Children to be kept out of risky jobs
Speakers at a views-exchange meeting here on Monday underscored the need for stopping children from engaging in hazardous and risky jobs and ensuring equal rights to underprivileged children.
Rajon’s father says he was threatened, offered bribe
Samiul Alam Rajon’s father Sheikh Azizul Islam on Sunday expressed anxiety over security of his family members.
SAMIUL, RAKIB KILLINGS : 6 sentenced to death
Courts on Sunday sentenced six persons to death in separate cases of torturing and killing 13-year old Samiul Alam Rajon in Sylhet and 12-year-old Rakib Hawlader in Khulna earlier this year. The brutal killings of the two minor boys, who earned their living, caused huge outrage at home and abroad.
Businesses’ loan appetite sluggish amid uncertainty
The private sector credit growth inched up in September from that of the previous month, but still remained lower than the target set in the monetary policy as the businesspeople maintained a ‘wait-and-see’ approach amid political uncertainty.
AL shuts doors to BNP, Jamaat
The ruling Awami League has closed its doors to Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami activists apparently to stop their influx into the ruling party taking refuge to avoid repression.
Govt under pressure to admit IS existence: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on said on Sunday that recent killings and attacks on foreigners, publishers and bloggers were pre-planned and her government was under tremendous pressure to acknowledge that militants of Islamic State existed in Bangladesh.
Export earnings from India surpass China in July-Oct
Bangladesh’s export earnings from India surpassed that of from China in four months of the current fiscal year 2015-2016, riding mainly on robust growth in export of raw jute to the neighbouring country, according to Export Promotion Bureau data.
Fresh drives ahead of local polls panic BNP leaders
BNP leaders and activists are in panic as the joint-force began fresh drives across the country ahead municipal elections likely to be held in December.
NOVEMBER 7 UPRISING : BNP vows to continue movement
Different political parties and organisations on Saturday observed November 7 in their own way. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party observed the day as ‘national revolution and solidarity day’ renewing vow to ‘continue movement for restoring democracy’.
IMPLEMENTATION OF SDGS LINKED TO BUSINESS : Pvt sector financing, energy key challenges: experts
Experts at a seminar on Saturday said private sector financing, supply of power and gas and skill development for the industrial sector were challenges for attaining the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations.
