The speaker of Jatiya Sangsad, Abdul Hamid, on Sunday started allotting office rooms to the lawmakers in the parliament complex pledging more privileges for the legislators in the coming days. ‘We will try to increase perks and privileges for the lawmakers in course of time so that they can do their work easily,’ the speaker ... Read more
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JS body to probe DCC corruption
A parliamentary sub-committee was formed yesterday to investigate alleged corruption of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka and others of the local government body. The parliamentary standing committee on LGRD ministry formed the four-member probe body to enquire into the allegations it received against the incumbent mayor and other senior officials of the
HC verdict not final: Moudud
BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed MP has said that the High Court judgment given yesterday on who proclaimed independence is not final, as the issue raised will be finally settled by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Giving his reaction over cell phone to the news agency yesterday afternoon, the former Law ... Read more
Mayhem over illegal toll at Buriganga Bridge-2
50 hurt as CNG drivers, cadres clash for 6 hours Several hundred CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers and hired cadres of the leaseholder of Buriganga Bridge-2 engaged in a series of clashes for six hours over collecting toll, injuring at least 50 people. Transport movement to the south and southwestern districts of the country was suspended during ... Read more
JMB took part in Kansat movement
A member tells The Daily Star In a sensational revelation, a member of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has said the militant group took part in the Kansat movement in April 2006 because they felt betrayed by the then BNP-led coalition government. The JMB part-timer or gayeri ehsar, interviewed by The Daily Star, also said the ... Read more
Eviction lost in confusion
The tenth day of the ongoing eviction drive against the encroachers of river Shitalakhya went almost wasted yesterday because of confusion and dubious survey by the authorities and their contradictory stance. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Narayanganj district administration started the anti-encroachment drive at
Hasnat lands in jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent Awami League leader Abu Hasnat Abdullah to jail after he surrendered before the court in a tax evasion case in which he was earlier sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment in absentia. Judge AK Roy of the Special Court-2 passed the order when Hasnat along with his lawyers appeared before the ... Read more
Ctg arms haul Court order to complete TI parade for Liakat
A court here on Sunday ordered to complete Test Identification (TI) Parade for detained former Deputy Director (DD) of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) Major (Retd.) Liakat Hossain, a prime suspect in hiring trucks introducing him as Abul Hossain in the sensational ten truckloads of arms and ammunition haul case in
30,000 people in Cox’s Bazar are in fear of eviction
June 21: More than 30 thousand people of Cox’s Bazar town are in fear of eviction. People of Nazirartek, Kutubdiapara, Fadhanardail, and Charpara slums adjacent to Cox’s Bazar Airport are in fear of eviction following a visit by the members of JS standing committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism to Cox’s Bazar from June-18 to ... Read more
Country has 2.65 million child workers
The number of child workers aged between five and 14 in the country is 2.65 million, according to Bureau of Statistics survey of 2002-3 which is the latest survey report. Of them, 0.56 million children are engaged in risky jobs, Labour and Employment Minister Engineer Khondakar Mosharraf Hossain said in reply to a question asked ... Read more
2 sisters acid-burnt over marriage refusal
Two sisters were acid-burned in the early hours Saturday in a sequel to their parents’ refusal to a marriage proposal about one and a half years ago. Asadullah Akash, a pickup truck helper of Bogra, threw acid on Mahmuda Akhter Shimu, 16, and her sister Masuma Akhter Shantona, 25, in Kishoreganj upazila, Nilphamari. Both the ... Read more
Bangabandhu is proclaimer of Independence : HC
The High Court on Sunday acknowledged Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the proclaimer of 1971 Independence, declaring illegal the state-published documents naming Ziaur Rahman as its proclaimer. In a landmark judgment, a High Court bench comprising Justice ABM Khairul Haque and Justice Momtazuddin Ahmed ruled that Bangabandhu proclaimed the Independence of Bangladesh immediately before his ... Read more
BNP wants independent experts in Tipai team
BNP yesterday made it clear that it would not be part of the all party parliamentary team which is expected to visit the proposed Tipaimukh Dam project site in India if national level experts are not included in that committee. The BNP proposed five names of experts for inclusion in the team. They are Dr ... Read more
Cross digital divide to reach digital Bangladesh
Mobile operators told at The Daily Star roundtable The mobile industry in Bangladesh, which is still lagging at the bottom rung of tele-density in the region, is at the crossroads of growth where the huge untapped rural market beacons it. But the challenge is strong enough as the cost of owning a mobile set and ... Read more
Power outage turns severe
DST fails to improve supply situation Power outage turned severe across the country on Sunday and the daylight saving time introduced midnight past Friday failed to create any positive impact on the power supply situation. Most city areas faced outages for six to eight hours on the day, for one to two hours at a ... Read more
Summoning of Sircar, Hamid, Delwar: JS body cannot probe corruption charges
The appearance of former Speaker Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar, Deputy Speaker Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui and former Chief Whip Khandker Delwar Hossain before the parliamentary probe committee on June 27, seems to be uncertain. Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui talking to The New Nation said yesterday afternoon he did not receive the parliamentary sub-committee letter. The decision whether to ... Read more
No Int’l law can stop Tipaimukh Dam: Pinak says at friendship society meet
Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty yesterday said his country had consulted with Bangladesh on the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam. There has been a lot of agitation of the issue on Tipaimukh Dam. I reiterate that it is a hydro-electric multi-purpose project to produce electricity. There is no international law that could stop India ... Read more
National unity on Tipaimukh issue urged: India should shun big brotherly attitude
Speakers at a discussion yesterday emphasised the need to forge unity of the nationalist forces to protect the country’s interest. They also said that India should avoid big brotherly attitude to help improve bilateral relations with Bangladesh. This observation came at a discussion on ‘ Indo- Bangladesh Relations: Recent Developments’ organised by Centre for Strategic ... Read more
Govt recommends withdrawal of 46 more cases against ruling AL leaders
The government on Sunday recommended withdrawal of 46 cases filed against leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League during the BNP-led alliance government and the immediate past military-backed interim administration. The national review committee on withdrawal of politically motivated cases at its second meeting discussed some 58 cases—35 under the Bangladesh Penal Code and ... Read more
EC to deploy video camera against code violation in DCC polls
The Election Commission is planning to deploy a number of employees with video cameras to collect information and evidence of electoral code of conduct violation by major candidates in the Dhaka city Corporation elections likely to be held in December. ‘The persons deployed will be tagged with major candidates and follow most electioneering to collect ... Read more