Archive for June 24th, 2007
Sunday, June 24th, 2007The council of advisers has approved in principle an Election Commission proposal for separating its secretariat from the prime minister’s office and asked the law ministry to place a draft of an ordinance in this regard. Official sources said the council at its regular meeting on Saturday directed the ministry of law to prepare and place a draft ordinance for establishing an independent secretariat of the Election Commission. The interim government took the decision following a proposal sent by the EC on June 7 for separating its secretariat from the prime minister’s office [now chief adviser’s ...
(read more) Sunday, June 24th, 2007The contributions of agriculture and service sectors to the country’s gross domestic product are on the decline, with manufacturing sector picking up gradually, officials statistics showed. Service sector still remains the biggest contributor to the economic growth, but its share may see slight decline in the current fiscal year ending on June 30. Agriculture is estimated to account for 21.11 per cent of the GDP in 2006-07 fiscal year, less by 0.73 per cent from its contribution in the previous fiscal, according to the Bangladesh Economic Review 2007. Sterility in boro rice and bird ...
(read more) Sunday, June 24th, 2007The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, and party presidium member Amir Hossain Amu, one of the leading dissidents pressing for sweeping reforms in the party, have traded blames in an informal talk for choosing wrong political tactics. At the informal discussion on the proposed reforms on Saturday, Hasina and Amu had some bitter exchanges pointing the finger at each other for dragging the party into a crisis, party insiders said. The informal meeting took place at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum after the placing of flowers at the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to mark the party’s ...
(read more) Sunday, June 24th, 2007The Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said that necessary reforms would be brought about in the party through discussions in its central working committee. ‘Reform proposals would be discussed in the working committee and if necessary we will constitute sub-committees to review the proposals and the councillors will make a final decision in this regard’, Hasina told reporters after placing flowers at the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in observance of the 58th founding anniversary of the AL. Terming reform as an ongoing process and expressing her interest in ...
(read more) Sunday, June 24th, 2007The dissident leaders of BNP are drafting a set of proposals for bringing about extensive changes in the party constitution to instil democratic practices in the organisation. While the dissidents of the party are considering informing the people of an outline of the proposals at the earliest, the conformists on the other hand are trying to slow down the process of making the draft proposals public. ‘We are working on draft proposals for sweeping changes in the party constitution to ensure effective reform of the party,’ a top BNP leader close to the secretary general, Abdul ...
(read more) Sunday, June 24th, 2007It is a rat race. Only those who are able to start at midnight for the next morning’s holiday market can manage a nook in the street. The rest of the vendors have to go back home empty-handed. About three lakh hawkers in the capital city are passing uncertain days as many of them earn not a single penny a day, failing to secure a place in the holiday market set up by the government in about 12 places of the city. The market sits in one place only on one specific day a week. The ...
(read more) Sunday, June 24th, 2007The chief adviser has asked the education adviser to start work for establishing at least some model schools in rural areas in 2007-2008 fiscal year as part of the government’s plan to reduce disparity in the quality of education between rural and urban areas. Fakhruddin Ahmed issued the urgent directive to begin operation of those schools within the shortest possible time even after a hurried initiative was taken by the education ministry for establishing quality schools in 326 upazila headquarters. ‘We also don’t want a division [between cities and villages],’ wrote the chief adviser to Ayub ...
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