Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Saturday said the ‘election-time government’ has no authority to sign Ticfa with the United States.
Month: November 2013
Apparel buyers from Spain caught in clash
A seven-member team of readymade garment (RMG) buyers from Spain were caught in a clash in the city’s Merul-Badda area, said an exporter. One of the buyers – Walid Samaha – suffered injuries when the attackers vandalised their car during…
Jamaat calls strike in Chittagong Sunday
Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a dawn-to-dusk general strike in Chittagong on Sunday.
Cop hurt in clash with Jamaat-Shibir in city
A police constable was injured as Jamaat-Shibir activists attacked a police vehicle in the city’s Badda on Saturday morning. The injured person was identified as constable Abdul Alim, 38, a driver of a police van of Badda police station.
Ershad’s joining govt betrayal with nation: Kazi Zafar
Jatiya Party Presidium member Kazi Zafar Ahmad on Saturday said joining the polls-time cabinet by their party chief is nothing but betrayal with the nation and asked the party leaders and activists to take part in the movement for establishing…
Parliament Speaker still sees scope of pol dialogue
Speaker of Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury on Saturday said there is still scope for dialogue between the two major political parties to resolve the political impasse over the poll-time government.
Take to streets, save democracy: BNP urges people
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday urged the people to jointly take to the streets to ‘oust this anti-democratic regime’ to pave the path for holding the next polls under a non-party administration.
Govt living in ‘fool’s paradise’: Dr Kamal
Gana Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said the current regime is living in ‘fool’s paradise’ if it is hopeful that the people of the country will accept an election without a neutral caretaker government.
Businesses want pol stability for economic uplift
The continuation of policy and political stability are a must for Bangladesh for its economic development, and political parties must ensure smooth functioning of export-import and the supply chain, said a trade and investment expert here on Saturday.
Notice served for dumping of new ACC law amendment
A legal notice was served on Saturday to the authorities concerned seeking steps within 24 hours for scrapping the new provision incorporated in the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2013 making it mandatory to take prior government permission to file corruption cases…
Don’t view me weak: Ershad tells BNP
Hussein Muhammad Ershad has asked the BNP not to consider him ‘weak’. The Jatiya Party Chairman’s made the remark on Saturday in response to the BNP leaders’ criticism over his decision to participate in the national election after quitting the…
No impunity for War crimes: Mahmud Ali
New Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on Saturday said there would be no room for impunity for the ‘horrific crimes’ committed during the Liberation War in 1971. “The nine verdicts pronounced by the tribunals so far have proven that…
Ribery: Ronaldo deserves Ballon d’Or too
Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery has claimed that both he and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo would be worthy winners of the 2013 Ballon d’Or.
As captain I need more runs – McCullum
Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand captain, has said he needs more runs in Tests to “lead from the front” and is not as worried about his form in the shorter formats.
China establishes ‘air-defence zone’ over East China Sea
China has demarcated an “air-defence identification zone” over an area of the East China Sea, covering islands that are also claimed by Japan.
Surviving climate change: Towards a climate revolution
A week after the most powerful “super typhoon” ever recorded pummeled the Philippines, killing thousands in a single province, and three weeks after the northern Chinese city of Harbin suffered a devastating “airpocalypse,” suffocating the city with coal-plant pollution, government…
Egypt expels Turkish ambassador
Egypt has told the Turkish ambassador to leave the country and downgraded relations between the two countries.
London ‘slavery’ case women met ‘in collective’
Two of the three women found last month in an alleged slavery case in London met the man who has been arrested via a “collective”, police say.
Iran nuclear talks: Hague bids to close ‘narrow gaps’
The UK’s foreign secretary has said “narrow gaps” remain between Iran and the six world powers meeting in Geneva to discuss Tehran’s nuclear programme.
UN climate talks in Warsaw bogged down on key details
UN talks on climate change taking place in Warsaw have been extended as delegates remain deadlocked on key issues.
US firm Duke Energy pays out over wind farm eagle deaths
A huge US energy supplier has agreed to pay out $1m (£620,000) over the deaths of golden eagles at two wind farms.
Greenpeace denies ‘Arctic 30’ group were ill-prepared
A senior Greenpeace official has denied that a group held in a Russian jail after a protest against oil-drilling in the Arctic were ill-prepared.
Leonardo DiCaprio donates $3m to save tigers in Nepal
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has donated $3 million (£1.85 million) to help save tigers in Nepal.
‘People want the ‘Walking Dead’ Governor to redeem himself’
So… has he changed? Has the Governor’s post-Woodbury walkabout left him a new man, or rather, returned to the man we’ve seen hints that he once was, before “the turn,” before he lost his wife and daughter Penny?
8 more held over AL leader Raihan killing
Police arrested eight more ‘Jamaat-Shibir activists’ from different places in Debhata upazila on Friday night in connection with the killing of local Awami League leader Abu Raihan.
Labourer electrocuted in B’baria
A construction labourer died from electrocution and another pertson was injured at North Morail in the district town on Friday.
Man hacked to death in C’nawabganj
A man was hacked to death and his associate injured in an attack by unidentified miscreants at Baliadanga in sadar upazila on Friday night.
Fish traders’ clash injures 20 in Comilla
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of traders over establishing supremacy at Tulatuli Bazar in Meghna upazila on Friday.
12 arrested in Joypurhat
Police arrested 12 persons including notorious drug peddlers on various charges conducting separate anti-crime drives in different places of five upazilas of the district during the last 48 hours till this morning.
Grants distributed for improving livelihoods in Rangpur
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) under its Community Development Initiative (CDI) programme distributed Taka 31 lakh as grants among 310 extremely poor families for livelihoods improvement here Friday.