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May Day / Making Bangladeshi workers safe for capitalism

If fast fashion must dominate the “national interest,” then at the very least we must compel the state apparatuses to play a truly mediating role on behalf of “the nation.

No compensation for affected landowners?

GCC must not make residents suffer for its city development work

Children's death from syrup: DGDA asked to give Tk 15 lakh to each family

The High Court today directed the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to give Tk 15 lakh as compensation to each of the families of the 104 children, who died after taking toxic paracetamol syrup in 1991 and 2009.

Produce grandchild in a year or pay $650,000: Indian couple sues son

An Indian couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife produce either a grandchild within a year or cough up almost $650,000.

Compensation or confiscation

The High Court yesterday directed Green Line Paribahan not to sell tickets for Thursday, saying that it would order confiscation of the company's buses for an auction if it failed to pay a compensation of Tk 50 lakh to Russell Sarker by Wednesday.

HC order on compensation for eyesight loss in Chuadanga surgery Oct 21

The High Court fixes October 21 for delivering verdict on a writ petition that sought a directive for giving Tk 20 crore compensation to 20 people who lost their eyesight following surgery at a health centre in Chuadanga in March this year.

Boy losing hands to Electricity / Pay Tk 50 lakh to the family

The High Court yesterday directed the Rural Electrification Board (REB) to compensate the family of a college student with Tk 50 lakh

Death in septic tank: HC seeks govt explanation on compensation

The High Court issues a ruling asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why it should not be directed to give Tk 20 lakh in compensation to the family members of a three-year-old girl who died after falling into a septic tank in Chandpur.

Johnson & Johnson hit with $55m damages in talc cancer case

Pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered to pay more than $55m (£40m) in compensation to an American woman who says its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer.

May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023

Making Bangladeshi workers safe for capitalism

If fast fashion must dominate the “national interest,” then at the very least we must compel the state apparatuses to play a truly mediating role on behalf of “the nation.

September 17, 2022
September 17, 2022

No compensation for affected landowners?

GCC must not make residents suffer for its city development work

June 2, 2022
June 2, 2022

Children's death from syrup: DGDA asked to give Tk 15 lakh to each family

The High Court today directed the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to give Tk 15 lakh as compensation to each of the families of the 104 children, who died after taking toxic paracetamol syrup in 1991 and 2009.

May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022

Produce grandchild in a year or pay $650,000: Indian couple sues son

An Indian couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife produce either a grandchild within a year or cough up almost $650,000.

April 5, 2019
April 5, 2019

Compensation or confiscation

The High Court yesterday directed Green Line Paribahan not to sell tickets for Thursday, saying that it would order confiscation of the company's buses for an auction if it failed to pay a compensation of Tk 50 lakh to Russell Sarker by Wednesday.

August 13, 2018
August 13, 2018

HC order on compensation for eyesight loss in Chuadanga surgery Oct 21

The High Court fixes October 21 for delivering verdict on a writ petition that sought a directive for giving Tk 20 crore compensation to 20 people who lost their eyesight following surgery at a health centre in Chuadanga in March this year.

July 5, 2017
July 5, 2017

Pay Tk 50 lakh to the family

The High Court yesterday directed the Rural Electrification Board (REB) to compensate the family of a college student with Tk 50 lakh

May 15, 2016
May 15, 2016

Death in septic tank: HC seeks govt explanation on compensation

The High Court issues a ruling asking the government to explain in four weeks as to why it should not be directed to give Tk 20 lakh in compensation to the family members of a three-year-old girl who died after falling into a septic tank in Chandpur.

May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016

Johnson & Johnson hit with $55m damages in talc cancer case

Pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been ordered to pay more than $55m (£40m) in compensation to an American woman who says its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer.

February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016

Jhalakathi court summons Star editor Mar 31

A Jhalakathi court asks The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam to appear before it on March 31 in a defamation case.

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