost to a halt.