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Staff Reporter The third proposed amendments of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Act -04 has been returned to the ACC by the government for more revision if needed. The commission recommended – four amendments ranging from seeking specialists in investigations, inclusion of ACC as a party in the lawsuits that is filed by the commission, ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The Election Commission (EC) has directed banks and other service oriented organisations not to make National Identity (NID) card mandatory for clients and service seekers while providing their services, including opening a bank account, until distribution of NIDs is fully completed. The EC directive came as some banks and service organizations are asking ... Read more

Says Islamabad Cnn-ibn, Islamabad/new Delhi After weeks of dithering, Islamabad has now rejected the 26/11 evidence dossier provided by India. Reports indicate that Pakistan’s internal probe has concluded that the Mumbai terror attack was planned outside its territory. The report that was to be submitted to India by Wednesday is now likely to be communicated ... Read more

Agence France-Presse . Kuwait City Kuwait’s parliament on Thursday approved in principle a new labour law that provides the emirate’s 2.35 million foreign workers better conditions but fails to scrap the controversial sponsor system. Of the 44 members present, 43 voted for the bill while one abstained. If approved in the second and final reading ... Read more

15-member special body to work till standing committees formed; Hasina, Khaleda may sit to decide business before session resumes today; PM to answer lawmakers Shakhawat Liton Parliament will constitute a 15-member special committee today to scrutinise the ordinances to be tabled as bills and make recommendations on those. To be comprised of senior lawmakers from ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The Election Commission on Tuesday suspended the results of seven upazilas, although, according to sources, it found proof of irregularities, stuffing of ballot boxes, capturing of polling centres and intimidation in at least 41 upazilas. The seven upazilas are Banchharampur in Brahmanbaria, Araihajar in Narayanganj, Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar, Kaliganj in Gazipur, Mehendiganj ... Read more

Restarts the project, fresh tender likely today M Abul Kalam Azad and Hasan Jahid Tusher The project for upgrading Dhaka-Chittagong Highway to a four-lane road is about to get a new lease of life, as the Awami League (AL) government is scheduled to publish an international invitation for pre-qualifying tender for it today, following cancellation ... Read more

Staff Reporter Jagannath University was closed sine die after massive campus violence that left nearly 100 people, including 25 policemen, injured Tuesday. The university authority also asked the residents to leave the dormitories immediately as tensions gripped the

bdnews24.com, Dhaka Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has sought assistance from the United Nations in holding trial of war criminals, the PM’s office said on Tuesday. “Prosecuting the war criminals has become a national demand and we have included the issue in our election manifesto,” said the prime minister in a meeting with UNDP’s resident representative

Promotion, Posting, Contract Administration cringes at lobbying M Abul Kalam Azad The government officials, including those who were ‘deprived of due promotion and postings’ during the BNP-led coalition government are now lobbying frantically at the secretariat for getting better postings and promotion in the administration. Some retired bureaucrats, who maintained close contacts with Awami League ... Read more

Obama tells Muslim world Afp, Washington US President Barack Obama Monday told the Muslim world that “Americans are not your enemy” and renewed his pledge to travel to make an address in the capital of a major Muslim nation. Obama noted that he had lived in Indonesia for several years while growing up, and said ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The High Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Matiur Rahman Nizami and the party’s secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid to explain in six weeks why the registration of Jamaat as a political party would not be declared illegal. The High Court bench of Justice ABM Khairul Haque and ... Read more

Talha Bin Habib The three-daylong annual Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims, is going to be held from January 30 at the bank of Turag river at Tongi in Gazipur. Tabligh Jammat sources said all preparations for the ijtema are almost near complete. Devotees of local and different countries started coming to the ... Read more

Asif Showkat The government on Tuesday decided to form Market Intelligence Unit teams for the divisional cities of Chittagong, Rajashahi and Khulna also to monitor the market prices of essential commodities, said official sources. On Monday the commerce ministry issued a circular announcing the revival of the MIU after 16 years, and formed three teams ... Read more

Porimol Palma The government has decided in principle to incorporate around 1,500 seed dealers of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) temporarily into the fertiliser distribution system for ensuring uninterrupted supply of the agri-input during the current boro season. “We are examining the procedures because agriculture production should not be hampered by any means, even if ... Read more

14pc less income at import level in December Rejaul Karim Byron Revenue income at import level dropped by about 14 percent in last December due to the impact of the global economic recession creating an apprehension whether the country’s revenue target will be achieved or not in the current fiscal year. Due to the meltdown, ... Read more

Shamim Jahangir The government is going to prepare a law for compensation of the affected people at coalmine projects. “The Government is thinking to compensate the affected people at coalmine areas. For this, the government is going to prepare a law styled ‘Compensation Act’,” Adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Energy, Power and Mineral ... Read more

Staff Reporter Speaker Abdul Hamid has decided to make a new sitting arrangement for the Members in the House after his futile effort to resolve the row over the seating plan made by former speaker Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar. The Speaker held a meeting with treasury and opposition benches over the rearrangement of the House’s seating ... Read more

Staff Correspondent . Chittagong The mayor of Chittagong city corporation, ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, has made a fresh call for giving transit facility to the neighbouring countries through the Chittagong port for spearheading the nation towards economic prosperity. Mohiuddin made the call while addressing a reception as chief guest in the port city, which was hosted ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended bail for five months to Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s chairperson Khaleda Zia’s eldest son, Tarique Rahman, in connection with the Tk 21 crore bribery case. The four-member Appellate Division bench, chaired by Chief Justice MM Ruhul Amin, passed the order after hearing a petition ... Read more