Month: September 2009

ORPHANAGE TRUST FUND CASE Court accepts charge against Khaleda A Dhaka court on Monday accepted the charge sheet against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and four others in the Zia Orphanage Trust fund embezzlement case. Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge ANM Bashir Ullah accepted the charge sheet rejecting ... Read more

90 pc Swine flu patients don’t need drug: 1242 receive treatment in DMCH People panicked by swine flu continue to throng different hospitals of the capital seeking remedy. About 1,242 patients were given treatment in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) till Monday morning. Though the government has taken initiatives to make the anti-viral drug ‘Oseltamivir’ ... Read more

As the ongoing operation clean street has failed to produce any tangible result, not to speak of disciplining the chaotic traffic, nation’s capital Dhaka is increasingly feeling the pain of a traffic system gone awry. Traffic police, embedded Ansars and ‘community police’ are routinely out on the streets to ‘control traffic’, but what is noticeably ... Read more

Saudi govt yet to clarify decision on barring elders, children, people with chronic illness from hajj Confusion mounts among the hajj pilgrims and agencies, as Saudi Arabia has not yet clarified Arab health ministers’ decision to restrict the elders and children to travel to the holy land in fear of a spread of H1N1 virus. ... Read more

Country sees lowest factory output growth in 7 years The troubled industrial sector may run into further setback this year as the energy situation shows no sign of immediate improvement, keeping investment decisions on hold, industry and banking sector people say. Idle money has been on the rise in bank vaults due to low demand ... Read more

Among them 42 secretaries, 89 addl secretaries 109 jt secretaries Since assuming power, the present government has so far mad 434 government officials as officers on special duty (OSDs), Parliament was told Monday. “Generally, government officials are made OSD for promotion and posting,” said LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, in charge of Establishment ... Read more

The Eid shopping is getting momentum with the shoppers crowding the city’s different shopping malls for buying dresses of their choice and other necessities on the eve of the Eid ul Fitr, the biggest Muslim festival which is only two weeks away. Shopkeepers are wooing customers by displaying different categories of men’s, women’s and children’s ... Read more

Obituary Reference on Saifur, Kennedy adopted, Speaker calls BNP to join The third session of the Jatiya Sangsad began yesterday in absence of the opposition BNP. As in the previous session the BNP-led four-party opposition did not take part in this session’s opening day pressing for various demands including arrangement of seats in the front ... Read more

The government brought a new law before parliament on Monday for passage that is designed to stop malpractices by the private real estate companies and secure interests of the consumers. Parliament adjourned until 11am on Tuesday. It recei-ved another bill for passage, adopted an obituary reference and discussed various issues. The Real Estate Development and ... Read more

Found in US-bound boat in Pacific The navy in El Salvador on Saturday detained 76 migrants, including 25 Bangladeshis, aboard a boat in the Pacific on their way to the USA. The others detected by the Salvadoran navy about 80 kilometers off the coast include 25 Nepalese, 21 Eritreans and five Ecuadorians, reported news agency ... Read more