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Month: October 2013
Mozena, Pankaj meet fuels speculations about their roles
A meeting of US ambassador Dan W Mozena with Indian High Commissioner Pankaj Saran at latter’s residence on Tuesday night fuelled speculations that the world’s lone Super-power wanted to take India into confidence and help a process of dialogue to…
Khaleda’s election-time cabinet formula placed in Parliament, walkout staged
Opposition MPs on Wednesday placed BNP chief and opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s proposal for forming a polls-time interim-government and urged the Prime Minister to accept it for maintaining peace and stability in the country’ for the sake of its democracy.
Bring proposal as per rules of procedure: Tofail
Senior Treasury Bench member Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday urged the opposition to come up with their interim-government proposal as per the rules of procedure for having discussions on how the polls will be held.
Polls code to be changed with changed situation: Shah Nawaz
Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz on Wednesday said the election code of conduct will be changed again if the two major political parties reach a consensus over the election-time government.
BNP threatens movement if ban on rallies not lifted
BNP, the main opposition party, has threatened to launch a tough movement if the ban imposed from Thursday on meetings, rallies and processions in Chittagong city is not lifted.
Indo-Bangla ‘Extradition Treaty’ takes effect
The ‘Extradition Treaty’ signed between Bangladesh and India came into effect on Wednesday as the two neighbouring countries exchanged instruments of ratification of the agreement.
WB says GDP growth to slow down to 5.7pc for pol turmoil
The World Bank on Wednesday projected that Bangladesh’s GDP growth rate will slow down to 5.7 percent in the fiscal 2013-14 due to political turmoil.
Govt committed to environment protection: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told Parliament that the government will not carry out any project involving environmental damage, presenting photos of the coal-fired plant areas at home and abroad.
Muhith believes Cabinet Purchase body can sit until mid-Nov
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said that the government’s two highest policymaking bodies – Cabinet Purchase Committee and Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee – can hold their meetings until middle of November.
Blast before EC’s house
An explosion occurred in front of Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz’s house amid countrywide protests by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.
BNP seeks govt cooperation in holding its rally in city
The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Wednesday sought government’s cooperation in holding its scheduled rally in the capital on Friday in a peaceful manner. “We the Dhaka city unit 18-party wants to hold the rally in front of BNP’s central office…
Savar factory collapse victims no closer to recovery
Six months after the garment factory disaster at Rana Plaza in Savar, victims of the deadly building collapse are still awaiting compensation and suffering debilitating physical and psychological injuries that have prevented the vast majority of them from returning to…
Bombs explode in Uttara
Two improvised bombs exploded near the Uttara (East) Police Station on Wednesday evening.
Parag abduction charge framed, 12 indicted
The First Women and Children Repression Prevention tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against 12 people for abducting school-going child Parag Manda, a year back.
Police raid Jamaat city office, arrest 18 workers from Jatiya Press Club
The members of law enforcement agency raided office of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami at Paltan on Wednesday evening.
1520 police sub-inspectors recruited
The government has recruited 1,520 persons for the post of Sub Inspector (SI) in Bangladesh Police.
China, India deal aim at soothing Himalayan tension
China and India signed a deal on Wednesday aimed at soothing tension on their contested border, as the two nuclear-armed giants try to break a decades-old stalemate on overlapping claims to long remote stretches of the Himalayas.
Gambling and obscene cultural shows protested in Barisal
Human chain and rally held on Tuesday protesting arrangements of gambling and obscene cultural shows in different parts of the city and adjacent areas of Barisal.
Death anniversary of Jibanananda Das passed silently in his native city Barisal
The 59th death anniversary of poet of Ruposi Bangla Jibanananda Das passed silently in Barisal, the native city of the poet, on Tuesday.
Mari Stops opens maternity clinic at Basial, Narsingdi
Mari Stops Bangladesh under its project Urban Health: strengthening care for poor mothers and new born in Bangladesh, opened a new maternity clinic at Basial (Shaheed Lokman Hossain Road) in Narsingdi town today Tuesday.
One killed, nine injured in a road mishap in Jhenidah
A helper of passenger bus was killed and at least nine injured when a Khulna bound bus met a collision with a truck from the behind near Kulchara village on Jhenidah-Kushtia highway under Sailkupa upazila in Jhenidah on Tuesday morning.
Couple among 3 killed in Tangail road crash
Three people, including an Awami League leader and his wife, were killed and three others injured as a jeep carrying them hit a roadside tree after a wheel of the vehicle punctured in Mirzapur upazila on Wednesday morning.
Man found dead with throat slit in Kushtia
Police recovered throat-slit body of a man from a paddy field at Dharampara in Kumarkhali upazila on Wednesday morning.
10 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Satkhira
Police arrested 10 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir from different upazilas of the district early Wednesday on charges of killing a BCL leader and creating violence during hartal.
699 bottles of Phensidyl seized in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 699 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from a plum garden in Bholahat upazila early Wednesday.
8 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Bagerhat
Police arrested eight leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir while holding a secret meeting at Nobboirashi in Morelganj upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
Couple held over blast in Ctg bldg
Police arrested a couple along with bomb making materials from Rasulpur residential area under Bakalia Police Station in the city following a ‘mysterious’ explosion inside a building early Wednesday.
3 hurt in UPDF-PCJSS gunfight in Khagrachhari
Three people, including a child, sustained bullet injuries as activists of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) locked in a gun battle in Lakshmichhari upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
Padma’s unabated erosion poses threat to city protection embankment in Rajshahi
The massive and unabated erosion in the river Padma has been posing a serious threat to the city protection embankment, officials and others concerned here said.