Month: October 2013

JP not to take part in JS polls if all parties boycott, he says Jatiya Party (JP) chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad on Monday termed Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam’s remarks as “false, motivated, baseless and unfortunate”. The former president’s announcement came hours after the claim by the ruling Awami League’s general secretary that ... Read more

In an instant reaction to BNP chairperson’s proposal on the poll-time government, eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Monday said that it is a good proposal and may help resolve the current political impasse. He said, Khaleda Zia’s proposal can be implemented if all political parties could come to an understanding in the greater national ... Read more

Moody’s report cautions about poll-time politics International credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service warns that the escalating political turmoil in the run up to the national elections may weigh on Bangladesh’s sovereign rating and eventually hurt its economy. In its report in late September, Moody’s noted that the election tension among major political parties was different ... Read more

The ruling Awami League (AL) and the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have decided to hold their respective rallies at the Lal Dighi Maidan here on October 25, thus making the port city a political hot spot ahead of the national poll. This has sparked fears of confrontation and subsequent anarchy among the people. Alhaj ... Read more

Only 12 out of the 20 former advisers of the two caretaker governments in 1996 and 2001 are available at present. As two persons including Barrister Syed Ishtiyak Ahmed and Syed Monjur Elahi acted as the advisers to both the caretaker governments in 1996 and 2001, in total 18 persons served as the advisers in these ... Read more

The US ambassador in Dhaka, Dan W Mozena, on Monday said that proposals over election-time government made by prime minister Sheikh Hasina and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia opened the door for a constructive dialogue. He made the remarks after meeting with Khaleda Zia, also the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, at her Gulshan

Gulshan Highrise No respect for HC stay? North city corporation, developer go ahead flouting rules Brazenly defying a High Court stay order, Dhaka North City Corporation and a real-estate developer are going ahead with the construction of a highrise near Gulshan-2 without environment or height clearances. Work on the building’s interior is on and a ... Read more

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s chief security officer Col (Rtd) Abdul Mazid along with three others were assaulted by police in front of party central office at Naya Paltan when Khaleda Zia went there to visit party’s ailing joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed at around 11 pm on Monday. During this time police also picked up ... Read more

The British high commissioner in Dhaka, Robert W Gibson, on Monday welcomed the positive aspects of the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s speech, and hoped that all sides would approach the dialogue in a spirit of compromise and trust. ‘We hope that the suggestions made in her (Khaleda) speech will be considered by the government and that ... Read more

Visiting Bangladesh 7 countries issue alert for their citizens The governments of at least seven developed countries have asked their citizens not to visit Bangladesh due to political instability. Developed countries including USA, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia have issued notice on the website of their respective foreign ministries in this regard. Bangladesh Tourism Board ... Read more

Bangladesh promises priority for sanitation services to hardcore poor The fifth South Asian Conference on Sanitation begins here on Tuesday with an aim to promote sanitation and hygiene practices in the region and thereby ‘achieve poverty eradication and acceptable standards of public health.’ In Bangladesh, almost half of the population still remain outside the improved sanitation, ... Read more

China will provide 600 million RMB as development assistance for Bangladesh next year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said, reports UNB. The offer came during a bilateral meting between Wang Yi and visiting Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni in Beijing Sunday, said a Foreign Ministry release

The new wage structure for the garment industry workers will be announced on October 27. Justice AK Roy, Chairman of the Wage Board for RMG workers told this to reporters on Monday after holding its sixth meeting at the Naya Paltan office “The board earlier decided that the