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IGP should have resigned: Justice Haque

The inspector general of police (IGP) should have resigned immediately after the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, said Law Commission Chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque on Monday. [caption id="attachment_13937" align="alignleft" width="300"]khairulnew_3 Justice ABM Khairul Haque[/caption] “The IGP should have quit the day Avijit was killed. But, I don’t expect it as such culture is not practiced in our country,” said Khairul Haque, also a former chief justice. He was addressing a discussion on Avijit murder, ongoing terrorism and resp...

Worker-owned factory in Savar razed in fire

A devastating fire has gutted jute bag manufacturing factory Oporajeo, which was founded in 2013 in Savar with the injured workers of Rana Plaza. fire1The factory was founded under a trust on June 24, 2013 with six plain sewing machines and seven workers. Here the workers, mostly women, were labelled as owners. They were given congenial working environment, profit share, free lunch, medical assistance and educational support for their children. The factory having 50 workers used to manufacture different jute bags for local and international clients with...

ADB awards best performing project teams in Bangladesh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded four of its best performing project/program teams in Bangladesh as part of its efforts to promote efficient project implementation. adb1Kazuhiko Higuchi, country director of the ADB Bangladesh Resident Mission, presented the awards for the year 2014 to the winning teams at a ceremony in Dhaka on Sunday, reports Xinhua. The winning project teams are Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project executed by the Local Government Engineering Department, City Region Development Project also executed by ...

Political turmoil paralyzes economy

The beginning of 2015 has witnessed one of the worst political turmoil in the history of Bangladesh. Since last two months, the country has been badly paralyzed by the blockades of roads, railways, waterways and rallies staged by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Hasina-KhaledaThe unrest was triggered by the banned protest launched by the BNP on January 5, on the eve of anniversary of controversial general elections held last year. The motive behind it was to remind BNP members and the rest of the country about the rigged ele...

Pakistani entities not migrating to Bangladesh

Whenever my casual acquaintances learn about my business engagements and frequent travels to Bangladesh, they quickly make an astonishing statement, “All our garment factories have migrated to Bangladesh because there is no electricity or gas here”. rmgbdIt’s not phrased as a question requiring my confirmation. It doesn’t sound as a matter of fact either. No one quotes authentic data recorded by The Economist or The Financial Times in their claims support; or give actual numbers of factories that have migrated. Invariably, these declarations are...

Poor suffer most as unrest hits economy

For weeks, Bangladeshi farmer Dibakar Ghosh has been pouring his milk into the river, unable to get it to buyers because of a months-long transport blockade that has crippled the impoverished nation. As his losses mount, the 30-year-old can no longer afford to feed his cows and fears he may have to sell them for slaughter, destroying his business, reports AFP. child labour“My losses in the last two months add up to 60,000 taka (about $800),” Gosh told AFP from his village in the northwestern cattle-farming region. “There are 150...
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