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Ensure safety measures in building sector: EU
The European Union (EU) encourages the government of Bangladesh to take policy measures in the economic sectors in Bangladesh, including in the building sector like RMG, to ensure safety at workplace.
29 March 2019
Silent crowd listens to mosque victims' names at New Zealand memorial
Thousands stand in silence in a Christchurch park as the names of 50 people shot dead in two mosques were read out at a national memorial service, with speakers calling for the legacy of the tragedy to be a kinder, more tolerant New Zealand.
29 March 2019
Google doodle celebrates sculptor Novera Ahmed’s 80th birth anniversary
Search engine giant Google creates a new Doodle on its homepage, marking the 80th birth anniversary of renowned Bangladeshi sculptor Novera Ahmed.
29 March 2019
Notice soon asking owners to submit building safety docs: Mayor
The authorities will soon issue a notice asking owners to submit documents related to their buildings safety measures in 10 days, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam says.
29 March 2019
It is murder, not an accident: Minister
Public Works and Housing Minister SM Rezaul Karim terms the deaths of Banani FR Tower fire victims as “murders”.
29 March 2019
When it comes to plastic pollution, name the brands, shame the brands
The standard narrative of the Southeast Asia plastic crisis has a puzzling blind spot. The typical story goes that consumers and governments shoulder all the blame—consumers for using and then tossing out too much plastic, and governments for not instituting adequate waste management systems. But that narrative obviously doesn’t tell the whole story.
29 March 2019
Banani fire: Death toll rises to 25
The death toll in the deadly fire that ripped through 22-storey FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani area has reached 25, police say.
29 March 2019
STAR Day at a Glance | Thursday, March 28, 2019
Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines on March 28, 2019
28 March 2019
Woman narrates the horror of torture inflicted by her in-laws
This is the story of Moyna Khatun, who was tied to a tree and beaten mercilessly all over her body, yet she kept silent and did not seek help as she was going through the inhuman torture.
For all she knew, there was nothing she did wrong. All she did was marry the man she fell in love with.
28 March 2019
JS body urges Wasa to set up water hydrants in Dhaka
A parliamentary body asks the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to set up necessary number of water hydrants in the capital city to fight fire accident.
28 March 2019
Middle East-bound workers bearing 3 times higher air fare
Travel cost of Middle East-bound Bangladeshi workers increases by at least three times due to seat crisis as a number of foreign carriers have stopped their operations from Dhaka.
28 March 2019
Driver of Suprobhat Paribahan makes confessional statement
The driver of the Suprobhat Paribahan bus that ran over and killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on March 19, confesses to a magistrate that he was involved with the accident.
28 March 2019
Aritry’s death: Charges pressed against two Viqarunnisa teachers
Detectives press charges against two suspended teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in a case filed over “provoking suicide”of ninth-grader Ariary Adhikary in December last year.
28 March 2019
Bangladeshi student shortlisted for 2019 Sony World Photography Awards
A powerful photographic series by Sounak Das, a student at Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Bangladesh, is shortlisted in the Student Competition of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards.
28 March 2019
Banani fire: Transmission of Duronto TV, Radio Today shut down
The transmission of a private television channel Duronto TV and a radio channel Radio Today has been offline since a fire broke out at FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani area.
28 March 2019
Ensure proper treatment of Banani fire injured: PM
Expressing deep shock at the loss of lives and property in a devastating fire at FR Tower in Dhaka's Banani area, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the authorities concerned to ensure the proper treatment of the injured.
28 March 2019
‘Establish equality in digital marketing ecosystem’
Speakers at a roundtable call upon the authorities concerned to establish equality in the country’s digital marketing ecosystem.
28 March 2019
Identities of Banani fire victims
Six of the 19 victims who died in the devastating fire at the 22-storey FR Tower have been identified.
28 March 2019
‘Never thought would come out alive’
Badsha Faisal, a survivor of the Banani high-rise building fire, narrates his three-hour-long battle for survival.
28 March 2019
Banani fire in pictures
At least nineteen persons are killed and many others are injured in a fire that broke out at Banani FR Tower in Dhaka.
28 March 2019