Business leaders on Saturday threatened taking to the streets along with their workers and employees if major political parties failed to reach a consensus in three to four days. Asking political parties why businessmen would fall victim to their politics of confrontation, they said that miscreants had already burnt Standard Garments factory
Month: December 2013
It’s up to EC: Hasina
Visiting UN official Taranco pushes for change in election schedule Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it is the Election Commission, not the government that will decide any change in the schedule for the 10th parliamentary election. The premier made the comment while the visiting UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Oscar Fernández Taranco, ... Read more
Taranco meets Khaleda
To hold another round of talks The visiting United Nations assistant secretary general for South and Central Asian affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco called on Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday and discussed different issues, including the next general election. After the meeting at Khaleda’s residence at Gulshan, BNP vice-chairman
JP stance still shrouded
Party now says cabinet members hand resignation letters to PM today Speculations and rumours over Jatiya Party’s stance on joining the parliament election were still rife on Saturday with Secretary General Ruhul Amin Hawlader now saying that party members in the cabinet will submit resignation letters to the prime minister on Sunday. Party Chairman HM ... Read more
BNP calls hartal in Dhaka for today
Dhaka city unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party enforces a 24-hour general strike in the capital while BNP-backed student and volunteer fronts have also called dawn-to- dusk hartal in different districts for today in protest at the arrest of its leaders. The general strikes coincide with the BNP-led opposition alliance’s 72-hour countrywide
Warrant for execution of Quader’s death sentence likely today
The warrant for the execution of the death sentence of Abdul Quader Molla on war crimes charges is likely to be issued today by the International Crimes Tribunal-2. On September 17, the Appellate Division sentenced Jamaat leader Quader to death overturning his life term awarded by the ICT-2 on February
BNP asks govt staff not to follow directives on polls
The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance has renewed its call to government employees and officials not to abide by the government’s directives to hold a lopsided parliamentary poll under a partisan administration. “The Awami League is moving towards holding a one-sided stage-managed poll under its own management. The staff and officials of the government and the ... Read more
Dialogue more urgent now in Bangladesh: US
The need for a dialogue between the political parties is now more urgent to reach a consensus to hold free, fair and credible elections in Bangladesh, said the US State Department during a briefing on Friday. “We believe the need is now even more urgent for the major political parties to engage immediately in constructive ... Read more
Final hearing begins tomorrow
Maritime dispute with India The final hearing of the maritime dispute between Bangladesh and India at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands, will begin on Monday. “The final hearing will begin on December 9 and will continue until December 13,” a top official of the Foreign Ministry told The Independent on Saturday. ... Read more
Convicts wait for copies of verdict
Appeal in BDR Carnage Case Convicts wait for copies of verdict Most of the convicts in BDR carnage case could not file regular appeal with the High Court against their convictions and sentences, since they did not get certified copies of the trial court verdict. A Dhaka court on November 5 sentenced 152 people to ... Read more
Scrap polls fixture
Shujan urges EC not to go for ‘one-sided’ election Shushashoner Jannoy Nagorik (Shujan) yesterday urged the Election Commission to cancel the schedule of the polls to stop it from being a one-party election. “Cancel the schedule of a one-party election, announce fresh polls-schedule where all political parties will join and stay away from playing
Consumers suffer due to milk supply disruption
Supply shortage of milk in the capital because of blockades has caused sufferings to the consumers especially children and elderly and ailing people. As the supply chain has been disrupted, the milk producers across the country are either selling milk at very low prices at local markets
Marooned people demand effective river management
Silt Up of Kobadak River Marooned people demand effective river management The marooned people living on the side of the River Kobadak in the southwest of the country are demanding an immediate excavation of the silted up river and an effective river management to remove the water that collects there for months every year. The ... Read more
Consumers suffer due to milk supply disruption
Supply shortage of milk in the capital because of blockades has caused sufferings to the consumers especially children and elderly and ailing people. As the supply chain has been disrupted, the milk producers across the country are either selling milk at very low prices at local markets
Muktis bury eight years of gloom
After an eight-year hiatus, Muktijoddha Sangsad finally put their frustration behind and moved to a major cup final after their penalty shootout victory against Team BJMC in the Federation Cup semifinal on Saturday. As the tie was delicately balanced at 1-1 after 120 minutes of normal and extra-time, tie-breaker was required to separate the two teams ... Read more
Nat’l camp delayed by a day
The national cricket team’s preparation camp could not be started as per plan as it was postponed for a day after a request by the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s grounds committee, said a BCB official on Saturday. The wickets of the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium have gone through a hectic schedule recently, most notably due to the ... Read more
Krishnan, Pai Hsiao claim singles title
Malaysian shuttler Yogendran Krishnan and Pai Hsiao Ma of Chinese Taipei clinched the men’s and women’s singles crown respectively in the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International Badminton Challenge at Mirpur on Saturday. The final day of the tournament saw Krishnan win the men’s singles title after beating Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Jen Hao in the title-deciding
Prometheus Bound premiered
Theatre troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday premiered its latest production Prometheus on Friday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Though the play has once been staged at a theatre festival, yesterday it was the formal premiere of the play as the troupe’s 30th production. The play is an adaptation
Dhuli talks about his rhythm instrument
Since his boyhood Sib Nath Sibu, from Tangail, plays Bangla Dhol, a traditional rhythm instrument having a distinctive sound effect. Following the family tradition, Sibu started playing the instrument from his childhood at different rituals and ceremonies in the temples. Subsequently, he became a recognised instrumentalist through playing the instrument on state-run TVchannel Bangladesh
Paintings portray oppression on women
The agony and struggles of women in this man-dominated society has been portrayed in the paintings by artist Nurun Nahar Supti in her solo art exhibition at the Galerie Zoom of Alliance Française de Dhaka. Twenty two acrylic-on-canvas paintings are on display at the two-week exhibition titled ‘Woman in Gossamer’ which illustrates women bound by ... Read more