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Zillur, Bhuiyan seek talks to end crisis

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Acting Awami League (AL) President Zillur Rahman and BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan Tuesday urged the government to sit in a dialogue instead of using force to resolve the Dhaka University (DU) incident, reports bdnews24.com.Zillur termed the incident "grievous...

House rent regulation: Right tool for right job

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Greg SmithsimonFar too many discussions about the 'failures' of rent control don't take into account what such regulation is really designed to do -- namely, provide housing stability and protect against displacement. Before allowing rent control regulation to wither in...

Community in suburban neighbourhoods

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Ali ModarresWhen it comes to redevelopment, many architects, planners and developers like to talk creating a sense of 'community'. But glossy plans and new buildings generally do little to strengthen an area's 'social' fabric -- rather, it often can cause...

Time to protect earth: save life from plastic pollution

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Hossain Shahriar Switch to PVC-free materials Hoping to avoid litigation, many major corporations are now eliminating the use of PVC. Proctor and Gamble, Mattel, LEGOs, Little Tikes (Newell Rubbermaid),[55] Baxter[56] and several others have made this commitment. More than 80%...

India make England work for runs

2007-08-22 00:00:00

England compiled 66 for 1 from 16 overs after being put into bat in the first one-day international against India, reports BBC. After a quiet start Matt Prior advanced down to hit Zaheer Khan for six, but got a leading...

Lawson takes first steps as Pak cricket coach

2007-08-22 00:00:00

LAHORE, Pakistan, Aug 21 (AFP): Pakistan's new cricket coach Geoff Lawson met his new charges here Tuesday to start final preparations for next month's inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.The 49-year-old former Australian paceman arrived Monday night to replace...

National team wins both 20-20 practice matches

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Bangladesh national cricket team for the Twenty20 World Championship won both of their practice matches against BCB Academy team at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.The national cricketers beat the Australia-bound Academy team by 60 runs...

Robredo, Dementieva advance at New Haven tennis

2007-08-22 00:00:00

NEW HAVEN, United States, Aug 21 (AFP): High seeds Tommy Robredo and Elena Dementieva posted victories here on Monday before rain halted play at the US Open tune-up for both the ATP and WTA players.The second-seeded Spaniard Robredo withstood a...

Army emerges champion in Services Kabaddi

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Bangladesh Army team emerged champions in the Services Kabaddi League beating Bangladesh Rifles by 26-24 points with one creditable lona in the final at Mirpur Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium Tuesday, reports UNB.Mohammad Rabiul of the Army team was adjudged the...

BFF Eleven faces Orissa Women's football today

2007-08-22 00:00:00

BFF Eleven faces Orissa at 4pm today (Wednesday) in the opening encounter of the women's football exhibition match at the Ansar and VDP Academy ground in Shafipur, reports UNB. "I am very pleased that the women play football without any...

Booters take on Cambodia today

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Bangladesh takes on Cambodia today (Wednesday) in the five-nation 13th Nehru Cup Football tournament with a hope to restore some pride, reports UNB. The match kicks off at 7:30pm (BST). Indian satellite TV channel Zee Sports will telecast live the...

Film artistes to participate in exhibition match

2007-08-22 00:00:00

An exhibition soccer match between football players and Bangladesh Film Artistes Association will be held at Bangabandhu National Stadium at 4pm Thursday to help the country's flood victims, reports UNB.Former and current players of top football clubs in Dhaka and...

Kapil Dev sacked as chairman of cricket academy

2007-08-22 00:00:00

The Indian board has sacked Kapil Dev as chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) with immediate effect. Ajay Shirke, the vice-chairman of the NCA, will take over as the acting chairman and a new appointment for the post will...

Violence continues to rock DU campus, nearby areas

2007-08-22 00:00:00

DU CorrespondentAngry students staged violent demonstration, clashed with police and damaged dozens of vehicles on Dhaka University (DU) campus and its adjoining areas for the second consecutive day Tuesday demanding withdrawal of army camp from the campus. The violence also...

Moeen urges banks to encourage businesses to import essentials

2007-08-22 00:00:00

FE Report Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U. Ahmed has urged the banks to encourage businessmen, particularly small and medium ones, for importing essential items including food grains to meet the growing demand in the local markets. "You can...

Army withdrawing camp from campus

2007-08-22 00:00:00

FE ReportThe government decided Sunday to withdraw the army camp from the trouble-torn Dhaka University campus by today (Wednesday). The withdrawal started from 8 pm Tuesday.A top-level meeting of the government, presided over by Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, also...

Shoring up revenue earning from land registration

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Shamsul Huq Zahid The immediate past political government tried to streamline the land registration system with the objectives of reducing the hassles that both buyers and sellers of land and immovable property have to face very often and bringing down...

Emergency rules challenged in HC

2007-08-22 00:00:00

After seven months of the state of emergency the country has passed through, the Emergency Power Rules (EPR) made under the Emergency Power Ordinance has come under challenge in the High Court, reports UNB.After preliminary hearing of a writ petition...

Aug 21 marked with fresh call for fair probe

2007-08-22 00:00:00

The third anniversary of the brutal grenade attacks on an Awami League (AL) rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in the city was marked Tuesday with a renewed demand for a fair investigation into the gruesome political killing. AL and its allies...

MCCI for lifting of increased income tax

2007-08-22 00:00:00

FE ReportImposition of increased income tax on interests/profits of savings certificates under the recent budget will discourage investments, particularly from small investors in savings certificates, the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) observed in an editorial comment in...

Land acquisition for Padma Bridge starts next month

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Shakhawat Hossain Land acquisition for the Padma Bridge construction is expected to start from next month. The Ministry of Communication (MoC) will seek Tk 3.2 billion from the finance ministry for the purpose, official source said.The MoC has started to...

Army chief calls on President

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed Tuesday paid a courtesy call on President Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban. General Moeen apprised the President of the army's participation in activities taken to support the flood victims and for their rehabilitation across the...

300 farmers rally for fertiliser in Jhenidah

2007-08-22 00:00:00

JHENIDAH, Aug 21: More than 300 farmers Tuesday demonstrated in front of the upazila nirbahi officer’s (UNO) office demanding fertiliser supply. Sadar Upazila UNO ASM Asaduzzaman admitted that farmers of Ganna union agitated in front of his office in the...

Steps taken against KCC engineers

2007-08-22 00:00:00

The executive engineer of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) M Abdul Aziz has been suspended, while its chief engineer Leyaqat Ali Sharif has been served with a show-cause notice for embezzlement of Tk 5.0 million from the KCC's transport fund. According...

BAPEX gets lukewarm response to its tender for buying rig

2007-08-22 00:00:00

M Azizur RahmanState-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) has received lukewarm response to its tender for purchase of a rig for drilling gas wells."Only two foreign companies, both Chinese, submitted their bid documents to supply the rig...

BTMC to get Tk 1.07b govt loan to settle retrenched workers' dues

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Naim-Ul-KarimThe government has decided to extend a loan of Tk 1.07 billion to the Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) to help the latter settle the money it owes to the retrenched officials, employees and workers of a number of textile...

Fish Inspection Ordinance '07 finalised

2007-08-22 00:00:00

Doulot Akter MalaThe government has finalised the Fish and Fish Products Inspection and Quality Control Ordinance-2007 in fulfillment of one of several compliance issues.The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock in an inter-ministerial meeting Sunday finalised the policy ahead of a...

Talks on $150m ADB loan for governance reform in Sept

2007-08-22 00:00:00

AZM AnasThe caretaker government will begin talks with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in early next month to secure US$150 million in loan meant for policy reform in the governance sector, sources said.They said officials of the government and the...

Powerful Myanmar delegation arrives next month

2007-08-22 00:00:00

FE Report A powerful Myanmar delegation is arriving in Dhaka in the first week of September to discuss ways to boost bilateral cooperation in trade, commerce, investment and tourism between the two countries, diplomatic sources said. They said General Maung...

Share prices on DSE decline

2007-08-22 00:00:00

FE ReportShare price indices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) declined Tuesday, led by banks, halting a two-day market rally.Market operators said majority of shares lost in trading because of profit-taking by investors.Share prices of 21 out of 25 banks...