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AAG Siraj admitted to ICHRI in city

FE Report | 2011-04-09 00:00:00

FE Report Advocate Miah Sirajul Islam, a freedom fighter and assistant attorney general (AAG) of Bangladesh Supreme Court, has recently been admitted to Surgical Department of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute (ICHRI) in the city following a massive cardiac...

Imperative for taking early decision on extracting local coal

M Nurul Haque | 2011-04-09 00:00:00

M Nurul HaqueBangladesh has five coal fields with around 2.55 billion tonnes of reserves but is unable to extract them until a national coal policy is put in place. Its major coal mines are in its northern region, having a...

Libya crisis and Bangladesh's overseas labour market

Md. Maidul Islam | 2011-04-09 00:00:00

Md. Maidul IslamIn recent days, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is becoming restless. After Tunisia and Egypt, Libya is now facing serious trouble due to existing political turmoil which has worsened the country's social and economic condition....

Tamim included in Wisden list

2011-04-09 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 8 (AFP): The Wisden Cricketers Almanack has broken with more than 80 years of tradition by naming only four Cricketers of the Year in its latest edition instead of its usual five. Since 1926 the cricketing bible has...

Sheikh Jamal meet Farashganj in inaugural match tomorrow

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will meet Farashganj SC in the inaugural match of the 12-team Independence Cup Football Tournament that begins tomorrow (Sunday) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports UNB. The 2nd edition of the Independence Cup...

Jama'at urges govt to release its detained leaders

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jama'at-e-Islami acting Ameer Makbul Ahmad Friday urged the government to release the top leaders of the party immediately, reports UNB. He made the call at the districts' ameer conference of the party at Al-Falah auditorium in the city Friday....

Ban on politics, arrest of Azam, Amini demanded

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Speakers at a discussion Friday demanded immediate trial of the war criminals, ban on communal politics and arrest of Golam Azam and Amini, reports BSS. They said communal politics should be banned if the government wants to develop the country...

Probe body chief wants to resign

2011-04-09 00:00:00

The chief of the committee investigating BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury's (SQC) sending letters to the speaker and the UK government from jail, has expressed his willingness to relinquish the position, reports bdnews24.com. The committee, asked to submit a report...

4 more 'brickfield slaves' rescued

2011-04-09 00:00:00

CHANDPUR, Apr 8 (bdnews24.com): After 22 days of their confinement, police have rescued four labourers from a brickfield at Sadar Upazila of the district. Sub-inspector of Chandpur Sadar Model Police Station Mohammad Sheikh Salahuddin told the journalists that police raided...

Comrade Matin passes away

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Comrade Abdul Matin Talukder, acting convener of Banglasher Shamajtantrik Dal (BSD), died of blood cancer last night at a city hospital. He was 68, reports BSS. He left behind his wife, one son, one daughter and a large number of...

2 DU students expelled

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Two students of Dhaka University (DU) have been expelled temporarily on charges of sexually harassing three girls on the campus and attacking the proctorial team including the proctor. DU Proctor Dr KM Saiful Islam Khan told BSS that the university...

AAG Siraj admitted to ICHRI in city

FE Report | 2011-04-09 00:00:00

FE Report Advocate Miah Sirajul Islam, a freedom fighter and assistant attorney general (AAG) of Bangladesh Supreme Court, has recently been admitted to Surgical Department of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute (ICHRI) in the city following a massive cardiac...

An open letter.

the oppressed and the deprived, notes Sh | 2011-04-09 00:00:00

the oppressed and the deprived, notes ShAt the outset, let me assure you that I do not belong to any of the high- profile members of the society. I am almost certain that many of you are likely to differ...

RMG: Our golden goose

steady growth in garment industry is mor | 2011-04-09 00:00:00

steady growth in garment industry is morSaief Mahmood Recently, Bangladesh has been ranked second in exporting Ready Made Garment (RMG) products in terms of volume, as it outperformed Turkey. Bangladesh exported 7.78 billion pieces of RMG products in 2010, whereas...

Perception of share buybacks

Md.Toufique Hossain | 2011-04-09 00:00:00

Md.Toufique HossainAs the term vividly implies, a buyback elicits the idea of a company using its cash to buy its own shares, in other words investing in itself. It is simply, for maintaining the capital market stability to apply legal...

Sheikh Jamal meet Farashganj in inaugural match tomorrow

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will meet Farashganj SC in the inaugural match of the 12-team Independence Cup Football Tournament that begins tomorrow (Sunday) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports UNB. The 2nd edition of the Independence Cup...

Jama'at urges govt to release its detained leaders

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jama'at-e-Islami acting Ameer Makbul Ahmad Friday urged the government to release the top leaders of the party immediately, reports UNB. He made the call at the districts' ameer conference of the party at Al-Falah auditorium in the city Friday....

Ban on politics, arrest of Azam, Amini demanded

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Speakers at a discussion Friday demanded immediate trial of the war criminals, ban on communal politics and arrest of Golam Azam and Amini, reports BSS. They said communal politics should be banned if the government wants to develop the country...

Probe body chief wants to resign

2011-04-09 00:00:00

The chief of the committee investigating BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury's (SQC) sending letters to the speaker and the UK government from jail, has expressed his willingness to relinquish the position, reports bdnews24.com. The committee, asked to submit a report...

4 more 'brickfield slaves' rescued

2011-04-09 00:00:00

CHANDPUR, Apr 8 (bdnews24.com): After 22 days of their confinement, police have rescued four labourers from a brickfield at Sadar Upazila of the district. Sub-inspector of Chandpur Sadar Model Police Station Mohammad Sheikh Salahuddin told the journalists that police raided...

Comrade Matin passes away

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Comrade Abdul Matin Talukder, acting convener of Banglasher Shamajtantrik Dal (BSD), died of blood cancer last night at a city hospital. He was 68, reports BSS. He left behind his wife, one son, one daughter and a large number of...

2 DU students expelled

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Two students of Dhaka University (DU) have been expelled temporarily on charges of sexually harassing three girls on the campus and attacking the proctorial team including the proctor. DU Proctor Dr KM Saiful Islam Khan told BSS that the university...

AAG Siraj admitted to ICHRI in city

FE Report | 2011-04-09 00:00:00

FE Report Advocate Miah Sirajul Islam, a freedom fighter and assistant attorney general (AAG) of Bangladesh Supreme Court, has recently been admitted to Surgical Department of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute (ICHRI) in the city following a massive cardiac...

Thursday's Japan quake causes radioactive water spill Tsunami-hit airport to reopen next week

2011-04-09 00:00:00

TOKYO, Apr 8 (agencies): A powerful earthquake in northeast Japan rocked a nuclear plant, causing a small amount of radioactive water to spill, officials said Friday, but the operator said there was no immediate danger. The 7.1-magnitude quake that hit...

Ouattara isolates Gbagbo, seeks Ivorian recovery

2011-04-09 00:00:00

ABIDJAN, Apr 8 (agencies): Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara sought to assert his grip on power after weeks of fighting, leaving his rival Laurent Gbagbo isolated behind a military cordon in his bunker. Ivory Coast's democratically elected leader said...

Fighting kills 54 including four soldiers in Pakistan

2011-04-09 00:00:00

KHAR, Apr 8 (AFP): Pakistani officials said Friday that 50 militants and four soldiers had been killed in a district where the United States this week criticised the army's efforts to defeat Islamist insurgents. The deaths, which could not be...

Hunger strike of Indian social activist enters fourth day

2011-04-09 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 8 (AFP): Indian social activist, Anna Hazare, who entered the fourth day of his indefinite hunger strike, has vowed to keep fasting to push for changes to a draft bill facilitating corruption complaints against the prime minister...

Jama'at urges govt to release its detained leaders

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jama'at-e-Islami acting Ameer Makbul Ahmad Friday urged the government to release the top leaders of the party immediately, reports UNB. He made the call at the districts' ameer conference of the party at Al-Falah auditorium in the city Friday....

Ban on politics, arrest of Azam, Amini demanded

2011-04-09 00:00:00

Speakers at a discussion Friday demanded immediate trial of the war criminals, ban on communal politics and arrest of Golam Azam and Amini, reports BSS. They said communal politics should be banned if the government wants to develop the country...

Probe body chief wants to resign

2011-04-09 00:00:00

The chief of the committee investigating BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury's (SQC) sending letters to the speaker and the UK government from jail, has expressed his willingness to relinquish the position, reports bdnews24.com. The committee, asked to submit a report...