Archive for November 23rd, 2009
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to formulate a specific policy to control sand extraction from rivers.She also gave directives for taking immediate measures to clean up polythene, coconut groves, bottles and other garbage from the riverbeds of Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Turag, and Balu to ensure smooth and effective dredging of waterways.The PM gave the directives while presiding over the second meeting of the committee on water resources and river dredging affairs at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).PM's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed newsmen after the meeting."People must not be allowed to haphazardly extract sands from rivers. ...
(read more) Monday, November 23rd, 2009Nothing would satisfy his greed for money, no matter where he earns it from--whether it is the savings of the poor family of a deceased government officer or the pockets of the alive.But what he did not know is this greed will be the cause of his fall one day.The greed of Noor Ahmad Mostafa, deputy director of Government Employees' Welfare Department, finally landed him in police station yesterday after officials of Anti-Corruption Commission caught him red-handed taking bribe from the family of a deceased government officer at Agrabad CGO-1 (Chittagong government office) building.Noor took Tk 5,000 from the family ...
(read more) Monday, November 23rd, 2009Four of the five imprisoned condemned convicts in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case, verbally expressed their willingness to seek presidential clemency, said Dhaka Central Jail officials.Meanwhile, families of three of the five met them in the jail yesterday for the first time since their appeals against the convictions and death sentences had been rejected by the Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Thursday.Towhidul Islam, senior superintendent of Dhaka Central Jail, told The Daily Star that Lt Col Syed Farooq Rahman, Maj Bazlul Huda, Maj AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Lt Col Mohiuddin Ahmed verbally expressed their willingness to file petitions ...
(read more) Monday, November 23rd, 2009The city dwellers suffered increased traffic mess on the first day of using automated light signals due to people's lack of awareness, their tendency to break it and the system's failure to work in sync.Moreover, traffic signals at several intersections were found out of order while Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) stopped manual control from yesterday.The existing automated traffic signals will not be effective unless they are synchronised and traffic infrastructures are enhanced, said a traffic department engineer of Dhaka City Corporation preferring anonymity.Rezaul Khan, a Kalabagan resident, had to wait for 50 minutes yesterday in front of ...
(read more) Monday, November 23rd, 2009A fire left one person dead and around 5,000 homeless after it tore through a slum at Moghbazar Wireless Gate in the capital early yesterday.One thousand shanty homes were destroyed by the blaze that began around 4:45am.Slum dweller Aleya Begum, 32, died as she was trying to rescue her children and possessions.An unidentified woman was killed after being hit by an express train as she took shelter on the railway line beside the slum.Sakhina Begum, 40, who had been asleep in her house alone, said, "I woke up hearing cries around me and I saw the fire burning the shanties. ...
(read more) Monday, November 23rd, 2009The doubt over BNP council in time continues to get stronger, with top leaders going on record with a claim of ruling party threat and grassroots leaders confiding most units just unprepared.BNP has alleged the administration and ruling party activists are creating obstacles to holding of party (BNP) councils across the country.But other sources in the party said suggestions are coming from grassroots level party units to defer the national council since most of the units are yet to hold their councils.However, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, office secretary of the main opposition party, yesterday insisted that the council must ...
(read more) Monday, November 23rd, 2009Bangladeshi conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna appeared yesterday to have beaten the odds with their miracle story of survival, both awaking from landmark separation surgery happy and well, reports AFP from Melbourne.As they faced the prospect of looking at each other face-to-face for the first time, the successful separation of the two-year-olds who were born joined at the head has been hailed as a medical triumph.Their guardian Moira Kelly, who has cared for the girls since their arrival in Australia two years ago, said it was hoped that the children's cots could be brought together soon so they could touch ...
(read more) Monday, November 23rd, 2009The High Court directed the government yesterday to place before it by December 9 the details of Rab officials involved in detaining Lutfor Rahman Khalasi and Khairul Haque Khalasi who were killed in a 'shootout' in Madaripur on November 16.After their death in custody, the court on November 17 issued a suo moto rule, asking the government to explain in 48 hours why appropriate actions should not be taken against Rab officials Major Kazi Wahiduzzaman and Lieutenant Hasan and their companions.The High Court passed the directive, as Deputy Attorney General Kazi Ejarul Haque Akand Sagor told the court that no ...
(read more) Monday, November 23rd, 2009Many Bangladeshi nationals were recruited, trained and sent to Afghan war, said an Afghan war veteran who was detained Saturday noon in the city's Motijheel area by detective branch of police.Abu Motaleb alias Matu alias Majnu, 44, was picked up from in front of the BCIC Bhaban in the area.He was taken on a four-day remand after DB police had produced him before a Dhaka Court yesterday.DB police said they had arrested Motaleb following information from detained Pakistani nationals Mohammad Monwar, Mohammad Ashraf Ali Zahid and Syed Abdul Kaiyum alias Sufian, who are suspected to be operatives ...
(read more) Monday, November 23rd, 2009Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent an Eid-ul-Azha greetings card to opposition leader Khaleda Zia.PM's Protocol Officer Proloy Kumar Joardar yesterday handed over the card to the leader of the opposition's personal officer at her parliament office at 12:00 noon.Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals of Muslims, will be observed across the country on November 28 with due religious fervour
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