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Jama'at demands unconditional release of its detained leaders

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jama'at-e-Islami Thursday reiterated their demand for unconditional release of its detained top leaders immediately, reports UNB. Jama'at acting secretary general ATM Azharul Islam made the demand again at a press conference at the party's central office in the afternoon....

Nizami admits role in constituting Razakars

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Detained Jama'at-e-Islami chief and major suspect of "crimes against humanity" in 1971 Motiur Rahman Nizami Thursday admitted his role in constituting the razakars and other auxiliary forces that carried out atrocities siding with the Pakistani troops in 1971, reports BSS....

KSBL builds 3 dredgers, delivery to BIWTA by end-May

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Pankaj Dastider CHITTAGONG, May 5: Bangladesh has further advanced in the ship building sector as a private company has successfully built three cutter suction dredgers for the government. The industry for the first time has achieved success in dredger building...

Spl committee to give reaction on meetings Monday: Suranjit

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment will give formal reaction Monday on the outcome of its opinion exchange meetings with political parties, constitutional experts, lawyers, intellectuals and editors, reports UNB. Special committee co-chairman and spokesman Suranjit Sengupta told this...

Murder incidents rising in Bangladesh

2011-05-06 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...

weather

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

Monetary policy stance and recent movements in monetary aggregates

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Mustafa K Mujeri in the first of his two-part articleThe Bangladesh Bank's (BB) latest bi-annual Monetary Policy Statement (January 30, 2011) adopts a monetary policy stance that claims to support "the government's goals of faster inclusive economic growth and poverty...

Osama bin Laden killed, finally*****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

At last, the inevitable has happened. Osama bin Laden has been killed after 10 years of manhunt by the United States. His killing near the Pakistan Military Academy vindicates the world's stand that Pakistan was playing the double game of...

Women entrepreneurship development for SME needs a thrust

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Md Mizanoor RahmanWomen in Bangladesh constitute almost half the population, but their involvement in the SME (small and medium enterprise) is still very low. Nevertheless, a new class of entrepreneurs has emerged: SME women entrepreneurs in urban and rural areas,...

Death anniversary*****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The first death anniversary of Farhad Bin Mannan, director of Phoenix Insurance Company Limited, will be observed tomorrow (Saturday), said a press release. He died on May 7, 2010. He was the only son of late Major Gen (retd) Abdul...

New Australian youth ambassadors in country

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Australian High Commissioner Justin Lee welcomed eight new Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) volunteers to Bangladesh at a function Thursday, said a press release. The young volunteers will work at a range of host organisations for the next 12...

BNP demands dissolution of parliament*****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Opposition BNP Thursday demanded immediate dissolution of parliament and electing a constituent assembly for amending the constitution which the government has mooted, reports UNB. It alleged that the government in a planned way orchestrated the share market scam to destroy...

Jama'at demands unconditional release of its detained leaders

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jama'at-e-Islami Thursday reiterated their demand for unconditional release of its detained top leaders immediately, reports UNB. Jama'at acting secretary general ATM Azharul Islam made the demand again at a press conference at the party's central office in the afternoon....

Nizami admits role in constituting Razakars

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Detained Jama'at-e-Islami chief and major suspect of "crimes against humanity" in 1971 Motiur Rahman Nizami Thursday admitted his role in constituting the razakars and other auxiliary forces that carried out atrocities siding with the Pakistani troops in 1971, reports BSS....

KSBL builds 3 dredgers, delivery to BIWTA by end-May

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Pankaj Dastider CHITTAGONG, May 5: Bangladesh has further advanced in the ship building sector as a private company has successfully built three cutter suction dredgers for the government. The industry for the first time has achieved success in dredger building...

Spl committee to give reaction on meetings Monday: Suranjit

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment will give formal reaction Monday on the outcome of its opinion exchange meetings with political parties, constitutional experts, lawyers, intellectuals and editors, reports UNB. Special committee co-chairman and spokesman Suranjit Sengupta told this...

Murder incidents rising in Bangladesh

2011-05-06 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...

weather

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

Pakistan walks a tight rope on the Osama issue

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhuryPakistan is facing a number of vexing and embarrassing questions on the issue of Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of Al Qaeda, who was killed by the Americans in a military operation in Abbottabad, near capital...

Of pledges and reality

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Shafiqul AlamRecently, the main opposition party BNP has submitted memoranda to deputy commissioners across the country, as part of its five-day agitation programme in protest against what it said the government's failure to run the country and demanding steps to...

No substitute for price monitoring

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Economic factors such as scarcities of goods against their higher demand, snags in production or distribution and the better purchasing power of consumers, do normally drive up prices. But to a very large extent and most of the time, price...

weather

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

EC for detention of terrorists, recovery of illegal arms before UP polls

2011-05-05 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Home Ministry and the law enforcing agencies concerned Wednesday to take immediate measures to detain identified terrorists and recover illegal weapons before upcoming Union Parishad (UP) elections, reports UNB. "Identified terrorists will have...

Bangladesh now a role model for outside world: Dipu Moni

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Wednesday said Bangladesh has been recognized as a role model in the outside world due to its achievements in different sectors including agriculture, food security and climate change, reports BSS. "Bangladesh was known as a...

Nizami faces interrogation today*****

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Detained war crimes accused Jama'at-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami will face interrogation today (Thursday) while Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid on May 8 at a designated 'safe home' in the city, reports UNB. Both will be interrogated from 10:00...

BNP warns of holding programme in front of Bangabhaban

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Opposition BNP warned that if the government does not allow the party to hold its programmes at Paltan Maidan, Muktangon or other places the party would organise it in front of Bangabhaban, reports UNB. BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul...

Amini barred from attending party confce

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Ameer of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini Wednesday warned of taking legal action against the government for what he said, the government was interfering in his personal activities, reports UNB. "The government has been...

Govt eyes foreign operator for port

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Syful Islam The government may allow a foreign operator to manage the affairs of the Chittagong sea port. However, a decision to this effect would depend on the experience to be gathered from the New Mooring Container Terminal (NMCT), Shipping...

Global Integrity report points out lack of progress in Bangladesh

2011-05-05 00:00:00

FE Report Very little progress has been made in shoring up Bangladesh's accountability and transparency institutions since 2008, a report released Wednesday by the US-based Global Integrity (GI) said. "An ombudsman agency focused on investigating a wide range of concerns,...

Govt rejects Santos-Oakland plea to explore blocks 17, 18

2011-05-05 00:00:00

M Azizur RahmanThe government has rejected a plea of Australian Santos and its partner US's Oakland to explore jointly two gas blocks and sell output to private buyers, officials said Wednesday. The energy ministry has informed Santos and Oakland officially...