PM cancels ‘suicidal’ Ganges Barrage
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that she had cancelled the Ganges Barrage construction project at Pangsha in Rajbari as it was a suicidal project line the Tessta Barrage.
Rajon murder Deaths of 4 upheld
The High Court Division on Tuesday upheld death sentences of four convicts, varying jail terms of five others but reduced life term to six months’ jail of yet another who were found guilty of murdering class four student Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon by a trial court in Sylhet in November 2015.
Execution of Mufti Hannan, two others anytime
The prison authorities called family members for final meeting with three death row convicts including Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami leader Mufti Abdul Hannan Munshi as their executions were imminent, officials said on Tuesday.
Tannery workers spending idle hours amid uncertainties
Uncertainties gripped tannery workers at Hazaribagh in the capital since Saturday when power, water and gas supply connections to the factories were snapped.
New recreation facilities at Hatirjheel
Hatirjheel, a recreational spot of the capital, is going to offer the visitors two new entertainment facilities — amphitheatre and musical dancing fountain — from April 13, a day before the celebrations of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year.
HASINA’S DELHI VISIT Indian cos bag $10b deals on last day
Indian companies signed 13 agreements and memorandums of understanding worth about $10 billion in the power, primary energy, logistics, education and medical sectors on Monday, the last day of prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi.
Hasina’s visit fails to resolve Muhurir Char dispute
India did not resolve the dispute on drawing boundary lines by signing the strip map of Muhurir Char to end protracted row over the implementation of the Land Bounding Agreement in entirety even during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi.
Psychoanalysis of Indo-Bangla military deal
THE talk of a possible Bangladesh-India military deal has been in the air for some time now. Although the terms are never discussed in the parliament, newspaper reports revealed some of the aspects of the deal and I see it mostly as an offer of US$500 million line of credit to Bangladesh for the purchase of military hardware from India.
Teesta remains elusive, but Hasina satisfied with possibility to import power
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed her satisfaction over the assurance and commitment made by her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for early resolution of the Teesta water sharing dispute between the two countries.
Patients leave city hospital as doctors, staff start strike
Patients are leaving Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital as officers, nurses, staff and a section of physicians began an indefinite strike on Monday demanding full implementation of the eighth national pay scale.
