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 1, 2016
Move to stop malpractice
The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the Public Procurement (4th Amendment) Act-2016, incorporating a provision for bidders not to quote a price 10 percent lower or higher than the official estimated price of a public procurement tender.
February 13, 2016
Serving the orphans
Faridul Islam Farid would not want others to suffer what he went through.
February 9, 2016
15 lakh to get job in 3 years
The cabinet yesterday approved a draft deal to allow Bangladeshi private recruiting agents to send workers to Malaysia following the failure of the government-to-government (G2G) labour recruitment system.
February 3, 2016
Civil bureaucracy plagued by in-situ
The government move to promote around 300 officials would see a further rise in the number of in-situ officials in the civil
February 2, 2016
Promotion for commotion
The already top-heavy civil bureaucracy is set to get even heavier, as the government is going for another mass promotion to the ranks of additional, joint and deputy secretaries amid allegations of lobbying and nepotism over promotions.
January 29, 2016
Inter-cadre discrepancies to be removed
To appease the agitating officials of different cadres of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), the government has initiated a process to reform the organisational structures of the services to introduce "a permanent system" for promotions.
January 5, 2016
PM intervenes to end row
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the secretaries concerned to examine the new pay scale's "discriminatory provisions" concerning different sections of professionals, including university teachers, and take steps accordingly.
December 31, 2015
Heavy defeat despite heavy ballot-stuffing
He moved heaven and earth to win it.
December 22, 2015
Minister has his brother expelled from Jubo League
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman Fizar has set a rare example by having his younger brother expelled from Jubo League for being a mayoral candidate in Phulbari municipality of Dinajpur, violating party decision.
December 22, 2015
New policy hailed
Different stakeholders have hailed a government policy to protect the rights of domestic workers, but working parents fear it may create a shortage of domestic helps causing a crisis for them.
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