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Freeze Tampaco owner’s bank accounts: HC

Freeze Tampaco owner’s bank accounts: HC
The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to freeze the account of the owner of Tampaco Foils Limited. The Tampaco factory was destroyed in a fire on September 10, leading to the death of at least 39 people. However, the HC said the owner can withdraw money from the account for payment of salaries, compensation, as well as for other benefits of the workers. In response to a public interest litigation (PIL), a vacation bench of the HC, comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das, passed the order. The HC also issued a rule, asking the factory authorities and the government to explain why they should not be directed to pay sufficient compensation to the kin of the Tampaco factory fire victims. It directed…

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No progress in 2yrs
No progress in 2yrs
The idea of bringing government colleges under the control of public universities to reduce the pressure…

BASIC BANK LOAN SCAM

BASIC BANK LOAN SCAM

The High Court (HC) yesterday granted a four-week bail to Ahmed Tajuddin, chairman of UK Bangla Trading Ltd, in a case filed over the BASIC Bank loan scam. The HC asked the UK Bangla chairman to surrender before a lower court after the bail period expires. It also asked him to pay Tk 2 crores to BASIC…
UN chief lauds icddr,b

UN chief lauds icddr,b

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon through a video message has commended icddr,b’s decades of work towards solving public health challenges and saving lives, reports UNB. In his message the Secretary-General said, “I commend the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research for its…
Livestock sector 
needs care

Livestock sector needs care

Livestock experts and dairy and poultry farmers said in Rajshahi recently that wide-ranging promotion of the livestock sector is very important to remove the existing protein deficiency alongside ensuring food security, according to a report in this newspaper on Sunday. The unemployment problem in the…
Uri and after: India must pause 
before it leaps

Uri and after: India must pause before it leaps

An imminent cross border terrorist attack should have been anticipated by our counter-terrorist agencies if the September 17 statement of Vikash Chandra – inspector general of the Border Security Force, Kashmir frontier – to PTI was correct. He said that around 200 militants from across…
Writ challenges Sahara’s selection as college governing body chief

Writ challenges Sahara’s selection as college governing body chief

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday challenging the legality of nominating former Home Minister Sahara Khatun as the president of Dhaka Women’s College governing body, UNB reports. Supreme Court lawyer Yunus Ali Akand filed the petition on behalf of Bahauddin Ahmed, a former…
Master plan to boost tourism on cards

Master plan to boost tourism on cards

Aiming to boost contribution to the country’s national economy, the government is formulating a “practical” and “application” based Tourism Master Plan (TMP) to explore all the untapped potentiality, which is the also a motto of World Tourism Day.    Talking to…
Aleppo reels from strikes as 
Russia accused of ‘war crimes’

Aleppo reels from strikes as Russia accused of ‘war crimes’

AFP, ALEPPO, Syria: Residents of Syria’s Aleppo faced worsening food and medical shortages on Monday as warplanes again pounded the city after Western powers at the UN accused Russia of war crimes. A fresh wave of intensive air strikes hit the city’s opposition-controlled east from dawn…
Liberation War-based play ‘Tora Sob Joyodhoni Kor’ to be staged today

Liberation War-based play ‘Tora Sob Joyodhoni Kor’ to be staged today

As a part of the 18-day national theatre festival, theatre troupe Nagarik Natyangan Ensemble will stage their much-acclaimed production ‘Tora Sob Joyodhoni Kor’ today at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the city. Noted author-playwright…
Walsh hails Mash captaincy

Walsh hails Mash captaincy

Courtney Walsh’s first match as the bowling coach of a national team may have been disappointing but his bowlers came up with a stellar performance to save his face. He heaped praise on captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza to lead exemplary, specially when nerve got the better of the team. “I think…
58,406 rural people avail legal services in Rajshahi

58,406 rural people avail legal services in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI: More than 58,406 people, most of them are women, received legal services free of cost in three upazilas of Rajshahi and Naogaon districts during the last one year and eight months, reports BSS.With these initiatives, the beneficiaries became aware about their legal rights that are helping…
Ambitious polytechnic plan sans adequate teachers, lab

Ambitious polytechnic plan sans adequate teachers, lab

The government’s vision to increase enrolment in technical education up to 20 per cent by 2020 has hit a stumbling block with the shortage of staff and facilities in polytechnic institutes across the country. The authorities of different polytechnic institutes admitted that their enrolment capacities…
Millions in US climb out of poverty, at long last

Millions in US climb out of poverty, at long last

Not that long ago, Alex Caicedo was stuck working a series of odd jobs and watching his 1984 Chevy Nova cough its last breaths. He could make $21 an hour at the Johnny Rockets food stand at FedEx Field when the Washington Redskins were playing, but the work was spotty. Today, Mr Caicedo is an assistant…
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