Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Monday, March 22nd, 2010The first land survey in three hill districts has become uncertain in the face of opposition from Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), which demands settlement of the land disputes between indigenous people and Bangalee settlers first.The CHT Land Commission had decided to ask the government to have land survey ...
(read more) Monday, March 22nd, 2010Bangladeshi expatriate Aminul Islam, who was held hostage in Pakistan by a transnational gang for ransom, returned home on Saturday after the abductors released him following the arrests of their seven associates and relatives in Bangladesh.The gang took Aminul to Pakistan from his workplace in Dubai on October 19, last ...
(read more) Monday, March 22nd, 2010A criminal case was filed with a Dhaka court yesterday against five Jamaat-e-Islami leaders including its Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami and Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for hurting religious sentiment of Muslims.The case stated that Dhaka City Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Rafiqul Islam Khan at a discussion in Dhaka on March ...
(read more) Monday, March 22nd, 2010Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) yesterday got a lot of flak from a parliamentary body for supplying filthy and stinky water in some parts of the capital.The parliamentary standing committee on local government and rural development ministry asked Wasa officials to take effective steps to resolve the problems ...
(read more) Monday, March 22nd, 2010The Prime Minister's Office says it has traced an Indian IP (Internet protocol) address used for hacking 20 district portals of Bangladesh on Saturday."We have initially detected an Indian IP address that belongs to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, one of the largest Internet service providers in India," said SM ...
(read more) Monday, March 22nd, 2010The High Court yesterday rejected petitions filed by five companies seeking stay order on a government notice issued for removing their jetties from river Shitalakkhya.The five companies--City Group of Industries, Heidelberg Cement Bangladesh Limited, Kamal Vegetables, Akij Cement and Molla Salt Industries-- have set up seven jetties on the river. ...
(read more) Monday, March 22nd, 2010Some members of the parliament yesterday criticised the finance ministry for not involving MPs in the process of preparing and implementing the national budget.Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali however sharply differed with their view, saying it is true that bureaucrats prepare and implement the budget, not the MPs, and rightly ...
(read more) Monday, March 22nd, 2010Two visiting members of the Japanese parliament met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday and urged her to fully implement the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord.They submitted a petition signed by 35,757 people from 105 countries and 12 autonomous territories. The statement also has peace messages from 2754 people including ...
(read more) 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 ...
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