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Hasan Jahid Tusher

CTG Chemical Factory: Rules bent to favour errant contractor

A Chinese contractor fails to restart the country's lone state-run chemical factory in over four years, yet it finds no problems in getting its employer to deliver undue benefits.
13 November 2017, 18:00 PM

New gas field found in Bhola

Bapex has found a large gas reserve at Shahbazpur of Bhola.
23 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Orphan sisters find a parent in Rangamati DC

Meem and Sumaiya, only 6 years and 18 months old respectively, lost their parents in the devastating landslide in a Rangamati town on June 13. But in the aftermath of the tragedy, they have found a guardian in Mohammad Manzurul Mannan, deputy commissioner of Rangamati.
22 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Project nightmare

The government is incurring a loss of around Tk 5.65 crore every month as a 14-month project to reopen the country's lone state-owned chemical factory could not be implemented in more than four years. The loss has been nearly Tk 82 crore since May last year, when the Tk 115 crore project to restart Chittagong Chemical Complex (CCC) in Sitakunda was extended for the second time.
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM

A legacy worth remembering

Until yesterday, Mohammed Sumon was worried about how to move forward after losing six of his family members, including parents
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM

GOVT CRITICAL

Some senior ministers yesterday expressed strong disagreement with the Supreme Court over the restoration of Supreme Judicial Council for removal of SC judges on grounds of gross misconduct or incapacity. The SC in the full verdict in 16th constitutional amendment case said the provision of SJC has been reinstated following the cancellation of that amendment, which had empowered parliament to remove SC judges.
7 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Save hills, save lives

Unplanned settlement, deforestation, lack of guidelines for constructions in the hill region, development interventions, and heavy
4 August 2017, 18:00 PM

Ctg waterlogging becomes unbearable for city dwellers

A video captured recently on the Chittagong-Kaptai road shows a vivid picture of the present scenario of waterlogging in Chittagong as most of the areas under the Chittagong City Corporation are inundated, causing immense sufferings for the commuters every day.
25 July 2017, 12:19 PM

Minister's initiative alleviates three students' woes

Thanks to steps taken by State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Mujibul Haque, three students from financially insolvent families are now free of worries plaguing them just a week ago over paying admission fees and expenses at public medical colleges.
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Minister’s generosity overcomes uncertainty of 3 students

An initiative taken by State Minister Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu helps to overcome financial difficulties of three students whose admission in government medical colleges were uncertain.
31 October 2016, 13:39 PM

AL’s 20th council: 67-yr walk to Suhrawardy Udyan

It has been a walk of 67 years for Awami League through ups and downs since its inception in 1949 when a faction broke out from then Muslim League and formed the idea of Awami Muslim League at Rose Garden.
22 October 2016, 01:56 AM

AL to promote leaders close to grassroots

The ruling Awami League plans to strengthen the party base through the council by giving prominent positions to leaders who
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

AL Council: Leaders to ask Joy to be future leader

The ruling Awami League will focus on electing the party's future leadership and the next parliamentary elections in its national council next week.
18 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Underweight urea sacks sent to dealers

The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) has started sending dealers fertiliser sacks weighing a lot less than the usual 50kg, instead of storing them in state-owned warehouses.
13 October 2016, 18:00 PM

5 more routes by 2018

As part of efforts to boost trade and improve rail communication, five rail routes will be launched between Bangladesh and India in
19 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Create awareness to resist terror

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked her cabinet colleagues to take measures to create social awareness for resisting terrorism in the country.
11 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Security beefed up around TV channels

In the wake of the latest militant attacks on a Gulshan restaurant and Sholakia Eidgah, security has been beefed up around different
9 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Security tightened

Law enforcers have stepped up security in all important places and establishments in the capital, especially in the diplomatic zone, following Friday's terror attack.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Dream highway stirs new hope

The four-lane Dhaka-Chittagong highway formally opens today amid high hopes that it would boost trade and make smoother road...
1 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Focus on fast-track projects

The government has given top priority to eight fast-track mega projects in the upcoming budget, setting aside Tk 18,727 crore for them.
2 June 2016, 18:00 PM

More burden on Bangladesh's state coffer

The government will have to spend more money from the public exchequer on the salaries and perks of the 222 public servants who got promotion over the last three days, but who will continue to do their same old job.
15 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Promotion for prestige

The latest round of promotion in the civil administration will hardly bring any dynamism in bureaucracy as most of the promoted
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Padma Bridge project: River training to be dearer

The cost of the Padma Bridge River Training Works (RTW) is likely to increase further as additional areas have been brought under the RTW beyond the original plan due to excessive erosion of the river banks.
3 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh cabinet approves draft law to probe misconduct

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle a draft law specifying the procedures for investigation into allegations of misconduct or incapacity against a Supreme Court judge and the judge's removal by the Jatiya Sangsad.
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Do not let renovations alter historic sites' originality

Stating that the authorities concerned have been destroying the original state of historical sites during renovations, Prime Minister
18 April 2016, 18:00 PM

50pc cost hike for delayed start

The first-ever fast bus lane designed to run from Dhaka airport to Gazipur will be at least 50 percent costlier with the construction expected to begin in June, four years after the government took up the project.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Game on '71 war out on March 26

A group of girls have been kidnapped by the Pakistani occupation forces and are held hostage at a torture camp, four kilometres off from Shanir-char in Barisal, a strategically important Pakistani outpost. Shamsu Bahini, a group of five desperados and commandoes guerrillas who reclaimed the Char from the Pakistani's grip move to rescue their sisters.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Comments on CJ embarrassed govt

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was “embarrassed” by the comments of two ministers about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM

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