Rashidul Hasan

Local airlines will have to face a huge blow, as the price of jet fuel has been hiked again, this time for domestic routes. The airlines are worried about their operational costs and said that this increase will ultimately hike airfares, burdening travellers.

Disappointed with the ground and cargo handling services of Biman at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, authorities have decided to outsource the job for the new third terminal to a firm of international standards.

The rift between Jatiya Party chief patron Raushan Ershad and chairman GM Quader took a new turn yesterday.

The ongoing rift between Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and Raushan Ershad’s, the party’s chief patron and leader of the opposition, over taking control of the party continues to widen.

The Election Commission has finalised the proposal for empowering the election officials to allow up to 1 percent of voters in a polling booth to cast votes through EVMs if their fingerprints do not match with biometrics data stored in the EC server.

In another development within the Jatiya Party, Chairman GM Quader yesterday relieved KR Islam of acting president post of Mymensingh district JP and the party’s primary membership.

A parliamentary standing committee on youth and sports yesterday came down heavily on National Sports Council for procuring a faulty electric scoreboard at Tk 5 crore and installing it at Mirpur Swimming Complex in 2019.

Amid delays in completing the vaccine manufacturing and research plant in Gopalganj, a parliamentary watchdog yesterday asked the health ministry to finish all works and start making vaccines within this fiscal year (2022-23).

The Saudi government has raised allegations of various irregularities against five more Bangladeshi hajj agencies.

A parliamentary body yesterday recommended dividing all 140 tanneries at Savar Tannery Industry into three categories, based on compliance and lack thereof in treating tannery waste, and close down those that have never applied for environmental clearance and are unlikely to comply.

Permissions from at least 17 different ministries and departments of the government were needed for a cruise ship to be able to travel to Bangladesh from Sri Lanka in 2017.

In a show of conflict of interest, members of the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology yesterday received mobile handsets produced in Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City.

Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology has recently dismissed a parliamentary standing committee’s recommendation for closing down TikTok in the country.

Nobody could tell yesterday how $1,300 and other belongings of two of the heroes of Bangladesh’s SAFF Women’s Championship-winning team were stolen, staining the jubilations.

Jatiya Party’s Chief Patron Raushan Ershad yesterday said she has “suspended” the special power bestowed upon the JP chairperson by the party’s charter, citing it contradictory to democracy and the constitution.

Jatiya Party's Chief Patron Raushan Ershad today (September 21, 2022) said she has "suspended" the special power bestowed upon the JP chairperson by the party’s charter, citing it contradictory to democracy and the constitution.

In yet another dramatic development, Opposition Chief Whip Mashiur Rahman Ranga has sought to withdraw the letter the JP Parliamentary Party sent to the Speaker for removal of Raushan Ershad as the leader of the opposition.

In a show of utter negligence, a senior pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines did not operate scheduled flights on the Dhaka-Chattogram-Muscat-Sylhet-Dhaka route.

Nine out of 15 female cockpit crew members of Biman have alleged that their bosses in training and scheduling departments discriminate and harass them so much so that it even jeopardised flight safety on at least one occasion.

Jatiya Party Presidium Member Moshiur Rahman Ranga was removed from all party posts yesterday, a move likely to intensify the rift between JP chief patron Raushan Ershad and Chairman GM Quader.