Labor Act should be amended immediately: Muazyam Hossain Helal
Advocate Muazzam Hossain Helal, central advisor of Bangladesh Workers Welfare Federation, said that the government has enacted labor laws to ensure the rights of workers. But the labor law does not ensure the desired rights of the workers. Labor laws should be amended immediately to ensure workers’ rights. He said these things in his speech…
The record defaulted debt is now Tk 2 lakh 11 thousand crores
Bangladesh Bank’s updated report on non-performing loans says that at the end of June quarter of this year, non-performing loans in the country’s banking sector have increased to Tk 2,11,391 crores, which is 12.56 percent of the total disbursed loans. Those concerned with the sector said that the loans distributed through fraud are not coming…
Money embezzlement and trafficking: Dr. Trial of 14 people including Yunus started
Nobel laureate economist Dr. The court framed charges against 14 people including Muhammad Yunus. On Wednesday, Judge Syed Arafat Hossain of Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court No. 4 rejected the plea of acquittal of the accused and filed charges against them. As a result, their trial in this case officially began. Earlier, on June 2, ACC…
More banking reforms, subsidy cuts prescribed
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) emphasised more reforms in the banking sector and tax collections and reducing subsidies to help the economy turn around. “Reducing banking sector vulnerabilities remains a priority. Efforts to implement the non-performing loan reduction strategy should help support the growing financing needs of the economy,” said an IMF mission statement yesterday…
Yunus-Modi may meet at BIMSTEC Summit in November: Foreign Adviser
Chief advisor Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are likely to hold their first bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Thailand next November. Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Tauhid Hossain said in a press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon that the first bilateral meeting…
BSF shot youth dead on Comilla border
A youth named Kamal Hussain (32) died in BSF firing at Comilla border. At that time BSF members took the body of the young man to India. The incident took place at Paharpur border of Sadar Dakshin Upazila of Comilla at around 8 pm on Monday (October 7). The deceased Kamal is the son of…
No one kept abreast of the residents of the Prime Minister’s gift house
Residents of the gift house given by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Companiganj of Sylhet are in trouble. They are living in hunger. There is no food in the house. No clean drinking water. Even though the house was gifted, it was broken due to water. Tin was taken by storm. Water touching the rice….
The Israeli army admitted its failure in the attack on Hamas
Israel’s military has admitted to a series of lapses in its response to the deadly Hamas attack on October 7 last year, including delays and incoherence in countermeasures. They released the first results of an investigation into their failure in the attack, the opening phase of the Gaza war. The report focuses on the border…