BRAC VC urges to ensure safety of minorities
Acting vice-chancellor of the BRAC University Professor Syed Mahfuzul Aziz on Thursday urged students and people of the country to ensure the safety of all, including the minority communities...
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Unmet road safety demands add to govt鈥檚 credibility crisis
JULY 29 marked the sixth anniversary of the death of two college students in a road accident in Dhaka that sparked a mass student uprising for road safety. But the promises that the government made remained unmet and road fatalities saw a radical increase. In 2018鈥�2023, as police records show, 22,052 people died and 20,642 became injured...
Deaths on roads go unabated
Six years have passed since student protests for road safety gripped the nation in 2018 that led the government to make many promises and take several initiatives, but fatal...
Garment Sramik Samhati demands workers鈥� safety, security
Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati in a statement on Wednesday called on the Awami League government to ensure safety and security of the garment workers as apparel factories were open countrywide...
Govt must take private accident data seriously for road safety
THE death of three students in road accidents on an average every day, which has happened for five years and a half, as a Road Safety Foundation report published on July 13 says, is as concerning as any other such death. The report says that at least 5,619 students died in traffic accidents in January 2019鈥揓une 2024, noting that 611 students...
3 students killed daily in road accidents: report
Road accidents killed three students on average per day in the country in the past five years and a half, revealed a Road Safety Foundation report published on Saturday...
Workshop on food safety held in Bogura
A workshop on food safety was held at the auditorium of the Old Shilpakala Academy in Bogura on Wednesday, said a press release...
Upay likely to be involved in disbursing social safety allowances 鈥榙espite limited market presence鈥�
The Ministry of Social Welfare is considering allowing mobile financial service provider Upay to disburse social safety allowances 鈥榙espite the company鈥檚 limited agent network across the country鈥�.....
No move yet to take unapproved electrolyte drinks off market
Unauthorised electrolyte drinks remain available in the market in the absence of any measures to withdraw them, while the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority stated that it...
Deplorable absence of efforts to ensure workplace safety
AN INCREASE in workplace death by 22 per cent in the first half of 2024 from the 2023 corresponding period points to a continued criminal negligence on part of the authorities in ensuring workplace safety and labour rights. A Safety and Rights Society report, made public on July 1, says that at least 475 workers died and many became injured...
475 workers die in workplace accidents in Bangladesh in Jan-Jun, 2024
At least 475 workers were killed in 420 workplace accidents across Bangladesh in the first half (January-June) of 2024, according to a Safety and Rights Society survey report...
Actor Ferdous to work for food safety
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority signed a contract with member of parliament for Dhaka-10 constituency actor Ferdous Ahmed for the fiscal year 2024-25...
Ever-increasing procession of death on roads must stop
THE Road Transport Authority reports that 215 people died and 278 became wounded in 216 accidents around Eid time. The chair of the BRTA has urged the public to adhere to traffic laws and criticised civic groups for their recent reports on road accidents...
20 killed daily in road crashes during Eid: RSF
A Road Safety Foundation report, published on Monday, showed that daily 20.15 people were killed in road crashes between June 11 and 23 while the country people celebrated Eid-ul-Azha...
Proposed budget doesn鈥檛 address woes of ordinary people
POOR allocation for sectors such as social safety, education, health and agriculture as proposed in the budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year is concerning. The proposed budget would hit the disadvantaged hardest. Economists at a discussion that the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs organised...
FBCCI calls on businesses to prevent substandard fire safety tools supply
The country鈥檚 apex trade body Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Sunday urged businesses to prevent and regulate the supply of substandard fire safety equipment on the market聽to ensure safety of residential, commercial and industrial establishments...
BFSA holds seminar on nutrition and good family practices
Speakers at a seminar on Thursday said that formalin was a very volatile substance, due to which formalin had no role in preserving and ripening fruits.聽..
Pension to remain in social safety allocations in new budget
The government is unlikely to separate the allocations for pension from the social safety net programme in the new national budget which, according to economists, is done intentionally to show the overall programme fat...
Enhancing food safety in fish, chicken value chains urged
The results dissemination and policy co-creation workshop on 鈥楨nhancing Food Safety in Fish and Chicken Value Chains of Bangladesh鈥� was held on Monday at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council in Dhaka...
S Korea, Britain host AI summit with safety top of agenda
South Korea and Britain kick off a major international summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul this week, where governments plan to press tech firms on AI safety...
CCC, CMP sign deal to ensure road safety in Chattogram
Chattogram City Corporation and Chattogram Metropolitan Police have joined hands to ensure the road safety of Chattogram city.....
Continued indifference towards building safety unacceptable
THE inaction on part of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipokkho and the Dhaka South City Corporation in addressing the concerns of the shareholders of the Aminbagh Cooperative Market Society Limited yet again demonstrates the negligent attitude towards building and fire safety...
Govt must break evil nexus to put road regime in order
TRAFFIC rules, especially the directives that the Dhaka Metropolitan Police issued on September 4, 2018 in the wake of the road safety movement that the students held in July that year, are frequently flouted, adding to the risk of road accidents. The offenders include...
Workers demand minimum wage for all, workplace safety
International Workers鈥� Day, widely known as May Day, was observed across Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world on Wednesday, pressing workers鈥� demands, including announcement of minimum wages for workers in all sectors, workplace safety, and six-month maternity leave for women...
2nd road safety workshop for journalists held at Ctg
The 2nd Road Safety Journalism Workshop was held in Chattogram on Tuesday focusing on 鈥楽peeding as a Risk Factor, Data and Solutions Journalism鈥�....
Road safety journalism workshop held
The 2nd edition of the Road Safety Journalism Workshop was held in the conference room of the Dhaka North City Corporation on Sunday...
Govt must stop sales of tainted Indian spices, examine them
THIS is disparaging that Bangladesh authorities are in the dark about the presence of carcinogenic elements in spices of two Indian brands that are sold on the market, especially on e-commerce sites. Food regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore have...
Verified MFS account must for safety net allowances
The finance division has made verified mobile financial service accounts mandatory for new beneficiaries to be included under the social safety net programme...
Daily 5 students killed in road accidents during Eid: report
During the last Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, daily on an average nearly five students were killed in road crashes, a report of the Road Safety Foundation revealed on Wednesday...
RSF report finds increase in numbers of deaths, road accidents during eid
Another organisation鈥檚 report, published on Wednesday, revealed that the number of road accidents and deaths in these accidents increased during the last Eid-ul-Fitr holiday...