3 killed, over 100 hurt in fire at BSEC building
NTV, RTV offices burnt, go off air
Three persons were killed and more than 100 injured when a fire broke out at the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation Bhaban at Karwan Bazar in the capital Monday morning. The injured, most of whom sustained minor burns and suffered from suffocation, were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka Orthopaedics Hospital, Somorita Hospital and some other clinics and hospitals...[ + ]
Disaster management inadequacy cruelly exposed, again
A year after the tragic Phoenix building collapse, the blaze at the BSEC Bhaban at Karwan Bazar once again exposed the inadequacy of the disaster and crisis management authorities...[ + ]
SC gives govt two weeks to submit details of
lower judiciary
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government to submit within two weeks a report with detailed statistics of the lower judiciary in order to initiate the formal process for separating the judiciary from the executive...[ + ]
Joint forces track
down Bakir
Abbas, Mosharraf, Hafiz, Akter,
Quaiyum sent to jail
The army-led joint forces arrested BM Bakir Hossain, a CBA leader of the state-owned Sonali Bank and one of the 50 persons listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission as corrupt suspects, from a flat of the Rajuk staff quarters at West Malibagh in the city on Monday[ + ]
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CSE suspends trade as its Dhaka
office catches fire
Stock prices slid on Monday for the second day due to selling pressure from the investors panicked by the crackdown against alleged corrupts and financial frauds. The general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange lost 27.44 points or 1.55 per cent to close at 1743.98 on Monday, while the blue chips index, DSE20, shed 31.55 points or 2.15 per cent to close at 1439.05...[ + ]
Anwar to lead BGMEA for 2 yrs
Anwar-ul-Alam Chowdhury Parvez is set to be the next president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). The panel Forum, led by Prvez, bagged 24 out of 27 director posts in the BGMEA executive board election held on Sunday defeating the candidates of rival panel Sammilita Parishad...[ + ]
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