Transport strike in Khulna div to escape compensation
A 48-hour transport strike, enforced by the transport owners and workers in 10 districts under Khulna division demanding withdrawal of two compensation suits against two bus service owners, is underway.
Palestine expects no Bangladesh-Israel alliance: CDA
Palestine expects that no political party, individual and organisation in Bangladesh will forge allegiance with Israel, Palestine charge d’ affairs in Dhaka Yousef SY Ramadan said on Saturday.
New VAT law at crossroads as opposition growing
Uncertainties loom large over the July 1 implementation of the new VAT law as the government is yet to issue related rules while trade bodies are rallying against the new law.
BNP fears constitutional crisis
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday feared that a constitutional crisis may be created following a row between the legislative and the judiciary over the 16th amendment to the constitution.
JP council: Ershad blames parties for prolonging his military rule
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday blamed the political parties for the prolonged military rule under his dictatorship and said that he had called elections only two years after his takeover, intending to return to the barrack.
Ensure rights of minorities, say speakers
Politicians, academics and civil society leaders on Saturday called on the ruling Awami League-led government to take steps to ensure the rights of the minorities across the society. The minorities, especially the religious ones, are being deprived of their constitutional ‘rights of equality’ in many cases, they alleged.
Ansar camp attacked
A Battalion Ansar commander was shot dead as a camp of the force adjacent to Nayapara’s Rohingya shelter in Tekhnaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar was attacked and robbed of 11 rifles with several hundred bullets by ‘organised criminals’ wearing masks early Friday.
PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING: BSEC to collect BO account data of sponsor-directors
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated a move to collect beneficiary owners’ account-related data of around 3,000 sponsor-directors of 287 companies listed with the capital market in a bid to prevent insider trading.
History of people of all ethnicities demanded
Historians, educationists and rights activists on Friday said a country’s history should be written by people of all ethnicities for it to be complete and authentic.
12 more killed in lightning
At least 11 more people were killed after getting struck by lightning at places in six districts during the Friday’s rain, coupled with thunder storms and Nor’westers.
