CTG Chemical Factory: Rules bent to favour errant contractor
A Chinese contractor fails to restart the country's lone state-run chemical factory in over four years, yet it finds no problems in getting its employer to deliver undue benefits.
7y ago
Orphan sisters find a parent in Rangamati DC
Meem and Sumaiya, only 6 years and 18 months old respectively, lost their parents in the devastating landslide in a Rangamati town on June 13. But in the aftermath of the tragedy, they have found a guardian in Mohammad Manzurul Mannan, deputy commissioner of Rangamati.
7y ago
Project nightmare
The government is incurring a loss of around Tk 5.65 crore every month as a 14-month project to reopen the country's lone state-owned chemical factory could not be implemented in more than four years. The loss has been nearly Tk 82 crore since May last year, when the Tk 115 crore project to restart Chittagong Chemical Complex (CCC) in Sitakunda was extended for the second time.
7y ago
A legacy worth remembering
Until yesterday, Mohammed Sumon was worried about how to move forward after losing six of his family members, including parents
7y ago
GOVT CRITICAL
Some senior ministers yesterday expressed strong disagreement with the Supreme Court over the restoration of Supreme Judicial Council for removal of SC judges on grounds of gross misconduct or incapacity. The SC in the full verdict in 16th constitutional amendment case said the provision of SJC has been reinstated following the cancellation of that amendment, which had empowered parliament to remove SC judges.
7y ago
Save hills, save lives
Unplanned settlement, deforestation, lack of guidelines for constructions in the hill region, development interventions, and heavy
7y ago
Ctg waterlogging becomes unbearable for city dwellers
A video captured recently on the Chittagong-Kaptai road shows a vivid picture of the present scenario of waterlogging in Chittagong as most of the areas under the Chittagong City Corporation are inundated, causing immense sufferings for the commuters every day.
7y ago
March 10, 2015
Cricket fever in parliament
The bell at the lobby of the Jatiya Sangshad was ringing unceasingly yesterday, like every other day, to get the attention of lawmakers to join the day's session.
February 28, 2015
AL, BNP reply to UN letter
Both the ruling Awami League and the BNP have replied to the letter of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a dialogue to resolve the current political crisis and an end to violence that already claimed about a hundred lives.
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