Relocate Rampal power plant: Nat’l Committee
Leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, at a protest rally on Saturday called on the government to relocate the coal-based Rampal Thermal power plant from Rampal in Bagerhat to somewhere else.
Flood situation deteriorates inundating more areas
The onrush of water from upstream of transboundary rivers along with rainfall inside the country deteriorated the flood situation on Saturday causing suffering to people devouring houses and cultivable lands and hindering road communications in the northern districts of Kurigram, Jamalpur and Bogra.
PMO rehab projects in Kurigram in tatters
Two Ashrayan projects, run by Prime Minister’s Office at Porar Char under Kurigram sadar, seem to have been abandoned, with most of the inhabitants having already left the houses built under the projects.
BB to strengthen bank surveillance
Bangladesh Bank will introduce a software-based inspection tool to strengthen its monitoring system on the country’s banking sector.
Yet another kid dies falling in city sewer
Fire service and civil defence divers on Friday morning recovered the body of a four-year-old boy after he fell in a sewer behind Mirpur Commerce College in the city’s Mirpur area on Thursday afternoon.
Essential commodity prices remain high
The prices of most of the essential commodities remained high in the capital’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
BNP to hold countrywide demo today
Bangladesh Nationalist Party will have a countrywide demonstration today to protest against a High Court verdict that awarded its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman seven-year jail term on Thursday.
Floods destroy livelihood of thousands
Middle-aged farmer Abed Ali found himself in a dilemma when erosion triggered by the swelling of Teesta River gobbled up his crop fields and washed out some parts of his house at Char Kharibari of Teesta River in Nilphamari district last week.
You’re not alone
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reassured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina that his country would stand by Bangladesh and extend all help in its fight against extremism.
BNP to launch weeklong protests as Tarique jailed for 7 years
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday planned weeklong protests as party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s eldest son Tarique Rahman, and BNP senior vice-chairman, was sentenced for seven years in prison by the High Court in a money laundering case.
