Our Correspondent, Kushtia Verdict in Jatyia Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president and freedom fighter Kazi Aref Ahmed murder case could not be executed 10 years into the killing as the appeal hearing of the case remains pending with the Appellate Division. Kazi Aref along with four leaders of JSD Kushtia district unit was killed by an ... Read more
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CHT peace treaty still cries out for implementation
MN LARMA MEMORIAL VOLUME LAUNCHED CHT peace treaty still cries out for implementation Staff Correspondent Jyotirindra Bodhipiray Larma, president of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti who signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Treaty in 1997 on the party’s behalf, on Sunday said that even 11 years after signing the deal the country’s ruling class has ... Read more
Bamboo-based cottage industry suffers setback in Kurigram
Our Correspondent, Kurigram The traditional bamboo-based cottage industries are facing setback in Kurigram. A large number of people were engaged in different bamboo-based industries in nine upazilas of the district, including the Sadar upazila, which make different household articles. But these industries are various problems putting the poor people into difficult situation. Usually the rural ... Read more
Ershad may nominate Rawshan in bye-election
Rangpur Correspondent Jatiya Party President H. M. Ershad might nominate his wife Roushan Ershad in the by-election in one of his two vacated constituencies to take her to Parliament, sources said, though a number of Jatiya Party leaders have begun lobbying with the high ups of the party for getting nomination in the by-election at ... Read more
15 NGOs demand retention of Local Govt Commission
Staff Correspondent A number of non-governmental organisations at a press conference on Sunday demanded continuation of the Local Government Commission for strengthening local bodies and decentralising the administration. They urged the AL-led government to take necessary steps for approval of the Local Government Commission Ordinance 2008, promulgated by the interim administration of Fakhruddin Ahmed. The ... Read more
Divisional soil testing lab suffers for man power crisis
Our Correspondent, Barisal Eleven out of 14 posts in Barisal divisional soil testing laboratory have been remaining vacant for a long time and it has become almost inactive for working with only three persons. Md. Iftikharuddin, Scientific Officer-in-charge of the laboratory, said that higher authority regularly has been kept in touch with hampering of works ... Read more
Call for govt to make human rights pledges in JS
Staff Correspondent The Human Rights Forum on Universal Periodic Review, a coalition of 17 rights organisations, on Sunday called on the government to make specific pledges to ensure human rights through discussions in the parliament. At a briefing at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity, they also alleged the foreign minister, Dipu Moni, failed to describe the ... Read more
SSC exams: 78 students, 6 teachers expelled on first day
UNB, Dhaka A total of 78 students and 6 teachers were expelled on the first day as the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations 2009 under the country’s 10 educational boards began yesterday. Reports from the official control board and UNB correspondents said the
Food rationing for all on the cards
PM also announces hike in allowances of Ansars, VDP Unb, Gazipur Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is going to introduce general rationing system so that all sections of people can cope with the prices of essentials like rice, pulses, oils and baby foods. She disclosed the plan while addressing the members ... Read more
Cabinet likely to discuss war crimes tribunal formation
Shahiduzzaman and Mustafizur Rahman The cabinet is likely to discuss the proposal for the formation of a tribunal under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 to try the war criminals of 1971. The law minister, Shafique Ahmed, on Sunday said the government was planning to form a special tribunal for the trial of war crimes ... Read more
Much ado about nothing
Murder case, not war crimes, being probed against 2 Rajshahi arrestees; govt yet to start war criminal trial process Julfikar Ali Manik The recent arrest of two alleged Razakars in Rajshahi apparently gives the impression that the government has started the process of war criminals’ trial, although it has yet to make a formal move ... Read more
Rally at JS to block upazila ordinance
Staff Correspondent Treasury bench lawmakers in parliament yesterday opposed ratification of Local Government (upazila parishad) (amendment) Ordinance 2008, and supported a proposal for block allocation of development fund to lawmakers. The ordinance was promulgated by the immediate past caretaker government scrapping parliament members’ (MP) authority to control upazila parishads’ development activities. The ruling coalition lawmakers ... Read more
HC de-lists Hasina Niko case
Staff Correspondent Prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s petition for quashing the Niko graft case was on Sunday dropped from the list of cases for hearing in the High Court. The petition was on the list since August 2008. The High Court bench of Justice Sheikh Rezowan Ali and Justice Md Rais Uddin de-listed the petition, after ... Read more
Special body okays 54 ordns for enacting into laws
UNB, Dhaka A special parliamentary committee has okayed 54 ordinances out of 122 promulgated by the President during the immediate-past caretaker government for enactment as laws during the ongoing first session of parliament. The special committee, headed by Advocate Rahmat Ali MP of the ruling Awami League, will submit its scrutiny report on the ordinances ... Read more
Chhatra Dal will be formed with regular students
BNP will strengthen Mohila Dal at grassroots Staff Correspondent BNP Joint Secretary General Abdullah Al Noman on Sunday said that among the reasons of defeat on Dec-ember 29, 2008 national election, is that BNP did not get sufficient votes of women though more than 50 per cent of total voters were women. “Like other front ... Read more
By-polls in 7 seats on March 30
Staff Correspondent By-elections to seven parliamentary constituencies vacated by four top leaders will be held on March 30, the Election Commission (EC) announced yesterday. The constituencies are Kishoreganj-6, Bagerhat-1, Rangpur-3 and 6, Bogra-6 and 7, and Kurigram-2. According to the polls schedule, the deadline for filing nomination papers is March 2 while the scrutiny of ... Read more
China to help install nuclear power plant
bdnews24.com, Dhaka China will fully cooperate with Bangladesh in its bid to set up a nuclear power plant, the Chinese ambassador said on Sunday. “We welcome the Bangla-deshi side to communicate on this issue,” Zheng Qingdian said at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity auditorium in the city. Bangladesh and China had signed ... Read more
Osmani’s 25th death anniv today
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka The 25th death anniversary of Bangabir General Mohammad Ataul Gani Osmani will be observed today with due respect. General Osmani, the commander-in-chief of the liberation forces in 1971, died on February 16, 1984 at a London hospital. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and the leader of the opposition in parliament, ... Read more
BNP to boycott JS special body too
Staff Reporter The opposition BNP has decided not only to abstain from attending the parliament sessions but also to avoid the special committee meetings from now on. The decision was taken at BNP Parliamentary Party [BNPPP] meeting held at its chamber in the House yesterday to protest against inclusion of two BNP MPs bypassing one ... Read more
Boy got stepmother, then his death
Staff Correspondent Five-year-old boy Shuvo, who suffered fatal burns at the hands of his stepmother, died of his wounds yesterday morning after fighting for his life for almost a month. The woman Shuvo’s father married to take care of the motherless boy, killed the child instead. The chilling incident occurred at city’s Kachukhet Puranbazar area. ... Read more