Archive for October 12th, 2008
Sunday, October 12th, 2008In line with the recently revised electoral laws, Awami League (AL) yesterday decided to pick its parliamentary candidates from panels the grassroots will elect by secret ballots.The party will soon include in its constitution a provision to that effect.The decision came at a meeting of the AL Central Working Committee (ALCWC), highest decision-making body of the organisation.The new provision would require the AL parliamentary board to choose a candidate from a panel of five to be sent by the grassroots. This way it would clip the board's absolute authority to nominate polls candidates.It is also expected to ...
(read more) Sunday, October 12th, 2008Against the backdrop of a general bleakness in the jute industry, small mills in the private sector hold out hope for the nation."We see light at the end of the tunnel. Environment and health awareness is pushing the demand for jute products. More and more entrepreneurs are now showing interests in jute mills," said Najmul Huq, chairman of Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJMA).The price of jute products was $58 per hundred bags a few years back; it now stands at $72.According to the BJMA, the dismantled public-sector behemoth Adamjee Jute Mills spun off about 50 profit-making jute mills in the ...
(read more) Sunday, October 12th, 2008It was late in the morning. Some people were having chitchat over the dos and don'ts of a trip to the riverside, forest or the hilly areas where the indigenous people live."You better go to the Gazni forest in Sherpur or Birisiri in Netrakona. From Gazni you can have a look at the faraway hills and you'll see the marvellous beauty of the Kangso river and the Garo Pahar in Birisiri," suggested one of them."Try to grab an opportunity to see the ghost in Gazni forest," one passed the comment, while another protested, "Don't waste your time! There is no ...
(read more) Sunday, October 12th, 2008BNP and its major partner in the four-party alliance Jamaat-e-Islami will sit with the chief adviser to the caretaker government for dialogues on Tuesday, and they will also register with the Election Commission (EC) if the talks bear fruits.BNP, which has been strongly opposing the amendments brought to the Representation of People Order (RPO) demanding total scrapping of them, came to the decision to register with the EC following Friday night's exclusive one-on-one between its Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Commerce Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman.Talking to reporters in his Nam flat in the capital, BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar ...
(read more) Sunday, October 12th, 2008City and communication planners yesterday emphasised the need for decentralising administration and industries and adopting both long- and short-term traffic management strategies to make Dhaka liveable.They pleaded for not encouraging people to migrate to the capital if it is not possible to reduce its population of already over 12 million.They were speaking at a roundtable titled "Making Dhaka Liveable: Focusing on Transport Problem", organised by The Daily Star at its office jointly with Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Alumni Association.Observing that proper traffic management will reduce majority of the current problems, they put emphasis on a unified traffic management ...
(read more) Sunday, October 12th, 2008Bangladesh's chance of signing on to the Asian Highway Network (AHN) Agreement is fading fast as the government has been sitting idle on the issue for too long adopting a wrong policy, according to experts.Although the communication ministry officials have been saying the country will sign on to the agreement after the proposed route the international super highway is amended, the experts say Bangladesh has no chance of amending the proposed route without becoming a member of the network.AHN, a proposed network of 1,41,000 kilometres (km) of standard roadways crisscrossing Asian countries linking them with Europe, was conceived in 1959 ...
(read more) Sunday, October 12th, 2008Bangladesh's hopes of recording a major series triumph for the first time suffered a blow as New Zealand recorded an ultimately routine 75-run victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.The Tigers made a brilliant start and had the Kiwis on the ropes for most of the first session like they did in the opening game on Thursday that they won by seven wickets.But the home side came unstuck while chasing a fairly attainable target of 213 due to some overtly cautious batting approach against an spirited Kiwi bowling that received a real fillip after Jacob Oram, who ...
(read more) Sunday, October 12th, 2008BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said party leaders have been assigned to draw up the polls strategy, and taskforce-like sub-committees have been formed to prepare party plans for building the country.Urging leaders and workers to do constructive politics, she said she and her party would work for the people after winning the election."We have to do a lot of work and we all have to do constructive politics for the welfare of the people and the party," Khaleda told leaders and workers of Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal, a front organisation of the BNP.She was addressing a meeting of Krishak Dal at ...
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