AFL-CIO slams amended labour law
The American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organisation (AFL-CIO) yesterday criticised the recently amended Bangladesh labour law, saying it has failed to address key concerns...
View ArticleBASIC Bank rejoinder, our reply
BASIC Bank has sent a rejoinder to a news story headlined “Scam-hit BASIC Bank: Tk 601cr financial anomalies found”, which was published in The Daily Star on July 14. In the rejoinder, the bank came up...
View ArticleMeet the future king
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate gave the world its first glimpse of their newborn baby son yesterday, cradling the future king in their arms as they left hospital to go home. The Duchess of...
View ArticleRony not resigning
After hours of high drama, Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony yesterday finally did not step down as an MP over beating two journalists. Before meeting the Speaker in parliament, Rony told newsmen...
View ArticleSC verdict any day
Any day, the Supreme Court could deliver the verdict in the appeals filed against the conviction and “inadequate sentencing” of war criminal and Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah. The appeals hearing...
View ArticleHome ministry, Dcs for new police wing
The home ministry yesterday suggested that the government form a separate police wing that will assist deputy commissioners in conducting mobile courts. The suggestion came following recommendations of...
View ArticleStay alert
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the deputy commissioners to work attentively so that unconstitutional government does not return to power in future. “In the past, (the voice of)...
View ArticleGanges Barrage project goes slow
The Water Development Board even in a decade could not complete the feasibility study and structural design of the Ganges barrage, a project crucial to check rising salinity in the country’s southwest...
View Article3 dead after asylum boat sinks off Indonesia
At least three people have died after a boat carrying Australia-bound asylum-seekers sank, amid ongoing debate over the new policy. The boat sank off the Indonesian island of Java, the transit point...
View ArticleBomb kills 1 at Egypt police station
A bomb exploded at a police station in a province north of Cairo early on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding 17 others, Health Ministry and security sources told Reuters. Unknown assailants...
View ArticleChina bans new govt buildings in corruption curb
China has banned the construction of government buildings for five years, according to state media. The move comes as part of a campaign by President Xi Jinping to show that the ruling Communist Party...
View ArticleBreakfast linked to ‘healthy heart’
People should eat breakfast to keep their hearts in good condition, according to researchers in the US. Their study of 27,000 men, in the journal Circulation, showed those skipping breakfast were at a...
View Article20 die in clashes between Mexican police, armed gangs
Violent clashes between armed gangs and Mexico’s security forces killed 22 people on Tuesday, marking a surge in violence in a chaotic western state where President Enrique Pena Nieto is testing a new...
View Article9 Bangladeshis held while trying to infiltrate US
Mexico detained 94 illegal immigrants, including nine Bangladeshis, packed into a truck bound for the US border, authorities said Tuesday. Among the people found near the southern city of Tuxtla...
View ArticleDhaka taps BJP to salvage land boundary pact
As New Delhi rues lack of political support for land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, foreign minister Dipu Moni is making a last-ditch attempt to salvage the agreement protocol by directly...
View ArticleStocks return to the green
The prices of the most shares on the country’s premier bourse gained on Wednesday after witnessing downtrend for the last four days. DGEN, the general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose 184...
View Article4 credit card frauds held
DB police produce four credit card frauds along with their materials at a press conference at media centre of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in the capital Wednesday morning. Photo: STAR Detectives arrested...
View ArticleTycoon attacked for refusal to sign Bangladesh deal
Sir Philip Green’s clothing empire has been criticised for shunning a new initiative aimed at improving safety standards at Bangladeshi clothing manufacturers in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster in...
View ArticleWorld waits for royal baby name
The Duke of Cambridge and his wife are “still working on a name” for their son, the duke has said, as the new family spend their first night at home. The world caught a glimpse of the third in...
View ArticleRony arrested
Embattled ruling party lawmaker Golam Maula Rony was arrested at Baridhara area in the capital Wednesday afternoon shortly after a Dhaka court cancelled his bail and ordered his arrest for beating up...
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