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Wasa stink to stay

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Filthy and smelly Wasa water is causing immense sufferings to people in some parts of the capital with the onset of the dry season.The worst affected areas include Khilgaon, Shantinagar, Shahidbagh, Mugdapara and Motijheel.People of different ages, including women and children, carrying plastic jars, aluminium pitchers and discarded bottles throng the water pump at Razarbagh Police Lines round the clock.They come from nearby areas to collect drinking water as water supplied by Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is not usable.Even it can't be used for bathing and domestic chores, they said.“Tap water supplied at our factory ... (read more)

PM for direct road, rail links with China

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed her firm conviction in road and rail links being established between Chittagong and Kunming, to boost trade and investment between their respective countries.“I believe the leaders of Yunnan province can play an important role in establishing the road and rail links,” said the premier, ... (read more)

VoIP watch to go on

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

The BTRC will continue its investigation of illegal VoIP activities by any telephone operator or Internet service provider and shut them down, if found guilty, as it did in cases of three private landline companies and 18 ISPs recently.Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission is ignoring the plights of around 4,00,000 subscribers ... (read more)

PMO-run 20 websites hacked

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Hackers yesterday attacked 20 district websites operated by the Prime Minister's Office.The hackers who claimed to be Indians threatened Bangladesh with a cyber war if any Pakistani terrorist enters India through Bangladesh.Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder said they have already restored the websites and cyber-crime experts in Rab ... (read more)

Teesta sees no major progress

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

The India-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) yesterday asked water resources secretaries of the two countries to analyse Dhaka's draft on expeditious conclusion of an interim agreement on sharing the Teesta waters.On the final day of the 37th JRC meeting in New Delhi, India also agreed on Bangladesh's proposal for tripartite ... (read more)

Stampede at RMG factory

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

At least one garment factory worker died and 30 others were injured in a stampede, as workers got panic-stricken after a strip light exploded in Matrix Sweater Limited at Chhoidana in Gazipur sadar yesterday.The dead and the injured are female workers of the factory. The injured were treated at different ... (read more)

Problems not heard, no plan given

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

The grassroots level leaders of BNP yesterday expressed resentment over the union representatives' conference saying they got no guidelines from the discussion except "a series of adoration of Tarique Rahman".The gathering became only a "Tarique adoration show" instead of a union representatives' conference, they said.The leaders alleged the discussants criticised ... (read more)

20 injured as Bangalees, Santals clash

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between indigenous people and Bangalees yesterday over a piece of land belonging to a Christian missionary establishment at Baldipukur in Mithapukur upazila.Of the injured, 10 were rushed to Mithapukur upazila health complex and Rangpur Medical College Hospital. They include two leaders ... (read more)

No to symbolic war crimes trial

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

The Sector Commanders' Forum (SCF) firmly rejected the government's plan of "symbolic trial" of war criminals at a press briefing yesterday.SCF, a platform of sector commanders who led the Liberation War, organised the "urgent" press conference at the capital's Liberation War Museum to express its views on the government's ... (read more)

SC bucks up lower court

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

The Supreme Court issued a set of directives for the lower court judges to improve their performance and increase case-disposal rate.The directives include timely sitting of courts and proper record keeping.The apex court authorities issued the directives on February 24 this year, since the lower courts have been experiencing ... (read more)

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