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100 hurt in RMG worker-cop clash in Ashulia: 300 factories closed for today

100 hurt in RMG worker-cop clash in Ashulia: 300 factories closed for today

At least 300 garment factories were shut down for Saturday after workers clashed with police in Ashulia that left over 100 people injured.   Transport movement on the Dhaka-Tangail highway remains suspended since the workers took to the streets around 10:00am.   Police used teargas shells and fired rubber bullets to disperse the agitating workers [...]

Earthquake jolts capital of Bangladesh

Earthquake jolts capital of Bangladesh

A 5.3-magnitue earthquake jolted the capital and other parts of the country on Friday evening.   There were no immediate reports of casualty or damage from the earthquake that took place around 6:42pm.   The epicentre of the quake is 210kms north-east of Dhaka and 30kms east of Assam-Guwahati on the Brahmaputra valley of Shillong [...]

Bus-truck collision kills 15 in Sylhet

At least seven people including the Sylhet district Awami League senior vice-president were killed when a bus collided head-on with a truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet early Friday.   Nearly 15 people were also injured in the accident and they were undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, [...]

Canada reopens visa services at 3 centres in Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 10 (UNB) – Canadian visa authority has reopened its visa services at three visa centres in Bangladesh for Bangladeshi people. The visa services for nationals and residents of Bangladesh are continued to available through the visa application centres (VACs) in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. The High Commission also asked to visit the VFS [...]

PM Hasina stresses strengthening rural economy for growth

PM Hasina stresses strengthening rural economy for growth

Dhaka, May 10 (UNB) – Describing agriculture as the driving force of the economy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the rural economy has to be strengthened by injecting money into it. “We’ll have to provide a strong base for the rural economy…so we need to pump money into the rural economy,” the Prime [...]

NEC approves country’s 1st perspective plan

NEC approves country’s 1st perspective plan

Dhaka, May 10 (UNB) – The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved the country’s first Bangladesh Perspective Plan (2010-2021), aiming to achieve 10 percent GDP growth by 2021. The plan also outlines the strategies that Bangladesh wants to adopt and the targets it wants to achieve ahead of its 50th anniversary of independence. The [...]

Govt quiet on second World Bank corruption report

The World Bank has asked the government to thoroughly probe the allegation of corruption in Padma Bridge project, and take action against those involved. The WB made the call in a report to the government last month. “When the World Bank finds serious and credible evidence of fraud and corruption in its projects, we refer [...]

History Distortion: Arrest warrant against BOU ex-VC Ershadul Bari

History Distortion: Arrest warrant against BOU ex-VC Ershadul Bari

A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against Ershadul Bari, a former vice chancellor of Bangladesh Open University (BOU), in connection with a charge of distorting the history of the War of Liberation.   Metropolitan Magistrate Kamrunnahar Rumi issued the order as the former BOU VC would not appear before it for second [...]

Govt wants to solve transport issue for low-income group

Govt wants to solve transport issue for low-income group

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said a major aim of her government is to ensure the availability of transport for the low-income group using the facilities of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation – BRTC. File Photo She directed the authorities concerned to take necessary steps and work with devotion toward this end and hoped that [...]

Maritime boundary verdict a win-win situation: Claims Myanmar envoy

Outgoing Myanmar Ambassador U Min Lwin on Tuesday said the solution to maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and Myanmar is a win-win situation for both the countries. “The people of both the countries are happy as the maritime boundary dispute between Myanmar and Bangladesh has been resolved with the judgment given by the International Tribunal [...]

BNP leader Mahmudul set to become Tangail-5 MP

The Election Commission is set to issue a gazette notification declaring BNP leader Maj Gen (retd) Mahmudul Hasan a parliament member from Tangail-5 constituency. The EC will also cancel the candidacy of Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad) lawmaker Abul Kashem of the constituency in line with a High Court order. The commission took the decision at a [...]

Drive to evict Wonderland begins

Drive to evict Wonderland begins

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakhha (Rajuk) started an eviction drive on Monday to demolish Wonderland Amusement Park built occupying around a 4-acre area of Gulshan Central Playground in the city. Rajuk launched the drive following a May 3 order of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court, said Nurul Islam, executive engineer of Rajuk. Though Rajuk is supposed [...]

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