US ambassador James F Moriarty called on prime minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday morning before leaving Dhaka for Washington on a two weeks’ holiday. The two discussed the Bangladesh prime minister’s meeting with
Month: October 2009
Ashraf blasts media over ‘negative’ reporting
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam yesterday in parliament criticised newspapers for what he said negative reports on the city corporation bill. The bill was passed Monday rejecting a parliamentary body’s
Hasina, Hamid’s call for BNP to return to JS hollow: Farroque
The calls of the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and the parliament speaker, Abdul Hamid, requesting the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party to join the parliament session rings hollow as, the BNP said, the treasury bench is
Dinajpur MPs’ role slated
The government representatives of Birampur upazila in Dinajpur and its seven unions alleged that fair recruitment of fertilizer retailers has been impaired under the political influence of local ruling party lawmaker
DCC poll to see e-voting, EC eyes one ward first
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr ATM Shamsul Huda yesterday said that they would try to introduce e-voting, vote through electronic voting machine (EVM), at least in a ward during the election to Dhaka City
Gridlock back in full force
Traffic congestions resumed causing havoc for commuters in the capital, as vehicles began crawling on the city streets once again after more than a weeklong pause on the occasion of Eid and Puja. Traffic department, however,
‘Crossfire’ death toll mounts as two more are killed
Two more “criminals” were killed in separate incidents of ‘crossfire’ with the law enforcers in Faridpur and Chuadanga districts in the early hours of yesterday, pushing the death toll in “crossfire” to 102 since the Awami League-led
River-linking now seen as disaster in India
After Rahul Gandhi, the scion of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, opposed the ambitious project of interlinking of rivers in India, Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh said the idea of interlinking India’s rivers was a “human and
Interpol mum on query on Indian criminals
Two months have passed since the Detective Branch (DB) of the police sent a letter to the Interpol in a bid to know details about the five most wanted Indian criminals recently arrested by them, but the Interpol has not
Probe not getting help from cops
An independent team of investigators from Dhaka probing the abduction and rape of a class VII schoolgirl in Kalapara yesterday alleged that the local police refused to collaborate with them. Police officer Kabir Hossain who
AL leader confesses link to mutiny
Retired BDR member Torab Ali, also a ward-level Awami League leader, yesterday confessed to his involvement before a court in the BDR mutiny on February 25-26 at Pilkhana Headquarters. After 15-day remand in four
Canal reclamation difficult despite PM directive: Ashraf
The LGRD and cooperatives minister, Syed Ashraful Islam, on Tuesday told the parliament it was difficult to reclaim water bodies and canals in the capital grabbed by influential quarters. In reply to a question of ruling Awami League lawmaker Kamal Ahmed Majumder, he said, ‘Despite the prime minister’s directive and the High Court order to ... Read more
Hotmail passwords leaked online
Thousands of Windows Live Hotmail passwords have been leaked online, Microsoft has confirmed. The news was first reported by Neowin. According to Microsoft, it “learned that several thousand Windows Live Hotmail customers’ credentials were exposed on a third-party site” at some point over the weekend. Neowin originally reported that the credentials were posted to a ... Read more
iPhone Erotica: Looks like Apple’s okay with it, as long as it’s tiny.
Looking for nudity in the App Store? Well, it exists. Contrary to what hundreds of application denials might have implied, it seems that Apple’s perfectly okay with showin’ the goods within an application – so long as said goods are shown in itty-bitty (though zoomable) thumbnails. Before we dive too deep, we should make it ... Read more
Katrina makes Santoshi uncomfortable
Rajkumar Santoshi is heard to be uncomfortable with Katrina Kaif on the sets of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. The director confirms Katrina’s successful career and his series of flops in the past is the reason for his timid behaviour on the sets. Santoshi was quite modest to express his emotions before the media. He ... Read more
Lawmakers’ bid to be adviser dashed again
Parliament yesterday passed the local government (city corporations) bill rejecting a House body’s recommendation for making MPs advisers to the city corporations from where they were elected. The House also did not
Petrobangla and ConocoPhillips begin talks to explore hydrocarbon in Bay
Aiming to explore hydrocarbon potential in Bay of Bengal, Petrobnagla, the state run oil and gas company, on Monday started negotiations with the USA based oil and gas company ConocoPhillips in the city. The government
Huge river plan on cards
The government has taken an eight-year-long mega plan to bring back navigability in 53 important waterways by carrying out massive dredging with a cost of around Tk 11,474 crore, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan informed
Appeal hearing begins
The much awaited hearing on appeals made by the condemned convicts in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Murder case began on Monday before a five-judge bench of the Appel-late Division of the Supreme Court after
‘Justice’ meted out in vigilante style
The case of abduction and rape of a class VII schoolgirl in Kalapara on September 25 ‘ended’ two days later at an arbitration conducted by local Awami League (AL) leaders with police looking on, according to an investigation. Following