Dhaka Mirror

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

Kailash Sarkar Stolen cars are sold between Tk 1 and 2 lakh each while a stolen motorbike costs Tk 25,000 to 35,000 on the black market in and around the capital. The car thieves with the help of a section of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) officials even provide the buyer with fake papers and ... Read more

Abdullah Juberee . Comilla The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will dissolve all the committees of all tiers of the organisation and its associate bodies from the grassroots level and reorganise them through elections. The party chief, Khaleda Zia, announced the decision in the aftermath of the party’s election debacle. ‘We will dissolve all the committees of ... Read more

Staff Reporter Devotees assembled at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque were divided during Jumma prayers yesterday over the appointment of a new Khatib, which caused scuffles and shoe-throwing during the prayer. Fazle Hossain, a devotee told reporters: “As the senior pesh imam Maulana Mufti Md Nuruddin stood

BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday claimed that 13 people were killed and innumerable others injured by the Awami League activists since the day after the December 29 elections. In a statement, Delwar condemned the home minister’s remark, terming the post-election violence an ‘outcome of BNP’s internal conflict’. “Government is patronising the criminals who ... Read more

Azad Majumder Bangladesh will look to maintain their recent success record against Zimbabwe when the two teams will meet in the opening match of the tri-nation one-day tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Bangladesh, who still have a poor head-to-head record against Zimbabwe with 15 wins against 18 defeats, have won both the series ... Read more