Archive for September 25th, 2007
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 US congressman Joseph Crowley on Sunday calls on Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed at a New York hotel. Fakhruddin is in the US to attend the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Photo: PID Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed has said the next general election in Bangladesh could be held before the set deadline of December 2008 if the Election Commission (EC) completes all process in line with its road map.The CA made the remarks when US Congressman Joseph Crowley made a courtesy call on him at his hotel suite in New York Sunday afternoon.Crowley, co-chair of Bangladesh ...
(read more) Tuesday, September 25th, 2007About 50 fishing trawlers with more than 700 fishermen aboard took shelter in different costal areas in India since Thursday as they could not return home due to high waves in the Bay triggered by sudden storms.The trawlers are anchored at Ketua of 24 Parganas, and Naamkhana and Shankarpur of East Medenipur districts, according to reports obtained here from the stranded fishermen.Khaleque Bepari, a stranded fisherman of a trawler named "FB Shahalam", informed his owner yesterday that about 20 trawlers with around 280 fishermen aboard have taken shelter on Ketua shore.He said they could not return home due to ...
(read more) Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Mahendra Singh Dhoni's young Team India snatched the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 Championship world title after defeating arch-rivals Pakistan by five runs in a rousing final on Monday.The Indians, restricted to 157-5 after electing to take first strike in good batting conditions, fought back to bowl out valiant Pakistan for 152 before a sell-out crowd of 32,000 at the Wanderers here.Pakistan appeared out for the count when they were reduced to 104-7 after 16 overs, but Misbahul Haq gave the Indians a scare with a late charge of 43 off 38 balls.Misbah and his tail-end partners took 19 runs in ...
(read more) Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Ismail Hossain Simon, son of a late shipping minister also BNP leader Col (retd) Akbar Hossain, yesterday made a confessional statement before a magistrate, implicating himself in a graft case in which former premier Khaleda Zia and her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko are also defendants.Anti-corruption Commission's (ACC) Deputy Director Zahirul Huda, who is the investigation officer in the case, arrested Simon, also an accused in the case, from Gulshan-1 area with the help of the joint forces during a raid in a market around 12:30pm.Police said soon after the arrest, Simon was handed over to Gulshan police who filed ...
(read more) Tuesday, September 25th, 2007The three main universities of the country--Dhaka University (DU), Rajshahi University (RU) and Chittagong University (CU)--are facing additional session jam of at least six months following last month's street and campus violence that started in Dhaka University.Generally, August-October is the pick period at these universities for holding examinations but these three universities have remained closed since August 22 and will reopen after the vacation of Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr and Durga Puja.Sources at these universities said 819 examinations at DU, 500 at RU and 300 examinations at CU have been deferred because of this unscheduled closure.The caretaker government imposed curfew in six ...
(read more) Tuesday, September 25th, 2007The Election Commission (EC) is preparing to launch its full-scale field level campaign of voter listing in November, aiming to have the voter list ready before the deadline of October next year.In line with its plan, the commission initiated measures for a massive awareness raising campaign among prospective voters involving private mobile phone operators, NGOs, private satellite television channels, and radio stations to expedite the task of preparing the voter list with photographs."The task of preparing the voter list is scheduled to be completed by October next year. We expect it to be completed even before October so ...
(read more) Tuesday, September 25th, 2007The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has advised all commercial banks to consider the criminal cases against businessmen objectively allowing their firms to carry out banking transactions smoothly.On instructions from the caretaker government, the central bank yesterday issued a circular to that effect.It said, "With regard to loan classification, new loan issuance and opening of LC (letter of credit), the banks should consider the criminal cases objectively, not subjectively."To establish the rule of law, it is necessary to take action against the persons standing accused of corruption, tax evasion and other offences but at the same time production and operations of the ...
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