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
January 25, 2017
Fertiliser riddle - 1: Exists on paper, lost in reality
Sometimes, a simple phrase can make you richer by hundreds of crores of taka. Consider the magical term “in transit,” which is making a syndicate of fertiliser traders unimaginably rich. This syndicate along with some officials of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) has made off with urea worth hundreds of crores of taka over the last eight years with impunity, The Daily Star has found.
January 22, 2017
Irregularities aplenty
Forty-five months have gone by but the 14 months' project to restart the Chittagong Chemical Complex (CCC) is yet to be finished and it is costing the state dearly. For the last seven months, the lone state-owned chemical factory in Sitakunda has been incurring Tk 16 lakh in production loss every day, all because a Chinese firm failed to get the factory going again.
January 3, 2017
MP Liton Killing: PM asks lawmakers to stay alert
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the killing of Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton was a planned murder, and asked all the ministers and lawmakers to stay alert.
December 30, 2016
Defeat of AL Chairman Aspirants: Some MPs' role, money mattered
Ruling party lawmakers contributed significantly to the win of rebels against the party-backed candidates in at least five districts in Wednesday's Zila Parishad election.
December 25, 2016
Flyover Puzzle for Bangladesh: Costliest in South Asia
It costs more and takes longer to implement a flyover project in Bangladesh than in any other South Asian country, despite labour and construction materials being comparatively cheap here.
December 20, 2016
Updated drug policy okayed by cabinet
The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of revised and integrated drug policy, first of its kind in Bangladesh, to make sure
December 13, 2016
Job tenure of 3 services chiefs fixed at 4 yrs
The cabinet yesterday approved in principle a draft law proposing the service tenure of the chiefs of the army, the navy and the air force to be four years.
November 28, 2016
Top tiers of admin get heavier
Only six months after promoting more than 200 officials, the government has gone for another large-scale promotion in the already top-heavy civil administration, making its upper tiers further imbalanced.
November 25, 2016
Girls' Age for Marriage: 18 years, with exceptions
The cabinet yesterday okayed a draft law for preventing child marriage fixing 18 years as the minimum age for girls to get married but kept a provision for special circumstances under which girls below the age could tie the knot.
November 17, 2016
AL Ticket for NCC Mayor: Ivy wants Hasina to intervene
Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy will seek Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's intervention in getting party ticket for the upcoming mayoral polls, as the city AL has excluded her from the list of prospective candidates.
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