Sense of insecurity grips citizens
A sense of insecurity, triggered by arson attack on transports on the one hand and police excesses on the other, has seized the people in general across the country, affecting their mobility as the anti-government blockade continues for almost two and a half months.
95th birth anniv of Sheikh Mujib observed
The 95th anniversary of birth of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was observed through elaborate programmes across the country on Tuesday. National Children’s Day was also observed on the day to mark the birth anniversary.
Businesses start crying, says FBCCI president
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry president, Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, on Monday said that business people had started to cry being hapless victim of ‘destructive’ political programmes.
Mujib’s 95th birth anniv today
The 95th anniversary of birth of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed today in a befitting manner.
Hill people enforce blockade in Dighinala, 11 arrested.
Road communications between Dighinala of Khagrachari and other parts remain snapped as the Dighinala Bhumi Raksha Commitee enforced a blockade of the upazila for Monday protesting at police-army attack on Sunday’s march towards Babuchara.
Helpline launched for RMG workers.
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments on Sunday launched a telephone helpline for the readymade garment workers so that they could raise any concern about possible fire,
Govt swallows Tk 265cr losses by giving benefits to IGWs.
The government has suffered a revenue loss of around Tk 265 crore in five months after it cut the rate for international call termination by the international gateway (IGW) operators patronising the politically licensed IGW operators,
Cop kills schoolboy after abduction.
Police recovered the decomposed body of a schoolboy from a police constable’s house in Sylhet city on Saturday night, three days after he was kidnapped for ransom.
Police tells HC Salahuddin disappeared on his own.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday told the High Court that Bangladesh Nationalist Party joint secretary-general Salah Uddin Ahmed had disappeared on his own and no law enforcement agency had arrested him.
No democracy in the country since 1990: Ershad.
Jatiya Party [JP] chief HM Ershad said on Saturday there was no democracy in the country. ‘Democracy has been absent in the country since 1990,’ the former dictator and now special envoy to prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
