Archive for June 26th, 2007
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007The pro-reform BNP leaders yesterday unveiled a 15-point proposal including the one aiming to dislodge Khaleda Zia from the post of chairperson.At a press conference in the evening, Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan read out the proposals prepared in consultation with some senior leaders and former lawmakers.He said absolute powers of the party chief must be curbed for the BNP to graduate to a democratic organisation. And the [BNP] constitution will have to be amended to make that happen.According to the proposals, the chairperson will be elected for three years instead of the existing two years.No one ...
(read more) Tuesday, June 26th, 2007The military backed caretaker government recently kicked-off the first ever crackdown against institutionalised corruption in government agencies as part of its ongoing massive anti-corruption drive being carried out countrywide since February against high profile corruption suspects. Two decades old Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk) is the first target of the drive against institutionalised corruption introduced as the second phase of the ongoing anti-graft campaign in an effort to bring necessary reforms to the government agency for making it a service oriented vibrant organisation.Other government organisations, known as corrupted, will also be brought under the purge, but the Task Forces against ...
(read more) Tuesday, June 26th, 2007The joint forces arrested two more top level forest officials yesterday on charges of graft in Chittagong and Moulvibazar as crackdown on corrupt forest department high-ups continues.Meanwhile, the government yesterday suspended eight top level forest officials after their names had appeared on the list of corrupt government officials prepared by the joint forces based on information divulged by detained Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Osman Gani.Four of the suspended officials had been arrested on Sunday. They are Conservator of Forests (CF) of Central Circle Ali Kabir Haider, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Shamsul Azam, CF of Khulna Sheikh Mizanur Rahman, and ...
(read more) Tuesday, June 26th, 2007The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman at the Dhaka Central Jail gate as the commission obtained a court order yesterday to do so.The ACC will also interrogate Tarique's wife Zubaida Khan Rahman and mother-in-law Iqbal Mand Banu at the ACC headquarters in Shegunbagicha in the capital at 10:00am today.Meanwhile, the ACC yesterday filed a corruption case against former Awami League lawmaker Dr HBM Iqbal and his wife in connection with amassing huge wealth through corruption and concealing assets in wealth statements submitted to the ACC in February.The anti-graft watchdog is planning to amend ...
(read more) Tuesday, June 26th, 2007BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday welcomed any reform proposals from her party men and the people but said only the party council will take the final decision in this regard. "I welcome all reform proposals from the party leaders, workers and people from all strata of life as well as Bangladeshis living abroad," she said in a statement issued just an hour after BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan announced intra-party reform proposals.Goyeswar Chandra Ray, joint secretary general of the party, at a press briefing at his business office at Fakirapool, read out and distributed copies of the statement on ...
(read more) Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Pro-form BNP leaders led by party Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday announced their 15-point reform proposal for the party. Following is the full text of the proposal: 1. The changes that are to be brought in the existing party structure:a. There are provisions for village councils and village executive committees in Article 1 of Section 6 (a). To be added here: Formation of 31-member ward executive committee.b. Sub-section a (10) of Article 6 empowers the chairman to nominate 10 per cent of members in all eight stages of leadership, from thana executive committee to the National Standing Committee. ...
(read more) Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Bangladesh succumbed to the sight of fearsome Muttiah Muralidaran, as the unorthodox off-spinner ran rings around their frail batting line up on the opening day of the first Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) ground yesterday.The visitors crashed to 89, their third lowest Test score as Sri Lanka tightened their grip on the visitors on the first day.The Tiger's miserable experience in the island continued when they were dismissed below the three-figure-mark for the third time against the Lankans, after Mahela Jayawardene has decided to invite his opponents to bat on a flat track.The Sri Lankan pacemen, mainly ...
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