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Garment factory fire kills 7

At least seven female workers died in stampede and of suffocation and 20 others were injured when a deadly fire broke out in a garment factory at Mohammadpur in the city on Saturday afternoon. Workers and relatives alleged that some workers remained missing after the blaze and staged demonstrations in front of the factory in the evening. Witnesses and fire fighters said that the deaths... Full story

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Dhaka, Delhi set to sign extradition treaty

Dhaka is set to sign an extradition treaty with New Delhi at an India-Bangladesh home minister-level meeting in Dhaka on Monday allowing the authorities of both India and Bangladesh to hand over persons... Full story

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Target may not be achieved by 2015

Government agencies are unlikely to achieve the target of increasing per capita power generation to 458kWh (unit) by 2015 because of slow execution of long-term power projects both in the public and the private sector, officials said. Full story

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Teachers threaten boycott of SSC exams

Non-government teachers, on demonstrations for job nationalisation for about a fortnight, on Saturday threatened boycott of the forthcoming Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations if their demand was not... Full story

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PM’s Khulna speech fuels intra-party feud

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s announcement at a public meeting on Thursday that the incumbent city mayor and the party’s city unit president Talukder Abdul Khaleque would run for a second term seems to have... Full story

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Reelect AL, don’t support BNP: PM

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has called upon the countrymen to reelect the Awami League government and not to support the BNP in the next election for continuation of the trend of development. Full story

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AL question’s Musa’s sanity

The ruling Awami League on Friday questioned the sanity of senior journalist ABM Musa for saying that the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ‘a third-rate leader’ before the framing of Six-Point Demand in the 1960s. Full story

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Owners, then govt responsible for RMG fires: CPD dialogue

Centre for Policy Dialogue distinguished fellow Debapriya Bhattacharya on Sunday said primarily garment factory owners and then the government were responsible for the frequent fire incidents in the readymade garment sector. Full story

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One killed as stall roof collapses at DITF

A salesman was killed and four people were injured when a portion of the roof of Partex Plastic stall at Dhaka International Trade Fair collapsed Saturday afternoon. The deceased was Rony Das Gupta, 22, an accountant of the... Full story

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26 die in Egypt clashes over death sentences

Twenty-six people were killed in Port Said on Saturday after 21 Egyptian football fans and club members were sentenced to death over a deadly post-match riot last year in the canal city. Full story

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JS session begins today

The winter session of Parliament begins today with the opposition likely to continue its boycott. President Zillur Rahman would, as usual, address the first session of the year set to begin at 3.30 PM, highlighting the achievements of the... Full story

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US congressional team in Dhaka

A four-member US congressional delegation arrived in Dhaka on Saturday night on a brief visit to hold talks with government leaders and visit a few garment factories. Led by Republican congressman (Georgia) Jack... Full story

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Bus owners charging extra fare on long routes

Most of the bus companies are charging extra fares on long routes flouting the rates fixed by the government. The government is taking no action to check the irregularity, complained passengers. Full story

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Govt to buy 4 copters for disaster management, relief work

The government is planning to procure four helicopters to be used in disaster management and relief operations, officials said. The disaster management and relief ministry with the help of the defence ministry is now... Full story

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10 policemen killed in Afghan suicide attack

At least 10 policemen were killed and 18 others, mostly civilians, were wounded in a suicide attack in a crowded area of the northeast Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, provincial authorities said. Full story

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Chhatra League leader shoots dead Juba League leader

A Chhatra League activist beat up and shot dead a Juba League activists at Porabari of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, on Friday. The deceased Rezaul Karim, 22, an activist of the Savar municipality unit of the... Full story

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Ershad fears military intervention

Jatiya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad on Saturday apprehended military intervention unless the issue of an election-time interim government was resolved. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has... Full story

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‘Under-represented’ women seek Davos equality

One of the most noticeable aspects of the World Economic Forum in Davos, a gathering of the world’s top CEOs, politicians and officials, is the male dominance on the various panels. Full story

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BNP MPs form human chain on JS premises today

Lawmakers of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party will form a human chain on the Jatiya Sangsad premises today in demand of holding the next parliamentary elections under a caretaker government and... Full story

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Delhi lawmaker tells gun owners to save women: report

Gun owners should roam the streets at night and use their weapons to prevent crimes against women, Delhi’s lieutenant governor has said in the wake of the brutal gang rape and murder of a student in the capital, according to a report Saturday. Full story

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