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NRBCB opens branch at Uttara in city

The 8th Branch of NRBCB (NRB Commercial Bank Ltd) was inaugurated at Uttara in the capital. Rafikul Islam Mia Arzoo and Tamal S M Parvez, Director of the bank jointly inaugurated the branch on Tuesday. New Picture Uttara BranchThe programme was attended among others by the Chairman of the bank Engr. Farasath Ali, Vice Chairman Dr Toufique Rahman chowdhury, D...

Govt okays $85.5m foreign loan for 12 private projects

The government has approved $85.5 million foreign loan for 12 private projects including power, textile, telecom and pharmaceuticals. The Board of Investment Scrutiny Committee for approval of private sector foreign borrowing cleared the loan at its 81st meeting on Tuesday. boiThe meeting was presided over by Dr Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank and Convenor of the committee, while the committee members including representatives of the Prime Minister's office, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Comm...

First-ever 5-star resort in Srimangal kicks off

The first-ever 5-star resort established with total local investment in Srimangal upazila namely ‘Grand Sultan Tea Resort and Golf’ is going to start its journey on Wednesday. Khwaja Tipu Sultan, Chairman of Excursion and Resorts Bangladesh Ltd, the mother concern of the resort, will formally open the resort in the evening on the day. Five-Star-hotelPopular singers will rock the resort area on the first day of the two-day inaugural ceremony, reports UNB. Besides, inv...

RMG exports jump 20.73pc in July-Nov’13

The exports of Bangladesh ready made garments increased by 20.73 percent in the first five months of the current fiscal year 2013-14 to US$ 9.653 billion, as against exports of US$ 7.995 billion made during the corresponding period of previous fiscal, the data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) showed. Knitwear exports registered US$ 4.899 billion during July-November 2013 period, showing a year-on-year increase of 20.48 percent over exports worth US$ 4.066 billion made during the same period last year. Workers sort clothes at a garment factory near the collapsed Rana Plaza building in S... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

$ 40m fund for Bangladesh building collapse victims

Prominent retailers and labor groups has created a $40 million fund to aid the families of victims of the garment factory building collapse in Bangaldesh that killed 1,100 people, officials said. The Bangladeshi government, several prominent retailers and labor groups joined together to create the fund to compensate the families of those killed and those injured in the April 24 collapse, the New York Times reported Monday. RMG Rana PlazaThe accident was the deadliest disa...

HRW worried over safety of participants in war crimes court

The authorities should urgently set up an effective mechanism to protect witnesses in cases before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. 

Prosecution witness Mustafa Howlader died on December 10, 2013, after being attacked in his home. Howlader appeared in the case against Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a leading figure in the Jamaat-e-Islaami party.

“War crimes trials have become flashpoints for political tension and violence in Bangladesh,” said Brad Adams, Asia director. “The killing of a prosecution witness will frighten past and future war crimes trial witnesses, and some may choose not to testify.”

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