People suffer as students block road
City dwellers experienced severe traffic congestion all day long on busy Sunday due to demonstrations by Dhaka City College students and operation of mobile courts at places inflicting untold sufferings to commuters.
Work out master plan for each upazila
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked engineers to work out a standard master plan for each upazila so that local people could avail themselves of all public services from one point. The prime minister came up with the instruction while inaugurating the four-day 56th convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh.
Malaysia to legalise illegal workers from Feb 15
The government of Malaysia is starting a legalisation programme from February 15 onwards for their illegal foreign workers to get legalised with their employers completing an online rehiring by filling up documentations.
Oil, gas nat’l committee to hold march against Rampal power plant
National committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports will hold a five-day Dhaka-Sunderbans long march in March 10-15 demanding scrapping of the plan to set up a coal-based thermal power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat.
GP fast running out of 017 number series
Leading mobile phone company Grameenphone is running out of new connections under its 017 number series and thus applied to the telecom regulator for a new number series alongside its existing prefix.
Police foil bid to besiege Khaleda’s house
The police foiled an attempt to lay siege to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s house at Gulshan in the city by Muktijoddha Sangsad Santan Command, a platform of children of freedom fighters.
Any attack on the press is also an attack on democracy : President
President Abdul Hamid on Friday said that the government believed in press freedom but the freedom must have to be used for the wellbeing of the state and the people.
Govt’s tax collection from DSE hits 3-month high in January
The government’s tax collection from Dhaka Stock Exchange, the country’s prime bourse, hit three months high to Tk 15.53 crore in January this year due to improved market situation as well as turnover.
Banks cut rates more in Dec amid lean loan demand
The scheduled banks cut rates of interest on lending further in December last year as the businesspeople continued to show reluctance to receive loans from the banking sector due to sluggish business amid political uncertainty, said officials of Bangladesh Bank.
Muslin history revisited in month-long festival
The history of the once immensely popular muslin, a lightweight cotton fabric of plain weave, is being revisited through a month-long festival that opened at Bangladesh National Museum on Friday.
