Minimum age for domestic helps 14 years
The cabinet on Monday approved a policy for the protection and welfare of domestic helps across the country setting 14 years as the minimum age for domestic workers.
10 killed in road accidents across country
At least 10 people, including five in Pabna, were killed in separate road accidents on Monday. New Age correspondent in Pabna reported that at least five people, including three of them from a family, were killed and 25 others injured in a road accident at Chinakhara on Dhaka-Pabna highway Monday.
Industrial defaulted loans shoot up to Tk 20,302cr in Q1
The defaulted loans in the industrial sector skyrocketed by Tk 1,694.06 crore in the first quarter of this financial year compared with that of the same period of the FY 2014-15 due to political uncertainty and lack of effective loan recovery measures from banks.
Civil society under govt pressure: Akbar Ali Khan
Former adviser to caretaker government Akbar Ali Khan on Monday said that the government had kept the civil society of Bangladesh under pressure for criticising it.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS : EC asks ROs to explain as minister, AL whip, MPs flouts polls code
The Election Commission on Monday asked 12 returning officers to explain what action they had taken against a minister, a ruling Awami League whip and four lawmakers and some mayoral candidates who allegedly flouted electoral code of conduct in the elections to 234 municipal councils slated for December 30.
PM asks BGB to stay alert
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the BGB personnel to remain alert so that incident like the 2009 BDR mutiny would not recur in the future.
Teachers’ role important to end corporal punishment
A former adviser to a caretaker government Rashida K Chowdhury has said teachers’ positive role is important to reduce corporal punishment of schoolchildren.
BB relaxes banks’ capital market investment rules
Bangladesh Bank on Sunday relaxed the provision for scheduled banks’ investment in the capital market by excluding their equity investment in subsidiary companies in calculating the banks’ capital market exposure.
Alumni assoc of BSMMU’s endocrinology dept formed
Former students of endocrinology department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University formed an alumni association with Dr AKM Aminul Islam as its president and Dr Sharmin Jahan as general secretary.
Skills training for ethnic minorities for employment stressed
Rights activists on Sunday said that members of national minority communities, the female members of the communities in particular, living in the hills and the plains needed occupational skills training for employment.
