Dhaka Mirror

Strong lobbying on for good positions Staff Correspondent The government plans large-scale reshuffle in bureaucracy with some bureaucrats at various levels in a hectic lobbying for good positions. Some officials, especially the beneficiaries of the BNP-led government, are in fear either of being dumped as officers on special duty or being forced into retirement as ... Read more

UN chief disappointed at Israel offensives; 15 militants, 22 civilians killed in fighting, airstrikes Ap, Afp, Gaza City Israeli forces pounded rocket-launching sites and smuggling tunnels in Gaza yesterday and planes dropped leaflets warning of an escalation in attacks, as Palestinian militants fired at least 10 more

No more politics of vengeance Unb, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged her party men to forget personal interests and devote themselves to the service of the common people who overwhelmingly voted Awami League to power. “This is not the time for reckoning what we have got and what we haven’t…The main consideration is ... Read more

DU Correspondent Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the associate organization of Awami League (AL), have been engaging in clashes, capturing university dormitories and vandalizing student’s assets across the country in violation of AL president Sheikh Hasina’s instructions. After the landslide victory of AL-led grand alliance on Dec 29 election, Sheikh Hasina asked BCL leaders ... Read more

Staff Correspondent . Khulna Nine students of the Khulna Medical College Hospital were injured in a clash between the Bangladesh Chhattra League and Islami Chhattra Shibir Friday night over establishment of supremacy at the college hostel. The college authorities, meanwhile, declared suspension of all the classes for an indefinite period and asked the students to ... Read more

Bdnews24.com, Washington The US government has moved to recover funds worth US$ 3 million allegedly obtained by the younger son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and kept with a Singapore-based bank, a top justice official has announced. “The forfeiture action was filed Jan. 8 2009 in the US District Court in the District of ... Read more

Rafiqul Islam Azad Members of the Review Committee on legal aspects of the ordinances promulgated by the Caretaker Government have viewed that the ordinances may be ratified in the new Parliament for the time being. Barrister Rafiq-Ul-Haq, a member of the committee, yesterday told reporters that the committee had reviewed all the 120 ordinances. “I ... Read more

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BSS, Dhaka US President George W Bush telephoned Sheikh Hasina yesterday evening and congratulated her on assuming the charge of Prime Minister of Bangladesh. President Bush, who made the phone call at 6:40 pm Bangladesh time, termed Hasina’s success in the parliamentary election ‘a huge victory’, an official handout said. He said the verdict of ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Bangladesh has condemned the continued Israeli attacks on Gaza as flagrant violation of human rights and international humanitarian laws. ‘The Israeli atrocities are mediaeval carnage in modern times,’ said Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva, Debapriya Bhattacharya. He said this while addressing a special session of the Human Rights Council ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Several hundred Government Titumir College students rampaged through the college campus at Mohakhali and surroundings in Dhaka Saturday morning after the rumoured death of a female student

He fears upazila polls could be rigged Staff correspondent Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday alleged that a section of ministers were harbouring criminals who were attacking leaders and activists of BNP. The BNP and its ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will work from their respective platforms in present political context, according to BNP secretary general Khandaker ... Read more

UNB, Dhaka Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), a state-owned organisation responsible for importing and marketing petroleum produces, moves quickly to reduce the prices of petroleum fuels following a decision of the new Cabinet. Sources said BPC is now calculating to determine how much the prices of petroleum fuel could be reduced. The Awami League-led Grand Alliance ... Read more

But wishes to rename it after Bangabandhu Our Correspondent, Tangail Communication Minister Syed Abul Hossain yesterday said cracks in the Jamuna Bridge will cause no problem to the bridge and its longevity but wants to rename the bridge after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Panic related to the cracks spread without any reason and there is ... Read more

Rehana returns to London Staff Correspondent Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, arrived in Dhaka from the USA with his family while his aunt Sheikh Rehana returned to London early yesterday. Joy along with his wife Christine Overmayer and daughter Sophia landed at Zia International Airport at around 2:30 am and was ... Read more

Sports Reporter The Bangladesh batsmen cooked up yet another debacle as they suffered a 38-run loss to Zimbabwe in the opening match of the Grameenphone Tri-nation Cup cricket tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. Chasing only 206 for a win, the batting dipped to a new low when they were bowled out for 167 ... Read more

Nazrul Islam The ninth parliament goes into its first session late January with an agenda of crucial issues, including endorsement of the activities of the immediate-past caretaker administration that took time beyond constitutional mandate for elections. After the passage of about 27 months before the formation of the new parliament through the December 29 elections, ... Read more

Bangabandhu’s ‘Home Coming Day’ today UNB, Tungipara (Gopalganj) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her government would work for the balanced development of all people, irrespective of their caste and creed. “We’ll work for the development of all equally and won’t discriminate between whoever had voted for us or not,” she told a gathering ... Read more

Staff Reporter BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday blamed Awami League government for shifting from their pre-election promises. “The government has promised to do a lot before election and after assuming power it has shifted from its earlier promises,” she said at an election rally at Chatkhil upazila for by-election of