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Saturday, June 20th, 2009
The usual summer-time calm of the world's longest beach was broken yesterday with the vibrant gathering of thousands of youths pledging to make Bangladesh a developed country.
With the Bay of Bengal in front, they pledged to materialise the vision of a prosperous Bangladesh for which the heroic sons of the soil laid down their lives in crucial times like 1952, 1971 and 1990.
The month-long campaign "Bodle Jao Bodle Dao" (change yourself, change the society) of Bangla daily Prothom Alo came to an end on the Cox's Bazar beach yesterday with a unique exhibition of around 2,500 banners held end to ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Monitoring cells would be formed at district levels for quick disposal of acid-violence cases, said Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday.
"Normally the acid-violence cases take time delaying acid-victims justice. A national monitoring cell has already been formed in this regard headed by a joint secretary of the home ministry and such cells would be formed at district levels as well," she said at the first international conference of Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) yesterday afternoon.
Talking about the work of ASF for acid-victims, the minister said the government would offer them all kinds of possible support to help acid-crime survivors.
She said Bangladesh could ...
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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 ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought cooperation from the media in strengthening the foundation of democracy and ensuring its uninterrupted run.
The present government's main aim is to achieve people's economic emancipation through democracy without which country's "smooth and sustainable development is not possible," she said at a meeting with the chiefs and editors of the country's national dailies and electronic media at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
"Before the nation, we have put forward a specific vision of building up a modern and prosperous Bangladesh by 2021. But without democracy smooth and sustainable development is not possible. Media can ensure ...
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Two female factory workers were burnt alive in a fire incident that broke out at Mrs Luna United Company, a cotton factory, in the city's Kadamtoli area yesterday night.
The deceased were identified as Mary, 16, and Rina, 15, workers of the factory.
Police said the fire originated inside the factory at about 8:00 pm and soon engulfed the entire factory.
Factory sources said the two workers were burnt alive as they were trapped inside its bathrooms during the blaze that also gutted goods kept in the factory.
On information, fire fighters rushed to the spot and brought the flame under control ...
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Rajshahi University (RU) was closed for an indefinite period yesterday following sporadic clashes between Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) that left university unit ICS general secretary Sharifuzzaman Nomani killed and at least 100 people injured.
The RU authorities at an emergency meeting held at 1:00 pm also asked the male students to vacate their dormitories by 5:00 pm yesterday while the female students by 10:00 am today.
Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) and Rajshahi Government College were also closed sine die following the RU clash.
Sources said, the RMC authorities at an emergency meeting also asked its students to vacate ...
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
The then high officials of two top intelligence agencies had knowledge of transporting the 10 truckloads of arms and ammunition, Hafizur Rahman, the main accused in the case, told the court last week.
An investigation has also revealed some proofs in support of his confessional statements, reported Bangla daily Prothom Alo.
National Security Intelligence (NSI) Field Officer Akbar Hossain rented trucks to carry the arms before the consignment was transported to the jetty of Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL), sources say.
This officer was attached to the special wing of the NSI Director General in Dhaka from Chittagong two months before the arms ...
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Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Military wing commander of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) Paresh Barua, Naga rebel leader Anthony Shimray and several more people were stationed in Chittagong by using fake names before the abortive Ulfa arms shipment in 2004.
They checked in Hotel Golden Inn but left Chittagong immediately after the arms were seized, according to a report of the Bengali daily Prothom Alo.
Principal accused of the case Hafizur Rahman alias Hafiz in his confessional statement said he was introduced with one Zaman before the 2001 election. Later, he came to know that the said Zaman was Ulfa military commander Paresh Barua. ...
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Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Military wing commander of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) Paresh Barua, Naga rebel leader Anthony Shimray and several more people were stationed in Chittagong by using fake names before the abortive Ulfa arms shipment in 2004.
They checked in Hotel Golden Inn but left Chittagong immediately after the arms were seized, according to a report of the Bengali daily Prothom Alo.
Principal accused of the case Hafizur Rahman alias Hafiz in his confessional statement said he was introduced with one Zaman before the 2001 election. Later, he came to know that the said Zaman was Ulfa military commander Paresh Barua. ...
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Deputy Inspector General of Prisons (DIG-Prisons) Maj Shamsul Haider Siddique violated at least 15 clauses of the jail code and abused his power in various ways to allow special privileges for a dreaded convict, Monowar Hossain Dipjol, according to an investigation by the jail authorities.
A two-member investigating committee of the Jail Directorate submitted a 72-page report on Thursday to the acting inspector general of prisons (IG-Prisons), finding Haider guilty on the charges, and also mentioning that the present jail superintendent of Dhaka Central Jail had no control over the prison under Haider's supervision.
The probe committee is comprised of DIG-Headquarters Commander ...
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