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Padma bridge under PPP is a dream: BNP

2011-12-12 00:00:00

BNP acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed his doubts regarding the prime minister's (PM) plan to execute the Padma bridge project under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, reports bdnews24.com. "The PM's plan to complete the Padma Bridge project through...

President returns to Bangabhaban from CMH

2011-12-12 00:00:00

President M Zillur Rahman on Sunday returned to Bangabhaban after medical check-up at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), reports UNB. "The President returned to Bangabhaban at 11:50am and is now in good condition," President's press secretary AKM Nesar Uddin Bhuiyan...

Sayedee witness questioning put off

2011-12-12 00:00:00

The war crimes tribunal has adjourned cross-examination of the first prosecution witness in a case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, reports bdnews24.com. The cross-examination will resume today (Monday) after submission of certain documents by the Jamaat executive council member's...

Razzak needs kidney transplant too

2011-12-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Dec 11 (bdnews24.com): The liver transplant operation of senior Awami League leader Abdur Razzak has been postponed as doctors decided to hold a kidney transplant operation along with the liver transplant. Doctors want to complete the two operations at...

Tipaimukh to spell disaster for Bangladesh: Ershad

2011-12-12 00:00:00

SYLHET, Dec 11 (UNB): Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman and former President Hussain Muhammad Ershad has warned that construction of Tipaimukh dam on Barak River across the border in India will spell disaster for lower riparian country Bangladesh. Urging the government...

EC decision on split DCC polls today

2011-12-12 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) will today (Monday) decide whether the maiden polls to the newly formed Dhaka City Corporation South (DCCS) and Dhaka City Corporation North (DCCN) will be held under the existing commission, reports BSS. "The EC will take...

Tk 39.87b Chinese loan for Shahjalal Fertilizer Factory

2011-12-12 00:00:00

FE Report China will provide Bangladesh Tk 39.87 billion loan for building the proposed Shahjalal Fertilizer Factory in Sylhet. State-owned Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) signed a financial agreement with China Sunday to build the factory. The signing ceremony was...

Bhashani's birthdaytoday

2011-12-12 00:00:00

The 131st birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani will be observed today (Monday) with due respect, reports BSS. Different social, cultural and political organizations have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day. The programmes included offering Fateha...

Foreign journalists first alerted world to '71 massacre in B'desh

2011-12-12 00:00:00

Foreign journalists of leading international media who covered the massacre committed by the Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators in 1971 revisited the memory lane at a time when the trial of some of those responsible for slaughtering, rape, arson...

Brickkilns blamed for 40pc air pollution, experts say

2011-12-12 00:00:00

Experts at a workshop on Sunday blamed brickkilns for causing serious air pollution in Dhaka and its surrounding areas, reports UNB. They said the brickkilns are responsible for 40 per cent pollution. Every year 8.0 million tonnes carbon is being...

Trial of war criminals to end in time: Dy speaker

2011-12-12 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Dec 11 (BSS): Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Col (retd) Showkat Ali Sunday said that it is absurd not to demand the trial of the war criminals as the trial is already under process. He said the trial of...

Tipai dam may trigger strong tremor: expert

2011-12-12 00:00:00

The proposed Tipaimukh Dam project taken by the Indian government may trigger a massive earthquake in the region claiming around 30 million lives in Bangladesh, fears an expert, reports UNB. "The Tipaimukh Dam site is located in a zone highly...

Khaleda blames govt's diplomatic failure

2011-12-12 00:00:00

Opposition leader Khaleda Zia has squarely blamed the government's diplomatic failure in realising the country's interests from India, asserting "we want just share of the Teesta water and joint expert-level survey on the Tipaimukh Dam project," reports UNB. "This government...

PM seeks another chance to ensure overall dev

2011-12-12 00:00:00

NATORE, Dec 11 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Sunday said if the present government gets another chance to serve the nation, it would ensure overall development of the country. Hasina, also the President of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), made...

Padma bridge under PPP is a dream: BNP

2011-12-12 00:00:00

BNP acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed his doubts regarding the prime minister's (PM) plan to execute the Padma bridge project under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, reports bdnews24.com. "The PM's plan to complete the Padma Bridge project through...

President returns to Bangabhaban from CMH

2011-12-12 00:00:00

President M Zillur Rahman on Sunday returned to Bangabhaban after medical check-up at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), reports UNB. "The President returned to Bangabhaban at 11:50am and is now in good condition," President's press secretary AKM Nesar Uddin Bhuiyan...

Sayedee witness questioning put off

2011-12-12 00:00:00

The war crimes tribunal has adjourned cross-examination of the first prosecution witness in a case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, reports bdnews24.com. The cross-examination will resume today (Monday) after submission of certain documents by the Jamaat executive council member's...

Razzak needs kidney transplant too

2011-12-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Dec 11 (bdnews24.com): The liver transplant operation of senior Awami League leader Abdur Razzak has been postponed as doctors decided to hold a kidney transplant operation along with the liver transplant. Doctors want to complete the two operations at...

Tipaimukh to spell disaster for Bangladesh: Ershad

2011-12-12 00:00:00

SYLHET, Dec 11 (UNB): Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman and former President Hussain Muhammad Ershad has warned that construction of Tipaimukh dam on Barak River across the border in India will spell disaster for lower riparian country Bangladesh. Urging the government...

EC decision on split DCC polls today

2011-12-12 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) will today (Monday) decide whether the maiden polls to the newly formed Dhaka City Corporation South (DCCS) and Dhaka City Corporation North (DCCN) will be held under the existing commission, reports BSS. "The EC will take...

Tk 39.87b Chinese loan for Shahjalal Fertilizer Factory

2011-12-12 00:00:00

FE Report China will provide Bangladesh Tk 39.87 billion loan for building the proposed Shahjalal Fertilizer Factory in Sylhet. State-owned Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) signed a financial agreement with China Sunday to build the factory. The signing ceremony was...

Bhashani's birthdaytoday

2011-12-12 00:00:00

The 131st birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani will be observed today (Monday) with due respect, reports BSS. Different social, cultural and political organizations have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day. The programmes included offering Fateha...

Foreign journalists first alerted world to '71 massacre in B'desh

2011-12-12 00:00:00

Foreign journalists of leading international media who covered the massacre committed by the Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators in 1971 revisited the memory lane at a time when the trial of some of those responsible for slaughtering, rape, arson...

Brickkilns blamed for 40pc air pollution, experts say

2011-12-12 00:00:00

Experts at a workshop on Sunday blamed brickkilns for causing serious air pollution in Dhaka and its surrounding areas, reports UNB. They said the brickkilns are responsible for 40 per cent pollution. Every year 8.0 million tonnes carbon is being...

Trial of war criminals to end in time: Dy speaker

2011-12-12 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Dec 11 (BSS): Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Col (retd) Showkat Ali Sunday said that it is absurd not to demand the trial of the war criminals as the trial is already under process. He said the trial of...

Tipai dam may trigger strong tremor: expert

2011-12-12 00:00:00

The proposed Tipaimukh Dam project taken by the Indian government may trigger a massive earthquake in the region claiming around 30 million lives in Bangladesh, fears an expert, reports UNB. "The Tipaimukh Dam site is located in a zone highly...

Country Investment Plan to execute food security programme prepared

2011-12-12 00:00:00

FE Report Bangladesh has prepared the Country Investment Plan (CIP) to implement country's food security programme, Food Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Raz­zaque said at a workshop in the city Sunday. He said, "Bangladesh has been the first recipient country of...

Govt urged to bar opening foreign varsity branches

2011-12-12 00:00:00

DU Correspondent The authorities of private universities came down heavily on the recent move of University Grants Commission (UGC) to allow foreign universities to open branches of their institutions in the country saying that it will hamper the higher education...

DMP to introduce e-traffic system next January

2011-12-12 00:00:00

Jubair Hasan Vehicles' owners will get all kinds of traffic-related information, including amount of fines for traffic rules violation through mobile phones as Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will officially introduce e-traffic system from January, officials said. The move will end...

Journalist Sanwar dies

2011-12-12 00:00:00

Mir Sanwar Ali, a senior sub-editor of the Daily Naya Diganta and member of Dhaka Sub-editors Council, died of cardiac arrest at the National Heart Institute Saturday, according to a press release. He left behind his wife and a son...