About 95 per cent of more than 11,000 buildings constructed in Rajuk areas between 2009 and 2012 without fire service approval, an Anti-Corruption Commission probe official said. Fire Service and Civil Defence Act requires the construction of any building of six storeys or above a fire service approval. The Anti-Corruption Commission has found that most of the buildings that were […]
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said the government will have to be changed through democratic process. ‘Democratic process must continue to keep the development ongoing,’ she said while delivering her introductory speech at a meeting of the Awami League Advisory Council at her official Ganobhaban residence in Dhaka in the afternoon. Sheikh Hasina, also the AL chief, stressed […]
Pakistan does not want to make any comment over the verdicts delivered by the International Crimes Tribunals against Jamaat top leaders as it does not feel like interfering in the internal affairs of Bangladesh, said an official. ‘…we don’t interfere the internal affairs of Bangladesh,’ Pakistan foreign affairs ministry spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry told reporters in a regular briefing at […]
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday said people would reject the ‘killer’, ‘repressive’ and ‘corrupt’ government if general elections were held under a non-party caretaker government. Briefly addressing a pre-iftar discussion, Khaleda urged the Awami League to test its popularity in polls under a non-party caretaker government. Jamaat-e-Islami, a key partner of the BNP-led ‘18-party’ alliance, hosted […]
The US government has set a 15-point plan of action for the Bangladesh government in readymade garment and knitwear sector, export processing zones and shrimp sector and provided a basis for restoring GSP facility for Bangladesh. The plan of action was suggested in a joint statement by the department of state, the department of labour, and the office of the […]
The government appointed Grameen Bank Commission’s tenure, extended at least thrice since May 2012, ended on Saturday unable to unravel the ties between GB and its 54 sister concerns, commission officials told New Age on Saturday. They blamed ‘time constraint’ for the failure to complete the task in 14 months. The commission has apparently moved away from its original assignment […]
After missing out on several deadlines, the government seems unwilling to give a specific date for commissioning of the under-construction Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover, apparently due to slow pace in the project implementation. Slow progress of construction forced the local government division to postpone the opening of the flyover by prime minister Sheikh Hasina scheduled for March 26, according the officials. ‘The […]
The present leadership of Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Dhaka city unit, considered as the key unit to shape the fate of the anti-government movement, was facing criticism within the party over numerous issues, including the failure to build up a strong movement. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia had approved a 21-member convening committee of its Dhaka city unit with former Dhaka mayor […]
The Bangladesh Bank is investigating into irregularities in the International Islamic Relief Organisation that has earlier faced a ban for four years, officials said. The Saudi Arabia-based international charity was banned in Bangladesh in 2006 after the United States had suspected that the organisation had links with Al-Qaeda. The ban was, however, lifted in 2010. The officials said that the […]
The education ministry has failed to implement the annual performance evaluation, focused on rewards and punishment, for non-government schoolteachers even five years after the ministry had issued an order in this regard. The officials concerned said that callousness of some education officers and opposition by some leaders of non-government teachers’ associations were mainly responsible for not implementing the evaluation system. […]
Awami League lawmaker Golam Mowla Roni along with his associates is reported to have beaten up a private television journalist and his cameraperson when they approached him for an interview for a report on corruption allegations against the lawmaker in his office on Topkhana Road in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon. Golam Mowla, also editor of online news portal Different News, […]
None above 65, no pregnant women or under 12 children would get visa for performing hajj this year as a precautionary measure to check the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus virus, better known as MERS-CoV. No individual suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes or heart and kidney diseases, respiratory or any other illnesses would also get visa […]
The National Food Safety Laboratory, set up about a year ago under the Institute of Public Health, has yet to start functioning for lack of a health ministry approval. The health minister, Ruhal Haque, inaugurated the high-tech lab in October 2012. The lab officials said that they were ready food of all sorts but the ministry had yet to appoint […]
A garment factory at Buribazar in Ashulia industrial belt on the outskirts of the capital was closed on Saturday for an indefinite period in the face of workers’ protests for various demands including wage hike. The police and workers said that the workers came to join their works on Saturday morning and found a notice hung in the gate about […]
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, said the national grid would get 250-MW imported power from India very soon. She announced this while inaugurating a 53-megawatt (MW) public sector power plant at Ashuganj in Brahmanbaria on Saturday. She said the present government is working for development of the power sector with patriotism and honesty. ‘We have proved that success is possible […]
Bangladesh should get equipped with modern technology, equipment and manpower for proper management of the extended sea areas, recently won through verdict of the international court, fisheries experts said. There are huge fisheries, organic and non-organic resources available in the Bay of Bengal and those could not be identified due to lack of research and survey vessels, they said. Bangladesh […]
The ruling Awami League-backed blue panel teachers won 27 posts of the 35 of teachers’ representatives in the Dhaka University senate in the elections held on Saturday. The white panel, backed by opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, won the rest eight posts. Dhaka University treasurer Mohammad Kamal Uddin conducted the elections held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban […]
The Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Awami League-led ruling alliance, on Saturday called for a national unity of all non-communal, left, progressive and pro-liberation political forces to save the country from political crisis. The party president, Rashed Khan Menon, at a press conference at Asad Auditorium said that the country would face serious consequences if the BNP-Jamaat […]
The officials and employees of Nobel-winning micro-finance institution Grameen Bank will wear black badges on Sunday protesting at the government’s reported plan to break up the bank into 19 entities and taking control over it. The Grameen Bank employees of the head office will observe a sit-in in front of Mirpur central office from 1:30pm to 1:45pm on the same […]
Colonel Taher Day, marking the 37th anniversary of death of sector commander Colonel Abu Taher, will be observed today. Taher was the commander of sector 11 during the war of liberation in 1971. He was hanged after a secret trial on July 21, 1976. He is credited for organizing the November 7, 1975 uprising of soldiers and people on November […]
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