Dense fog disrupts flights, road, river communications
Poor visibility due to thick fog from Friday midnight to Saturday morning disrupted flights, road and river communications.
PM wants more investment in agro-based industries
Expressing her firm determination to celebrate the golden jubilee of independence by upgrading Bangladesh to a middle income country, prime minister sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government wants to build Bangladesh as a dignified nation during the period.
Private sector credit growth lags behind BB target
The private sector credit growth increased slightly in November from that of the previous month, but still remained lower than the target set in the monetary policy as the businesspeople are still concerned about business expansion amid political uncertainty.
IOJ quits BNP-led alliance
A faction of Islami Oikya Jote on Thursday quit the BNP-led alliance for what it said ‘to be more attentive to the organisational activities’ and to carry out activities upholding its ‘originality’. Another faction of IOJ announced they were still a part of the alliance.
Biswa Ijtema begins today
The annual Biswa Ijtema, a congregation of Tabligh Jamaat, begins today on the bank of the river Turag at Tongi in Gazipur city.
NEW PAY SCALE DISPARITY : Protests to widen next week
Protests by the public university teachers and the Bangladesh Bank officials demanding removal of disparities from the new pay structure on Thursday badly affected academic activities at the country’s seats of learning and the central bank.
4G spectrum auction by 2016: Tarana
The government will hold auction of 4G spectrum in the current year along with the remaining spectrum of 2G and 3G, state minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim said on Wednesday.
Relations with Pakistan dip further
Bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan have become cold after the recent forced withdrawal of a Pakistani diplomat from Dhaka and subsequent retaliation by Islamabad. Parliament is likely to hold a debate on relations with Pakistan and its role regarding war crimes trial and execution of war criminals in Bangladesh in its upcoming session to begin on January 20.
Two labour bodies to merge
Two labour organisations – Jatiya Sramik Federation Bangladesh and Jatiya Sramik Federation – are going to merge into a single body.
WAR CRIMES : SC upholds Nizami’s death sentence
The Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for planning the killings of intellectuals in Dhaka and mass killings at two places in Pabna during the War of Independence.
