State-run factory workers’ wages to come under legal framework
April 26, 2012
The cabinet on Wednesday approved the draft of a new law requiring state-run factories to specify job conditions
including wage scales for ensuring workers’ rights.
The labour and expatriates welfare ministry placed the draft ‘product manufacturing state-owned industries labour
(job conditions) bill 2012’ at the weekly Read more
Freight train derails in Bhairab
February 27, 2011
Two compartments of a freight train derailed near
Bhairab station in Kishoreganj on Sunday afternoon, halting rail communication on the Dhaka-Chittagong route.
The communication on the route was not restored till 7:15, reports our Kishoreganj correspondent.
The compartments of the army goods carrier veered off the tracks around 5:30am, Read more
4 die in Munshiganj road crash
February 27, 2011
Four people were killed and another was injured when a truck fell down after breaking the railing of Moskarpur Bridge in Munshiganj Sunday afternoon.
Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately, reports our Munshiganj correspondent.
Md Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said three passengers died on Read more
Outlaw killed in Khulna ‘shootout’
November 7, 2010
An outlawed party leader was killed in a ‘shootout’ between his cohorts and police near Khorniar beel in Dumuria upazila of Khulna early Sunday.
Three police personnel sustained bullet injuries during the ‘gunfight’, reports our staff correspondent in Khulna. Read more
Illegal hotels, restaurants pose threat to biodiversity on St Martin’s Island
April 11, 2010
The hotels and restaurants that have sprung up in the recent past on Saint Martin’s Island, one of the ecologically critical areas in the country, have been operating without any official approval.
According to the law, building of any structure and carrying out any activity that might pollute Read more
DST will start from Mar 31
March 7, 2010
Country would observe daylight saving time again from midnight 31 as per the decision of the cabinet by moving the clocks one hour forward.
‘The clock will again be put forward by one hour from March 31, and it will remain so until October 31, 2010. The decision was made in light of factors such as the growing demand for Read more
Shrimp research institute built in Bagerhat
February 26, 2010
A shrimp research institute was constructed in the district at a cost of Tk 22.68 crore with a view to maintain qualitative standard of shrimps in the foreign markets and raise its production using modern technologies.
The work on the research institute began on eight acres of land at Boitpur near River Doratana Read more
Massive plan for optimum use of marginal and fallow land
February 15, 2010
The Department of Forests has been implementing a massive development programme for the optimum use of marginal and fallow land through participatory social forestry.
Official sources said that raising seedlings for distribution among local people, and planting timber, fruit and economically important trees were the Read more
Thai princess due today to see life of char women
February 15, 2010
All preparations are compete as Princess of Thailand Maha Chakri Sirindhorn along with a 34-member entourage will visit Rasulpur char on the Jamuna Basin in Gaibandha district tomorrow.
The Thai princess, who is visiting Bangladesh as a member of the research team of Bloomberg School of Public Health of John Hopkins University, Read more
3 Bangladeshis wounded in BSF fire
February 15, 2010
Three Bangladesh nationals were wounded in an unprovoked fired by Indian border security force (BSF) at Jaintapur border at about noon today, reports UNB.
Bullet wounded Hill Resource (Alur Bagan) manager Rashed Mia, truck worker Abdur Rahman and quarry worker Ambia Khatun were rushed to Osmany Medical Hospital and Read more