The arrears of 16,142 workers of seven out of 14 closed garment factories of the Beximco Industrial Park Ltd have been cleared so far following joints efforts of the ministries of labour and employment and finance, reports BSS. “The arrears of 16,142 workers from 7 out of 14 closed factories of the Beximco Industrial Park Ltd have been cleared with ...

At least 32 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in Mexico on Monday, according to authorities. In Oaxaca state, a bus overturned on a highway, resulting in 18 deaths. Twelve others were hospitalized with injuries. The crash occurred near the community of Santo Domingo Narro, and authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident. Reports ...

Police arrested two teenagers on charge of raping a six-year-old girl at Baniachong upazila in Habiganj district on early Monday. The arrested boys are aged 17 and 15, and hailing from Dakshin Jatrapasha Banamthura village of the upazila. Their age prevents their names from being published. Police said the victim was playing with others at a field adjacent to their ...

Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah has said that if the expatriates’ expectations are to be fulfilled in the next national elections, they will have to go for proxy voting. He came up with the information during a press briefing at Agargaon on Tuesday. Proxy voting is currently common in some countries. Md Sanaullah said “We will ...

The minimum Fitra has been fixed at Tk 110 per head this year, while the maximum at Tk 2,805. The rate was fixed at a meeting of the National Fitra Committee on Tuesday which was held at Islamic Foundation’s Baitul Mukarram conference hall. The meeting was chaired by Mufti Mawlana Abdul Malek, Chairman of the committee and Khatib of the ...

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on former Member of Parliament (MP) for Netrokona-3 (Kendua-Atpara) constituency Iftikhar Uddin Talukdar Pinto, his wife Ismat Ara Minu, two daughters Sumaiya Mourami Ifti and Saiba Mourami Ishma, and son Ibnam Iftikhar, in connection with a corruption investigation, reports UNB. On Monday, Senior Special Judge of Dhaka, Mohammad Zakir Hossain Galib, passed ...

Local stakeholders at a views-sharing meeting here have demanded to begin implementation of the Teesta Master Plan project with the country’s own funding during the interim government’s tenure. They said that implementation of the proposed Teesta Master Plan project should be inaugurated during the tenure of this interim government to save the livelihood of the two crore people of the ...

Lionel Messi remained on the bench as 10-man Inter Miami secured a 1-0 victory over Charlotte FC in Major League Soccer on Sunday. The Argentine star was not used by coach Javier Mascherano, who opted to manage Messi’s workload after goalkeeper Oscar Ustari was sent off in the 38th minute, leaving Miami with 10 players for most of the match. ...

Ten shops were gutted in a fire that broke out in Sunamganj’s Jamalganj upazila on Monday. The fire incident took place in the morning at Sachna Bazar in the upazila. According to locals, the fire originated from mosquito coil of a grocery shop and engulfed the adjacent shops soon. Being informed, fire service personnel of Jamalganj Fire Station rushed to ...

The interim government has appointed Dr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury as Special Assistant to Prof. Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Adviser (CA) of the interim government, with a state ministerial portfolio. A state notification was issued in this regard by the Cabinet Department on Monday. It said that the CA had appointed Dr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury as a Special Assistant with a state ministerial ...