Archive for the ‘Bangladesh Politics’ Category
Sunday, March 21st, 2010Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed her firm conviction in road and rail links being established between Chittagong and Kunming, to boost trade and investment between their respective countries.“I believe the leaders of Yunnan province can play an important role in establishing the road and rail links,” said the premier, ...
(read more) Sunday, March 21st, 2010The grassroots level leaders of BNP yesterday expressed resentment over the union representatives' conference saying they got no guidelines from the discussion except "a series of adoration of Tarique Rahman".The gathering became only a "Tarique adoration show" instead of a union representatives' conference, they said.The leaders alleged the discussants criticised ...
(read more) Sunday, March 21st, 2010At least 20 people were injured in a clash between indigenous people and Bangalees yesterday over a piece of land belonging to a Christian missionary establishment at Baldipukur in Mithapukur upazila.Of the injured, 10 were rushed to Mithapukur upazila health complex and Rangpur Medical College Hospital. They include two leaders ...
(read more) Sunday, March 21st, 2010The Sector Commanders' Forum (SCF) firmly rejected the government's plan of "symbolic trial" of war criminals at a press briefing yesterday.SCF, a platform of sector commanders who led the Liberation War, organised the "urgent" press conference at the capital's Liberation War Museum to express its views on the government's ...
(read more) Sunday, March 21st, 2010The Supreme Court issued a set of directives for the lower court judges to improve their performance and increase case-disposal rate.The directives include timely sitting of courts and proper record keeping.The apex court authorities issued the directives on February 24 this year, since the lower courts have been experiencing ...
(read more) Saturday, March 20th, 2010A section of ruling party men are allegedly making a fast buck selling seized rickshaws meant for free distribution among the poor outside the capital.Dhaka Metropolitan Police towed away around 5,000 unauthorised three-wheelers between August and December last year.Worth around Tk 5 crore, those rickshaws had been allotted to 48 ...
(read more) Saturday, March 20th, 2010Bowing to threats of Khatme Nabuwat Movement, Brahmanbaria police yesterday imposed seven conditions on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat community's annual religious programme at Kandipara.Amid death threats issued by Khatme Nabuwat on Ahmadiyya people and threats to foil the programme, police asked Ahmadiyya leaders not to use any loudspeakers in ...
(read more) Saturday, March 20th, 2010The troubled tender process for 300 megawatt Siddhirganj gas-fired peaking power project hits a snag again as the government and the World Bank have taken contradictory stance over the use of equipment manufactured by German company Siemens in the project.The project's financier the WB in July last year informed the ...
(read more) Saturday, March 20th, 2010Inland water transport resumed plying yesterday after the workers called off their indefinite strike following a tripartite meeting with the government and vessel owners Thursday night.General Secretary of Noujan Sramik Federation Ashiqul Alam Chowdhury said all their leaders and workers resumed working soon after the strike was withdrawn.However, Senior Vice-President ...
(read more) Saturday, March 20th, 2010Bangladesh and China have decided to establish a “Closer Comprehensive Partnership of Cooperation” from the strategic perspective and on the basis of the principles of longstanding friendship, equality, and mutual benefit.A joint statement, issued yesterday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Chinese Premier Wen ...
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