Opposition BNP on Tuesday threatened to intensify the ongoing movement further if the government does not withdraw the ‘false’ cases filed against its leaders and activists and release them immediately.
Month: April 2013
Presidential polls Apr 29
The Election Commission has said the presidential elections will take place in Parliament on April 29.
Hartal: 1 killed, 14 hurt, 23 held
A man was killed and 14 others were injured during 18-party called 36-hour countrywide hartal Tuesday.
Shibir calls hartal for Thursday
Chhatra Shibir, the student organisation backed by Jamaat-e-Islami, called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday protesting torture of its president and demanding release of him.
Security beefed up for Pahela Baishakh: Tuku
State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku on Tuesday said additional security measures have been taken across the country, especially at Ramna Batamul, for peaceful holding of different programmes, including rallies at Dhaka University, on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh.
Hold dialogue, resolve crisis: FBCCI
President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed on Tuesday urged the top leaders of two major political parties to sit for a dialogue and thus break the current political standoff.
Int’l tenders for Padma project by June
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the government would invite international tenders by June next for the construction of the country’s much-hyped 6.15-kilometre long Padma Multipurpose Bridge project.
Top BNP leaders held for subversion: Govt
State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam on Tuesday said it had become inevitable to take legal actions against top BNP leaders as they made an attempt to make the state dysfunctional.
No change in corporate tax, no new tax: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of changing the corporate tax rates in the next budget and said there would not be any new tax.
US$ 297mn foreign loan approved
The Board of Investment scrutiny committee for approval of private sector foreign borrowing on Tuesday cleared the borrowing of US$ 297 million foreign loan against 15 private sector projects.
BGMEA worried over Ctg power crisis
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Tuesday voiced grave concern over the prevailing power crisis in the region of Chittagong.
Biman to reopen 2 international routes
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to reopen two international routes from the next month.
Tullow BD sold to KrisEnergy
Independent oil and gas exploration and production company Tullow Oil PLC has sold share capital of Tullow Bangladesh Ltd (TBL) for $42.35 million to KrisEnergy Asia Holdings BV.
Spain-Bangla joint venture investment likely
Messrs Global Labels (Bangladesh) Ltd, a Spain-Bangladesh joint venture company, will establish a garment accessories industry in Dhaka Export Processing Zone involving US$ 2 million.
Curbing wildlife crimes
Ramesh Prasad Bhushal Body parts of more than 1,400 tigers have been seized across Asia in last 13 years, which is about half of the world’s total population of wild tigers (estimated at 3,200).
At death Thatcher makes Britons recall her services
David Cameron said she had been a “great Briton” while US President Barack Obama called her a “great champion of freedom and liberty”.
Islamic headscarf debate rekindled in France
The debate about Islamic headscarves which gripped France in 2004 has been reignited by a controversial court ruling. President Francois Hollande, a Socialist, has backed cross-party moves for further curbs on headscarves.
Nine brick kiln owners fined for violating rules
Department of Environment (Enforcement) has been fined Tk 18 lakh to against nine brick-fields in Habiganj to prevent air pollution on Sunday.
Shirin releases new album, plans one for Baishakh
Shireen Jawad will release her third solo album titled Rangila on April 9. The UK based singer will present yet another folk fusion album targeting the Pahela Baishakh celebrations.
Striker Alfaz does it for Mohammedans
Alfaz Ahmed, the man with golden boots of Bangladesh football decided to call it quits completing his 28 year career in the high profile Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League match between Dhaka Mohammedan and Abahani Ltd at the Bangabandhu National stadium…
‘6 million jobs lost in EU since 2008 economic crisis’
European Union economies have shed almost six million jobs since the global economic crisis struck in 2008.
Asia stocks muted on Koreas, bird flu jitters
Asian stock markets were mixed Monday amid concerns about tensions on the Korean Peninsula and bird flu in China, but European stocks rose as traders looked ahead to corporate earnings season in the U.S.
3 Heart Foundation doctors indicted for wrong treatment
A Dhaka court on Monday framed charges against four people, including three physicians of Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, in a case filed for a patient’s death due to wrong treatment.
Money ‘being shifted to saving schemes’ from capital market
The freefall in the capital market has prompted many individual investors to switch over to various saving schemes, increasing the revenue flow to the national exchequer.
Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dies at 87
Margaret Thatcher, the combative “Iron Lady” who infuriated European allies, found a fellow believer in Ronald Reagan and transformed her country by a ruthless dedication to free markets in 11 bruising years as prime minister, has died.
End to political unrest by one month: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday assured ambassadors of the European Union (EU) of overcoming the existing political unrest within a month.
Hefajat pushes for new law against blasphemy
Turning down the Prime Minister’s claim that the country’s existing laws are enough to punish those defame religion, Hefajat-e Islam on Monday demanded that a new law in line with the Holy Quran be enacted to this end.
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed held in city
Police arrested BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed in the city’s Gulshan area on Monday night.
BNP demands proper treatment of arrested leaders
Opposition BNP on Monday demanded proper treatment of its arrested senior leaders, including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, as they are sick.
OIC to hold FM-level meet on Rohingyas
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called a foreign minister-level meeting to be held in Jeddah on April 14 to discuss the issue of violence against Muslims in Myanmar.