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
June 2, 2017
Big boost for road, railway
Allocation for communications infrastructure saw a big boost in the proposed budget, though quality compliance will remain a concern
June 2, 2017
Go slowly, get costly
Be it construction of a road, a sea port or a power plant, almost all projects go through delays and cost escalations, a problem that
May 24, 2017
Patients suffer across country
Patients across the country suffered a lot yesterday as doctors refrained from work at private healthcare facilities protesting vandalism
May 23, 2017
News Analysis: Unexpected death, unruly protest
The premature death of a Dhaka University student at a private hospital, the subsequent vandalism there and Bangladesh Medical Association's decision to abstain from work for a day have left the nation shocked.
May 17, 2017
PM intervenes to resolve feud
Several pro-Awami League teachers of Dhaka University yesterday heavily criticised their vice-chancellor in front of Prime Minister
May 16, 2017
Hasina for promoting young AL leadership
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday suggested that her cabinet colleagues promote young leadership in the Awami League and in the next parliamentary election.
May 16, 2017
DU Senate Election: Pro-AL teachers split with eye on VC post
The next election to the vice-chancellor panel of Dhaka University was the main reason behind the split in the pro-Awami League teachers' Blue Panel over the May 22 senate election, teachers said yesterday.
May 5, 2017
Struggling, still
Nurul Amin saw his makeshift bookstore near Baitul Mukarram National Mosque being gutted in front of him during Hefajat-e Islam's
April 21, 2017
Good news for heart patients
The longstanding anomalies in pricing coronary stents are set to be resolved as the drug administration started fixing the prices of the life-saving medical device for patients with blocked coronary arteries.
April 20, 2017
Heart patients at high risk
Cardiologists during their angioplasty and stent implant procedures on patients yesterday learnt stent suppliers went on an undeclared “strike”, putting heart patients' lives at stake and holding them hostage.
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