Dhaka Mirror

Calls in reservists; 19 more Palestinians killed as Egyptian truce talks plod on Ap, Afp, Gaza City Israeli warplanes pounded the homes of Hamas leaders and ground troops edged closer to the Gaza Strip’s densely-populated urban centre yesterday, as Israel stepped up the pressure ahead of deciding whether to

Staff Reporter BNP candidate Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokan was unofficially declared elected to parliament from Noakhal-1 constituency in the polls held yesterday. The results showed Mahbub with ’sheaf of paddy’ with 1,04,726 votes with grand alliance candidate HM Ibrahim of

200 teams formed for curbing syndicated offenders Staff Correspondent Secondary level students across the country are hard hit as they are not getting text books at the outset of the academic year due to an artificial crisis created by syndicates of textbook publishers and sellers. Expressing grave concern, guardians, teachers and students said “We all ... Read more

Shahidul Islam Chowdhury The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is likely to nominate AKM Hafizur Rahman, lawmaker-elect for the Bogra 2 constituency, for the position of the deputy speaker of the parliament, according to an aide to the party’s chairperson Khaleda Zia. Khaleda also blasted some party leaders for their proposal to nominate her eldest son, Tarique ... Read more

Changes in Awami League Reform going on without ‘reformists’ Sahidul Islam Rana The much-talked reform in the political parties – especially in ruling Awami League and BNP – is going on keeping out the so called ‘reformists’ leaders aside. The heavyweight political leaders of the two arch-rival political parties, who raised their strong voices against ... Read more

Self-claimed ‘Pir’ imposes the ban; administration yet to act Rafiqul Islam, back from Pirojpur Schoolteacher Jahanara Begum was rushing her sick son to a doctor around noon but she was halted by an elderly man when she was on Mathbaria Bara Masjid Road. She was told the road was off limits to women. As time

Nazrul Islam The Awami League-led alliance government is considering ways to restore professionalism in the police department which it thinks was politicised by the past government. ‘The government will do everything necessary to infuse professionalism into the police force. Their performances will be taken into consideration, nothing else’, the state minister for home affairs, Tanjim ... Read more

Talha Bin Habib The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has taken move to revamp its organisational capacities aimed at creating a new leaderships to be picked up from the grass roots levels. To this effect the party would soon hold council meetings of all committees from upper to grass roots levels. Party sources said the high ... Read more

Staff Reporter MPs-elect belonging to the BNP and its allies-Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Jatiya Party are likely to take oath tomorrow (Wednesday). Outgoing Speaker Barrister Jamir Uddin Sircar made the broad hint while talking to reporters yesterday. “I’ll administer oath to the BNP MPs-elect on Jan 14, as per constitutional guidelines,” he mentioned. The Speaker said ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission’s spokesman on Monday hoped the commission would work independently and it had so far faced no interference from the political government. ‘The commission has so far faced nothing from the political government which can influence [its activities],’ the commission’s spokesman Hanif Iqbal, also director general (administration), said at its regular ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Twenty-six Bangladeshi job seekers returned to Dhaka on Monday night from a six-month ordeal in Singapore after being cheated by manpower agents. They arrived at the Zia International Airport by a Best Air

Agence France-Presse . Athens Hundreds of people protested Sunday in central Athens against the Greek authorities’ treatment of immigrants, following the recent deaths of two Asians near a police headquarters. Organisers said a 24-year-old Bangladeshi man died on January 3 when he fell into a ravine after a scuffle near a immigration police station in ... Read more

bdnews24.com, Dhaka The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has yet to receive reported allegations against Arafat Rahman Coco, former BNP alliance ministers and others, involving some Tk 1300 crore in bribes, an ACC statement said on Monday. “The Commission will probe any such allegations once it receives them,” the statement said. ACC Director General Colonel Hanif ... Read more

bdnews24.com, Dhaka Attorney General Salahuddin Ahmed resigned his position on Monday. “I have submitted my resignation in line with the tradition that the attorney general resigns after a new government takes over,” Salahuddin told bdnews24.com after handing a letter to the law ministry at around 3pm. “I ubmitted my resignation letter to the law minister ... Read more