Masses make journey home
Masses of people streamed out of cities across the country on Friday, the first of two-day weekend before the Eid vacation beginning Sunday, on their hectic journey to near and dear ones in fur-flung areas.
DEATH OF ROMEL CHAKMA NHRC seeks Army’s explanation
The National Human Rights Commission has written to the defence ministry asking for a Bangladesh Army
FESTIVAL ALLOWANCE RMG workers deprive of legitimate amount
More than a half of apparel factories of the country were not giving legitimate amount in festival allowance to their workers, taking advantage of the labour law.
Public hospitals discharge patients ahead of Eid
Public hospitals in the capital discharged many of their patients in last couple of days as many of the doctors and nurses would be on leave on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the major festivals of the Muslims.
TRAFFICKING ACROSS INDIA-B’DESH BORDER Traffickers buy up land, houses to smuggle women
Along the India-Bangladesh border that runs through India’s eastern state of West Bengal, human traffickers are buying land, building homes and enrolling on voter lists to create cover for their cross-border operations, campaigners said.
LANDSLIDES IN HILLS Uncertainty stalks affected people
Huddled at different shelters in Rangamati, with inadequate food, water, medicine and other amenities, landslide-affected people find it hard to imagine what the coming days would be like for them, with their homesteads buried deep into mud.
RANGAMATI LANDSLIDES Ctg-Rangamati road reopens for light vehicles
Movement of light vehicles resumed on Chittagong-Rangamati road on Wednesday afternoon, eight days after it was made off-limits to traffic due to massive landslides in Rangamati. Road transport and highways division secretary MAN Siddique reopened the road around 2:30pm at Shalbagan, some 10 kilometres off the district town.
Tofail hints at change to proposed uniform 15pc VAT
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday hinted at change to the proposed uniform 15 per cent value added tax on all goods and services.
Hasina believes country’s economy size would be $2.5tn by 2041
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina believes that total size of the country’s economy would be US$ 2.5 trillion and per capita income around US$ 12,000 by 2041, when Bangladesh would celebrate its 75th founding anniversary.
Next election under Hasina govt: ruling alliance leaders
Ruling alliance stalwarts on Wednesday told parliament that next general election would be held keeping Sheikh Hasina government in office.
