Affected land owners demand criminal case against Hallmark
Plot owners of Janata Housing on Tuesday accused the Hallmark Group of grabbing their land and degrading the environment by illegally setting up an industrial park. The adversely affected plot owners, under the banner... Full storyJournalists hold rally demanding arrest of killers of Sagar-Runi
BNP calls for greater nat’l unity
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday called for the building of greater national unity to wage an irresistible movement to force the government to hold the next general elections fairly and establish a pro-democracy... Full storyJU VC confined by students
The students on Tuesday kept Jahangirnagar University vice chancellor Anwar Hossain confined at his office for four hours from 9.30 AM to press the demand for reducing the price of admission forms. Full storyAll set to resume BUET academic activities
Academic activities and classes at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology would resume from Saturday after a five-month stalemate centering the demand for removal of the two top... Full storyKamal for exemplary punishment of BCL rowdies
Secretariat employees want upgrading of post and DA
The low-grade employees at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Tuesday gave the government one month to fulfil their demands that included upgrading of posts and pay-hike. Representatives of the Bangladesh Sachibaloy... Full storyFuel stations strike enters 2nd day in Sylhet
The owners of petrol pumps and CNG filling stations will continue the strike on the second day today, demanding arrest of those carried out an attack on a filling station in the city about a week ago. Full storyBoost food production thru cooperative system: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has directed the authorities concerned to take initiatives for boosting production of food as well as its processing and marketing through cooperative system for further... Full storyInternational TU seminar in Sept 15-16
8th Asia-Pacific seminar on construction workers will be held in Dhaka on September 15 and 16 to ensure the increasing facilities for workers. Trade Union International on Building and Building Materials, Jatiya Imarat... Full storyJapan minister ‘suicide’ ahead of affair claim
Japan’s financial services minister died in an apparent suicide two days before a tabloid magazine was set to reveal claims the married 73-year-old was involved with another woman, reports said Tuesday. Full storyThai govt wants to take 1 lakh workers: officials
The Thai government is interested to take some one lakh workers from Bangladesh, said officials at the ministry of expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment on Tuesday. The MEWOE secretary, Zafar Ahmed Khan... Full story16 shops burnt in Kurigram
At least 16 shops were burnt in a fire that broke out at Ketarmore in the Kurigram district headquarters on Tuesday. Local people and fire fighters said that an electric short-circuit had caused the fire. Full storyDiploma nurses continue agitation for jobs
