Opposition BNP has decided to provide necessary support to their candidates in all city corporation polls. The decision was taken at the party’s national standing committee meeting, held on Saturday night with BNP Chairperson and the leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia in the chair The meeting held at Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan party office discussed ... Read more
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FS-level meet with Myanmar June 14
Dhaka will highlight the Rohingya issue at the Foreign Secretary-level meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar scheduled to be held on June 14 in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. Aside from this longstanding issue, all others bilateral issues including trade and commerce, connectivity and import of gas and electricity from Myanmar will be discussed at the
Tannery waste burning on in Hazaribagh
Burning tannery wastes to produce cheap poultry and fish feed is going on unabated by certain unscrupulous elements in a vast stretch of area on the flood control embankment from Rayerbazar to Lalbagh Fort Crossing. After collecting the discarded tannery wastes these elements burn them on the road side. They make small balls of poultry ... Read more
Opposition’s final-round stir over CG after Ramzan
The Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance has threatened to launch its “final round of agitation” after Ramzan, to force the government to hold the general election under a non-party poll-time administration. Leaders of the 18-party alliance observed that
Defence prepares list of 1,000 witnesses for SQ Chy
Defence wants to record the testimony of 1,000-odd witnesses in support of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. It has already submitted a list of 1,153 witnesses to testify before the International Crimes Tribunal-1, though it is the tribunal which will fix the number of defence witnesses from whom it will take depositions. A large number ... Read more
Phensidyl now delivered on doorstep!
Strange it may sound, but it is true. Home delivery service of Phensidyl has become a new technique of drug peddlers in the capital to run their illicit dodging the eyes of the law enforcers. Some 250-300 drug peddlers have introduced home delivery service of intoxicating Indian Phensidyl on phone call basis, according to Intelligence ... Read more
Concern over deaths in police custody
Recent incidents of torture and deaths in police custody have triggered serious concern among people, and have also caused embarrassment among police administrators. Many in the service feel that the situation would not improve if police postings and promotions, based on political considerations, are not stopped. They said the image of the law enforcement agency
BNP defends adjournment motion withdrawal
Opposition BNP on Saturday defended the withdrawal of a parliament adjournment motion submitted by an opposition MP seeking discussions on restoration of the caretaker government (CG) system, saying the government could use it to burry the issue. “There’s no possibility of accepting the motion even if the opposition having 30/31 lawmakers puts it forward as ... Read more
Ctg Editors demand zero tariff import of newsprint
The Editors and owners of newspapers of Chittagong have demanded zero tariff on import of newsprint for undisrupted publication of newspapers in the country. They made the demand at a meeting with the Information Minister, Hasanul Haque Inu at Chittagong Circuit House during his visit in Chittagong today. Editor of Daily
NOAB appeals to PM, FM to reconsider proposal on newsprint
The Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) on Saturday demanded withdrawal of the budgetary proposal for raising import duty on newsprint and urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Finance Minister AMA Muhith to take necessary steps in this regard. In a statement it said the finance minister’s proposal to raise import duty on newsprint would ... Read more
Polls under parliamentary democracy, affirms PM
Urging the opposition to shun the path of violence, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday reaffirmed that the next general election would be held as per the parliamentary system of democracy. There would be no deviation in any way. “At least for once this trend (parliamentary norm) should be introduced in Bangladesh for ensuring the ... Read more
How Chittagong is losing its natural environment
The overall natural environment of the port city of Chittagong is under threat due to pollution, rampant hill cutting, tree cutting, absence of a drainage and sewerage system and discharge of clinical, industrial and household wastes. This is causing health and environmental hazards. Sources said the water of the Bay of Bengal at the Chittagong ... Read more
Elected govt will oversee polls, says Syed Ashraf
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said on Friday that the next general election would be held under an elected government in accordance with the country’s Constitution. “We have all along maintained that the Awami League will not allow any non-political or unelected government during the time of the election scheduled to be held ... Read more
Muhith terms budget ambitious but realistic
In response to the criticism that the proposed budget for the next fiscal is unrealistic and not implementable, finance minister AMA Muhith on Friday said that though ambitious, the budget is realistic and implementable. He, however, admitted that political uncertainty
Sharif’s 25-member Pak cabinet takes oath
The 25-member federal cabinet of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sworn in at a ceremony at the presidency on Friday. The 16 federal ministers and nine ministers of state were administered the oath of office by President Asif Ali Zardari two days after Prime Minister Sharif was sworn in after being elected premier by the ... Read more
CPD dubs budget ‘a surrealistic one’
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Friday expressed its scepticism about implementation of the budget, given the unrealistic growth and revenue targets against the backdrop of sluggish revenue performance. Terming the proposed budget “a surrealistic one”, the civil society think-tank said there was no realistic match between expenditure and revenue
Moudud calls budget a ‘large and colourful balloon’
BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed has said that the budget proposals are likely to cause a hike in the rate of inflation and prices of daily essentials, coupled with dwindling investments. The interests of the common man have been ignored and a large amount of money has been wasted , he added. Moudud was ... Read more
Farmers shift focus from rice to wheat and maize: experts
Wheat and maize production is not increasing as per the country’s demand, though farmers have shifted their focus to inter-cropping alternate grains other than rice. However, there has been a marginal rise in wheat production — from 2.2 tonnes per hectare in 1998-99 to 2.8 tonnes per hectare in 2011-12 — experts said. Demand for ... Read more
No scope for repetition of 1/11 like situation: Hanif
Awami League joint general secretary and Prime Minister’s special assistant Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif today said the dreams of those who want to repeat a situation like that of 1/11 of 2007 in the country will not be translated into a reality. “We along with people will never let repetition of a precarious situation like that of ... Read more
4 cops on remand for allegedly murdering Savar businessman
A Dhaka court has granted a five-day remand for four policemen charged with beating to death a businessman of Savar in the early hours of Thursday. Inspector Aminur Rahman of Savar Model Police Station, also the investigation officer of the murder case filed against the four cops produced them before the court of Chief Judicial ... Read more