Month: November 2013

Fakhrul wants crisis resolved before poll-schedule announced The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday threatened to paralyse the country through a tough movement if the schedule for the 10th parliamentary polls is announced without any resolution to the stand-off over the non-party poll-time government issue. “We came to know that the Election Commission (EC) will ... Read more

Election likely to be held in first week of January: Shah nawaz The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the upcoming general election by Monday with possible polling date in early January. “The schedule for the 10th parliamentary polls will be announced by November 25, and the election is likely to be held in ... Read more

The European Parliament has called on all parties in Bangladesh not to boycott the coming parliament elections as it would deprive citizens of a political choice and undermine the country’s social and economic stability and its impressive development progress. The parliament called on the Election Commission

Body on foreign ministry worst performing among 51. The performance of the parliamentary standing committee on the ministry of foreign affairs was the poorest among 51 such panels. Records show that the standing committee could only hold 20 meetings in 57 months of the Ninth Parliament, secretariat sources said. In stark contrast, the standing committee ... Read more

Garment Safety ILO-backed inspection on The government has ramped up inspection of building and fire safety at garment factories in efforts to ensure safer workplaces for apparel workers and avoid preventable disasters. Five teams of experts from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) yesterday inspected about 10 garment factories in

Affected workers and family members of those killed in the Tazreen Fashions fire last year staged demonstrations on Friday in front of the fire- ravaged factory at Nichintapur in Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, and expressed their frustration over the slow pace of investigation. Many affected people also said they were yet to ... Read more

Finance Minister AMA Muhith Friday said that a Permanent Pay Commission for the government employees would be announced Sunday. The minister gave this assurance at a function organized by the Bangladesh Audit and Accounts Officers’ Association at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. Muhith said that the government had

Gana Forum president and eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday alleged that Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was hatching a conspiracy to hold what he called a “stage-managed election” for petty political interests. “Forming the all-party Cabinet is the

More and more people in Bangladesh are now using Internet for daily work like many other countries in the world, according to a global web index report published in London on Friday. Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web Foundation published the report. Bangladesh is 64th among 81 countries in the index, which looks at how ... Read more

Shakhawat Hossain and Jasim Uddin The Orion Group has sought almost duty free import of luxury vehicles to oversee the construction of Mayor Hanif Flyover, the main part of which was already opened last month for vehicular movement. The National Board of Revenue officials told New Age that the group had repeatedly asked the revenue board ... Read more

14 Dhaka University admission seekers were handed over to police on Friday for allegedly cheating in the ‘Ka’ unit admission test by using Short Massage Service (SMS) on their cellular phones. The ‘Ka’ unit admission test for the first year honours courses of the 2013-14 academic session was held at 77 centres in the capital. ... Read more

2 contracts to be finalised with ConocoPhillips, ONGC Videsh in December. Bangladesh will sign two contracts with two international oil companies (IOCs) in December for exploring hydrocarbons in the Bay of Bengal. “We have completed all necessary tasks by this time for signing the contracts, including the signing of the initial agreements, vetting from the ... Read more

The burn and plastic surgery unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) is facing a shortage of manpower even though there has been a spurt recently in the number of severely burnt patients from different parts of the country because of political violence. DMCH sources attributed the acute manpower crisis to the fact that even ... Read more

A group of Bangladeshi civil society members has urged global leaders to listen to the plights of climate victims and condemned industrialised countries for blocking a “loss and damage” mechanism in the UN climate change conference in Warsaw, Poland. The mechanism is an arrangement that

A physician reportedly fled from the Shahbagh police station on Friday after DMCH authorities handed him over to police allegedly for issuing fake medical certificates. The physician was identified as Dr Mohammad Jahangir Alam. Hospital sources said, Jahangir Alam illegally issued DMCH certificates to people regarding injury and others diseases in exchange of money.