JS body also asks to free rivers in 2 months A parliamentary committee yesterday gave one more month to the Department of Land Record and Survey to come up with an accurate elaborate list of individuals and organisations who encroached upon 43 canals in the capital. It also asked the land ministry to complete within ... Read more
Month: September 2009
No respite for people from tailbac
Special traffic drive in capital costs Tk 1,00,000 a day The communications ministry has sought Tk 19,00,000 from the finance ministry to pay the expenses to be incurred during the first 20 days of the ongoing special drive for improvement of the city’s traffic situation. Nearly Tk 7,50,000 as rent for 25 micro-buses hired each ... Read more
Most amici curiae against BDR rebels’ trial under Army Act
Three amici curiae Dr Kamal Hossain, former advocate general Mahmudul Islam and Barrister Azmalul Hossain QC yesterday told the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that the offences committed during the BDR mutiny cannot be tried under the Army Act while another amicus curiae Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud opined that the Supreme Court should refrain from ... Read more
US role in 1971 a tragic mistake
Moriarty says his country recovered from the mistake to recognise Bangladesh early US Ambassador James F Moriarty yesterday in an oblique criticism said the role of his country during the Liberation War of Bangladesh was a ‘tragic mistake’. Speaking at a memorial meeting on Edward Kennedy at the Liberation War Museum in the city, Moriarty ... Read more
Telephone Shilpa Sangstha to manufacture and market mobile phone by February
Prices will range from Tk 1,500 to Tk 10,000 Though late, Bangladesh will make mobile-phone sets of common and exclusive standards by next February to enter the market of this fastest-growing sector. Telephone Shilpa San-gstha (Teshis), a state-owned company under the Telecom-munications Ministry, is going to manufacture and market the mobile-phone sets at prices ranging ... Read more
Indonesia Quake Death Toll at 33, Expected to Climb
At least 33 people died and 305 were injured in the earthquake that hit Java on Wednesday, but authorities expected the figure to increase as 40 people were still missing . Tens of thousands of people rushed from their homes and workplaces, with an estimated 1,300 houses damaged. Rustam Pakaya, head of the Ministry of ... Read more
Extended primary education to be free
Final report on education policy placed to govt The National Education Policy Formulation Committee has suggested extension of free primary education up to class VIII and secondary education up to
Crackdown on highways in the offing
Criminals, toll collectors are prime targets A massive crackdown on extortionists and criminals engaged in collecting tolls and other crimes on different highways across the country, is likely to be launched any time soon with a view to ensuring round-the-clock vigilance on
300,000 share croppers to get agri-credit this fiscal
Around 300,000 sharecroppers of the country are expected to get agriculture credit of Tk 500 crore during the current fiscal year. Brac, a non-government organization, will disburse the loans through their 150 branch networks in 150 upazilas in 35 districts under
Bangladesh is a model state in S Asia
US Deputy Secretary of State James B Steinberg on Tuesday said Bangladesh is a model in South Asia and has the potential to become a middle-income country
JS panel backs 2 AHN routes amid dissent
A parliamentary watchdog has finally given backing to two of the proposed routes for the Asian Highway Network through Bangladesh, amid continued opposition from
Most hospitals not yet fit to fight flu
12 fresh swine flu infection reported The government’s swine flu management system seems to have failed to keep pace with the increasing number of patients as most of the 15 hospitals brought under the system are yet to set up separate corners at their
Dipu Moni to visit US in Sept 14-16
Foreign minister Dipu Moni is scheduled to leave for Washington on September 14 on a three-day official trip at the invitation of her US counterpart
Local mobile, laptop, solar panel soon
Digital phone sets hit the market next month; fibre-optic cables on the cards Telephone Shilpo Sangstha and Cable Shilpo Sangstha have taken up three mega projects to produce digital telephone sets, cellphones, fibre-optic cables, solar panels and laptops in the
267 new vehicles for VIPs, Secys, UNOs
The government is going to purchase a total of 267 new vehicles including 172 Pajero jeeps for use by the VIPs, secretaries, upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) and private secretaries (PSs) to ministers and secretaries of ministries at a
EC asks one more AL MP to explainwhy he won’t lose JS seat
The Election Commission on Wednesday notified another ruling Awami League lawmaker, Kabirul Huq, asking him to explain why he should not be stripped of the parliament membership for contesting polls while holding a public
Azad let out of jail on bail
Chairman and managing director of the Azad Group, Abul Kalam Azad, who was arrested on August 28 on charge of assaulting a police officer, was released on bail from the Dhaka Central Jail last evening. Jail super of the
Suffered to hear ‘no’
Mother, son spend in vain 6 hours for test A desperate mother of a seven-year-old ailing boy failed to receive any assistance after six agonising hours spent rushing to four different hospitals, which the government said to be providing treatment for swine flu or
Withdrawal of one case against Tarique recommended
The public prosecutor at Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court has recommended cancellation of a case against BNP’s senior joint secretary general Tarique Rahman on
Chopper missing with Andhra CM on board
A helicopter carrying a powerful politician from southern India disappeared in heavy rains yesterday as it flew over a forested region largely controlled by Maoist