compensation
Injured uprising victims: Compensation caught up in red tape
Crippled and blinded, many July uprising protesters continue to suffer. The one-time assistance -- Tk 5 lakh for martyrs’ families and Tk 1 lakh for the wounded -- that was promised to them soon after the incumbent took over remains entangled in an utterly bureaucratic procedure.
4 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Singapore Airlines offers $10,000 to passengers hurt by turbulence
Singapore Airlines said Tuesday it has offered $10,000 compensation to passengers who suffered minor injuries on a flight hit by violent turbulence last month and will discuss higher payouts with those more badly hurt
11 June 2024, 02:57 AM
Making Bangladeshi workers safe for capitalism
If fast fashion must dominate the “national interest,” then at the very least we must compel the state apparatuses to play a truly mediating role on behalf of “the nation.
1 May 2023, 06:36 AM
No compensation for affected landowners?
GCC must not make residents suffer for its city development work
17 September 2022, 06:37 AM
Children's death from syrup: DGDA asked to give Tk 15 lakh to each family
The High Court today directed the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to give Tk 15 lakh as compensation to each of the families of the 104 children, who died after taking toxic paracetamol syrup in 1991 and 2009.
2 June 2022, 09:03 AM
Produce grandchild in a year or pay $650,000: Indian couple sues son
An Indian couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife produce either a grandchild within a year or cough up almost $650,000.
12 May 2022, 10:16 AM
Compensation or confiscation
The High Court yesterday directed Green Line Paribahan not to sell tickets for Thursday, saying that it would order confiscation of the company's buses for an auction if it failed to pay a compensation of Tk 50 lakh to Russell Sarker by Wednesday.
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM
HC order on compensation for eyesight loss in Chuadanga surgery Oct 21
The High Court fixes October 21 for delivering verdict on a writ petition that sought a directive for giving Tk 20 crore compensation to 20 people who lost their eyesight following surgery at a health centre in Chuadanga in March this year.
13 August 2018, 13:21 PM
Pay Tk 50 lakh to the family
The High Court yesterday directed the Rural Electrification Board (REB) to compensate the family of a college student with Tk 50 lakh
4 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Death in septic tank: HC seeks govt explanation on compensation
The High Court issues a ruling asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why it should not be directed to give Tk 20 lakh in compensation to the family members of a three-year-old girl who died after falling into a septic tank in Chandpur.
15 May 2016, 10:34 AM
Johnson & Johnson hit with $55m damages in talc cancer case
Pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered to pay more than $55m (£40m) in compensation to an American woman who says its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer.
3 May 2016, 11:14 AM
Jhalakathi court summons Star editor Mar 31
A Jhalakathi court asks The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam to appear before it on March 31 in a defamation case.
23 February 2016, 07:09 AM
Compensate Jihad's family
The High Court yesterday ruled that the government would have to compensate the family of Jihad, a four-year-old who died falling down a 300-foot well shaft in the capital's Shahjahanpur in 2014.
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Arrest warrant issued against Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam
Narayanganj court issues arrest warrant against Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in a defamation case filed by an Awami League activist. With 18 cases filed today, number of total lawsuits against Anam reaches 55. Of them, 12 are complaints seeking to sue him for sedition while the rest are libel suits.
16 February 2016, 06:14 AM
200 workers complain of cheating
Over 200 Bangladeshi migrant workers, who have been repatriated by their employer from Iraq, yesterday brought allegations of cheating against their recruiting agency and demanded proper compensation from it.
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Indian govt asked to pay Rs 5 lakh to Felani’s family
National Human Rights Commission of India asks the Indian government to pay Rs 5 lakh in compensation to the family of Felani Khatun, who was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) in January 2011.
31 August 2015, 10:23 AM
Shakib opening captain for Mashrafe’s ban
Shakib Al Hasan will lead Bangladesh in the first ODI cricket match against Pakistan in the home series because of a ban placed on Mashrafe Mortaza in the World Cup.
5 April 2015, 14:00 PM