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
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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
Govt should realise need for rapport: BNP to cooperate for making JS effective
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
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