Archive for September 8th, 2007
Saturday, September 8th, 2007Countrywide heavy downpour in the last few days brought floods to many districts again, as the major rivers either crossed the danger levels or neared the marks.A few lakh people were newly marooned in different districts while some fortunate ones took shelters on highlands and in flood shelters. The government flood forecasting centre warned that the situation is likely to worsen."The Brahmaputra-Jamuna River is rising alarmingly and the Ganges-Padma also rose. The prevailing flood situation in Sylhet is likely to deteriorate," the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said in its bulletin yesterday.A monsoon flood hit the country ...
(read more) Saturday, September 8th, 2007The BNP leaders loyal to Khaleda Zia yesterday said the party might consider reinstating the primary membership of those expelled if they want so accepting the command of Khaleda Zia."We will reconsider the matter if Mannan Bhuiyan in writing seeks the primary membership," Brig Gen (retd) Hannan Shah, an adviser to the detained chairperson, told the reporters yesterday.Meanwhile, sources said a group of former lawmakers from Noakhali, Chittagong and Bogra have talked to newly appointed secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain over phone lately. Earlier, the same people had signed the joint statement against the expulsion of Bhuiyan.An ...
(read more) Saturday, September 8th, 2007In a bid to reopen Dhaka University (DU), the government will leave out names of most of the students from the cases filed in connection with the recent unrest on and around the campus.Charge sheets in all 34 cases might be submitted in a day or two against among others 126 students who have been identified as having a role in the acts of vandalism, police officials told The Daily Star last night.Earlier, the law enforcers had accused 82,000 unnamed people, mostly students, of being involved in the violent protests that broke out over an incident at DU ...
(read more) Saturday, September 8th, 2007There is no place for free thinking in the universities nowadays, as the teachers have gotten involved in partisan politics abusing the autonomy of the institutions, they are even getting promotions wielding political clout, said Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday.The renowned jurist was speaking as the chief guest at a roundtable on Education-Students and Expectations, organised by Sheba Bangladesh Foundation at the Press Institute of Bangladesh in the capital, where acclaimed academicians expressed their dismay about the low quality of education in the country.Discussants at the roundtable unequivocally said due to a wrong national education policy the education system of the ...
(read more) Saturday, September 8th, 2007The Dhaka Central Jail authorities yesterday admitted Arafat Rahman Koko, detained younger son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) following suggestion by doctors.“Koko was admitted to Coronary Care Unit of BSMMU at 4:15pm soon after the doctors advised his treatment at the hospital. Koko was suffering from pain in chest and shoulder,” Deputy Inspector General (Prison) Maj Shamsul Haider Siddique said.Before Koko was taken to the BSMMU, his wife Sharmila Rahman and her grandmother Sahana Afzal visited him in the jail.Called in by the jail authorities, Associate Professor of BSMMU Dr ...
(read more) Saturday, September 8th, 2007In Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) 2,52,564 have been photographed and recorded as voters. The number of voters in the new list is less by 21,564 than in the list prepared by the Election Commission last year.Officials involved with the registration task said at least 2,74,128 voters were registered in 2006.Lt Col Taher, Rajshahi coordinator of the task for preparing national identity card and voter list with photograph, said many eligible voters could not register as educational institutes including Rajshahi University and Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology were closed during the task."Moreover, the list prepared in 2006 had many voters ...
(read more) Saturday, September 8th, 2007One of the major ferry routes of the country Nagarbari-Aricha (Paturia) remains suspended for over a month due to flooding and shortage of ferries.It is uncertain when the service would resume since a number of ferries are undergoing repair work and are inoperative, a Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) source said.The ferry service between Nagarbari-Aricha snapped on July 30 when the Nagarbari ferry pontoon was washed away by raging floodwater. The floodwater has receded and the pontoon has been fixed but the service has not resumed as there are inadequate number operational ferries. At least 27 employees ...
(read more) Saturday, September 8th, 2007Over 100 thatched houses were damaged and at least 20 people injured as tornados lashed Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat and Sandwip upazila in Chittagong yesterday morning.In Patgram, a violent storm hit Kadamtala village at about 7:23am and lasted for 15 seconds.Standing crops and vegetables were damaged and a huge number of trees uprooted by the storm.In Sandwip, a tornado lashed Talukderpara village in the upazila at around 8:00am, damaging 23 shops and two houses completely.Eight people were injured in roof collapse during the violent storm that continued for two minutes. The injured are undergoing treatment at Sandwip Upazila Health Complex.
(read more) Saturday, September 8th, 2007Two former BNP lawmakers and their family members have been sued on criminal charges.Assistant Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Ashis Kumar Kundu filed a case against detained former BNP lawmaker Helaluzzaman Talukder Lalu and his wife Shamsun Nahar with Bogra Police Station on Thursday night for concealing information in their wealth report submitted to the commission.In the first information report (FIR), the complainant said Lalu and his wife concealed information about their properties worth Tk 1.86 crore in the wealth statement.An extortion case was filed with a magistrate court here the same day against the former lawmaker, ...
(read more) Saturday, September 8th, 2007A case has been filed against 10 Jamaat leaders and activists at Bera Pora in Santhia upazila for attacking a Hindu temple on September 5.President of Siddheshwari Puja Mandir Committee Pradip Kumar De filed the case with the local police station Wednesday.The accused are Bera Pora unit Jamaat ameer and superintendent of Karamja Dakhil Madrasa Abu Daud, and Jamaat activists Shahjahan, Saidul, Nudu Mollah, Chan Mollah, Hafez, Lutfor, Awal, and Abu Taleb.The complainant alleged that the accused attacked the temple while the local Hindus were celebrating Janmashtami, the birth of lord Krishna.He said, “Armed with sticks ...
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