PM lays foundation stones of 10 economic zones
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday laid the foundation stones of 10 economic zones, the first of its kind in the country, as she sought cooperation of the local people to set up those zones fast to build a prosperous Bangladesh.
ABM Musa remembered
Academics, senior journalists and representatives from various professions on Sunday said that the nation now needed people like veteran journalist ABM Musa who was fearless in telling the truth and stood by the people with dissent opinions.
500 acres of PWD land occupied illegally
Over 500 acres of Public Works Department lands have been illegally occupied by different quarters.
Dhaka to seek $3b from AIIB for infra projects
The government will soon seek loans worth nearly $3 billion from China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for around two dozens of large and medium projects, a senior official of the finance ministry said.
National committee to declare tougher programme from Sunderbans march
Leaders of the national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports at a protest rally in the city warned that they would announce tougher movements from a long march if the government does not back down from implementing coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant.
UTTARA GAS EXPLOSION : Father follows sons in death
Another victim of the gas pipe leak explosion at Uttara died from his burn injuries Saturday afternoon, raising the death toll to three of a family in the incident that occurred Friday morning. Shah Newaz, 50, a maintenance engineer at US embassy in Dhaka, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 5:45pm, the hospital burn unit resident surgeon Partha Sankar Paul told New Age.
Abul’s right hand fingers, palm trimmed
Surgeons on Saturday trimmed the fingers and palm on the right hand of Abul Bajander. The trimming took place at Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s burn and plastic surgery department a week after root and bark-like warts were cut off from the fingers and palm on his right hand on February 20, said doctors.
ONE YEAR OF AVIJIT MURDER : Police yet to make any headway
The police failed to unravel the murder of secular writer Avijit Roy in one year causing deep anguish to his wife and parents.
JSD calls for third political force
Politicians from left leaning and democratic parties Thursday urged all to form a ‘third political force,’ independent of influences of the two big parties, for restoring democracy in the country. The politicians were addressing the opening session of the national conference of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal led by ASM Abdur Rob in the city.
Ex-minister Enamul Haque passes away
Former social welfare minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid passed away at a city hospital on Thursday. He was 78.
