Gone with greed
May 15, 2012
It was the lure of high profits that drove Mohiuddin Robin to deposit money with a cooperative society. But it wasn’t long before the 31-year-old was overcome with a sense of despair.
Robin found out that the cooperative society was a fraud and all his money was gone.
Robin, his family members, relatives and friends invested Tk 44 lakh in the Read more
No headway in investigation
May 15, 2012
Sagar-Runi murder case
No headway in investigation
Neither the Rapid Action Battalion, nor the detective branch of police is yet to make any headway in the investigation into the murder of journalist couple Sagar and Runi even after passage of more than four months.
Since the murder, the RAB and other investigating agencies, however, have been claiming Read more
Police demand risk allowance
May 15, 2012
The home ministry in its budgetary proposal last week placed the demand for paying the police 70 per cent of basic salary as risk allowance from the next fiscal year which according to finance ministry calculations would require an additional expenditure of Tk 8.24 billion a year from the public exchequer, officials said.
The home ministry’s budgetary proposal sent to the finance ministry last week justified Read more
HC for action against errant 3-wheelers
May 15, 2012
Private Yet Not Private
HC for action against errant 3-wheelers
The High Court (HC) yesterday asked the government to explain in three weeks why it should not be directed to take action against “private” CNG-run three-wheelers illegally operating on a commercial basis in and around the capital.
Issuing a suo moto rule, the HC asked the concerned authorities to explain why they Read more
Ashulia calm
May 15, 2012
Factories resume production
The Ashulia industrial belt on the outskirts of the capital returned to normal yesterday after a two-day shutdown for violence over a rumour of a garment worker’s death.
Workers of all readymade garment factories in the area joined work yesterday morning.
During the agitation programmes on Saturday and Sunday, workers vandalised over Read more
Repair job goes to army
May 15, 2012
Meghna Bridge
Repair job goes to army
Failing to select a company over the last five months, the communications ministry has assigned the task of repairing the Meghna and Gumti bridges to Bangladesh Army.
The bridges have been posing risk to commuters for over a year due to river-bed scouring and damage to the expansion joints Read more
RMG workers on rampage
May 14, 2012
100 injured, 4,500 Ashulia workers sued
At least 100 people were injured and more than 300 apparel factories were closed for the day as garment workers fought pitched battles with the police at Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital for the second consecutive day on Sunday.
More than 20 factories were vandalised during the clashes that broke out at around Read more
Pharmaceutical cos jack up medicine prices
May 14, 2012
Drug Admin seems tongue-tied
Patients suffering from serious diseases are in a quandary as medicines are becoming costlier in the country as government authorities have no control over the pricing of many lifesaving drugs, according to firsthand findings. People of middle-and lower-income groups are the worst victims of such price spirals as they have to pay huge amounts of money for buying Read more
100 hurt as police, apparel workers clash at Ashulia
May 13, 2012
At least 100 people were injured, more than 200 apparel factories closed for the day and more than 50 factories were vandalised as the police and the workers clashed at Ashulia of Savar on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday.
Kamrun Nahar, 30, an operator who worked at an Opex Group factory, was run over by Read more
Hasina trusted by 77 percent
May 13, 2012
Gallup poll survey of 2011 ranks her 7th among Asian leaders
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has 77 percent approval rating, according to a Gallup poll.
Washington-based Gallup, renowned for predicting US election results and conducting the US presidents’ approval ratings, ranked Sheikh Hasina seventh in its survey conducted in 21 countries of Asia and the Pacific Rim in 2011 Read more
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