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Torture of political leaders The government will form a separate Commission to identify those who were involved in torture and oppression of political leaders, businessmen, religious minority populace and innocent people in the past, especially during 2001-2008 and bring them to justice. “We have recommended to the government to formulate a separate Commission which will ... Read more

Manpower export plummeted by 50 per cent in the recent months as many of the countries have stopped recruiting Bangladeshi labourers and sending back a huge number of them. In the latest Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island state, has decided to send back 6,000 Bangladeshi workers by the end of this year, citing the effect ... Read more

4 top leaders of JMB splinter outfit claim of friends in administration of 3 districts The four top leaders of the new JMB splinter Islam O Muslim claim they along with the mainline outfit have “supporters and well-wishers” in the administration in three districts in Rajshahi Division. Senior police officials who interrogated the four till ... Read more

The government is likely to invite international tender for making Machine Readable Passport (MRP) and Machine Readable Visa (MRV) within a month for  introducing them by April 30 of 2010 as per instruction of the international civil aviation organisation (ICAO). Newly appointed project director of ‘Introduction of Machine Readable Passport (MRP) and Machine Readable Visa ... Read more

Another 500-ft stretch breached in Sirajganj The hard point of the town protection embankment suffered the second collapse in a week Friday, exposing the fragility of the huge wall built by Korea’s Hyundai only 12 years ago and intensifying threat to Jamuna Bridge structures. While engineers are still probing the reasons behind last Friday’s breach ... Read more

July 17: Bomb blasts ripped through luxury hotels in the heart of Indonesia’s capital on Friday, killing nine people and wounding dozens in attacks which the president said badly hurt confidence in the country. The bombs targeted the JW Marriott hotel, scene of a car bomb attack in 2003, and the Ritz-Carlton, both popular with ... Read more

Arrested top Indian militant also tells police that he is linked to Huji, Daud Ibrahim Pakistan based Islamist terrorist organisation Laskar-e-Taiyeba has been active in Bangladesh for the last 14 years, intelligence sources said quoting one of the most wanted Indian terrorists recently captured here. Local leaders of the organisation have links to the network ... Read more

The Tax Ombudsman’s office has failed to create any appreciable impression on the taxpayers as it received only one complaint every three days on average during its three years of existence. Moreover, only half of the complaints were registered for investigation during the period by the office that started function in July 2006 to address ... Read more

INCOMPETENT PRY SCHOOLTEACHERS Govt may let 21,500 to continue with jobs The Awami League government is likely to allow 21,500 incompetent primary schoolteachers to continue with their jobs even after they have failed to meet the minimum required minimum qualifications by the June 30 deadline. ‘As the 21,522 non-government teachers have failed to meet the ... Read more

JS body’s proposed visit to Tipaimukh Govt wary of data being revealed if experts included: BNP BNP Vice-Chairman M K Anwar on Friday alleged that the government is not interested to include experts in the parliamentary team to visit Tipaimukh Dam. “The government fears that experts would disclose the possible adverse impacts of the Tipaimukh ... Read more

Khaleda faces tough task of reuniting party BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is faced with the difficult task of reuniting the party, as the rank and file says the organisation is racked by internal strife due to some ‘wrong decisions’ taken by the current leadership. The party workers are saying some controversial leaders, who are known ... Read more

July 24 National Council AL likely to introduce new posts including executive president’s Awami League may introduce some new posts including that of an executive president at the national council on July 24. Currently, its 73-member central committee has a president, a general secretary, a 13-member presidium, three joint general secretaries, seven organisational secretaries, 19 ... Read more

July 17 – At least five people, including three minor children of a family, were killed and 11 others injured in a collision between a train and a microbus on a level crossing near Choramonkali Bazar in Jessore sadar upazila this afternoon. The deceased were identified as Riyal, 7, son of district Awami League leader ... Read more

The world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano, hits the streets on Friday, as the first customer gets the keys to a vehicle that its makers hope will transform travel for millions of Indians. The head of Tata Motors, Ratan Tata, was to deliver the first car in person at a central Mumbai dealership, the company ... Read more

Parties should get more time if needed: CEC BNP has demanded a six-month extension of time for holding party council. The demand was made by a three-member team led by BNP Vice Chairman M K Anwar which met the CEC ATM Shamsul Huda on Thursday. M K Anwar said this after coming out from the ... Read more

BDR Mutiny Charge sheet in Sept, 3,000 jawans found involved The charge sheet in BDR mutiny case might be submitted in mid-September by CID, while a military investigation found 3,000 border security force jawans’ involvement in the incident. “We’re working hard to submit the charge sheet by August, but it might not be possible as ... Read more

She asks Malaysian PM to recruit more Bangladeshis Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been elected vice-chair of the Non-Aligned Movement for the next three years. Hasina was made vice-chair when she was presiding over the general debate on ‘Current Global Financial and Economic Crisis’ on the opening day of the two-day summit of the forum ... Read more

Teenaged gangsters execute their plans in city More than a dozen hardened criminals, wanted by police for years, are in command of the city’s underworld either from jail or hideouts in India through an organised network of junior accomplices with strong political links. Intelligence sources have found links of the top listed criminals, self-exiled or ... Read more

Civil-society think-tank CPD thinks Bangladesh could get out from the world’s poor-country club called LDCs by 2015 while UN agency UNCTAD pushes back to 2024 the landmark time for the country’s graduation to the middle-income group. The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said if the country could increase its per-capita income, develop its social indicators ... Read more

The young and dedicated leaders who served the party braving adversity during the post-1/11 days are likely to win vital posts in the next central committee of ruling Awami League. The national council on July 24 may also see changes in Presidium, highest policymaking body in AL, and organising secretary- and secretary-level positions. Those who ... Read more