Students of Philosophy department of the Dhaka University formed a human chain yesterday demanding punishment of those responsible for assaulting Ayesha Akter Sumi, a student of the
Month: July 2009
Huji managed even a charity licence
Target was to ensure foreign funding for militancy Banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami set up a charity called Faruqi Welfare Foundation last year to use it as a cover for receiving funds from abroad. The foundation however could not be in operation as it came under intelligence watch a few days after obtaining the certificate ... Read more
Hasina for unity of all over Tipai plan
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday urged all, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to be united to protect the country’s interests over the Tipaimukh dam issue. Hasina, also the Awami League president, made the call at a meeting of the party’s national council preparatory committee at her Dhanmondi office in the evening. ‘Tipaimukh issue ... Read more
Khaleda makes clarion call to Manmohan to stop Tipai Dam
She assures cooperation, urges govt to be bold to protect nat’l interest Chairperson of the main opposition BNP Khaleda Zia on Saturday made a clarion call for Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to immediately make a formal announcement canceling the Tipaimukh-dam project, as the mega-scheme on a common river generated fear of ecological adversities ... Read more
Divers detect more holes under Jamuna dyke
As water engineers are yet to dig up the reasons for collapses in the Jamuna embankment’s hard point, Bangladesh Navy divers detected more scouring holes that could cause harms to the dyke like the last two Fridays. An 11-member team of navy divers joined BWDB divers Saturday and started underwater search adjacent to damaged sites ... Read more
AL goes to council, ignores constitution
The ruling Awami League is violating its own constitution by keeping General Secretary Abdul Jalil aloof from the process of holding its July 24 national council, which has sparked strong criticism among many party leaders. The AL constitution empowers its general secretary to convene the party’s national council upon orders or approval of the party ... Read more
Only 1 student on DU JCD committee
Nineteen of the twenty on the Dhaka University unit convening committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the opposition BNP’s associate body of students, announced late Friday night, are no longer university students. Four of them are married, one is father of a daughter, two are businessmen, and at least half a dozen have criminal records related ... Read more
Separate commission will identify persons involved: MK Alamgir
Torture of political leaders The government will form a separate Commission to identify those who were involved in torture and oppression of political leaders, businessmen, religious minority populace and innocent people in the past, especially during 2001-2008 and bring them to justice. “We have recommended to the government to formulate a separate Commission which will ... Read more
Recruiters’ see change of situation by end of 2009: Manpower export plummets by 50 pc
Manpower export plummeted by 50 per cent in the recent months as many of the countries have stopped recruiting Bangladeshi labourers and sending back a huge number of them. In the latest Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island state, has decided to send back 6,000 Bangladeshi workers by the end of this year, citing the effect ... Read more
Extremism blooms on backing in Rajshahi
4 top leaders of JMB splinter outfit claim of friends in administration of 3 districts The four top leaders of the new JMB splinter Islam O Muslim claim they along with the mainline outfit have “supporters and well-wishers” in the administration in three districts in Rajshahi Division. Senior police officials who interrogated the four till ... Read more
Tender soon for machine readable passport, visa
The government is likely to invite international tender for making Machine Readable Passport (MRP) and Machine Readable Visa (MRV) within a month for introducing them by April 30 of 2010 as per instruction of the international civil aviation organisation (ICAO). Newly appointed project director of ‘Introduction of Machine Readable Passport (MRP) and Machine Readable Visa ... Read more
Sound pollution ups health risks in city
Millions of people in Dhaka city, especially the children and the elderly and also expectant mothers are exposed to a number of health risks, mental as well as physical – from deafness to heart attack-due to sound pollution, which
Outsourcing of top jobs in govt banks may go
Extension of EGBM project unlikely The government is less likely to continue recruiting top executives for the state-owned commercial banks from outside the banks after the tenures of the present managing directors of Sonali and Janata banks end in
Dhaka should press for joint impact assessment
Experts on Tipaimukh Project Dhaka should press for joint impact assessment As a few reports on the impact of Tipaimukh project on Indian territories were published in India, Bangladesh should negotiate for a joint impact-assessment on both countries with experts of Bangladesh and India,
Green chillies make people see red
Prices of most essentials record rise Prices of most of the essential commodities, particularly green chillies and all kinds of vegetables, marked a sharp rise in the city’s kitchen markets this week compared with their prices in the previous week. The prices of most
Old city fire highlights risks to thousands
Hundreds of thousands of residents of old Dhaka, the most densely populated area in the city, live daily amid deadly fire risks from the teeming factories and workshops that line the streets of Lalbagh, Armanitola and
Malaysia to continue its freeze on Bangladesh workers
Malaysia decided to continue the freeze on hiring workers from Bangladesh although it allowed electronics and textile sectors again to recruit foreign workers, reported Malaysian newspaper The Star Online
Basic foods still expensive in many developing countries: FAO
Staple foods such as rice and wheat remain expensive in many developing countries despite a fall in international prices, making life tough for millions of people, a UN agency warned Thursday. Cereal prices in many African, Asian and Latin American countries are 25 per cent higher than before the start of the food crisis
Top criminal Bikash sent to jail
Bikash Kumar Biswas, one of the most wanted criminals by the police, was sent to jail again on Friday after being arrested at the jail gate soon after he was freed on bail on Thursday after 12 years in jail. The Joydevpur police produced
JCD fails to name full committee yet for internal rivalry
Internal rivalry grips JCD The recently formed committee of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), students’ wing of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has failed to form a full-fledged committee even two weeks after BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia