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Govt to ensure equal rights for all: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government's goal is to ensure equal rights for all people irrespective of their religions and casts, reports UNB."There should be equal rights for all people, irrespective of their religions, race, casts and ethnic community. We want to ensure it and we'll certainly...

SoBs, FIs must improve financial health: MoF

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has asked the chief executives of state-owned banks (SoBs) and financial institutions to improve financial health.It also exhorted them to work vigorously to achieve the targets set in the annual performance agreement (APA), sources said.The directive came at a review meeting of the APA with...

Month-long Ekushey book fair begins in city today

The month-long annual book fair kicks off at the city's Bangla Academy premises and its adjoining Suhrawardy Udyan area today (Friday).Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the 'Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela 2019' on the academy premises at 3:00 pm on the day. She will also visit different bookstalls after the...

Malaysia to sue co for not paying Bangladeshi workers’ dues

The Malaysian government has initiated legal action against a rubber glove making company for withholding the salaries of its workers from Bangladesh and Nepal.The move has been taken following a three-day strike by 2,000 workers earlier this week, Malay Mail reported on Thursday.Malaysian Human Resources Ministry announced that the government...

Focus on introducing ADR courses in legal education

Speakers at a dialogue on Thursday stressed the need for introducing Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) courses in legal education.Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) organised the dialogue in the city. It was attended by eminent academicians, lawyers and representatives from the corporate houses. Former Dean of Faculty of Law of Dhaka...

Emphasis on navigable waterways for transit

Year-round navigable waterways can benefit local entrepreneurs in logistic business through better domestic connectivity, speakers said on Thursday.Improved inland waterways can also allow traders to transit Indian goods, they told a programme.They exhorted the authorities to regularly dredge major river and canal routes for uninterrupted inland waterway transit to boost...

India’s unemployment rate hit 45-year high in 2017-18

An official survey that has been withheld by the government shows India's unemployment rate rose to a 45-year high during 2017-2018, the Business Standard newspaper reported on Thursday, delivering a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi just months before what is expected to be a closely fought general election, reports...

Gono Forum MPs-elect favouring joining JS

Though Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain asked them to refrain from joining parliament, the party's two MPs-elect are still favouring a stance to take oath, reports UNB.Talking to the news agency, two MPs-elect -- Sultan Mohammad Mansur (Moulvibazar-2) and Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) -- said they will take oath in...

‘Unhappy’ doctor ends his life

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 31 (Agencies): A doctor working in the Chattogram Medical College Hospital has taken his own life, police have said.Mustafa Murshed Akash was a 32-year-old medical practitioner deputed to Ward-13 of the hospital. Writing on Facebook before his death, Akash said his "wife's infidelity" drove his decision to end...

Crescent boss sent to jail in money laundering case

A Dhaka court sent Thursday the chairman of Crescent Leather Products Ltd and Crescent Tanneries Ltd to jail in connection with a case laundering for Tk 9.19 billion (919.56 crore), reports UNB.Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim passed the order rejecting the bail petition of the chairman MA Kader.Customs Intelligence and Investigation...

Cargo ship anchors in Padma after developing crack

CHANDPUR, Jan 31 (UNB): A cargo ship carrying around 850 tonnes of fly ash was forced to anchor in the Padma River near Chandpur Launch Terminal early Thursday after its workers noticed a crack developing on the floor of the vessel.The vessel 'MV Abdul Jalil' was heading towards Narayanganj from...