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
Move to stop malpractice
The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the Public Procurement (4th Amendment) Act-2016, incorporating a provision for bidders not to quote a price 10 percent lower or higher than the official estimated price of a public procurement tender.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Serving the orphans
Faridul Islam Farid would not want others to suffer what he went through.
12 February 2016, 18:00 PM
15 lakh to get job in 3 years
The cabinet yesterday approved a draft deal to allow Bangladeshi private recruiting agents to send workers to Malaysia following the failure of the government-to-government (G2G) labour recruitment system.
8 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Civil bureaucracy plagued by in-situ
The government move to promote around 300 officials would see a further rise in the number of in-situ officials in the civil
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Promotion for commotion
The already top-heavy civil bureaucracy is set to get even heavier, as the government is going for another mass promotion to the ranks of additional, joint and deputy secretaries amid allegations of lobbying and nepotism over promotions.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Inter-cadre discrepancies to be removed
To appease the agitating officials of different cadres of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), the government has initiated a process to reform the organisational structures of the services to introduce "a permanent system" for promotions.
28 January 2016, 21:25 PM
PM intervenes to end row
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the secretaries concerned to examine the new pay scale's "discriminatory provisions" concerning different sections of professionals, including university teachers, and take steps accordingly.
4 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Heavy defeat despite heavy ballot-stuffing
He moved heaven and earth to win it.
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Minister has his brother expelled from Jubo League
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman Fizar has set a rare example by having his younger brother expelled from Jubo League for being a mayoral candidate in Phulbari municipality of Dinajpur, violating party decision.
21 December 2015, 20:20 PM
New policy hailed
Different stakeholders have hailed a government policy to protect the rights of domestic workers, but working parents fear it may create a shortage of domestic helps causing a crisis for them.
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM
2 hijras had to identify themselves as females, not third gender
For the first time in Bangladesh, two hijras (hermaphrodites) are running for councillor in the December 30 municipality polls.
16 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Massive road-rail work to follow
Massive development work of road and rail infrastructure is underway to optimise benefits of the Padma bridge, said Road Transport
12 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Cushion against grievances
To address the grievances of people affected by land acquisition for the Padma bridge, the government has taken up a plan to train them for new jobs and enable them to find alternative ways of livelihood.
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Padma abuzz with activities
The landscape at the Padma bridge site is changing fast.
Large excavators and cranes, dump trucks, bulldozers, loaders and dredgers are in operation round the clock on both sides of the Padma at Mawa and Janjira, around 50kms from the capital.
8 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Check illegal entry into Bangladesh’s international airports
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the ministries of civil aviation and home to show zero tolerance against illegal entrances at the international airports in order to ensure the global standard of aviation security.
7 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Probe finds Dhaka University professor’s ‘militant link’
An internal probe by Dhaka University has found the involvement of one of its teachers in “Islamist militancy”.
6 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Joy says sorry
Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports Arif Khan Joy, who ransacked a joint secretary's room in his ministry three days ago, has apologised to the official for his misconduct and said he would not repeat such incident.
3 November 2015, 18:00 PM
No cheers for Joy
Youth and sports ministry officials are left frustrated for what they said was "continuous misbehavior" by Deputy Minister Arif Khan Joy.
They alleged Joy had ransacked the room of a joint secretary of his ministry on Sunday as his name was not included in the banner as a guest at a national youth day programme.
2 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Minister only for Magura?
It's good news for Magura but bad news for many other districts. The small town of 1.5 lakh people is going to have an exclusive gymnasium with modern facilities.
Credit goes to the state minister for youth and sports, Biren Sikder, who allegedly abused his power to appropriate Tk 8.51 crore for the gym from a Tk 50-crore fund, meant for development and renovation of playgrounds across the country.
2 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Sea level rising up to 20mm a yr
The annual rise of sea level in Bangladesh ranges between 6mm and 20mm, posing threats to the country's agriculture, land and population, according to a Department of Environment study.
28 October 2015, 21:11 PM