Archive for September 5th, 2007
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Rival factions of BNP, led by its expelled and newly appointed secretaries general, are now engaged in a battle over control of the party at all levels.Expelled Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday called upon the party's central and district level leaders and its former lawmakers to attend a meeting scheduled to be held today in his Gulshan residence. Sources said the meeting has been called to finalise a strategy for ensuring the Bhuiyan faction's control over the party.Meanwhile, newly appointed Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain has also started contacting leaders of different levels to garner their support ...
(read more) Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Both the factions in the BNP now have their eyes on the Election Commission's (EC) invitation for the talks on electoral reforms since the call is likely to stamp the recipient as the mainstream at this point in time.Leaders loyal to detained Chairperson Khaleda Zia plan to inform the EC about the latest changes in the party's line-up. In a letter, they would also request the commission to correspond with the newly appointed secretary general for any official purpose."We will take legal measures if the Election Commission sends the invitation meant for the BNP to its expelled secretary general," ...
(read more) Wednesday, September 5th, 2007A high profile inter-ministerial meeting will decide today whether the Urdu-speaking stranded Pakistanis living in Bangladesh will be given citizenship and national identity cards.The home ministry which is under Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has convened the emergency meeting. Top officials of different ministries and agencies are expected to attend the meeting to examine legal aspects of the issue, sources said.Earlier, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda sent a proposal to the chief adviser to urgently settle the issue of about three lakh stranded Pakistanis living in the country."The matter of deciding the citizenship of the people in the camps ...
(read more) Wednesday, September 5th, 2007At a high profile meeting with the country's top private sector stakeholders today, the government high-ups will listen to the business community, especially about their 'wariness' to run business under the current situation.Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed and Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam, among others, will attend the meeting at Radisson Water Garden Hotel in the capital.The government arranged the meeting against the backdrop of the business community's earlier claim that they feel lack of confidence in running business smoothly due to different measures taken by the government.After a meeting with the visiting IMF (International ...
(read more) Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Emission of serious toxic carbon monoxide (CO) gas has forced the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) in Dinajpur to reseal yesterday a mining area that was only reopened two weeks ago after being closed for nearly two years.As a result, the target coal production of the mine has once again dropped to half. Consequently, the mine will once again fail to provide enough coal to run the Barapukuria 250MW coal-fired power plant adjacent to the mine site.The daily coal production target of the mine is 3,000 metric tons (mt), of which the power plant requires about 2,400mt.A set ...
(read more) Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Several thousand people in Zakiganj, Beanibazar and Golapganj upazilas of Sylhet were left marooned as fresh areas of these upazilas went under water in the past two days following a rise in the water level of the rivers Surma and Kushiyara.Meanwhile, around 120 metres of a flood control dam by the river Jamuna at Sariakandi in Bogra was washed away yesterday panicking several lakh people of the eastern part of the district.Quoting the locals, our staff correspondent from Sylhet reports that villages in four unions of Zakiganj were submerged by the floodwaters.Kushiyara was flowing 150cm above danger level ...
(read more) Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Intel Corporation Chairman Dr Craig Barrett yesterday announced introduction of its Intel World Ahead Programme aiming at providing information and communication technology (ICT) education and its access to the general population across the country."We are excited about bringing in our global experience to Bangladesh," Barrett said at a news conference in the city during his brief visit to the capital. The World Ahead Programme, which Intel has been running worldwide for many years now, will be implemented jointly with Grameen Solution in collaboration with the government.Dr Barrett noted that ICT brings four impacts on the society -- education, economic ...
(read more) Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Three people including two leading businessmen were killed and three others injured yesterday in a road accident on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Nankara in Comilla.The deceased are Standard Bank Director Harun Salam, also a relative of Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina, former Director of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) Shahedul Alam Quaderi and driver Zahir.Of the injured, engineer Munwar Ahmed, former director of CCCI and brother-in law of detained former BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, has gone into a coma.Sources said the businessmen on board a Pajero jeep left Chittagong for Chandpur at about 7:30am ...
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