At least 15 people, including policemen, were injured and vehicles vandalised in Dhaka and other parts of the country during the nationwide hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday. Jamaat had called the shutdown in protest against the punishment meted out to three of its three leaders for contempt of court by the International Crimes
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Petrobangla chief favouring govt RCC candidate: BNP MPs
BNP lawmakers on Monday lodged complain before the Election Commission against Petrobangla chairman Prof Hossain Mansur, accusing him of violating electoral code of conduct by providing gas connections. A seven-member parliamentary team of BNP led by party joint secretary general Mahbub Uddin Khokon, MP on Monday met with Chief Election
BNP accuses civic poll officials of supporting AL
BNP leaders tasked with coordinating the electioneering of party-backed candidates in four city civic polls on Monday alleged that the local administrations were working in a partisan manner to favour the Awami League-supported contestants. Four BNP teams, each led by a central leader, are now working in the city corporations to mobilise campaigning for
Cabinet approves draft of Bangladesh bio-diversity act
The cabinet on Monday approved in principle a draft law on ‘Bangladesh Bio-diversity Act 2013’ in order conserve the country’s bio-diversity. The weekly cabinet meeting was held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. “The main objective of the law is to ensure
Canal below rail track does not flow
It was only recently that the canal below the rail track, a public property, ran parallel to flushing rainwater. But it has ceased to flow, making it difficult to carry the rain water which often spills over during monsoon, causing water logging in the densely populated neighbourhood of Gandaria in western Dhaka. Encroachers have put ... Read more
Barisal City Corp poll: 2 mayoral candidates complain of EC bias
Two of the three mayoral candidates in the Barisal City Corporation (BCC) election alleged that the Election Commission (EC) has failed to ensure a level playing field in the poll, scheduled to be held on June 15. Questions have been raised about the role of the local EC by these candidates. Candidates and their supporters ... Read more
Criminals go on the rampage thru KEPZ
Criminals attacked Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in Anwara upazila and vandalised its office and assaulted some employees on Monday. Witnesses said over 100 youths, allegedly led by the chairmen of nearby three union parishads, riding on motorcycles stormed into the KEPZ around 11 am and went on the rampage. They vandalised the administrative office
JS witnessed heated debate on Tarique, caretaker govt issue
The Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday witnessed a heated debate on the issues of Tarique Rahman, a senior vice-chairman of opposition BNP and a non-party and neutral caretaker government as demanded by the party. The debate was initiated by Syeda Ashifa Ashrafi Papia, a BNP lawmaker from Chapai Nawabganj, when she demanded immediate withdrawal of a ... Read more
Bombs hurled at Inu’s city residence
Unidentified miscreants hurled crude bombs at the house of information minister Hasanul Haque Inu in Darus Salam area of Mirpur in the city on Sunday afternoon. A media statement said Inu’s residence suffered “heavy damage” in the explosion, but no one was injured. It also said that family members of the minister were inside the ... Read more
MK Anwar pushes for dialogue outside JS
BNP standing committee member MK Anwar on Sunday said the prevailing environment of the Parliament does not support the discussion of the election-time government. “We want formal dialogue to be held with the government to resolve the prevailing political impasse. There is no environment to discuss poll-time government in Parliament,” he said while addressing
‘No plan to use EVM in next polls’
The Election Commission (EC) has no plan for the time being to introduce Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the next Jatiya Sangsad polls.Information Minister Hasanaul Haque Inu, who is also in-charge of the Election Commission Secretariat in the House, said this today in reply to a scripted query from treasury bench member Momtaz Begum. The ... Read more
Barisal poll: BNP leader questions EC’s impartiality, seeks army deployment
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday raised questions about the impartiality of the Election Commission (EC) and demanded deployment of the army in the Barisal City Corporation (BCC ) election. The BNP’s central vice-chairman Abdullal Al Noman and the BNP’s Barisal city unit president Mojibor Rahman Sarwar levelled these allegations
ICT-2 convicts two Jamaat leaders for contempt of court
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Sunday handed down imprisonment for three months to Rafiqul Islam Khan, acting secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, and Hamidur Rahman Azad, central executive committee member of the party, for their contemptuous comments about the trial over crimes against humanity. The court also fined them Tk.
Hasina becomes first Bangladeshi to receive Rotary Peace Award
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred the prestigious Rotary Peace Award, for her leadership and vision, Dr Ishtiaque A Zaman, Governor of the Rotary International District 3280 said. The theme of the award this year was ‘peace through services’. “Under her leadership Bangladesh has made wonderful progress in three areas selected by the Rotary ... Read more
Jamaat calls hartal today
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal across the country on Monday, in protest against the punishment meted out to its three leaders by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-2) on charges of contempt of court. Mokbul Ahmed, acting ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami, announced the programme through a press release, hours after the ICT-2 jailed
8th Wage Board award by June: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Sunday said the 8th Wage Board award for journalists, employees and other staff of newspapers and news agencies would be announced by this month. He said this while talking to a delegation of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at his office. The minister sat with the DUJ delegation to ... Read more
Int’l tender for Padma Bridge this month: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that international tenders for Padma Bridge would be floated by the end of the current month and work on the bridge would start soon using government’s own resources. “If we are elected in the next poll, we will complete the twin-track rail-and-road bridge at the shortest possible time,” she ... Read more
BNP still has scope for dialogue on polls, says Speaker
The Speaker, Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, said on Saturday that there was still scope for a dialogue on how to hold the upcoming general election, despite the main Opposition BNP’s withdrawal of the adjournment motion in Parliament. “The Parliament session will continue for a few more days after the budget session. But there will be ... Read more
FBCCI welcomes ‘business-friendly’ budget
The FBCCI, the country’s apex trade body, has lauded the proposed budget as realistic and implementable, adding the caveat that the implementation of the budget would hinge on political stability, good governance, and rule of law. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), however, pointed out that too much reliance on bank ... Read more
Ashraf urges BNP to restore its adjournment motion
Awami League general secretary and LGRD minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday urged the opposition to place its adjournment motion on the election time government before the parliament again assuring that his party would not come up with any argument against it for arriving at a resolution of the present situation. “Place your (opposition) adjournment