BNP observes token hunger strike
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday observed 7-hour hunger strike in Dhaka and other cities and district headquarters vowing not to allow the next general election keeping party chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail
Govt scraps VAT exemption on int’l flights’ airport charges
The government has withdrawn value-added tax exemption three weeks after offering the benefit on port services for operating international flights as the benefit was given based on ‘misleading’ information provided by the International Air Transport Association.
PM’s road-safety directives yet to take effect
Recent directives of prime minister Sheikh Hasina to ensure road safety against the backdrop of increasing incidents of road accidents have hardly any visible signs of implementation, transport company owners and workers have alleged.
CTG PVT HOSPITALS, CLINICS Massive irregularities unearthed in Ctg hospitals
Date expired medicines and instruments in operation theatre, test report deception, fake signs on test reports, pharmacies without licence and many more irregularities were disclosed in a daylong drive on Sunday from two private hospitals in Chittagong.
Floods situation worsens in Bogra, Jamalpur, Sirajganj
Floods situations in Bogra, Jamalpur and Sirajganj worsened on Sunday inundating more low lying areas as the Brahmaputa-Jamuna continued overflowing at many points
QUOTA REFORM MOVEMENT Case withdrawal, punishment of BCL attackers demanded
Teachers in different public and private universities as well as leftist student leaders staged demonstrations on Dhaka University and other public university campuses on Sunday demanding immediate withdrawal of ‘false’ cases
BNP suspects Indian HC’s role behind Khaleda’s conviction
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday said it suspected a role of ‘Indian High Commission in Dhaka’ over ‘sentencing’ the party’s chairperson, Khaleda Zia, in a case filed on ‘fabricated charges.’
Work together for party candidates
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked party rank and file to work in a body for party-nominated candidates leaving aside feuds for winning the upcoming 11th general elections
Price of green chilli shoots up to Tk 180 a kg
The price of green chilli shot up to Tk 180 a kilogram at the kitchen markets in capital Dhaka over the week ending Friday
QUOTA REFORM MOVEMENT We are in fear of enforced disappearance, arrest, torture: leader
Quota reform activists on Saturday in a press conference said that they were living in fear of arrest, enforced disappearance and torture while urging the government to stop repression of their leaders who were campaigning for a ‘logical’ solution to the quota system
