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CJ's health condition improves

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The health condition of Chief Justice (CJ) ABM Khairul Haque, who was admitted to BIRDEM Hospital in the city Sunday night, has improved Monday, reports UNB. He was admitted to the hospital shortly before zero hour Sunday with high blood...

Law for equal rights of sons, daughters on parents' property soon

2011-03-08 00:00:00

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury today told the House that the government is actively considering to make a necessary law to ensure equal rights of sons and daughters on the parents' property. While replying...

BNP proposals to bring back expats from Libya

2011-03-08 00:00:00

Blaming the government for indulging in rhetoric, opposition BNP has put forward a seven-point recommendation for the government to quickly bring back the stranded Bangladeshi workers from troubled Libya including sending of civil vessels and military aircrafts, reports UNB. The...

Verdict on Yunus petition today

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The High Court has fixed today (Tuesday) to deliver verdict on Muhammad Yunus' writ petition challenging his removal from his post in Grameen Bank, reports bdnews24.com. The bench of justices Muhammed Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed and Gobinda Chandra Tagore will deliver...

Procedural bottlenecks to delay power import from India

FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

FE ReportElectricity import from India might be delayed by several months from the original schedule of commencement due to some 'procedural bottlenecks', Power Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said following a marathon meeting with his Indian counterpart Monday. "We may get...

HC allows import of scrap ships on conditions

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The High Court (HC) on Monday ruled that import of ships for scrapping will be allowed subject to conditions of ensuring workers' and public safety as well as environmental protection. The conditions will be enforced until the framing of rules...

Biman to start evacuation flights

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The government has decided to send its national flag carrier to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in Egypt and Tunisia. "I have received a letter Monday from the foreign secretary requesting to send our carrier to Egypt and Tunisia to bring...

PM's action to be sought against Nijera Kori

Syful Islam | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

Syful IslamThe ministry of fisheries is going to write a letter to the Prime Minister today (Tuesday) to take action against 'Nijera Kori', a non-government organisation, for its alleged conspiracy against the country's shrimp industry, official sources said. Minister for...

Ph D conferred on Habib

2011-03-08 00:00:00

Jadavpur University of West Bengal, India has recently conferred Ph D on Md Wahidul Habib for his thesis titled "Quality of Health Service in Bangladesh, Health Status, Health Infrastructure and Expenditure on Health", said a press release. Habib was under...

Moriarty confirms US offer to evacuate stranded B'deshis

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The US government will repatriate some of the thousands of Bangladeshi citizens currently stranded in Tunisian border as a result of the unrest in Libya, reports UNB. US ambassador to Bangladesh James F Moriarty confirmed this Monday, said a press...

Arrest of Redwan killers demanded

DU Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

DU Correspondent The students of Dhaka University (DU) Monday demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers of Redwan Ahmed, a postgraduate student of Arabic department of the university who was killed allegedly by the Himalay Paribahan workers Saturday...

Qulkhwani

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The Qulkhwani of Badiuzzaman Khundker, eminent businessman and father of Bank Asia Director Mr. Nafees Khundker will be held today (Tuesday) after Magrib prayer at his residence at Exclusive Circle, Apartment- 401, House- 62, Road-27, Gulshan-1 in the city. Mr...

Ki-moon for ensuring equal access of women to edn

2011-03-08 00:00:00

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said the International Women's Day of this year focuses on equal access to education, training, and science and technology, reports BSS. In a message on the eve of the day, he said,...

Bodies of 3 youths found

FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

FE ReportPolice recovered slaughtered bodies of three youngmen from a drain at Kadamtoli in the city Monday. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kadamtoli Police Station Ayubur Rahman said after being informed by locals they recovered those bodies from a drain at about...

Fire gutted 400 shanties in Chittagong

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 7: A devastating fire has gutted about 400 non-brick houses at the Amin Jute Mill Colony at Hamzarbag area under Baizid police station in the city today. The fire broke out at around 3.00 pm from a...

Procedural bottlenecks to delay power import from India

FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

FE ReportElectricity import from India might be delayed by several months from the original schedule of commencement due to some 'procedural bottlenecks', Power Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said following a marathon meeting with his Indian counterpart Monday. "We may get...

HC allows import of scrap ships on conditions

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The High Court (HC) on Monday ruled that import of ships for scrapping will be allowed subject to conditions of ensuring workers' and public safety as well as environmental protection. The conditions will be enforced until the framing of rules...

Biman to start evacuation flights

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The government has decided to send its national flag carrier to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in Egypt and Tunisia. "I have received a letter Monday from the foreign secretary requesting to send our carrier to Egypt and Tunisia to bring...

Looking forward to new tax and VAT laws and policies

2011-03-08 00:00:00

Prices of food and essential commodities in Bangladesh and in the international market are increasing day by day. Few days back, tens of thousands of people took part in a rally in Delhi, India to protest food price hike. Indian...

Professor Yunus and the government

2011-03-08 00:00:00

In recent months, the people of Bangladesh (and the world) have witnessed some momentous events. The opening ceremonies of world cricket match in Dhaka, the great people's uprising in the Middle East, the falling of autocrats Ben Ali and Hosni...

Moriarty confirms US offer to evacuate stranded B'deshis

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The US government will repatriate some of the thousands of Bangladeshi citizens currently stranded in Tunisian border as a result of the unrest in Libya, reports UNB. US ambassador to Bangladesh James F Moriarty confirmed this Monday, said a press...

Arrest of Redwan killers demanded

DU Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

DU Correspondent The students of Dhaka University (DU) Monday demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers of Redwan Ahmed, a postgraduate student of Arabic department of the university who was killed allegedly by the Himalay Paribahan workers Saturday...

Qulkhwani

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The Qulkhwani of Badiuzzaman Khundker, eminent businessman and father of Bank Asia Director Mr. Nafees Khundker will be held today (Tuesday) after Magrib prayer at his residence at Exclusive Circle, Apartment- 401, House- 62, Road-27, Gulshan-1 in the city. Mr...

Ki-moon for ensuring equal access of women to edn

2011-03-08 00:00:00

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said the International Women's Day of this year focuses on equal access to education, training, and science and technology, reports BSS. In a message on the eve of the day, he said,...

Bodies of 3 youths found

FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

FE ReportPolice recovered slaughtered bodies of three youngmen from a drain at Kadamtoli in the city Monday. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kadamtoli Police Station Ayubur Rahman said after being informed by locals they recovered those bodies from a drain at about...

Fire gutted 400 shanties in Chittagong

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Mar 7: A devastating fire has gutted about 400 non-brick houses at the Amin Jute Mill Colony at Hamzarbag area under Baizid police station in the city today. The fire broke out at around 3.00 pm from a...

Procedural bottlenecks to delay power import from India

FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

FE ReportElectricity import from India might be delayed by several months from the original schedule of commencement due to some 'procedural bottlenecks', Power Secretary Abul Kalam Azad said following a marathon meeting with his Indian counterpart Monday. "We may get...

HC allows import of scrap ships on conditions

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The High Court (HC) on Monday ruled that import of ships for scrapping will be allowed subject to conditions of ensuring workers' and public safety as well as environmental protection. The conditions will be enforced until the framing of rules...

Biman to start evacuation flights

2011-03-08 00:00:00

The government has decided to send its national flag carrier to bring back Bangladeshis stranded in Egypt and Tunisia. "I have received a letter Monday from the foreign secretary requesting to send our carrier to Egypt and Tunisia to bring...

'Fundamentalisms' against women's emancipation

2011-03-08 00:00:00

On the eve of the 100th International Women's Day, a discussion meeting of some of the foremost gender-sensitive organisations in Bangladesh, rightly identified both 'religion and market-based fundamentalisms' as the main enemies obstructing the true emancipation of women. Indeed, if...