Vows to resolve judges’ appointment problems Staff Correspondent After being appointed attorney general yesterday, advocate Mahbubey Alam stressed the need to work out solutions to the problems regarding appointment of judges to the High Court. “A former chief justice had earlier commented that a storm swept the appointments of judges in the highest judiciary and ... Read more
Dhaka Mirror
Cheated workers forced to return from S’pore
Porimol Palma Several thousand Bangladeshi workers who went to Singapore with valid documents are being forced to return home in small groups as the Singaporean labour supplying companies allegedly cheated them by not arranging jobs for months. Strong syndicates of manpower businesses in both Bangladesh and Singapore have been using sophisticated ways to swindle the ... Read more
Ministers, MPs to give wealth reports in Feb
Staff Correspondent Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said as per their election pledges the ministers and lawmakers of Awami League (AL) will make public their wealth statements next month. Wrapping up his first meeting with officials of National Board of Revenue (NBR), Muhith told reporters, “Of course it will be announced publicly. I consider this ... Read more
Polls to seats reserved for women after parliamentary session
Staff Correspondent Election Commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussain on Tuesday said that there was no mandatory rule that the inaugural parliamentary session would haveto be held with all its members, including the ladies who will be elected to the seats reserved for women. ‘The parliament will be formed with 345 Members of Parliament but there is ... Read more
Upazila polls electioneering in Ctg gains momentum
Tushar Hayat . Chittagong The candidates aspiring to be chairmen and vice chairmen in the 14 upazilas of Chittagong district have been conducting, in full swing, their campaigns for the elections scheduled on January 22. Sources in the election office said there are a total of 304 candidates, including 115 for the post of chairman, ... Read more
Petrobangla allows Chevron to over-extract gas from Bibiyana
Staff Correspondent Petrobangla has continued to allow the US company, Chevron to extract more than 450 million cubic feet of gas per day from the Bibiyana gas field ignoring the warning of its expert committee that the gas reservoir will be damaged if production exceeds 450mmcfd. Sources in Petrobangla said that the officials of the ... Read more
World political freedom declined in 2008: report
Reuters/Bdnews24.com . Taipei Political freedoms declined around the world for a third straight year in 2008, with Russia and Greece down over political incidents and Iraq and Malaysia up on increased pluralism, a US rights organisation said on Tuesday. Russia, docked for elections that were ‘neither free nor fair,’ and neighbouring Russian-influenced countries that had ... Read more
Two rounds of fuel price reduction have no impact on fares
Suffering of passengers continue Two rounds of fuel price reduction have no impact on fares Staff Correspondent Latest round of reduction of fuel price especially diesel, did not have any impact on diesel run modes of vehicles including passenger buses in the city as well as across the country as bus owners were charging high ... Read more
DU students condemn Israeli massacre in Gaza
DU Correspondent The Dhaka University students demonstrated on the campus yesterday in protest against Israeli massacre in Gaza. ‘Anti-Aggression Forum’, a platform of DU students, arranged a photo exhibition featuring Gaza tragedy at the DU ‘battala’ yesterday. The two-day exhibition titled ‘the blood thirsty face of Zionist wolves’ is open for all between 10am and ... Read more
Ershad flip-flops again on presidency
bdnews24.com, Kurigram Changing stance yet again, in an ongoing drama, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said that he wants to be president “once more”. “Sheikh Hasina has pledged that I will be president again, even if it’s only for six months,” said the former president at a JP workers rally in Kurigram on Tuesday. ... Read more
Graffiti on woman ban erased
Pirojpur Road Graffiti on woman ban erased Staff Correspondent After The Daily Star ran a report yesterday on a self-proclaimed Pir who put graffiti on a wall by a Pirojpur road, prohibiting movement of women on that road, Mathbaria police removed the writings and are hunting for the Pir. Officer-in-charge of the Mathbaria Police Station ... Read more
Grameenphone Tri-series Tigers must win today Sports Reporter Rubel Hossain will make his international debut when Bangladesh play the last league match of the Grameenphone tri-nation tournament against Sri Lanka at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. The young paceman has been included in the side in place of Nazmul Hossain as the ... Read more
Katrina Kaif fumes as Akshay Kumar backs Deepika Padukone
Spicezee Bureau Mumbai: Katrina Kaif is having a tough time keeping her men to herself. The lady, who has been hitting headlines over her steamy fights and tiffs with beau Salman is now fighting for her onscreen lover-Akshay’s attention. After delivering blockbuster hits, the hit jodi Akki-Kat has reportedly fallen apart. Their lovey-dovey relationship went ... Read more
Student auctions off virginity for offers of more than £2.5 million
A student who is auctioning her virginity to pay for a masters degree in Family and Marriage therapy has seen bidding hit £2.5million ($3.7m). Natalie Dylan, 22, claims her offer of a one-night stand has persuaded 10,000 men to bid for sex with her. Last September, when her auction came to light, she had received ... Read more
Solidarity with the people of Gaza
Photography exhibition ends at Iranian Cultural Centre Jamil Mahmud “Gaza hit by new Israeli strikes”, “Israel defies UN call for truce, pounds Gaza”, “Israel puts media clamp on Gaza” — these are some of the news headlines over the last few days on the recent Israeli offensive over
Bororiar Mela in Magura A 153-year old tradition
Hossain Seraj, Magura Boriar Mela’, one of the oldest continuing traditions of Magura district, ended here yesterday amidst much fanfare. The ‘mela’ (fair) has been a part of local culture for the last 153 years. As per tradition, the ‘mela’ began
The Kareena-Priyanka-Deepika Battle Royale
By Subhash K Jha Now that Shah Rukh Khan has roped in three screen sizzlers for three different item songs in Billu Barbar a battle royale seems to be brewing among them as to who jives and sizzles the best with Shah Rukh Khan. At the moment Kareena has the edge. Or so she seems ... Read more
Salman’s big Valentines Day plan for Katrina Kaif
Valentines Day is a month away but Salman Khan is already getting ready to shower an expensive gift on girlfriend Katrina Kaif. Though there are rumors of a rift, things still don’t seem to be over for the two. The buzz is that Salman has painted her many times while she’s been visiting the sets ... Read more
Ashraful signs for Gazi Tank
Sports Reporter National cricket captain Mohammad Ashraful signed for his third club in as many years when the country’s premier batsman joined Premier League newcomers Gazi Tank yesterday. The three-day cricketers’ transfers for the Premier and First Division cricket leagues concluded with Gazi
Magical Mendis
Grameenphone Test Series,Bangladesh-Srilanka Magical Mendis Sports Reporter Ajantha Mendis contributed with three wickets as Sri Lanka demolished Zimbabwe by 130 runs in the second match of the Grameenphone tri-nation tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in