The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has expressed its willingness to provide US$ 1 billion for the development of the country’s power sector. A high-powered IFC team, on Wednesday, gave the assurance to Bangladesh, at a meeting with energy adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury,
Month: October 2013
85pc people think more women should run for general seats
Parliamentary Elections 85pc people think more women should run for general seats Reveals nationwide survey Around 85 percent of the country’s people think that the political parties should nominate women to run in parliamentary elections for general seats for their empowerment. In a five-month survey conducted over 3,565 people across 40 districts of the seven ... Read more
Bangladesh should clarify position before global alliances
Fighting Climate Change Bangladesh should clarify position before global alliances Say environmentalists Environmentalists at a press conference yesterday urged the government to take sustainable long-term action plans to deal with impacts of climate change. They said Bangladesh should make its position and demand clear before the global alliances as an “innocent victim” of climate change. Oxfam ... Read more
Girls most harassed at disaster shelters
Plan International report launch told In the event of disasters, cyclone and flood shelters are usually where adolescent girls get sexually harassed the most, speakers said at a report launch yesterday. The report, “Double Jeopardy: Adolescent Girls in Disasters”, commissioned by Plan International, was unveiled marking the occasion of International Day
Rajshahi University administrative activities resume today
Administrative activities of Rajshahi University (RU) resume today after a 13-day vacation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja. The regular classes and examinations will resume on October 30 while all the dormitories will open on October 29, said an RU press release yesterday.
1kg gold found in laptop at Shahjalal airport
Customs authorities yesterday recovered gold weighing over 1kg from inside a laptop at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. On a tip-off, the officials intercepted Zakir Hossain, 35, on his arrival from Thailand and found about eight gold bars hidden inside the battery chamber
Road crash kills 3 in Tangail
At least three people, including two of a family, were killed and four others injured critically in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Charpara under Mirzapur upazila of Tangail district Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Maynul Haque, 65, secretary of ward 42 of Dhaka city Awami League, his wife Shamsun Nahar, 55, and ... Read more
Hilsa netting resumes today as ban goes
Hilsa netting resumes today as an 11-day restriction on catching of the fish ended yesterday. The ban was enforced by the fisheries directorate on October 13 to ensure safe spawning as well as proper breeding environment and also to keep the mother fish free from any disturbance. Dr. AKM Aminul Huq, divisional officer
Islampur upazila school students to get cooked meals
More than 6,000 children will receive cooked meals every day in schools in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur by January 2014. The initiative was launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Bangladesh government in South Chinadoli Government Primary School yesterday, said a WFP press release. Australian Government
Poll-time govt chief BNP’s main concern
Oppn places Khaleda proposal, walk out Picking the head of the poll-time government on the basis of consensus is the main issue for the opposition to resolve the ongoing political stalemate, not selecting the 10 advisers from the two previous caretaker governments. After returning to Parliament on Wednesday, BNP lawmakers made it clear while they ... Read more
BNP stance on rallies worries people
A fear of worsening law and order situation mounts as the BNP-led 18-party alliance demanding polls-time caretaker government is determined to go ahead with its scheduled October 25 public rallies in the capital and elsewhere despite restrictions. The decision to stick to the plan was taken at the secretary general-level meeting of the alliance held ... Read more
WB sees economy in political danger
Warns of further slide from its 5.7pc growth forecast The World Bank has said Bangladesh needs a smooth transition of power through a democratic process for its steady economic growth. “We are looking forward to an electoral process that is free, fair and credible … that reflects the will of the people,” WB Country Director ... Read more
Looking back: Rana Plaza victims yet to be out of plight
“Sister, I never thought that I would be able to walk again. Doctors had amputated my legs few days after my admission here. I thought I would not walk again. Glory be Almighty Allah, the doctors have treated me so well,” said Rebeka Yasmin. Rebeka, 22, was the most critical of the 217 survivors of ... Read more
Hasina says she will talk with Khaleda
Prime minister and ruling Awami League president Sheikh Hasina assured 14-party leaders that she would talk to opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia over telephone to resolve the ongoing crisis over the system of the poll-time government. She gave the assurance when some leaders of the AL-led 14-party Alliance urged her to resolve the
Changed route gets govt nod
Elevated Expressway Changed route gets govt nod Target to complete work by 2016 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday approved the final route of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway with a target of completing the project by 2016. As per the revised final route of the 21km expressway, it will commence at Shahjalal International Airport ... Read more
Yuk-jheel
Hatirjheel stinks as sewage surges into water Delay in setting up of a water treatment plant in Dasherkandi area and illegal dumping of industrial and household waste are every day turning bad to worse the water of Hatirjheel-Begunbari canal in the capital. The Dasherkandi plant has now become pivotal to keep the water of the canal ... Read more
Yet another blast in Ctg
Couple held for interrogation Yet another blast within a span of two weeks took place in a house, owned by a Jamaat-e-Islami man, in the Chittagong city on Tuesday night. The police arrested a couple and seized bomb making materials from the house at Rasulbag under Bakolia police station. Key suspect of the blast who
Dhaka-Delhi extradition treaty takes effect
Bangladesh and India exchanged document of extradition treaty on Wednesday, eight months after the two countries signed the landmark agreement for deportation of cross-border criminals. This also clears the way of deportation of general secretary of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Anup Chetia, and other members of the organization.
EC will bring changes in draft code of conduct
Election Commissioner Md. Shahnewaz said on Wednesday that the commission would bring all necessary changes in the draft “Code of Conduct” as per the aspiration of political parties to ensure level playing field for them. “Election is the game of political parties, it is their show, they will run it and the commission is a ... Read more
Bangladesh finds urban slums major hurdle to achieving target
Total Sanitation By 2013 Bangladesh finds urban slums major hurdle to achieving target Bangladesh has identified urban slums, floating people and coastal areas as the major hurdles for achieving ‘total sanitation by 2013’. Officials and experts attending the 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation at Katmandu on Wednesday said that the country’s target for ensuring ... Read more