High-profile scams mar gains on economic front
A series of high profile scams, including the biggest fund embezzlement by little-known Hallmark Group have overshadowed the country’s ‘mixed performance’ on the economic front last year. Full storyConsumers protest at fresh move for power price hike
Amid protests from the consumers, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday completed a 3-day public hearing on the proposals for raising the retail power prices by between 9 and 12 per cent... Full storyBGMEA probe finds workers’ link
A section of workers and officials of the factory was involved in igniting the deadly fire at Tazreen Fashions in Ashulia that killed 112 workers on November 24, said a probe report of Bangladesh Garment... Full storyGovt looking for alternative of CG
The Awami League-led government is desperately looking for an ‘alternative arrangement’ to non-party caretaker administration to make it sure that the main opposition BNP takes part in the next parliamentary ... Full storyThe events that dominated 2012
Corruption, killings, enforced disappearances, the opposition’s street agitation, labour unrest and attacks on minority communities dominated the domestic socio-political landscape in the year 2012 that just plunged... Full storyWelcome 2013
