Month: August 2009

Shahjahan Khan made minister, Enamul, Mujibur, Promod, Mahbubur, Shirin state ministers raising total strength to 43 Six new members were inducted in the council of ministers of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a major expansion since her Awami League-led government assumed office on January 6 after the landmark December 29, 2008 general elections. President Zillur ... Read more

Travelling on highways across the country became dreadful and unsafe with an alarming rise in robbery and fatal accidents due largely to a lack of adequate policing, reckless driving and poor maintenance of the roads and bridges. In the month of July alone, at least 20 robberies were reported on the highways connecting cities and ... Read more

The proposed judicial commission set to be formed to investigate corruption taking place in five public universities between 2001 and 2008 has become uncertain as High Court judge Md Muzammel Hossain has been appointed a justice of the Appellate Division in mid-July. ‘The chief justice in early June nominated Justice Md Muzammel Hossain for the ... Read more

Cox’s Bazar hills levelled for construction Hill cutting goes on unabatedly in different areas of Cox’s Bazar town and suburbs for building dwellings, raising fears of landslides. Hilltops are being levelled to collect earth for constructing dwellings and the forest department raids are failing to stop this. During a visit to different hills under the ... Read more

The International Crime Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued red corner notice for the arrest of at least ten Bangladeshi hardened criminals who are believed to be hiding in Bangladesh after committing serious crimes in different countries of the world. These criminals were involved in various crimes including murder, robbery and cheating. ASP Nasir, who is ... Read more

Tipaimukh Site Heavy rain delays Dhaka team’s visit The visiting 10-member team of Bangladeshi parliamentarians yesterday could not visit the site of proposed Tipaimukh Hydropower Project in the Indian state of Manipur due to heavy rain. The delegation led by veteran AL lawmaker Abdur Razzak took off in a helicopter from Guwahati in Assam and ... Read more

Heavy rains in the hills reinforced the waterfalls and swelled the rivers in Chittagong Hill Tracts and Mymensingh causing landslides and submerging croplands Flood forecasters said Matamuhuri river in the CHT was flowing 91cm above danger mark at Lama and 73cm at Chiringa of Bandarban hill district. Landslides killed 10 people in Bandarban Friday. Rainwater ... Read more

The Election Commission (EC) will send back the council-approved constitutions of the ruling Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for further amendments as some clauses of their respective constitutions are not in consonance with the Representation of the People Order (RPO) and the Constitution of the country. Sources at the EC said some clauses of ... Read more

The recommendations of Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI) for balanced use of fertiliser would help increase average yield of rice by 20-25 per cent and other crops by 10-15 per cent, said a study of soil scientists. The study, conducted by the SRDI in 20 districts during the Boro season in 2008-09, found that Boro ... Read more