Farhad Mazhar released in own custody, hospitalised
Poet, writer and researcher Farhad Mazhar, who was allegedly abducted from Dhaka Monday morning and found on a bus in Jessore Monday night, was admitted to BIRDEM hospital after a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court released him in his own custody on Tuesday.
FACTORY BOILER EXPLOSIONS Lack of inspection, owners’ negligence blamed
Labour rights groups on Tuesday blamed absence of proper inspection by the government agency concerned and factory owners’ negligence for the frequent boiler explosions, which claimed so many lives across the country.
APPAREL FACTORY BOILER BLAST Death toll rises to 13
The death toll from Monday’s boiler blast at a Gazipur apparel factory rose to 13 as the firefighters recovered four more bodies from the debris of the factory building until Tuesday evening.
Accidents, disasters due to total failure of govt: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday remarked that the occurrences of accidents and disasters had risen alarmingly during the incumbent government’s tenure due to its ‘total failure’ to intervene effectively by examining the causes of such incidents.
Flood situation worsens in Sylhet, Moulavibazar
The overall flood situation in Sylhet and Moulvibazar on deteriorated on Tuesday, inundating new areas, with water overflowing river banks in the two districts.
JS finally loses power to remove SC judges
The Appellate Division on Monday dismissed a government appeal against a High Court verdict that had scrapped the 16th amendment to the constitution which empowered Jatiya Sangsad to remove Supreme Court judges for misbehaviour or incapacity.
Farhad Mazhar missing, found
Poet, writer and researcher Farhad Mazhar was found in Jessore Monday late night, more than 18 hours into his alleged abduction from the capital.
Nine killed in factory boiler explosion
At least nine people were killed and 25 were injured as a boiler at an apparel factory exploded in Mondol Group Road at Kashimpur in Gazipur city Monday evening, Fire Service and Civil Defence officials said.
CRISIS OVER TANNERY RELOCATION Workers sent into forced leave without pays
Tannery factory owners have sent around 15,000 workers into forced leave saying that they have no production after the industry was relocated from Hazaribagh in the capital to the new tannery industrial park at Savar on the city suburb.
BNP hails SC verdict on 16th amendment
Terming it as people’s victory, BNP on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict that has declared illegal the 16th amendment to the constitution establishing parliament’s authority to remove Supreme Court judges.
