Owners agree to reopen apparel units today
Apparel factory owners at a meeting with the government on Wednesday agreed to reopen their units in the Ashulia industrial zone today after a four-day closure in the wake of a week-long... Full storyBiman’s dues stand at Tk 14 crore
Loss-making Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ woes deepened further as its outstanding dues from the ministries, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have remained unrealised for long, said its officials. Full storyRally against Rohingyas in Teknaf marks World Refugee Day
Demonstrations by people living in areas around refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday marked the observance of World Refugee Day with a demand for the repatriation of Myanmar citizens and... Full storyExtension of FFs’ retirement age by another 2 years proposed
The government has initiated a move to further extend the retirement age of the freedom fighters in public service by two years. Around 11,782 officials and employees, already listed as freedom fighters... Full storyRMG workers block road, burn buses
Pakistan to elect new PM amid political crisis
Pakistan’s president on Wednesday summoned MPs to elect a new prime minister, signalling a swift resolution of a political crisis sparked by the Supreme Court’s dismissal of Yousuf Raza Gilani. Full storySupporters treated by high-scoring Euro
Stop push-backs to Myanmar: HRW
New York-based group Human Rights Watch has again urged Bangladesh to stop sending Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar ‘forcibly’. In a statement, the global rights group on Wednesday said at least 18... Full storyThree dead in fresh Myanmar clashes
Fresh communal violence has left at least three dead in western Myanmar, where more than 60 people have been killed in unrest this month, government officials said Wednesday. Full storyBangladesh’s anti-trafficking efforts lauded
The United States has praised Bangladesh’s efforts over the past year to roll out a comprehensive and multi-stakeholder legal framework under a national plan to fight trafficking. Full storyLaw enforcers sometimes open fire in self-defence, PM tells JS
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, said Wednesday in Parliament that the law enforcers sometimes had to open fire in self-defence in their resistance to organised gangs or while arresting them. Full storyNutan’s youngest son testifies against SQC
Kundeshwari Oushadhalaya’s slain founder Nutan Chandra Sinha’s youngest son on Wednesday testified that he heard from eye witnesses that war crimes suspect Salauddin Quader... Full storyMubarak in coma
