Archive for August 22nd, 2006
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006The government has decided to recognise Dawra degree of Qawami madrasa equivalent to master's degree in Islamic studies or Arabic literature Prime Minister Khaleda announced the decision at a function of Islamic thinkers and teachers of Qawami madrasas at the International Conference Centre (ICC) yesterday.After the announcement, "Marhava", "marhava" sound reverberated through the conference hall.The prime minister told the function that she asked the authorities concerned to constitute a committee to frame necessary rules and regulations and institutional framework to implement the decision.Within next one month, the prime minister said, the committee will submit necessary planning and strategy ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006The Cabinet Purchase Committee yesterday rejected procurement proposals for two projects including a water treatment plant for Chittagong Wasa, and directed the authorities concerned to put out the contracts to re-tender due to irregularities in the previous bidding processes.The purchase committee meeting chaired by Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman, however, approved 17 other projects, despite many of those being identified as irregular, sources said.Members of the committee rejected a LGRD ministry proposal for awarding a Tk 64 crore contract to local DCL & Associates for setting up a water treatment plant for Chittagong Wasa, according to sources.By analysing ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006The government's decision to acknowledge Qawami madrasa education system yesterday kicked up an uproar all around, with academics, politicians and civil society members terming it a rash political decision designed only to make the Islamic parties in the ruling alliance happy. The government did not even bother to evaluate the quality of education in the Qawami education system and upgrade Fazil-Kamil curriculum and syllabi before settling for this controversial decision, said sources at the education ministry.They alleged that the ruling party BNP caved in to the mounting pressure from its coalition partners-- Jamaat-e-Isalami, who rallied for Fazil-Kamil degree to ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006Awami League (AL) yesterday commemorated the second anniversary of the gruesome August 21 grenade attack, taking a fresh vow to bring the perpetrators to book. The opposition leaders and workers stood in a two-minute silence, lit candles, placed wreaths and brought out mourning processions to match the solemnity of the occasion.As the clock struck 5.22pm, exact time of the first blast, tens of thousands of people stood up and observed silence till 5:24pm in memory of the leaders and activists perished in the blasts that rattled the entire nation.Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina narrowly escaped the attack on ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006The Jatiya Sangsad that goes into session on September 10 will decide whether the much-talked issue of reforms in the caretaker government system and Election Commission will be resolved during the tenure of the alliance government or left for the caretaker government. President Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday summoned the 23rd session of parliament, which is likely to be the last session before its tenure expires on October 27. For the first time in last 15 years, the current parliament is likely towitness the presence of the main opposition in its concluding session.Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina on February ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006The parliamentary standing committee on defence ministry yesterday once again slammed the country's intelligence agencies for failure to ward off the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally two years ago.The blasts left at least 23 people killed and some 300 injured."We said it before that the intelligence agencies had failed to carry out their duties on that day," Committee Chairman Lt Gen (retired) Mahbubur Rahman told reporters after a meeting of the standing committee at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.Committee member and AL lawmaker Col (retired) Shawkat Ali said,"The intelligence officials should be summoned to appear ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006Increased population, more urbanisation, economic growth and natural disaster will pose serious environmental threat for Bangladesh by 2021, experts said at a consultation meeting yesterday.Stressing the need for initiating measures that would help increase productivity and reduce inequality, they said it is necessary to build effective public sewerage systems, mandatory industrial waste water treatment plants and a well-functioning public transport system.The Nagorik Committee 2006 organised the seventh expert group consultation meeting on 'Vision 2021 for Bangladesh: Goal 7: To be environmentally sustainable' at Cirdap auditorium in Dhaka. Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed, president of Bishwa Shahitya Kendra and M Hafizuddin Khan, ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006Activists of the banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have not only regrouped in Islampur-Bakal area in Satkhira but they have also filed a case against Rawshan Ali, a key witness of an August 17 serial blasts case. Meanwhile, criminals launched two attacks on Rawshan's house in Islampur of Sadar upazila.Rawshan claimed the perpetrators were active members of JMB and they attacked his home to take revenge as he had identified JMB activist Nasir Uddin Dafadar, who blasted a bomb on August 17 last year on Satkhira court premises. Rawshan had helped police arrest other JMB militants following ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006Bangladesh's gold medal hopes narrowed down at the 10th South Asian Games here yesterday when two reigning champions failed to live up to the billing.After female shooter Sharmin Akhter, gold medalist in Pakistan two years ago, had to settle for silver in the 10m air rifle individual and team events, it was Rubel Rana's turn to frustrate the Bangladesh contingent.A surprise 100m backstroke gold medalist at Islamabad, Rubel even failed to grab a medal as he finished a depressing fifth at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium Swimming Pool.It was a pity to see him only better his own timing, reaching the ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday said perpetrators of the grenade attack on the Awami League (AL) rally on August 21, 2004 are still at large even after two years because the government itself was involved in the heinous attack."The culprits of the August 21 grenade attack cannot be brought to justice under this government because the government itself was behind it," AL President Hasina said in a commemorating rally at Bangabandhu Avenue yesterday.Hasina reached Bangabandhu Avenue at 11:23am under unprecedented security measurers and placed floral wreaths at the memorial plaque built in memory of the 24 people killed ...
(read more) 
