Archive for April 26th, 2008
Saturday, April 26th, 2008Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) Chairman Dr Akbar Ali Khan yesterday called for introducing 'rating system' for evaluating performances of all public and private universities in the country so that people can know the quality of each of these educational institutions.“The authorities concerned should publish rating of the universities after every six months or a year. If this is done, a silent competition among the universities to improve their respective position will begin. And students and guardians will be able to compare their ratings to select the universities of their choice,” Akbar Ali said.The former adviser to caretaker government made the ...
(read more) Saturday, April 26th, 2008The sudden price hike of compressed natural gas (CNG) has led to confrontations between passengers and drivers of CNG-run vehicles as the latter are charging higher fares ignoring government directives.Although the government gave instructions for not charging extra fares, the drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws and taxicabs hiked the fares yesterday, a weekly holiday.Several incidents of confrontation between passengers and drivers also occurred at different places in the city.Meanwhile, owners of CNG-run bus and truck termed the government decision 'unwise' saying that they have to increase the fares within a short time.The government increased CNG price from Tk ...
(read more) Saturday, April 26th, 2008Two prominent businesspersons and a corporate house were honoured with the Bangladesh Business Awards 2007 in the capital yesterday for outstanding performances in different fields last year.KM Rezaul Hasnat, chairman and managing director of Viyellatex Group, won the Business Person of the Year award while Nilufar Farooq, managing partner of Ikebana, was named the Outstanding Woman in Business of the Year.Bengal Plastic Industries Ltd was judged the Enterprise of the Year 2007.At yesterday's award giving ceremony, the Bangladesh Business Awards, jointly introduced by The Daily Star and DHL Express, were announced for the eighth consecutive year giving the champions of ...
(read more) Saturday, April 26th, 2008Uncertainty looms large over pre-dialogue talks between the pro-Khaleda faction of BNP and a panel of advisers to the caretaker government as the schedule for the meeting is yet to be set.Commerce and Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman last night told The Daily Star over phone that the pre-dialogue talks would be held later.The talks scheduled for last Wednesday was deferred later due to a cabinet meeting.Leaders of the pro-Saifur faction of BNP are now busy making preparation for their meeting with the Election Commission (EC) scheduled for Sunday. They are also trying to convince some party leaders ...
(read more) Saturday, April 26th, 2008Amid a countrywide state of emergency and a ban on indoor politics all over except in the capital, Awami League's (AL) district unit leaders find themselves confused about how to go on an announced token hunger strike on April 29 in all 64 districts, demanding release of their detained party chief Sheikh Hasina.Although AL presidium, the highest policy making body of the party, on Wednesday announced the protest programme to be observed countrywide including in the capital, its district unit leaders have yet to be informed about it officially or even verbally.Talking to The Daily Star, a number of ...
(read more) Saturday, April 26th, 2008Younguang Mro and two of his friends find themselves the luckiest among the Mro community as they are the first three from the community ever to study in a university.The three young Mro men are studying towards their graduation in Chittagong University (CU).Only 18 percent of the country's literate people are from 45 Adivasi communities, with only 8 percent of them being women.Inadequate number of educational institutions, the worst communication system in areas where the Adivavis live, absence of opportunities for the Adivasis to get education in their native languages, financial inabilities of families, shortage of skilled teachers, ...
(read more) Saturday, April 26th, 2008Garment workers damaged over 15 vehicles and blocked the Dhaka-Aricha Highway for about two hours yesterday after one of their fellow workers was killed in a road accident at Hemayetpur in Savar.Meanwhile, some transport labourers tried to prevent the garment workers from damaging vehicles leading to a chase and counter-chase between the two groups.Later, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), army and police brought the situation under control and restored vehicular movement after about two hours.The dead was identified as Nasiruddin, 30, of Kaukhali upazila in Pirojpur, a sewing helper of AAKH Garments Factory at Hemayetpur.Witnesses said a bus ...
(read more) Saturday, April 26th, 2008Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin yesterday urged the judges to ensure dispensation of justice by remaining accountable to their conscience, not to seek applause."A judge does not need clapping. He should give judgment by staying within the framework of laws," he told a six-day workshop of senior assistant judges.The chief justice said a judge should not consider who will be happy or who will not by his judgment.He said if a judge considers it, then it will not only hamper the dispensation of justice but also put the entire judicial system into question.Chief Justice Ruhul Amin also urged the judges ...
(read more) Saturday, April 26th, 2008Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury yesterday said Bangladesh-China peaceful nuclear power cooperation can be built on the China-Pakistan model as China wanted to get involved in Rooppur Nuclear power plant."Our governments signed letter of exchange to construct an Exhibition Centre in Bangladesh. Furthermore, he has offered to us a 60 million yuan free grant for this year," he said.China has shown keen interest in a bigger role in the development of Bangladesh and wanted to get involved in larger projects like Rooppur Nuclear power plant, the foreign adviser told the media at the Zia International Airport while seeing off ...
(read more) Saturday, April 26th, 2008Samajik Protirodh Committee, an alliance of women's rights organisations, yesterday demanded cancellation of the "so-called committee to review the National Women's Development Policy" and urged the government to discard their recommendations.There is nothing in the policy that goes against the constitution of the country and the policy is not only to protect the rights of women rather it involves the advancement of entire society, they said.The women leaders demanded the government clarify its stand on the Women's Development Policy, 2008 by issuing a press note and announce programmes to implement the policy.During a press conference at the Begum Sufia Kamal ...
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