Staff Correspondent Former chief election commissioner Abu Hena on Saturday said elections observers should also monitor post-polls violence. Inaugurating a workshop on ‘Election related capacity building training programme to promote democratic values and media engagement,’ he said the observers should monitor the situation before,
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Navigation on southern routes at risk for lack of signals
Anisur Rahman Swapan . Barisal Navigation on almost all the river and coastal routes in the southern region has become risky as most of the marking signs on the routes remain inoperative. Almost all the beacon lights and buoys on 40 routes in the region have gone out of order, threatening safe movement of vessels, ... Read more
Cold wave paralyses life across country
Two dies in two days Staff Correspondent A mild cold wave coupled with dense fog, sweeping over the country since Friday, almost paralysed life and disrupted road and river communications across the country. Two elderly people have died due to biting cold in separate places of the northern district of Nilphamari in the last two ... Read more
Bus fare unchanged despite cut of fuel price
A.T.M.Nurun Nabi The bus fare in the city of Dhaka has remained unchanged despite cut of fuel price twice by the government in view of massive fall in the international market, so far assessed from talking with the city commuters. Some of them view the latest price cut as a measure to help the bus ... Read more
Developers pass unsteady time
Kawsar Khan Developers passed an unsteady time in 2008, owing mainly to sharp rise in the prices of roda vital raw material for construction work–, enactment of a housing law and low volume of apartment sales. In the first half of the immediate past year, the real estate sector experienced a low sale, driven by ... Read more
Next economic policy paper under way
Asif Showkat The outgoing interim government is preparing a policy-options paper focusing on fiscal and monetary measures for the newly elected government to attain their expected strategic targets, official sources said. ‘We are preparing a paper on fiscal polices for achieving the short- and long-term targets, like poverty alleviation, for the elected government,’ said a ... Read more
Dhaka stocks extend bull run for 2nd week
Staff Correspondent Dhaka stocks saw a bullish trend for the second consecutive week that ended Thursday, thanks to an increased participation of investors, market operators said. The general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange gained 177.47 points, or 6.75 per cent, to close at 2,807.61, while its blue chips index, DSE20, advanced by 120.39 points, or ... Read more
Hasina to be sworn in as PM Tuesday
‘Grand’ alliance lawmakers take oath; AL chief picked as parliamentary party leader, she warns MPs against bad report; Zillur AL’s choice for presidency Shakhawat Liton and Hasan Jahid Tusher Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, who was unanimously elected majority party leader
MPs-elect of BNP, allies won’t take oath today
Staff correspondent The MPs-elect of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance will not take oath today, according to the alliance sources. The party chairperson Khaleda Zia made the decision after a meeting with her party’s two senior MPs-elect— MK Anwar and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury— at her Dhaka Cantonment residence Saturday night. ‘The BNP MPs will not ... Read more
Jamiruddin fears parliamentary autocracy
Bdnews24.com . Dhaka Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar, the outgoing speaker and a failed contender from BNP-led alliance of ninth parliamentary election has said he feared a ‘parliamentary autocracy’ as the incoming treasury bench would have a massive majority in the house. In an interview with Bdnews24.com on Saturday the speaker said after administering oath to the ... Read more
Concern over checks by small opposition
Roundtable calls for participatory democracy Staff Correspondent Representation of mass people has to be ensured in the next parliament to guarantee accountability of lawmakers and establish participatory democracy in the country, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday. The next parliament will not be effective if parliamentary affairs are conducted on the basis of seat proportion ... Read more
Dilshan defies Bangladesh
Azad Majumder . Chittagong Some poor fielding and wicket-keeping marred Bangladesh’s fine bowling efforts as Sri Lanka piled up a massive 371 for six thanks to a century from Tillakaratne Dilshan on the opening day of the second Test at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium on Saturday. The visitors were struggling at 75 for four when ... Read more
Second round of 17th NID today
Staff Correspondent Twenty-two million children under five will be administered polio vaccines as the second round of 17th National Immunisation Day will be held today. Field workers from the health and family planning ministry along with six lakh volunteers will administer oral polio vaccines to 22 million children aged 0-59 months and Vitamin A capsule ... Read more
ECR yet to begin in most Barisal shops
Anisur Rahman . Barisal Most of the shops in the Barisal City Corporation areas are yet to start using electronic cash registers two days into the deadline. The system is currently applicable for 10 selected sectors, including hotels, restaurants and fast food shops, sweetmeat shops, furniture sales centres, beauty parlours, all sales outlets of luxurious ... Read more
Natore Sugar Mills set to fall short of production target
Our Correspondent . Natore Natore Sugar Mills is set to fall short of achieving its target for the current fiscal year as more than 900 illegal power crushers are producing crude sugar or gur in the mill area. Two Sugar Mills had been constructed in Natore to use the main cash-crop of the district, sugarcane,
GMG to add new aircraft to its fleet
Kazi Azizul Islam Country’s largest private-sector airline GMG is adding a new aircraft to its fleet today as it is preparing to resume flights on several international routes. A senior GMG official told New Age on Friday that decline in fuel prices inspired GMG to resume the flights. On domestic routes GMP presently operates flights ... Read more
MPs-elect take oath today, tomorrow
Shakhawat Liton Members-elect of parliament belonging to Awami League (AL)-led grand alliance will take oath this afternoon at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban and the remaining MPs-elect will
Sheikh Hasina’s acid test
Commentary Sheikh Hasina’s acid test Mahfuz Anam The first cabinet will give the clearest sign of her promised change Two recent elections have been fought on the promise of ‘change’ — Barack Obama’s in the US and Sheikh Hasina’s in Bangladesh — and both of them received resounding endorsement from the electorate and both now ... Read more
About 300 Languish in Jails After Terms
6 foreign prisoners freed, 20 more await their turn Kailash Sarkar The jail authorities have started freeing the foreign nationals languishing in Bangladeshi jails for years after serving their sentences because of diplomatic and bureaucratic tangles. They took the step after failing to repatriate them through the normal procedures. At least six foreign prisoners — ... Read more
Second Test from today
Azad Majumder. Chittagong After a spirited show in Dhaka, Bangladesh are keen to keep up the momentum when they face the visiting Sri Lanka in the second Test at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium starting today. ‘The performance in the second innings of the first Test in Dhaka, gave us a lot of confidence. We are ... Read more