Gazipur knitting factory catches fire
A knitting factory at Chandra in Gazipur caught fire early Saturday and was brought under control after four and a half hours of the incident.
Govt steps urged to end repression of women, children
Politicians, academics and professionals on Friday at a discussion meeting in the capital expressed concern over increasing number of incidents of repressions of women and children in the country.
Paint walls to beautify buildings
Dhaka north city mayor said on Friday that there were no legal billboards in the city and that the city corporation would dismantle all those unauthorised hoardings, soon.
Garlic price rises further
The price of garlic witnessed a further rise in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
No headway in reclaiming grabbed JnU halls
The Jagannath University authority has yet to make any headway in reclaiming 10 of the 12 dormitories from illegal occupants while students are forced to live at rented places on their own taking financial burden on them.
Four gas cos stop paying VAT again
Four major state-owned gas distribution companies have again stopped paying value-added tax and supplementary duty collected by them from their consumers on the prices of gas after paying the taxes for few months in 2015 though the companies have dues of Tk 13,278 crore to the National Board of Revenue, officials said.
BB, Fed, Swift to gear up efforts to recover $81m theft fund
Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday said that New York Federal Reserve Bank, BB and SWIFT would work together to gear up efforts for recovering the US$ 81 million fund stolen from the BB’s Fed Reserve account that was laundered into the Philippines.
Arrest of Selima Rahman, 66 BNP leaders ordered
The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court on Wednesday issued warrants for the arrest of 67 Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists, including its vice-president Selima Rahman, in a case filed under the Special Powers Act 1974.
Citycell staff form human chain for dues, compensation
Employees of Citycell Wednesday formed a human chain demanding their outstanding salaries along with compensations as the country’s first mobile phone operator faces shutdown for defaulting a huge amount of government dues.
1 dead, 100 missing as boats capsize on turbulent rivers
A woman died while around 100 fishermen went missing as a boat capsized in Noakhali, Barguna and Patuakhali due to rough weather.
