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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

Youth makes a difference

Ramkhana is a union in the remote northern district of Kurigram.
17 October 2015, 18:00 PM

One-stop centre far off at Bangladesh’s lone medical university hospital

Hundreds of patients have to take the trouble to move from one building to another every day for undergoing
16 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Patients suffer at Bangladesh’s lone public cardiac hospital

Mohammad Abdur Rahim Sheikh was taken to NICVD emergency department from Noakhali with severe chest pain on September 22. After carrying out an ECG test on him, nurses asked his attendants to meet the emergency doctor.
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Anti-Corruption Commission, Bangladesh police to share job

The government is going to give back law enforcement agencies the responsibility of investigating fraud cases filed by private citizens, a job the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been doing since 2013 despite manpower shortages.
10 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh government to defend judgments by mobile courts

The government will appoint assistant public prosecutors to additional district magistrate (ADM) courts to defend judgments of mobile courts, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday.
30 July 2015, 18:00 PM

DCs want code of conduct for local representatives

Deputy commissioners (DCs) yesterday suggested introduction of a code of conduct for local elected representatives and formation of a high-powered committee to recruit teachers for private educational institutions.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Aspirants caught off-guard by Bangladesh PM Hasina

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's firm stance favouring election to form a new BCL committee has caught off-guard many
25 July 2015, 18:00 PM

43km of horror

If you are going home this Eid via Dhaka-Jessore highway, brace for a bumpy ride when you reach the Faridpur-Magura part of the highway.
13 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Train service over Padma bridge may not start with its opening in 2018

Train service over the Padma bridge may not start with its opening in 2018 as the construction of two link tracks is still at a very early
22 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu Medical University at fire risk as most extinguishers beyond expiry date

Most of the fire extinguishers at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) have been beyond their expiry date for more than a year. Worse still, the university has no trained personnel to use those devices in case of a fire.
11 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh PM Hasina wonders why UN chief called her to learn about city polls

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday wondered why UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon phoned her to learn about a “mere” city
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Rigging leaves Ctg voters flabbergasted

Chittagong city's voters will remember the day they were dumbfounded experiencing firsthand vote rigging all around, something they have only heard of since the Chittagong City Corporation elections began in 1994.
28 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh hurriedly cancels 30-year deal with consortium to hand resort over to army

The government has decided to hand over the Jamuna Resort to Bangladesh Army, by "hurriedly" cancelling a 30-year lease with a consortium of Bangladeshi and foreign companies halfway through.
23 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Dhaka-Ctg train trip gets faster

Journey by train between Dhaka and Chittagong gets speedier with 61-kilometre double-line track between Laksham and Chinki Astana and remodelled Chittagong station yard set to open today.
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Brave guard foils bank robbery

Robbers hit him repeatedly on the head with an iron wrench. He fell on the floor, blood spilling from his head. He lay still for a while.
17 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Revised trade deal with India okayed

The cabinet yesterday approved the revised Bangladesh-India bilateral trade agreement under which the two neighbours would use
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

BNP-Jamaat bashing dominated discussion

Rapping of BNP-Jamaat's “subversive activities” during the blockade and hartal largely dominated the fifth session of the 10th
3 April 2015, 20:22 PM

Get united for party-backed candidates

Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed leaders of all the AL units of Dhaka city to work together for the party-backed candidates in the upcoming mayoral elections.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Haji Salim in deep water

Haji Mohammad Salim is most likely to quit his mayoral bid in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) election as the Awami League
25 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Cricket fever in parliament

The bell at the lobby of the Jatiya Sangshad was ringing unceasingly yesterday, like every other day, to get the attention of lawmakers to join the day's session.
9 March 2015, 21:42 PM

Pagination

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