War crimes trial campaigners expressed their frustration at the long delay in delivery of the judgements in the war crimes cases against former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam and its secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. Two tribunals – the International Crimes Tribunal-1 launched on March 25, 2010 and the International Crimes Tribunal – 2 initiated on March 22, 2012 – […]
Student leaders unanimously favoured reforms of quota system in the government jobs and bitterly criticised Public Service Commission for lack of transparency and controversial initiative regarding the quota management. As many posts under quota in the public service remained vacant, they demanded fulfillment of all vacant posts by recruiting persons from outside the quota beneficiaries. The government is not having […]
The government has taken initiative to bring about changes in salary structure of the city mayors that aimed at scraping the status of state minister enjoyed by four mayors of Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal, officials said. ‘To compensate the losses’ the government, however, may enhance overall perks and packages by Tk 3,000 with the monthly remuneration of the city […]
Teachers strongly criticised a move to introduce lawmaker-led management committees in government schools and colleges. The parliamentary standing committee on the public administration ministry at a meeting in June made a recommendation to the ministry concerned in this regard. Some Awami League lawmakers for a few months have been trying to introduce management committees in government schools and colleges aimed […]
City dwellers in many areas of Dhaka and Narayanganj are facing acute shortage of gas supply to their kitchens forcing them to use kerosene stoves or makeshift ovens. Laila Begum, a resident of Rampura, told New Age that she could not prepare Ifter and supper for her family as she could not fire the burner due to lack of gas […]
The US government has said it is still reviewing the five-year safety pact signed by a group of 17 US and Canadian retailers to increase safety and working conditions in Bangladesh factories. ‘As you know, this agreement is between private sector companies. We’re still reviewing that agreement. Broadly speaking, the United States strongly supports coordination between all parties, including buyers, […]
The NSA leaker Edward Snowden wants asylum in Russia and is willing to stop sharing information as a trade-off for such a deal, according to a parliament member who was among a dozen activists and officials to meet with him on Friday. Snowden appeared nervous, but in apparently good health during the meeting behind closed doors in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo […]
At least three people drowned in flood water in Thakurgaon and sufferings of the marooned villagers in some northern districts deepened due to short supply of relief materials and scarcity of drinking water. Thousands of people in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Thakurgaon, Jamalpur, Bogra and Dinajpur districts have been marooned by the flooding caused by onrush of water from upstream. New Age […]
Parliament will resume its session on Sunday after a 10-day adjournment with the possibility of pressure from the opposition to discuss its adjournment motions. On July 3, the ongoing session was adjourned till Sunday after he budget for 2013-14 financial year was passed on June 30. The prime minister Sheikh Hasina, also the leader of the house, in her discussion […]
London’s Heathrow airport suspended both of its runways on Friday after a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner caught fire, but no casualties were reported. ‘Both runways have been suspended after a fire onboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane,’ a spokeswoman for the west London airport said. ‘Emergency services are currently dealing with the incident. No one was on board so […]
The communications minister, Obaidul Quader, has described the finance minister’s position on the Padma Bridge as ‘unrealistic’ and blamed him for delaying the construction of the much-hyped project. Quader’s comment came a day after AMA Muhith had ruled out an offer by a Chinese company to invest $2.4 billion for the Padma rail-road bridge. ‘The unrealistic stance of the finance […]
Fifteen people were killed Friday in shelling in Syria’s capital, among them six in the heart of the city, as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan entered its third day, a watchdog said. ‘Six people were killed when three shells (likely launched by rebels) hit Baghdad Street in the centre of the city. Nine others were killed in massive (regime) […]
The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that a person who is in Jail, including under trials as well as those in police judicial custody, cannot contest elections to the Lok Sabha or state assemblies. The court had held on Thursday that MPs and MLAs will be disqualified as soon as they are convicted in a criminal case by a trial […]
The government has taken a fresh move to pay union council secretaries their salary in full from the state exchequer to meet the demand of 4,571 employees across the country towards the end its five-year tenure in office. An inter-ministerial meeting on Wednesday decided to increase the government’s contribution to the monthly salary of the union council secretaries (Grade 14) […]
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Friday said a non-party caretaker government would be established through a united movement. He reiterated his party’s stance while speaking at an iftar party at a city hotel hosted by Khelafat Majlish, a partner of the BNP-led ‘18-party’ alliance. Fakhrul criticised prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent statement in […]
Two Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders were expelled from the organisation allegedly for assaulting the principal of Srinagar Government College in Munshiganj on Thursday. The expelled BCL leaders are Parvez Sikdar Panir, general secretary of Srinagar upazila Chhatra League unit, and Mohammad Jakir Hossain Parrot, general secretary of Srinagar Government College unit Chhatra League. Asaduzzaman Sumon, president of the district Chhatra […]
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Muhammad Zahir was laid to rest at Banani graveyard in the city on Friday afternoon. He was buried beside the grave of his father, the late Justice M Asir of the erstwhile East Pakistan High Court. Zahir, who was suffering from bone marrow cancer, died at the Bangkok General Hospital on Thursday at the age of […]
Garment workers of Unilance factory on Friday staged protest against deduction from their wages at south Bhangnahati under Sreepur municipality in Gazipur. The factory workers alleged that the authorities cut Tk 500 from their wages to pay income tax. They also accused the authorities of misbehaviour that includes forced overtime and constant threat of termination. On the first day of Ramadan, […]
Leaders of labour rights group Bangladesh Trade Union Federation at a rally in the capital on Friday called on the Awami League-led government to ensure workplace safety. The federation organised the rally in front of the National Press Club to push for 14-point demands, including workplace safety, exemplary punishment of the people responsible for the Rana Plaza collapse, the scrapping […]
A Facebook group ‘BanglaBraille’ has become a ray of hope for thousands of visually challenged students who are yet to receive Braille books in schools. To give relief to the distressed students, some 2,000 members of the group decided to produce Braille books themselves. They are also making audio copies of the books The initiative of the members — settled […]
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