Staff Reporter Conceding the defeat by its rivals in the just concluded parliamentary elections, BNP secretary general Khandker Delwar Hossain yesterday said the victorious party should form the government and rule the country. Delwar, who, earlier made allegations of vote rigging said, “Let the Awami League led grand alliance form the next government as they ... Read more
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AL leaders want Zillur as president
Staff Reporter Awami League (AL) general secretary Abdul Jalil yesterday said the cabinet of the coming AL government would not be consist of 40 to 50 members and it will be blended with the veterans, experience and youths merit. Jalil also informed that the party leaders and supporters want to see veteran Zillur Rahman president ... Read more
SCF looks to AL govt for war crimes trial
Bdnews24.com, Dhaka The Sector Commanders’ Forum is optimistic that a pro-independence Awami League-led government will start the legal procedures to hold war crimes trial as soon as possible. “The forum firmly believes, the Awami League-led elected government will start the legal procedure to try war ‘criminals’ and thus the nation will get rid of a ... Read more
Malaysia fast-tracks deportation of illegal migrants
Agence France-Presse . Kuala Lumpur Malaysia said Friday it is fast-tracking the deportation of illegal migrants under a pilot project that will see offenders handed a fine and a one-way ticket home — bypassing court and jail. ‘We have got more than one million people who are illegals in this country so I don’t think ... Read more
Two BCL activists arrested from DU hall
DU Correspondent Two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were arrested on Friday noon for their alleged involvement in Thursday’s clash between two groups of students at Ziaur Rahman hall of Dhaka University. Central leaders of the BCL, the student wing of the Awami League, provided the provost the names of Maola Baki and Ziaul Huq, ... Read more
Counterfoils of ballots found in Chandpur
Bdnews24.com . Chandpur The Chandpur police on Friday retrieved 300 abandoned ballot counterfoils from a ditch close to Chandpur Akkas Ali Government Primary School. Chandpur Sadar model police sub-inspector Monir Ahmed told bdnews24.com Jihad, a seventh-grade student of the primary school went to the school ground for playing cricket with his friends in the morning. ... Read more
Cost of living goes up by 9.4pc in 2008: CAB
Kazi Azizul Islam The cost of living in the past year went up by 9.42 per cent with the increase in prices of essential commodities by 12.54 per cent, said a release of the Consumers’ Association of Bangladesh on Thursday. While conducting a study, the CAB took into consideration the annual cost of living basing ... Read more
People want development of Barisal Div under newly elected government
Our Correspondent The people of Barisal Division want development of Barisal Div under newly elected government and they made such expression while observing the 16th founding anniversary of the division on January 1. The people hope that the regional development programs in the region will be rightly taken by the newly elected government as soon ... Read more
Banks make record operating profit despite global recession
NATION BUSINESS REPORT In spite of the collapse of many banks in the United States and Europe amid global financial meltdown, the country’s private commercial banks (PCBs) attained higher operating profit in 2008. The initial figures of operating profit of at least 10 PCBs indicated that they have earned profits in 2008 following higher import ... Read more
RMG breezes past 2008
Looking Back 2008 RMG breezes past 2008 Refayet Ullah Mirdha Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) business was well in 2008, although some national and international anti-business issues marked the year as a turbulent one. However, on the onset of the year, the country was faced with a severe competition in the global RMG
Lawmakers-elect likely to take oath Sunday
Nazrul Islam The outgoing Jatiya Sangsad speaker Jamiruddin Sircar is expected to administer oath to the lawmakers-elect to the ninth parliament on Sunday. ‘I wish to administer oath to the lawmakers-elect to the parliament on Sunday, provided the official gazette on the election results are available by Saturday,’ Jamiruddin told reporters in his office on ... Read more
CEC urges all to respect people’s verdict
He leaves Khaleda’s allegations of stage-managed polls for people to judge, UZ polls as per schedule Staff Correspondent Terming Monday’s elections free, fair and credible, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda on Thursday called on all to show respect to people’s verdict. He said the EC is satisfied with holding such an election that ... Read more
Young MPs-elect to rule AL cabinet
Prominent old guards may be sidelined in charter for change Hasan Jahid Tusher Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina may pick younger, educated and deft leaders in the party as cabinet colleagues to implement her party’s electoral pledges at the earliest. Party sources said the AL chief might opt for a small cabinet comprised of ... Read more
Fate of 3 MPs-elect hangs in the balance
Shakhawat Liton The Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict and Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) probe report will decide the fate of three MPs-elect as two of them contested Monday’s national election following an interim SC order and the other is an alleged loan defaulter. The lawmakers-elect might lose membership of parliament if the court verdict and probe report ... Read more
ACC’s chief prosecutor Mukul quits
Staff Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) Chief Special Public Prosecutor (CSPP) ABM Sharfuddin Khan Mukul yesterday resigned on “personal” grounds. Mukul told The Daily Star that he submitted his resignation letter to the ACC chairman at noon. “I have moved the corruption cases on behalf of the Anti-corruption Commission against Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, ... Read more
Graft cases must be disposed of
Staff Correspondent Shujan opposes dropping of charges against MPs-elect The authorities must complete the trial of the cases the new members of parliament are facing, instead of withdrawing the charges, to end the practice of impunity, Shushashoner Jannoy Nagorik (Shujan) said yesterday. “The cases must be settled in the court. We do not want them ... Read more
Agro-credit disbursement up 27.22 pc in Jul-Nov
Staff Correspondent Agricultural credit disbursement recorded a robust growth of 27.22 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal as the central bank took some measures including relaxation of rules and regulations of loan payment. Eight state-owned banks and financial institutions along with the private commercial banks (PCBs) disbursed Tk 33.77 billion ... Read more
100 BNP men injured in post-poll violence
Staff Reporter At least 100 people, the activists and supporters of BNP, were injured in post-election violence in seven districts yesterday. Reports from different districts said over 20 people were injured in Patuakhali while 10 in Khulna, 12 in Kishoreganj, 14 in Satkhira, 15 in Thakurgaon, 10 in Natore and one at Jagangirnagar University. Meanwhile, ... Read more
UN help for trial of war criminals assured
Staff Reporter Ian Martin, an special envoy of the United Nations’ (UN) Secretary General, yesterday assured Awami League (AL) President and coming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for providing all possible support for bringing war criminals under trial. Martin pledged this during a meeting with Sheikh Hasina at the Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi. Talking to ... Read more
33 parties together get 3.84pc of votes cast
Khadimul Islam None of thirty-three political parties could not get even one per cent of the total votes cast, which is one of the pre-conditions for being eligible for getting registered by the Election Commission. Five political parties secured 96.16 per cent of the votes, 148 independent candidates bagged 2.95 per cent of the votes ... Read more