Archive for July 26th, 2008
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Discord within the Awami League (AL)-led 14-party combine seems to have taken a turn for the worse following the reported meetings between AL President Sheikh Hasina and HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party leaders in London.The tension became palpable after Fazle Hossain Badsha of Workers Party opted out of the Rajshahi mayoral race in the face of pressure from local units of AL and allies. In response to the developments, Workers Party announced it would not support any mayoral candidates.Combine insiders said the disputes began to surface when some of the components started to criticise the AL leadership in a tone ...
(read more) Saturday, July 26th, 2008The High Court (HC) in recent weeks has stayed graft proceedings against more than 50 high profile corruption suspects including former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina.It has also granted bail to a number of political bigwigs including Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, Awami League (AL) presidium members Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Tofail Ahmed, BNP leaders Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, MK Anwar, Redwan Ahmed, Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, MA Hashem, Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, Barisal City Corporation (BCC) Mayor Mujibur Rahman Sarwar, adviser to AL president and industrialist Salman F Rahman and former AL lawmaker Lotus ...
(read more) Saturday, July 26th, 2008The low-lying areas of Munshiganj, Manikganj, Dohar and Nawabganj of Dhaka district were further inundated with floodwater yesterday as the water level of the Padma kept on rising.According to Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), the water level of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna has started falling while the Padma continued to rise but at a slower pace.The flooding of low-lying areas in Munshiganj, Manikganj, Dohar and Nawabganj of Dhaka district is likely to continue, an FFWC bulletin said.The Padma is flowing 29cm above the danger level at Goalunda and 36cm above at Bhagyakul point. The Kobadak is flowing 4cm above the danger ...
(read more) Saturday, July 26th, 2008Two muggers were beaten to death and two others injured by a mob in the city's Shyampur area early yesterday.The dead were identified as Shaon alias 'Black', 28, and Abdur Rahim, 25. The injured are Shukkur Ali, 28, and Mohammad Imran, 25.The injured are undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The condition of Imran was stated to be critical.Police said a gang of four intercepted a woman named Gulshama of Goshaipara at Nutun Rasta at around 4:45am and tried to snatch valuables from her while she along with her child was walking on the road.As the woman ...
(read more) Saturday, July 26th, 2008Two people were killed and 20 others were injured in a collision between two trains at Laksham junction Friday afternoon.Witnesses said an Akhura-bound local train from Chittagong collided with Noakhali-bound Upakul Express from Dhaka around 12:30pm killing the two on the spot.The injured were admitted to the Upazila Health Complex.Train communications between the district and other parts of the country remained disrupted as of 3:00pm.Fire brigade along with railway staffs rushed to the spot immediately after the accident and started the rescue operations.Four bogeys, including the engines, were badly damaged and went off the tracks, BSS reports quoting police sources. ...
(read more) Saturday, July 26th, 2008Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said his party will continue to play its role in national politics as a partner of the Awami League-led grand electoral alliance.“I have been in the grand alliance and I will continue to be there in the future,” he told the news agency by phone on his return from London in the evening.The grand alliance was formed under the leadership of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, throwing a big challenge to the then four-party alliance led by the BNP.Ershad's remarks came amid speculations that he had a secret meeting with Hasina in London ...
(read more) Saturday, July 26th, 2008At least 145 of the 158 protected archaeological sites in Rajshahi division are virtually unprotected in the absence of any security guards.Archaeology Department Director Dr Md Shafiqul Alam admitted that a huge number of posts of night guards and security guards at sites including world heritage Paharpur Bihar in Naogaon have remained vacant for a long time."We sent several letters to the ministry concerned requesting it to appoint guards to the vacant posts and create new ones for ensuring better security of the archaeological sites," he said.A senior official of the Bogra regional office of the Archaeology Department said security ...
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