Writ petition filed against tree cutting at Suhrawardy Udyan
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9th May, 2021 09:18:23
A writ petition was filed at the High Court on Sunday to stop tree cutting at historical Suhrawardy Udyan in the pretext of beautification.
On behalf of six organisations and an individual, advocate Minhajul Haque Chowdhury submitted the writ petition.
The petitioners are - Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), Association for Land Reforms and Development (ALRD), Nijera Kori, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA), Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) and architect Mobassher Hossain.
Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice SM Monirujjaman’s bench may hold a hearing on the writ petition on May 19.
25pc garment factories shed jobs despite receiving stimulus: CPD
This is breach of conditions as owners agreed while taking the funds that they won’t lay off workers Star Business Report Star Business Report
Twenty-five per cent of garment factories that received loans from the taxpayer-backed stimulus package retrenched workers in a breach of conditions, according to a study of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
The retrenchment indicates that the stimulus package could not guarantee jobs as many factories terminated workers. The factories had agreed that they would not lay off anybody while availing the stimulus fund.
The government has allocated Tk 10,500 crore to the garment industry as the stimulus package to help them pay wages and allowances to their workers since the crisis hit the country in March last year.
HC directs S Alam to pay Tk 5 lakh each to victims’ families
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The High Court yesterday directed S Alam Group, one of the owners of SS Power I Plant in Chattogram s Banshkhali upazila, to immediately give Tk 5 lakh to each of the families of the seven victims who were killed after police opened fire during a demonstration by workers on April 17.
In response to two writ petitions, the HC asked the deputy commissioner and the superintendent of police of Chattogram to submit their inquiry reports to it in 45 days.
S Alam Group has also been ordered to submit a report on what measures it has taken to compensate the families of the deceased and injured and also for their treatment to the HC in 45 days.
HC asks S Alam Group to pay Tk 5 lakh to each Banshkhali victim’s family
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The High Court today directed S Alam Group, owner of SS Power I Plant of Banshkhali in Chattogram, to give Tk 5 lakh as initial cost to the family of each victim killed in police firing on April 17 this year.
In response to two separate writ petitions, the HC asked the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police of Chattogram to submit their inquiry reports over the incident in 45 days.
S Alam Group has also been ordered to submit a report on what measures it has taken to compensate the deceased s families and those who were injured and also for their treatments to the HC in 45 days.
Another writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking necessary directives in connection with the incidents of killing and injuring workers of the SS Power I Plant in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram between 2016 and April 17 this year.