ANGER OVER NEW JCD COMMITTEE: Rebels run amok
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal office were set on fire and Bangladesh Nationalist Party central office was vandalised on Monday allegedly by rebels of the BNP-backed student organisation in protest of being deprived of desired positions in 736-member Chhatra Dal central committee.
Ban phones Hasina, offers UN panel membership on water
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon phoned prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday and offered Bangladesh to be member of a UN high-level panel to be formed on water which she readily accepted.
Export earnings post $19.19b in seven months
The country’s export earnings in the July-January period of the financial year 2015-16 hit $19.19 billion with 7.85 per cent rise from $17.79 billion in the same period of the FY15, showed provisional data of the Export Pro
Govt keen to turn border haats into ‘broader’ markets
The Prime Minister’s Office is keen to turn the existing border haats into ‘broader’ haats along the India-Bangladesh frontiers to allow all Bangladeshi and imported goods to be traded, instead of only locally produced goods.
Govt patronage essential for reviving muslin
Weavers, fabric designers and heritage preservation campaigners on Sunday said support from the government was essential
People suffer as students block road
City dwellers experienced severe traffic congestion all day long on busy Sunday due to demonstrations by Dhaka City College students and operation of mobile courts at places inflicting untold sufferings to commuters.
Work out master plan for each upazila
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked engineers to work out a standard master plan for each upazila so that local people could avail themselves of all public services from one point. The prime minister came up with the instruction while inaugurating the four-day 56th convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh.
Malaysia to legalise illegal workers from Feb 15
The government of Malaysia is starting a legalisation programme from February 15 onwards for their illegal foreign workers to get legalised with their employers completing an online rehiring by filling up documentations.
Oil, gas nat’l committee to hold march against Rampal power plant
National committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports will hold a five-day Dhaka-Sunderbans long march in March 10-15 demanding scrapping of the plan to set up a coal-based thermal power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat.
GP fast running out of 017 number series
Leading mobile phone company Grameenphone is running out of new connections under its 017 number series and thus applied to the telecom regulator for a new number series alongside its existing prefix.
