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Tuku asks law enforcers to maintain stability

2009-08-02 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Aug 1 (UNB): The success of the government largely depended on the success of ensuring law and order situation, exhorted the newly appointed state minister for Home Shamsul Haq Tuku while addressing the senior police and RAB officials here...

SQ Chy suspicious about Anwar Chy's Aug 3 trip

2009-08-02 00:00:00

BNP leader Salahuddin Qader Chowdhury MP termed former Bangladeshi-origin British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury a main patron of the 1/11 changeover and questioned motives behind his scheduled arrival in Dhaka on August 3, reports UNB.SQ Chowdhury urged the government not...

Execution of Bangabandhu murder case verdict within this year

2009-08-02 00:00:00

GOPALGANJ, Aug 1 (UNB): Attorney General Mahbubey Alam Saturday said the government had decided to execute the verdict on the Bangabandhu assassination case within this year."All the processes in this regard have already been completed. We hope the execution of...

BJSA meeting postponed

2009-08-02 00:00:00

The emergency meeting of Bangladesh Judicial Service Association (BJSA) scheduled for Saturday to discuss the next course of action following government's punitive action against its president and secretary general was postponed due to "unavoidable circumstances", reports UNB.On Thursday (July 30),...

Six militant suspects held in Faridpur

2009-08-02 00:00:00

FARIDPUR, Aug 1 (UNB): The police arrested six suspected militants of a new Islamist outfit from Chanmari area of the district town Friday night and Saturday morning.The arrested persons were identified as M Rezaul Karim, M Shamsuddin, M Sohel, M...

Bill in JS soon for changing word 'Upajati'

2009-08-02 00:00:00

A bill is going to be placed in the next parliament session for bringing a change in the nomenclature of 'Adibashi' instead of 'Upajati' in defining the ethnic communities, reports UNB."The Cabinet has in principle approved the bill as the...

BCL leader killed in bomb-gun attack in Kushtia

2009-08-02 00:00:00

KUSHTIA, Aug 1 (UNB): A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was killed and two Jubo League activists were injured in a terrible bomb and gun attack at Sajipara village in Mirpur Upazila Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Tipu Sultan,...

Domestic, commercial gas connection rates raised

2009-08-02 00:00:00

FE Report The government has raised domestic and commercial connection rates of natural gas by more than 11 per cent effective from August 01 as per the directive of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC)."We have given directive to the...

Tigers complete rare West Indies whitewash

2009-08-02 00:00:00

Bangladesh survived a tense finish to complete unprecedented one-day whitewash of hosts West Indies after winning the final match of the series by three wickets at Warner Park in St. Kitts early Saturday (BdST), reports bdnews24.com. Chasing 249, the Tigers...

Global meltdown squeezes import orders for new capital machinery

2009-08-02 00:00:00

Siddique Islam Import orders for capital machinery plummeted by nearly 30 per cent in the fiscal year ended on June 30, 2009 as the global economic crisis created a climate of uncertainty in the country's industrial expansion, officials said Saturday....

High cost of migration leads to debt bondage of Bangladeshi workers

2009-08-02 00:00:00

Mashiur RahamanExcessive recruitment cost is helping flourish illegal labour trafficking from Bangladesh making its low-skilled job seekers desperate for quick money to repay the debt they left behind, a UNHCR report said.The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) report...

IMED hamstrung by lack of logistics, manpower

2009-08-02 00:00:00

FHM Humayan KabirThe Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), the government's vital project evaluation body, is hamstrung by lack of logistics and shortage of manpower which, officials say, might scuttle the development schemes.Planning ministry officials said Saturday inadequate power, absence...

Proshika clashes leave 'dozens injured'

2009-08-02 00:00:00

Dozens were reportedly injured in clashes at the Dhaka headquarters of Proshika, one of the country's largest non-government organisations, as hundreds of supporters led by its sacked chairman Kazi Faruque Ahmed marched on the building Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. The balconies...

LTU intelligence wing sniffs out hidden taxes from state banks

2009-08-02 00:00:00

Doulot Akter MalaA secret "intelligence wing" created at the revenue board has started paying off after it sniffed out Tk6.00 billion in hidden taxes from the country's four state-owned banks (SoBs), officials said Saturday.The wing was set up at the...

28,000 health sector jobs to be filled thru' direct appointment

2009-08-02 00:00:00

In a move intended to revitalise the moribund health sector, the government is set to fill more than 28,000 administrative posts through direct appointment, a statement issued by the prime minister's office said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. The initiative was taken...

Paracetamol syrup samples of 14 cos collected in Barisal

2009-08-02 00:00:00

BARISAL, Aug 1: The Barisal office of drug administration collected 15 samples of paracetamol syrup produced by 14 pharmaceutical companies and sent those to Dhaka. ATM Zahid Hossain, drug super in charge of Barisal, said that on a directive of...

105 more workers fall sick after drinking water at Savar

2009-08-02 00:00:00

SAVAR, Aug 1: About 105 more garment workers of a factory here fell sick due to food-poisoning Saturday. Locals said the workers of Pearl Garments factory at Palashbari suffered from severe pain in stomach and diarrhea in the morning after...

3 suspected women kidnappers held

2009-08-02 00:00:00

Plainclothes police arrested three women from the city's Mirpur area Thursday suspecting their involvement in kidnapping a man. Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB police raided a house at Ahmednagar of Pikepara under the Mirpur police station and...

Language bankruptcy

2009-08-02 00:00:00

Mahmudur RahmanThere are times when emotion does indeed rob the individual of the ability to express one's self. But even this can hardly be accepted as an excuse for the downward slide of language skills in the country.Highly gifted and...

Refinancing by BB responsible for surplus cash in banks

2009-08-02 00:00:00

FE ReportA top aide to the Prime Minister Saturday said lax reserve requirements for the Islamic banking and the central bank's refinancing programmes are largely responsible for surplus cash in the banking system.The Bangladesh Bank has slashed statuary liquidity rate...

'Knitwear factories must improve compliance to beat China, Turkey'

2009-08-02 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladeshi knitwear manufacturers must improve labour conditions and ensure safety in factories if they are to beat China and Turkey to emerge as the top apparel exporters in the world, a business leader said Saturday. Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and...

Upgrading drainage system urged to minimise Dhaka's water logging

2009-08-02 00:00:00

FE ReportSpeakers at a seminar Saturday demanded proper implementation of Dhaka City Master Plan and upgrading drainage system to avert water logging in the mega city.They urged the government to estimate damages caused to people and goods in the recent...

Tipaimukh dam puts 70m 'at risk', says Indian development activist

2009-08-02 00:00:00

India's planned Tipaimukh Dam puts 70 million "at risk" in northeast India and adjoining areas, including Bangladesh, and people of the region must co-ordinate efforts to safeguard sustainable development in face of such controversial projects, says Anastasia Cristalina Pinto, executive...

Muhith against tradition of army role in national affairs

2009-08-02 00:00:00

Finance Minister AMA Muhith Saturday said the country should get out from what he called tradition of army intruding indiscriminately into various national affairs, reports UNB."We have to get out from this tradition," he said speaking at 'Bangladesh Sanglap' dialogue...

US to honour Dr Yunus with Medal of Freedom

2009-08-02 00:00:00

US President Barack Obama has named Bangladesh's Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, British physicist Stephen Hawking and South African anti-apartheid veteran Desmond Tutu among the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour of the...

DCC promoting ward-based approach to solid waste management

2009-08-02 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is looking for ways and means to improve the disposal system of solid waste generated in the city. The DCC in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) formulated a master plan to clean...

Aishwarya, Abhishek escape unhurt as elephant runs amok

2009-08-01 00:00:00

THRISSUR, Kerala, July 30: Bollywood Actor-Couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai had a narrow escape when an elephant ran amok killing the mahout during the shooting of Mani Ratnam's 'Ravana' at Athirapally Waterfalls Area in this district of Kerala.Kunju, the...

HIGHLIGHTS

2009-08-01 00:00:00

First Sunday On HBO Movies Saturday at 10-30 pm.Durell Washington and LeeJohn Jackson are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When Durell learns that his ex-girlfriend plans to move to another state with their son Durell Jr.--unless they can get...

Nandita Das new head of Children's Film Society

2009-08-01 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, July 31: Actress-director Nandita Das has been appointed the new chairperson of the Children's Films Society of India (CFSI)."The tenure of her appointment ... shall be for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is...

TallTales &Trouble

2009-08-01 00:00:00

They say finally Shakib Khan has started to feel the pinch. Maybe he has started to get a bit nervous as well. Out of the seven movies he made in 2009, five flopped extremely badly. They say some filmmakers had...