Eight of a family burnt in Demra gas leak explosion
Five members of a family and their three relatives suffered burns as an explosion took place due to gas leakage at a house in the city’s Demra area early Monday.
Repeal laws curtailing workers’ democratic rights: labour leaders
Labour leaders on Saturday urged the government to repeal all the laws that curtail or limit workers’ democratic rights, including rights to form and join a trade union for the protection of their interests, occupational safety and job security.
Khaleda to meet Sushma tonight
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia would meet Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in the city Sunday night.
No Relief?
At Kutupalong filling station, near Kutupalong Bazar, a tuktuk was on double duty. It had stopped for a refill and its riders took this stopover as an opening — giving money to Rohingya refugees. The scene was one of bestowal, but instead of titles or wealth, sporadic notes changed hands, eventually reaching those lucky enough to catch one
Heavy rain halts life
Incessant rain, triggered by a depression in the Bay of Bengal, on Sunday paralysed life in the capital and other places of the country as rail, road and ferry communications were disrupted causing untold sufferings to thousands of passengers from Dhaka and other districts.
Rohingya children at risk of abuse, trafficking
Thousands of Rohingya children entering Bangladesh to flee violence in Myanmar since August 25 are at the risk of exploitation, including sexual harassment, and trafficking amid developing malnourishment without and in absence of adequate protection.
No relevance of Rohingya crisis for SAARC: FM
The protracted Rohingya crisis with continuing exodus of forcibly displaced Myanmar citizens to Bangladesh have no relevance for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the foreign minister, AH Mahmood Ali, said on Wednesday.
Islam and Muslims in the 21st century
IN 1978, Professor Edward Said’s book Orientalism was published. It was a groundbreaking critique of the west’s historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the east by the (late) Columbia University professor. Nearly four decades after its first publication, the book remains a modern classic.
EC’S PRE-POLLS TALKS AL for electronic voting
The ruling Awami League at its pre-polls talks with the Election Commission on Wednesday demanded electronic voting from the next general election due on January 28, 2019 at the latest.
Khaleda returns home
Thousands of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its front and associate organisations on Wednesday welcomed their leader Khaleda Zia on her return after three months from London on Wednesday.
