Khadimul Islam None of thirty-three political parties could not get even one per cent of the total votes cast, which is one of the pre-conditions for being eligible for getting registered by the Election Commission. Five political parties secured 96.16 per cent of the votes, 148 independent candidates bagged 2.95 per cent of the votes ... Read more
Month: January 2009
Indian Muslims under pressure in Mumbai aftermath
Reuters/Bdnews24.com . New Delhi In a government morgue in Mumbai lie the bodies of nine Islamist militants responsible for killing 172 people in a bloody attack on India’s financial hub. The deadly rampage happened in November, but India’s Muslims have refused to bury the gunmen, distancing themselves from the killings in a country where Hindu ... Read more
Jayawardene praises brave Bangladesh
Azad Majumder Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene praised Bangladesh for their brave fight in the first Test and said he wasn’t surprised at all the way the hosts batted to score 413 runs in the fourth innings. Here are the excerpts from Jayawardene’s post-match press conference. Did he get scared at any stage? No, I ... Read more
Ashraful gets it right
Sports Reporter It is always worth watching Mohammad Ashraful bat but he is so inconsistent that one cannot even recall the last time he had a good effort. The 24-year-old Bangladesh skipper returned among runs in style with a hundred but the problem was that it took too many innings in the middle to see ... Read more
Brazilian Dido new national coach
Sports Reporter The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) ended the year 2008 on a high, announcing on the New Year’s Eve the arrival of a Brazilian coach for the national team. Edson ‘Dido’ Silva, former footballer of Brazilian giants Flamengo (1979-81) and Santos FC (1983-84), will take over from February as Head Coach, confirmed BFF vice-president ... Read more
Fixing of rice price depends upon cost of agri-inputs
A.T.M.Nurun Nabi The fixing of rice price depends upon many factors. Among them, the easy availability of agricultural inputs including fertilisers, their cost, fair distribution, and borrowing of loans by the marginal and sharecroppers from NGOs, money lenders and banks are to be accounted for as well. It has been observed that the price of ... Read more
Mobile network in 3 hill dists to be expanded
Staff Reporter Bangladesh Government has decided to expand mobile network in three hill districts of Khagrachari, Bandarban and Rangamati. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Maj Gen (Retd) Manzurul Alam said that the people of hill districts were deprived of mobile phone benefit though people of other parts of the country got the opportunity. “The ... Read more
Asia’s stocks end painful year
Afp, Hong Kong Asia’s markets closed Wednesday to bring down the curtain on a miserable year that saw them lose half their worth in the wake of the global financial meltdown. Despite a number of bourses gaining some ground over the past few days, the overall picture for 2008 has been one of gloom as ... Read more
Capital market ends a topsy-turvy year
Sadat Sayem Heavy inflow of liquidity and entry of fresh investors in the first half of 2008 helped Bangladesh’s stock market sustain the bull run it witnessed in 2007, surpassing all the records in market indicators made during a boom from January 14 in the previous
Electronic cash registration at shops begins today
Khawaza Main Uddin The National Board of Revenue starts enforcing compulsory use of electronic cash registers in big and medium sized shops in the six city corporations from today to strengthen collection of value added tax as a major source of revenue earning. The revenue board, which took the decision to introduce the system following ... Read more
BTRC takes steps to make internet service available
NATION BUSINESS REPORT Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has taken different steps for expansion of internet system in the country. As part of the measures, the commission has decided to give three categories of Internet Service including Cyber Cafe Service License on thana basis with a view to making the internet service available and reaching ... Read more
Dhaka int’l trade fair kicks off today
Spot orders likely to cross Tk 50cr Staff Correspondent A month-long 14th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2009 kicks off from today (Thursday) with the aim of giving a boost to country’s trade and commerce. Organizers expect the participating companies will get above Tk50 crore spot orders from the month-long gathering for local and foreign traders. ... Read more
No politics of vengeance, says Hasina
Cooperation of opposition urged, post of JS deputy speaker offered for opposition Staff Correspondent The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday said her government would not pursue politics of vengeance and urged cooperation of the opposition parties in running the government
New Year begins with high hopes
Nazrul Islam The New Year begins with numerous expectations from a new government, the formation of which is probable in a week, after the Awami League-led alliance’s overwhelming victory in Monday’s elections. The first and foremost demand of the people is the lowering of the prices of essential commodities as almost all classes of people ... Read more
People want to see AL pledges fulfilled
Staff Correspondent As the Awami League-led grand alliance is going to form the next government within nine days, people from all walks of life now want to see the implementation of their commitments included in the election manifesto. Talking to this correspondent on Wednesday people from different professional bodies including Khondaker Ashraf Hossain, Chairman of ... Read more
BNP should go to parliament to make it effective
Staff Correspondent Political analysts, university teachers, economists, lawyers, businessmen, artiste and common people in their interviews with The Bangladesh Today on Wednesday called upon the BNP-led four-party alliance to accept the election results and work together with the AL in order to ensure overall development of the country and its people. Dhaka University teacher and ... Read more
Observers find no irregularities
Say polls were held in a fair, transparent manner Staff Correspondent Foreign election observers yesterday said they did not find any instance of ‘election manipulation’ in the December 29 parliamentary polls as alleged by the BNP. The observers at separate press conferences in the capital said the election was free, fair and transparent and held ... Read more
JS to decide legitimacy of interim govt: Hasina
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, who is poised to become prime minister following a landslide election victory, said Wednesday that the legitimacy of the present caretaker government would be finally decided in the ninth parliament. After making a courtesy call on the chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, she made ... Read more
No scope of upazila polls deferment
Says EC Sakhawat Unb, Dhaka Ruling out any political consideration on deferring upazila polls in the changed situation, the Election Commission (EC) confidently goes ahead with preparation for holding the upazila elections on schedule. Talking to reporters yesterday, Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain said the upcoming upazila elections will be held as ... Read more
No-Vote total 3,69,539 in just concluded JS polls
UNB, Dhaka The electorate cast some 3,69,539 ‘No-vote’ in the Monday’s parliamentary elections, according to reports received from the districts. Under the Election Commission’s newly introduced option for the electorates, the ‘No-vote’ was exercised for the first time in the country. The voter turnout in the election was over 80 percent of the total 8,10,58,698 ... Read more