Archive for November 4th, 2006
Saturday, November 4th, 2006The 14-party alliance yesterday extended the November 3 deadline by a week and asked the president to appoint a non-partisan person as the caretaker government chief in addition to carrying out the previous 11-point task. The alliance warned President Iajuddin Ahmed that otherwise they would enforce indefinite blockade programmes across the country."The chief adviser sought time to implement our demands. We are giving him another seven days to see what effective measurers he takes to hold a free and fair election," Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina told a huge rally at Paltan Maidan in the capital."If he fails to ...
(read more) Saturday, November 4th, 2006Former law minister Moudud Ahmed Wednesday moved against a High Court order and got the functions of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) stayed up to January 21 amid growing demands for investigation into corruption of ministers and officials of the immediate past government.The Supreme Court (SC) order means the ACC will not be able to function during almost the whole tenure of the caretaker government.However, the ACC was learnt to be preparing for applying to the court to modify the order so that it can function.Acknowledging that he is aware of the SC order, ACC Chairman Justice Sultan Ahmed Khan told ...
(read more) Saturday, November 4th, 2006BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan has urged the president and chief adviser of the caretaker government to take action against two advisers who visited Sudha Sadan and met Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Thursday night. "I hope they will resign willingly as they failed to maintain neutrality by visiting the AL president's house in unflagged car and without any protocol," Bhuiyan said at a press briefing yesterday at the party central office at Naya Paltan in the capital."It is not important for what purpose they went to Sudha Sadan but they have done a mistake by paying ...
(read more) Saturday, November 4th, 2006Very disturbing and completely unnecessary controversies are hampering the functioning of the newly formed caretaker government (CG). This group of well meaning, patriotic and committed people have come forward to perform a constitutional task for which they deserve our thanks. We must desist from drawing them into any political controversy. We should, and we will, observe their every move to inform the public as to what they are doing and point out wrongs when we think they have made. But we should do so with a motive of helping them to perform their task and definitely not to question their ...
(read more) Saturday, November 4th, 2006Advisers to the caretaker government yesterday said two of their colleagues met Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina on Thursday night following a consensus decision and on instructions of President Iajuddin Ahmed and there is no room for controversy.Such consultations will take place with the other political parties, civil society members and professional bodies as well to work out ways to reconstitute the Election Commission (EC) in a week.Two advisers, CM Shafi Sami and Advocate Sultana Kamal, called on the AL president to convince the 14-party combine not to go for any tough agitation programmes on expiry of ...
(read more) Saturday, November 4th, 2006The nation has witnessed with awe a new and grave manifestation of terrorism, political assassinations and organised crimes as law and order figured supreme during the tenure of the BNP-led alliance government that totally failed to contain the aforementioned menace.The home ministry, however, earned notable success in curbing nagging petty crimes like non-political killings, mugging, burglary, small-scale extortion and cheating and fighting the outlaws. Besides, it earned credit by deploying mobile courts to check food adulteration and improving logistics of the law enforcing forces and other departments under its command.But the success has been greatly marred by alarming rise in ...
(read more) Saturday, November 4th, 2006A 10-day ICT training programme for schoolteachers in Korea may be useful for skill building. But for the former education ministers and high officials, it was a perfect excuse to award a "pleasure trip" to their friends and cronies.A 25-member team of "schoolteachers" on November 1 flew to Korea to take part in the training course organised by DAEGU Metropolitan Office of Education.Sources said among these 25, four are not even schoolteachers. They areDirector (training) of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Dr Sirajuddin Ahmed, assistant private secretary to the former education minister Saiful Islam, Personal Officer of ...
(read more) Saturday, November 4th, 2006The Jail Killing Day, commemorating the assassination of four national leaders inside the Dhaka Central Jail, was observed yesterday.On this day in 1975, four national leaders and Liberation War heroes--Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, Captain M Mansur Ali and AHM Kamruzzaman--were gunned down inside the central jail.To mark the day, Awami League (AL) and its front organisations, including Juba League, Swechhasebak League, Awami Mohila League, Krishak League and Chhatra League, held various programmes.National and party flags were hoisted at half-mast while black flags atop all party offices across the country.Awami League leaders and activists wore black badges and placed wreathes ...
(read more) Saturday, November 4th, 2006Former inspector general of police (IGP) Anwarul Iqbal on Thursday night went into voluntary retirement after he had been made officer on special duty (OSD).Iqbal submitted a letter expressing his intent of voluntary retirement to the secretary of home ministry. He then vacated his Minto Road residence and moved to his Uttara house.The interim government on Thursday night placed the IGP on OSD, made a few transfers and reshuffled a number of higher posts in the police administration.In the letter, Iqbal sought voluntary retirement to be affective from December 1. He, however, showed personal reasons for his retirement.After attending his ...
(read more) Saturday, November 4th, 2006Health and Family Welfare Adviser Prof Sufia Rahman has said the report about her British citizenship is not true."Those who do not like me are spreading such propaganda," she told the news agency over telephone.Prof Rahman, an eminent cardiologist, said she had been in London for 13 years with resident status. "That's a different matter," she said.According to article 58C(7) of the constitution, the president shall appoint advisers from among the persons who are (a) qualified for election as members of parliament. And article 66(2) (c) states a person shall be disqualified for election as or for being member of ...
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