Mukta Moni’s first operation ‘successful’

The 10-year-old Satkhira girl, Mukta Moni, who had been suffering with tumour in an artery of her right arm, underwent a successful surgery in the arm at the burn and plastic surgery unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday, according to doctors.

Apparel industry goes slow on high-end products

Capacity building for production of high-end apparels in Bangladesh goes slow despite huge potential as most of the apparel exporters are found complacent about the existing orders for low cost products.

Indefinite bus strike in Barisal division

Barisal-Patuakhali Minibus Owners’ Association called an indefinite strike on 38 routes of the six districts under Barisal division protesting attack on their leader by the human hauler workers.

Six killed as train rams auto-rickshaw at unmanned level crossing

Six people were killed and two others were injured when a train hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Chandra level crossing in Jamalpur town Wednesday evening. The level crossing had no gate barrier or gateman.

16TH AMENDMENT VERDICT Justice Khairul calls SC judges immature

Law Commission chairman and former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque Wednesday called the Appellate Division judges ‘immature’ for terming parliament and lawmakers dysfunctional and immature in the verdict scrapping the 16th amendment to the constitution that had empowered parliament to remove Supreme Court judges for misconduct or incapacity.

CRISIS OVER HAJJ FLIGHTS Biman fears situation might turn worse

Biman Bangladesh Airlines at a press conference on Wednesday expressed fear that the situation of ferrying pilgrims to Saudi Arab would deteriorate further as the national flag carrier still lagged behind in sending 10,000 pilgrims on the 17th day of its operations on Wednesday.

The chikungunya virus: Bangladesh perspective

MORE than 120 mosquito species have been recorded in Bangladesh during 1908–2016. More than 25 of them are Aedes species, which are responsible for carrying and transmitting the chikungunya virus, as well as many other diseases, to humans. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are proven culprits for chikungunya.

Fazilatunnesa was source of inspiration, says PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa was the source of all encouragement, power and courage for father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to work for the welfare of the people of this country.

BASIC BANK SCAM ACC spares ex-chair Bacchu from prosecution process

Former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu has been left out of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s entire process of investigations into the sensational swindling of over Tk 2,500 crore from the state owned bank by way of extending fictitious loans to little known and non-existent borrowers

Wage board for journalists unnecessary: Muhith

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said a new wage board for the newspaper industry was unnecessary as the salary of journalists was higher than that of public servants. He also said there have been too many newspapers and TV channels which were unnecessary and ‘bogus’.