May modify ordinance to ensure their authority over local govt M Abul Kamal Azad The newly elected Awami League (AL)-led alliance government is likely to modify the Local Government (Upazila Parishad) Ordinance to bestow some authority on lawmakers which the immediate-past caretaker government removed by promulgating the ordinance. LGRD and cooperatives ministry sources say the ... Read more
Dhaka Mirror
298 frozen bank accounts to be unlocked within a week: Muhith
Staff Correspondent The government will unlock within one week 298 bank accounts of politicians, businessmen and government high officials frozen by the caretaker government in connection with their corruption and irregularities. “The account-holders will be able to start drawing cheques and financial transactions through these accounts after a week the” after a meeting with visiting ... Read more
22 bodies recovered from Meghna
United News of Bangladesh . Chandpur Rescuers recovered Tuesday bodies of 22 of the victims of Monday’s trawler capsize in the River Meghna, all but one from the same locality. Divers of BIWTA, Coast Guard and Fire Service pulled up the bodies from inside a cabin of the sunken trawler in a macabre scene. The ... Read more
Abdus Shahid made chief whip of parliament
Staff Correspondent The president, Iajuddin Ahmed, on Tuesday appointed ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdus Shahid chief whip of parliament, a parliament secretariat official said. ‘I will be attending office from tomorrow,’ Shahid, the lawmaker for the Moulvibazar 4 constituency, told New Age on Tuesday, confirming his appointment with the rank of a minister. The Moulvibazar ... Read more
BNP comes down hard on “Regional Task Force” idea
Staff Correspondent BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain on Tuesday said the BNP leaders and activists will foil the government’s move to form regional task force in the name of combating terrorism. “The BNP will never accept foreign troops on the soil of Bangladesh in the name of combating terrorism through forming regional task force. ... Read more
Hectic lobbying for university posts
Suranjith Deabnath Pro-Awami League (AL) teachers of different public universities are now lobbying hard with new government high-ups to get appointment as vice chancellor (VC), pro-vice chancellor (pro-VC) and other top vital posts after the political changeover. On Thursday, Mass Communication and Journalism Department Professor and Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) former president AAMS Arefin ... Read more
High-profile accused coming back home
Professional criminals now active in capital Sahidul Islam Rana Some high-profile accused of different graft cases and professional criminals have already started returning home at the very outset of the incumbent political government. More than one hundred corruption suspects as well as accused of some other criminal cases – who went into hiding soon after ... Read more
GP loses legal battle over SIM cards
Court asks it to pay Tk 24cr to distributor Md Hasan After a two-year legal battle, an arbitration tribunal recently ordered Grameenphone to pay more than Tk 24 crore to Communic Park Ltd, a local distributor of Grameenphone subscriber identification module (SIM) cards. The verdict was in response to a Tk 45.30 crore lawsuit filed ... Read more
Law enforcers warned against negligence of duties
Staff Correspondent In the backdrop of a slide in law and order, the government on Tuesday warned the law enforcers of stern actions against any negligence of duties, officials said. The home minister, Sahara Khatun, while presiding over law and order review meeting asked the forces to ensure public safety at any cost. ‘We want ... Read more
CU BCL snaps phone lines of VC office
4 asst proctors resign CU Correspondent Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of Chittagong University (CU) unit snapped telephone lines to the vice-chancellors’ office and drove the deputy registrar of the office out yesterday afternoon. Four assistant proctors of the university submitted their resignation letters to the vice-chancellor (VC) yesterday and the VC accepted letters of three ... Read more
Small business gets $120,000 phone bill after hackers attack VoIP phone
AAP A SMALL business has been landed with a $120,000 phone bill after criminals hacked into its internet phone system and used it to make 11,000 international calls in just 46 hours. WA Police Technology Crime Investigations detectives said thieves were targeting Voice over Internet Protocols (VoIP) PBX systems. Thieves can exploit the call-forward function ... Read more
Fishermen survive 25 days in icebox in shark infested waters after boat sinks
By Hannah Wood, Mirror.co.uk Two fishermen who were lost in shark-infested waters for 25 days have been rescued. The duo was found desperately waving their shirts while helplessly floating in an icebox through treacherous waters. An Australian Coastwatch plane was flying across the Torres Strait, between Australia and Indonesia, on Saturday when the crew spotted ... Read more
Barack Obama inauguration: Everything you need to know
Barack Obama will make history when he is sworn in as the 44th President. Here is everything you need to know about the inauguration and the celebrations and festivities surrounding it: By Aislinn Simpson, Catherine Elsworth, Mike Pflanz and Tom Leonard Bible Barack Obama will swear his presidential oath of office on the bible Abraham ... Read more
Construction of all but one at Mahakhali hits snag
Wholesale Kitchen Markets Construction of all but one at Mahakhali hits snag Construction of the proposed wholesale kitchen markets by Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) in the city faces further delay, as land acquisition in three locations could not be completed yet for multiple reasons. Land preparation work of the Jatrabari, Lalbagh and Aminbazar wholesale markets ... Read more
After Murali, it’s Price
Azad Majumder The lack of penetrating bowler at the death coupled with the poor thinking of captain Mohammad Ashraful left Bangladesh in an anguish of conceding a second heartbreaking two-wicket defeat in four days, this time against
Barisal win one-day national league crown despite losing to Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka Barisal Division clinched the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National one-day Cricket League crown despite losing to Dhaka Division by 21 runs in the last round match at the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium in Fatullah on Monday. On completion of the day’s last and 10th round matches, both Barisal and Rajshahi divisions secured equal 14 ... Read more
Captain-fool!
Azad Majumder The decision to give Rubel Hossain the ball during the crucial power play against Sri Lanka had earned the Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful severe criticisms as it cost the team the match and the championship. But Ashraful had at least some point to defend himself after that Tri-nation Cup final as it could ... Read more
Govt banks on power plants in pipeline to tackle summer crisis
Staff Correspondent The Awami League-led alliance government is banking on the costly rental power plants and small independent power plants, which were approved by the interim government but yet to come into operation, to overcome the power crisis this summer. ‘The caretaker government took steps to generate around 1100MW additional electricity. As per that plan, ... Read more
2 officials relieved of charges after admitting fault to Truth Commission
Tk 1.72 Crore Graft Cases 2 officials relieved of charges after admitting fault to Truth Commission Hasibur Rahman Bilu, Bogra An executive engineer of LGED and a retired superintending engineer of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) got relieved of two corruption cases involving Tk 1.72 crore as they admitted their guilt to the Truth Commission ... Read more
49 per cent UZ poll candidates from business community
BSS, Dhaka The occupation of 49 per cent of candidates contesting in the upcoming upazila (UZ) elections are from business community, according to a survey released on Monday. Conducted by Shushashaner Jannya Nagoric (SJN), a non government organisation (NGO), on 1083 candidates vying for the post of chairmen, vice-chairmen and female vice-chairmen in 64 UZ, ... Read more