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Why do RMG workers always get a raw deal?

Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-10-03 00:00:00

Since its inception, the ready-made garment (RMG) industry has gone through many ups and downs over the last four decades. Now the industry has reached a stage where it can take pride in its achievements as the world's second-largest garment...

ILO predicts climate disaster for Bangladesh

2024-10-03 00:00:00

The Asia-Pacific chapter of the "World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal Social Protection for Climate Action and a Just Transition" released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Monday last apparently looks like a mix bag of socio-economic developments. Titled...

Nasrallah killing sets a dangerous precedent

Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-10-03 00:00:00

The killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, along with many of his close associates, in an Israeli raid in Lebanon certainly does not end the crisis in the Middle East. Much as Benjamin Netanyahu would like the world to...

Rana Plaza owner gets bail from HC

FE REPORT | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday granted ad-interim bail to Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza, for six months in a case filed in connection with the death of 1,135 garment workers after the building collapsed in April 2013....

BNP's Shahadat declared CCC mayor

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 01: BNP leader Dr Shahadat Hossain has been declared mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) in a case verdict.The Election Tribunal and the Joint District and Sessions Judge Court pronounced the verdict on Tuesday.The court directed the Election...

Fakhrul against banning Awami League

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Amid speculation regarding its future after being ousted by a student-led uprising, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir believes that neither should the Awami League (AL) be barred from participating in the upcoming national election nor banned as a...

BNP Dhaka City South Convener Abdus Salam speaking

2024-10-02 00:00:00

BNP Dhaka City South Convener Abdus Salam speaking at a condolence meeting on BFUJ President Ruhul Amin Gazi. BFUJ and DUJ jointly organised the programme at the National Press Club in the capital on Tuesday. — Focus Bangla

'Policemen who’ve failed to rejoin will be considered criminals'

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has announced police personnel who have failed to rejoin their duties will be considered criminals and brought under the law, reports UNB. He made the remark on Tuesday during a...

Weather (2024-10-02)

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.It may...

Nurses demand withdrawal of cadre officials from BNMC

FE REPORT | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

Nurses, midwives and nursing students across the country went out on stoppage on Tuesday to press home their one-point demand, much to the sufferings of patients at different hospitals.Under the banner of the Nursing and Midwifery Reform Council, they demanded...

Air chief inaugurates Cyber Security Awareness Month

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan on Tuesday inaugurated the first Cyber Security Awareness Month -2024 of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) at Air Force Headquarters' Auditorium in Dhaka Cantonment, reports BSS."The message...

Travel ban on Jinnah, Kabir

FE REPORT | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued travel bans against Shariful Islam Jinnah, a former Member of Parliament (MP) of Bogura-2 from the Jatiya Party, and Kabir Bin Anwar, a former cabinet secretary, in connection with corruption allegations against them. The...

3-km HSIA area 'Silent Zone'

2024-10-02 00:00:00

A 3-km area around Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) has been launched as 'Silent Zone' on Tuesday, aiming to make the area honking-free, reports UNB.Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, inaugurated the three...

Polythene bags banned in super shops

FE REPORT | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

Use of polythene and polypropylene bags was officially banned in super shops from Tuesday, raising costs for shoppers amid limited alternatives.The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change fully enforced the ban in the super shops on the day. The...

Six of family burned to death in Sunamganj fire

2024-10-02 00:00:00

SUNAMGANJ, Oct 01 (UNB): Six members of a family including four children were burnt to death as a house of an Ashrayan project caught fire in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj district on Tuesday.The victims were identified as day labourer Emarul...

Committee formed by BPC for fire at Banglar Jyoti

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 01: The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has formed a committee to investigate the cause of the fire of an oil tanker named 'Banglar Jyoti' near Dolphin Jetty No. 7 of the Chittagong sea port at Patenga area in...

Journo Shimanta Khokon passes away

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Shimanta Khokon, managing committee member of Jatiya Press Club (JPC) and News Editor of NTV, died at his residence in city's Chamelibagh area Tuesday, reports BSS.He was 51.Shimanta Khokon was sick for long.He is survived by wife, a son and...

BB server glitch yet to be fixed

2024-10-02 00:00:00

A technical glitch in the Bangladesh Bank server has caused disruption in inter-bank transactions, affecting the settlement of all clearing cheques on Monday.As of 5:00 pm Tuesday, the issue had yet to be resolved, leaving a backlog of pending cheque...

Dengue claims 3 more lives

FE REPORT | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

Dengue fever claimed three more lives while 1,144 were hospitalised during a 24-hour period until Tuesday morning.Taking the daily tallies into account, the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease reached 166 and the number of hospitalisations to 32,082 cases...

Iran preparing to launch ballistic missile attack on Israel: US

2024-10-02 00:00:00

The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel that could be at least as large as a strike that Tehran staged earlier this year, US officials said on Tuesday, reports...

High manufacturing capacity, low labour costs raise BD's footprint

MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

Multiple factors like capacity in garment manufacturing with specialisation in bulk orders of basic items, low labour and input costs, duty-free access to destinations outside the USA contribute to Bangladesh's cost competitiveness globally.The US International Trade Commission (USITC) on Tuesday...

Want Bangladesh 2.0, don't want to go back to the old style

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the interim government, says that now is the greatest opportunity that Bangladesh has ever had for change and that a new society has to be built.Referring to the challenge of taking the reins of...

Systems equipment to arrive at plant site soon

FE REPORT | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

The equipment for radiation monitoring systems of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) will arrive at the plant site soon. The equipment for automated process control systems (APCS) for unit-1 and unit-2 of the plant have been shipped from Russia, said...

Malaysian PM due in city Oct 4

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to pay a brief visit to Bangladesh on October 4.The visit is aimed at taking forward the relations between the two countries to next level by exploring new areas of cooperation and strengthening...

General Waker-Uz-Zaman pays a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman pays a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday —PID

Prayer Timings (2024-10-02)

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Storms, floods likely in Oct

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Despite a normal flow in the country's major rivers, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, or BMD, has warned of short-term flood situations in some parts of the nation's northern, northeastern and southeastern hilly basins owing to heavy rains in October, reports...

Tensions heighten in Khagrachhari

2024-10-02 00:00:00

The Khagrachhari district administration has imposed Section 144 amid tensions between Bengalis and hill peoples after a schoolteacher was beaten to death, reports bdnews24.com.A teacher from Khagrachhari Government Technical School and College was beaten to death, Khagrachhari Deputy Commissioner Md...

Germany may provide £600m in dev assistance

FE REPORT | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

Germany plans to provide 600 million euros to Bangladesh in development aid under its agenda on climate development, German Ambassador Achim Tröster said Tuesday and also spoke about trade facilities on the European market.This forthcoming amount will be in addition...

Labour situation improves in BD

FE REPORT | 2024-10-02 00:00:00

The overall labour situation in Ashulia and Gazipur industrial belts improved on Tuesday as most of garment factories, except a few, reopened with workers joining the workplace.Workers of some factories, however, blocked two highways due to non-payment of wages and...