Staff Correspondent Two young Bangladeshis living in Barcelona, Spain, are among the winners of this year’s El Gordo Christmas lottery, receiving 3 lakh euros worth Tk 2.9 crore each. They are Jamal Sahid, 18, and Shalim Ahmed, 29. Jamal, a cook, plans to open a restaurant with the money, reports a news agency. The incident ... Read more
Month: December 2008
Model leaps to her death after break-up with married lover
Friends say she was also troubled over a sex film featuring her, posted on the Net By Ians London: Sahar Daftary, an aspiring model and last year’s Miss Face of Asia, reportedly jumped to her death from her boyfriend’s apartment in Manchester following a break-up. Minutes before her death on Saturday night, the police received ... Read more
Pete Wentz found wife Ashlee’’s breast milk soury, weird
ANI Washington, (ANI): Pete Wentz has revealed that he has tasted his wife Ashlee Simpson’’s breast milk and found it “soury” and “weird”. The American songwriter, most famous for his work with the Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy, said that their newly born Bronx Mowgli could not have enough of it. “The baby loves it, ... Read more
Dhaka voices for cut in reducing of green house gas by 40 pc by 2020
BSS, Dhaka Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser in-charge of Ministry of Environment and Forests Raja Debashish Roy said, Bangladesh has recommended for reduction of emission of green house gas by 40 percent by the year 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050. In the 14th conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change ... Read more
Yet BNP, AL in trouble in Barisal
Many rebel candidates retire from poll campaign Yet BNP, AL in trouble in Barisal Our Correspondent, Barisal Both the two major political alliances are still facing problems from eight rebel candidates (five in BNP and three in Mahajote) even after withdrawal by others. In one constituency, both ‘boat’ (AL) and ‘plough(JP)’, and in another constituency, ... Read more
Poll campaign in south Ctg gains momentum
BSS, Chittagong The hustling for next week’s parliamentary polls has gained momentum in the five constituencies of south Chittagong. The candidates, their active supporters and even relatives have virtually no time for rest and sleep as they have been putting in maximum efforts by utilizing properly the time left for campaigning. Nominees of major parties ... Read more
Ershad blames AL for deadlock in seat sharing
Rangpur Correspondent Party chairman HM Ershad blamed the AL for violation of seat sharing treaty with JP in the election. He called the Awami League candidates in Rangpur-4 and Rangpur-5 to stop campaign for them in the greater interest of grand alliance. “There is no alternative of election symbol ‘plough’ in Rangpur,” said Ershad asking ... Read more
286 judicial magistrates on polls duty
Staff Correspondent The government on Tuesday appointed 286 judicial magistrates on election duties to deal with electoral offences and conduct summary trial in the 299 parliamentary constituencies going to polls on December 29. The law and parliamentary affairs ministry assigned the judicial magistrates and sent a list of 286 such magistrates to the commission six ... Read more
Manifestos skip job nationalisation for non-govt teachers
Staff correspondent Bangladesh Non-Govern-ment Primary Schoolteachers’ Association leaders on Tues-day expressed disappointment about the absence of any pledge for the nationalisation of their jobs in the election manifestos of major political parties. ‘In the manifestos for the 2001 elections, both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Awami League pledged to nationalise all non-government primary schools. ... Read more
Long-distance bus owners say no to fare cut
Staff Correspondent Owners of long-distance buses have decided not to reduce fare despite the government’s directive to cut fare by Tk 0.02 per kilometre following the reduction in fuel prices. ‘We will not reduce fare until a new government takes office after the elections,’ the Bangladesh Bus Truck Owners’ Association chairman, Golam Md Siraj, told ... Read more
DU 45th Convocation on January 29
BSS, Dhaka The 45 Convocation of Dhaka University (DU) will be held on January 29, 2009. Honorary ‘Doctor of Science’ degrees would be conferred on three persons on the occasion, said a DU press release here on Tuesday. The university will confer honorary Doctorate degree to Nobel laureate Emirates Prof. Yuan Tseh Lee of Taiwan. ... Read more
Policemen still work at Posta outpost marked ‘risky’ in ’95
Raihan Sabuktagin The government declared the building ‘risky’ in 1995, but the police department is running an outpost at the dilapidated building ignoring the risk of fatal accident. The members of police are forced to work at the Posta police outpost risking their lives. “When I arrived at the outpost several months ago, I was ... Read more
Privatisation Commission won’t offload Rupali stake
Staff Correspondent The advisory council committee on economic affairs in a meeting on Tuesday rejected the finance ministry’s proposal to assign the Privatisation Commission again to offload government’s shares in the Rupali Bank Ltd. ‘We have decided not to task the Privatisation Commission again with offloading government’s shares in Rupali Bank as the bank is ... Read more
Recession shattering global confidence
Reuters/Bdnews24.com . New York The financial crisis is shattering global confidence, with three quarters of households cutting spending and consumers in emerging countries feeling especially squeezed, a survey showed on Tuesday. While countries like China, India and Russia have helped fuel world growth in recent years, the survey of 22 states in November found consumer ... Read more
Hasina addresses voters thru video conferencing
Staff Correspondent The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday addressed voters in Patuakhali and Sherpur through video conferencing from her house, Sudha Sadan, in Dhaka seeking vote for candidates of the AL-led alliance for the December 29 polls. She listened to the voters and answered their questions during the conference liked through a satellite ... Read more
Industries may face closure : Furnace oil price yet to fall
Syful Islam Despite price fall of diesel both in the local and international market, price of furnace oil is yet to come down which has created mayhem among the industrialists whose industries run on this by-product of crude oil in absence of gas. Furnace oil is a basic requirement for boilers and heating in the ... Read more
Convicted in 2, accused in dozen
Julfikar Ali Manik Infamous Islamist militant leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, who was awarded death sentence yesterday in a killing case linked to the grenade attack on British High Commissioner, stands accused in over two dozen more cases. With the latest verdict, Hannan has been convicted in two cases. He was handed down life term in ... Read more
Hectic task awaits first JS session
Over 100 ordinances to be dealt with in 30 days Shakhawat Liton The inaugural session of the ninth parliament is set to begin late January or early February next year with unprecedented workload of determining the fates of over 100 ordinances within 30 days of the first sitting. The next government, which will be formed ... Read more
Same old slogans
5 Days to Vote Same old slogans Arun Devnath Tajul Islam blares out slogans through his microphone and urges people to attend a rally, six days short of the national elections. Accompanied by his co-campaigner Md Sumon, Tajul rides a rickshaw through the shabbiness of Jurain in Old Dhaka. Both are rallying support for Abdul ... Read more
EC unable to apply Article 91E for want of time: CEC
Staff Correspondent The Election Commission is unable to apply Article 91E of the Representation of People Order 2008, which arms the commission up with ‘despotic’ power to cancel candidature at any stage of the process, to cases related to the December 29 general polls because of time constraints, according to the chief election commissioner, ATM ... Read more