Archive for August 14th, 2007
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Completion of the task for preparing a voter list with photographs within the time specified in the roadmap now seems uncertain as the Election Commission (EC) is unlikely to complete the procurement of equipment for the task on time. According to the roadmap, the procurement and deployment of all sorts of hi-tech equipment for voter listing are supposed to be completed in next October but it will now require additional two months as the EC's earlier move for timely procurement of the equipment has apparently failed.After over two months since floating of the first tender for purchasing the equipment, the ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 14th, 2007An investigation officer (IO) of a case gets a little over Tk 3 a day as conveyance although he has to travel to many places for investigation purposes besides regular duties; the IO also gets Tk 10 a day as the cost of three meals for an accused in police custody.An investigator who has a government motorcycle gets around 1.7 litres of fuel a day--50 litres a month, but one who has his personal motorbike gets only Tk 127 a month as motorcycle allowance.IOs who do not have government or personal motorbike get only Tk 100 a month as conveyance ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 14th, 2007An investigation officer (IO) of a case gets a little over Tk 3 a day as conveyance although he has to travel to many places for investigation purposes besides regular duties; the IO also gets Tk 10 a day as the cost of three meals for an accused in police custody.An investigator who has a government motorcycle gets around 1.7 litres of fuel a day--50 litres a month, but one who has his personal motorbike gets only Tk 127 a month as motorcycle allowance.IOs who do not have government or personal motorbike get only Tk 100 a month as conveyance ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Due to intermittent rain caused by the depression over West Bengal, India, recession of floodwaters in the central and south-central districts of Bangladesh is likely to be delayed. As the well marked low pressure of the Bay intensified into a land depression over the West Bengal and adjoining areas of Bangladesh, the improvement of flood situation in Dhaka city may experience a brief halt, according to Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC).FFWC Chief Engineer Saiful Hossain told The Daily Star yesterday, "The rainfall is likely to delay the recession of floodwater but still it is a welcome rain in Rangpur, ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 14th, 2007The government yesterday approved in principle a proposal submitted by a Malaysian company for building one lakh apartments for low and middle income groups in the capital, but with a caveat that local companies must also have the opportunity to take part in the project.In another decision the government yesterday decided to offload shares of Meghna and Jamuna oil companies by October."We have approved the proposal in principle but the project will not be implemented the way the Malaysian company proposed," Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam told reporters about their decision regarding building low-priced apartments after a meeting of the ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Former state minister Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin's money in banks increased over 16 folds in four years and his son Mir Helaluddin's swelled over 40 times in the last three years. According to the income tax assessments, Mir Nasir's actual deposited money in bank accounts was Tk 40.36 lakh in 2001-02 fiscal year (FY) and it went up to Tk 6.5 crore in FY 2006-07. Helaluddin had Tk 25.50 lakh in FY2002-03 and it rose to Tk 10.41 crore in 2006-07.Nasir's money in bank accounts increased to Tk 1.88 crore in FY 2002-03, Tk 2.76 crore in FY 2003-04, Tk ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Two hotel staff were killed and another was injured as criminals opened fire on them at a residential hotel in city's Gulistan area yesterday.The dead were identified as Lokman Hossain Manik, 25, a hotel boy, and Zakir Hossain Amir, 24, a cleaner of Hotel Swagatam International.Hotel manager Sharafat Ali, 32, who was critically injured in the incident, is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).Police picked up two hotel boarders Mithun Sarkar and Babul Mandal for questioning.Police said a group of three to four criminals stormed the hotel reception at about 8:15 am and opened fire on ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 14th, 2007The Election Commission (EC hopes the ban on indoor politics will be withdrawn or relaxed this month allowing it to hold dialogue on electoral reforms with political parties from next month according to its roadmap. The EC is already preparing for talks with the parties to implement the roadmap it announced on July 15.A source close to the EC yesterday said, "The Election Commission believes the government will create a scope for holding talks with the parties either by lifting the ban on indoor politics or relaxing it.""There are seventeen days to September. Wait and see," Chief Election ...
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