Black Day observed at Dhaka University
The Dhaka University authorities observed Black Day on Tuesday remembering the ‘inhuman and condemnable’ attack on the university’s teachers, students and officials in August 20-23 in 2007, during the term of the military-backed caretaker government.
13 edible oil refineries fail to meet BSTI standard for fortification
Thirteen edible oil refineries out of 26, which signed memorandum of understanding with the industries ministry to fortify their brands with vitamin A, have failed to maintain the required standard of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution and obtain licences.
NEW DHAKA CENTRAL JAIL: Why this relocation if inmates still face congestion, NHRC chair asks
National Human Rights Commission chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque on Tuesday raised questions about the utility of relocating the Dhaka Central Jail from Nazimudidn Road to Keraniganj as he said the inmates still were staying in congested rooms.
People suffer amid river transport strike
People suffered immeasurably, especially those stranded with family members at different places, as inland water transport workers enforced indefinite countrywide strike from early Tuesday.
100 fall seek as DAP fertiliser factory leaks ammonia
About 100 people fell sick by inhaling ammonia leaked from a tank of the state-owned Di-Ammonium Phosphate Fertilizer Company Ltd in Chittagong on Monday night.
Life-term jail for propaganda against Mujib, liberation war proposed
The cabinet on Monday endorsed in principle the draft Digital Security Bill–2016, proposing life-term jail and Tk one core in fine as maximum punishment for spreading propaganda against the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 1971 liberation war through electronic media or any other digital devices.
HC asks BTRC not to hinder Citycell operation till Sept 16
The High Court on Monday asked Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission not to hinder the operation of mobile operator Citycell until September 16, the deadline for the company to respond to a licence cancellation notice.
BNP new central committee pays tribute to Zia
The new national executive committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday, while paying tribute to the memory of the late president Ziaur Rahman, vowed to restore democracy to the country.
HALLS ON JAIL-LAND: JnU students call fresh strike for today, tomorrow
The Jagannath University students on Monday announced fresh two-day strike for today and tomorrow to press home their demand for constructing residential halls on the land of recently moved-out Dhaka Central Jail, in the old part of the city.
Rains, tidal surges intensify people’s suffering in several districts
Heavy rainfall, tidal surge coupled with storms have caused immense sufferings to the people of Jessore, Chandpur, Feni and a few other districts.
