Monday, January 18th, 2010 Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has served a notice upon the authorities of Jamuna Future Park, asking them to demolish four unauthorised floors of the shopping complex in the capital within seven days.Rajuk in the notice dated January 13 said the authorities of the shopping complex built a 10-storey building, although they have an approved design for six storeys.The notice is the third of its kind, meaning now Rajuk itself might move to demolish the unauthorised floors if the complex authorities fail to do so.Chairman of Jamuna Group Nurul Islam Babul however told The Daily Star that he ...
(read more) Thursday, November 12th, 2009 BNP sent a rejoinder regarding our report headlined "Aug 21 Attack on Hasina, AL Rally: It was Hawa Bhaban Plot" published on October 27. The Daily Star published the rejoinder along with a reply on November 1. In response to our reply, BNP Secretary General Khondkar Delwar Hossain sent another letter to the editor. We publish full text of the letter and our response below:FULL TEXT OF BNP'S LETTER (Paragraphs numbered by us) 1. We would like to thank you for printing our rejoinder in your issue of 1st November 2009 in full. However, your response has disappointed us.2. At the outset, ...
(read more) Monday, October 26th, 2009 A legal notice has been issued on Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and four others for recent publication of libellous, false and baseless advertisements in different national dailies, publishing derogatory posters and leaflets, and its ill attempt to file a fabricated case against the daily Prothom Alo.The legal notice issued by Dr Kamal Hossain and Associates on Saturday asks the Bashundhara Group chairman to withdraw the published advertisements and other publicity materials within 48 hours of receiving the notice and apologise to Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman and Transcom Group Chairman Latifur Rahman.The notice says the false ...
(read more) Friday, April 10th, 2009 Finance minister AMA Muhith yesterday said that it was unlikely that Awami League would be able to fulfill it's pledge to raise power generation by 1000 megawatts (MW) in the country by the next three years."The target of raising the generation of power in three years may or may not be realised," Muhith said in response to questions raised by the editors of leading dailies and news agencies about the nagging power crisis at a pre-budget meeting at finance ministry.He expressed doubt that power generation could be increased to 5,000 MW within the next three years as promised by Awami ...
(read more) Monday, July 28th, 2008 Chief of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP Marxist-Leninist) Lal Pataka faction Dr Tutul was killed in "crossfire" between police and his accomplices before dawn yesterday in Naogaon.In a separate incident in Natore the same day, an outlawed party member and a suspect in the Bamihal police killing and arms looting case was killed in a similar fashion.A physician-turned outlaw, Tutul is believed to have masterminded the killings of political figures in Rajshahi, Natore and Naogaon as well as the police killings and arms lootings at Bamihal in Shingra, Taherpur in Rajshahi, Randhunibari in Sirajganj and Chowbaria in Naogaon, said ...
(read more) Friday, October 5th, 2007 The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stayed a recent High Court (HC) order for granting bail to detained former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case regarding awarding Gatco a contract.Following an appeal of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the full SC bench headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin also stayed the HC decision of staying proceedings of the case against Khaleda and her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and 11 others.Lawyers concerned with the case told reporters that following the SC order now there will be no bar to continuing the proceedings of the Gatco graft ...
(read more) Friday, September 21st, 2007 Editors of different newspapers yesterday jointly urged the country's Alem community to consider Prothom Alo's apology and the actions the government and the daily have taken following publication of an unacceptable cartoon in the daily's satire magazine Aalpin.In a joint statement they also urged everyone to exercise restraint and show sense of responsibility.The country's Muslims have been venting their grievances since the publication of the cartoon that hurt their religious sentiment.Golam Sarwar, editor of the daily Jugantor, read out the statement to journalists at the secretariat after a meeting with Information Adviser Mainul Hosein.The statement said, "The publication of the ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Ward Commissioner Monwar Hossain Dipjol and his wife Rumana Monwar to seven years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) for possessing illegal ammunition.Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate detained former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu at the Dhaka Central Jail gate in connection with a graft case.The ACC yesterday submitted petitions to interrogate detained former communications minister barrister Nazmul Huda, his wife Sigma Huda and controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun at the Dhaka Central Jail gate in connection with graft and extortion cases.DIPJOL CASE Judge Nuruzzaman of Metropolitan Special Tribunal-7 pronounced the verdict in ...
(read more) Thursday, May 24th, 2007 Army chief Lt Gen Moeen U Ahmed yesterday said power takeover by the military or their getting involved in politics is out of the question as the army is not the "proper institution" to run the government.Moeen also reiterated the army's full commitment to press freedom and journalists' right to report freely. "The army respects the free press and takes its suggestions very seriously and often acts on them," he told newspaper editors at a meeting at his office yesterday.He said he wants elections and restoration of an elected government as early as possible. If the army wanted to take ...
(read more) Sunday, May 20th, 2007 The Election Commission (EC) yesterday disclosed a significant proposal for introducing a system for casting "no votes" in parliamentary elections to express voters' lack of confidence in the contesting candidates in a constituency.The number of the "no votes" cast will not, however, affect the election results, the draft said, adding that this statistics might rather be used only for academic purpose.The EC disclosed the proposals on electoral reforms at a meeting with the editors of different national dailies and senior journalists at the National Economic Council conference room.The draft presented yesterday has a few new proposals included in the original ...
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