No improvement in arsenic situation: HRW
There is no improvement in arsenic situation in Bangladesh in comparison to the mid nineties when the presence of arsenic in the country’s rural groundwater drew attention of international community, said US-based rights organisation Human Rights Watch in a report published on Wednesday.
TONU RAPE, MURDER : CID says motive identified, none held
Criminal Investigation Department officials said they had established the motive for the killing of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu and would come up with ‘good news’ shortly.
Revised ADP at Tk 91,000cr, GDP growth 7.05pc
The planning minister, AHM Mustafa Kamal, on Tuesday said the country was going to achieve seven per cent growth for the first time in the country’s history.
Fire guts 60 rooms in city
At least 60 rooms of tin-shed structures at capital’s Konipara adjacent to Hatirjheel were gutted in a fire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon.
Khaleda gets bail in five cases
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia was granted bail on Tuesday in five cases on various charges including sedition, sabotage and graft.
3,000 villagers prosecuted for Banshkhali killing
Three cases accusing over 3,000 people were filed on Tuesday over the Monday’s clash with police, in which four villagers were shot dead during protests against a move to construct a coal-based power plant at Banshkhali in Chittagong.
NBR plans online access to ECR, POS to prevent VAT evasion
The tax authority has decided to establish online network between electronic cash registers or similar devices and its server to prevent value-added tax evasion by traders by altering the sales records.
SUJAN’S DEATH : DU students take to streets
Dhaka University students blocked Shahbagh intersection for two hours and a half on Monday afternoon, demanding fair trial in the killing of Sujan Mridha, a student of the university’s marketing department.
PROTEST AT COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN BANSHKHALI : 4 villagers killed in firing
At least four villagers were shot dead and 20 others, including 11 policemen, injured on Monday in a clash between the lawmen and villagers who were demonstrating against a move to construct a coal-fired power plant at Banskhali in Chittagong, police and witnesses said.
Unemployed nurses begin non-stop sit-in today
Unemployed nurses on Sunday alleged that the government initiative to appoint them against vacant posts of ‘senior staff nurse’ through recruitment tests was ‘a clear business.’
