RMG Factories Since Rana Plaza Disaster: Workplace safety improved a lot

International inspection agencies said safety conditions in the country's $30 billion garment industry have improved dramatically since the Rana Plaza disaster, thanks to efforts by entrepreneurs, retailers and brands.
23 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Islami Bank 'Crisis': Two reasons led to Arastoo's exit

Refusal to terminate 21 top officials and extend some big loans has forced Arastoo Khan to resign from the post of chairman of the Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited after only one year of his three-year term, an investigation by The Daily Star has found.
23 April 2018, 18:00 PM

TOP QUOTE!

“For the first time in Bangladesh, women were harassed “institutionally” and that incident took place in the country's supreme land, Dhaka University area.”
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Quota Reform Demo: 2 'identified' over inciting violence

Investigators claim to have identified two persons who spread rumours in social media and incited violence during the recent Quota reform movement.
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Parliamentary body favours quota reform

The parliamentary body on public administration yesterday suggested that the quota system in government jobs should not be abolished completely as announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier.
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Abuse of power abases innocent

Much like the controversial and draconian section 54 of the CrPC, section 151 also gives the police wide and discretionary power to arrest and detain anybody. Under section 54, police could arrest anybody just on suspicion that the person was planning to commit a crime.
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

1 killed in gunfight between AL groups

The brother of Badda Awami League unit leader was shot dead and at least seven others were injured during a gunfight between two groups of ruling party men in the city yesterday afternoon.
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Ensure better treatment for Khaleda

The BNP has again urged the government to immediately ensure better treatment for its Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now serving her five-year sentence at Dhaka's old central jail.
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Kathmandu Plane Crash: Questions over Nepal's probe

US-Bangla Airlines yesterday raised questions over the primary investigation report of the Nepalese authorities on the March 12 crash of its plane at Kathmandu airport that left 51 dead, 27 of them Bangladeshis.
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

UNSC team due on April 29

Bangladesh will describe the brutalities that the Rohingyas faced in Rakhine State and steps taken by the government here to the UN Security Council delegation, which is due in Dhaka on April 29.
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Journalists' concern to be considered

The parliamentary standing committee on post, telecom and ICT would consider any concerns journalists may have over the Digital Security Act, 2018.
22 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Run over by bus, teen loses leg

A teenage girl lost her right leg as the wheels of a BRTC bus ran over it on Airport Road near Banani's Chairman Bari on Friday night.
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Wonderland in wasteland

The school is perhaps the only place where Shakib Hasan, 10, gets to enjoy his childhood.
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Public Transport: 87pc vehicles violate rules

At least 87 percent buses and minibuses ply the roads in the capital recklessly in violation of traffic rules, creating anarchy in the public transport sector, said a passenger welfare platform citing its survey covering over one thousand vehicles.
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Govt took limited steps to prosecute rights abuses

Bangladesh government took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Hoping against hope

Members of around 80 families joined the programme under the banner of “Mayer Daak”, a platform of victims' family members, from across the country. Speaking at the event, supported by rights activists, family members slammed the state for denying justice to their dear ones.
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Tarique to be brought back by any means

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed her firm resolve to take back BNP acting chairperson Tarique Zia from London by any means and bring him under the ambit of law.
21 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Awareness pays off

Fish egg collection from the Halda river, the lone source of natural carp breeding in South Asia, has reached a 10-year high this year.
20 April 2018, 18:00 PM

2 Hill Women Leaders: Back home after a month in captivity

Hill Women Federation leaders Manti Chakma and Doya Sona Chakma returned home yesterday, around a month after being kidnapped from the district.
20 April 2018, 18:00 PM

DU authorities come under fire

The Dhaka University authorities have drawn flak for driving out female students from Kabi Sufia Kamal hall late Thursday night.
20 April 2018, 18:00 PM