Worker killed in Ctg ship breaking yard
A worker was killed after a shed of a ship fell on him at a ship breaking yard in Chittagong on Monday. Md Shamim, 32, of Jamalpur, was a worker of Seiko Steel Ship Breaking Yard in Sitakunda upazila....
View ArticleJS polls to follow parliamentary democracies: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated that the next general elections in Bangladesh would follow other parliamentary democracies across the world. “The next general elections in Bangladesh...
View ArticleYunus blasts ‘heinous attempt’ to destroy GB
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday came down heavily on Grameen Bank Commission’s recommendations to change the structure of the bank. Changing the structure to match Shilpa Bank or Palli...
View ArticleLift crash kills mechanic in city
A lift mechanic was killed and his co-worker injured in an elevator crash at La Vinci Hotel at the capital’s Karwan Bazar on Monday evening. The accident took place around 7:45pm when a group of four...
View ArticleMen trapped up a tree by tigers
Five Indonesian men have been trapped in a tree for days after being chased into its branches by Sumatran tigers, who mauled a sixth man to death. Four of the animals were still surrounding the base of...
View ArticleIAEA, Iran may meet in August
The UN atomic agency and Iran may hold a new round of nuclear talks in August, diplomats said yesterday, in what would be their first meeting since last month’s election of a relative moderate as the...
View ArticleIt’s psychological
An investigation conducted by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research found large numbers of garment workers fell ill due to mass psychogenic illness, rather than from consuming...
View ArticleVacation cut in Ramadan
Ramadan vacation for schools and colleges would be reduced to make up for the lost time during shutdowns in recent months, the education minister told The Daily Star yesterday Nurul Islam Nahid also...
View ArticleFresh agitation for caretaker after Eid: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia last night said the opposition alliance will announce fresh agitation programmes after Eid-ul-Fitr to realise their demand for the restoration of non-party caretaker...
View ArticleRMG official shot by extortionists
A director of a garment factory was seriously injured as some criminals shot him in the capital’s Mirpur area yesterday over their failure to get its jhut (garment waste). Fazlur Rahman Babu, 38,...
View ArticleFriend testifies for SQ Chy
A college friend of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that he had met the war crimes accused once in Pakistan on April 9 or 10 in 1971. His next meeting with...
View ArticlePublic anger led to AL’s defeat
Public anger over not bringing the killers of Toki, Biswajit and others to book was reflected in the defeat of the AL-led alliance-backed candidates in the recently held city polls, said Selina Hayat...
View ArticleUK, US face legal challenge
The British and US spy programmes that allow intelligence agencies to gather, store and share data on millions of people have been challenged in a legal claim brought by privacy campaigners. Papers...
View Article42 killed as Egyptian troops open fire
At least 42 people were killed yesterday when Islamist demonstrators enraged by the military overthrow of Egypt’s elected President Mohamed Morsi said the army opened fire during morning prayers at the...
View ArticleCoast guards detain 220
Members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard yesterday detained 220 people from a Malaysia-bound trawler in the Bay, some five kilometres off the Saint Martin’s Island under Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar. Of...
View Article60 indicted
A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against all the 60 people investigators found involved in the killing of six students at Aminbazar on the outskirts of the capital two years ago. However, the mob...
View ArticleEU outlines action plan
The European Union yesterday launched a major global agreement for Bangladesh to improve labour rights, working conditions and factory safety in the country’s readymade garment industry. During the...
View ArticleMughal era Eidgah choked by illegal structures
Illegal structures are hampering restoration work of the historic Eidgah at Dhanmondi in the capital. Set up in 1640 by Mughal ruler Subedar Shah Shuja Dewan Bin Abdul Kashim, the Eidgah is one of the...
View ArticleFactories under scanner
A mostly European forum of 70 international retailers and brands has agreed to inspect all garment-supplying factories in Bangladesh in nine months to ensure fire and building safety. The steering...
View ArticleAzhar ‘committed’ 9 types of crimes
The investigation agency designated to probe war crimes has found “evidence” about Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam’s “involvement” in nine types of war crimes committed during the Liberation...
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