Bangladesh Parliament Opposition BNP chief Khaleda reminds of ‘final’ programme

Sylhet, Oct 20, 2011 (bdnews24)—Opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia has reminded the government of a ‘final’ anti-government movement, to be announced after the road marches. “We will announce the final movement programme soon. You must all prepare for that programme. We will remove this government and put a patriotic one in place,” she said, addressing [...]

Passengers’ plight mounts with Eid nearing

Bangladesh Newspaper DHAKA, AUG 28: Sufferings of home bound passengers continued on Sunday as they were facing a series of difficulties on their way to home for celebrating Eid by train, bus and launch. After sweating hard to collect train tickets, a large number of home bound passengers were seen waiting at the platforms of [...]

Vitamin A pills ‘could save thousands of children’

Giving vitamin A supplements to children under the age of five in developing countries could save 600,000 lives a year, researchers claim. Writing in the British Medical Journal, UK and Pakistani experts assessed 43 studies involving 200,000 children, and found deaths were cut by 24% if children were given the vitamin.And they say taking it [...]

Politics of crime in Bangladesh

Eleven days after the grisly grenade blasts at an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004, the then prime minister Khaleda Zia pinned the blame on AL leaders. This week, 82 months into the attack, the Criminal Investigation Department pressed charges against her son Tarique Rahman, nephew Saiful Islam Duke, ex-political secretary Harris Chowdhury, ex-state [...]

Bangladeshi judge delaying hearing in war crimes case

A special tribunal Wednesday delayed a potential war crimes indictment against a leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, which calls the case politically motivated. Delwar Hossain Sayedee and four other leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party are jailed pending investigation of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan. The hearing Wednesday [...]

Bangladesh PM tour to resolve border issues

The government on Wednesday expressed hope that the border issues between India and Bangladesh would be resolved during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to that country next month. Singh will visit Dhaka on September 6 and 7. During Question Hour, Home Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha, “Issues related to land boundary between India [...]

Tarique’s hope for release gets a blow

Tarique’s hope for release gets a blow Govt, ACC appeal against his bail orders; NBR sues Moudud, Pintu Source: The Daily Star The possibility of Tarique Rahman’s release hit a fresh snag yesterday after the government and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) appealed against the High Court (HC) bail orders in seven of the 13 cases [...]

Hundreds killed in hurricane, Thousands of people injured : Trail of catastrophic devastation in coastal areas

Staff Correspondent The serious cyclonic storm hurricane SIDR lashed the coastal districts in the southwestern region of the country Thursday midnight leaving over 700 people dead and many injured, killing domestic and wild animals, damaging thousands of houses, uprooting trees and destroying crop lands and vegetable fields. Reports on the trail of devastation were still [...]

6 killed, life paralyzed in capital

Staff Correspondent The powerful cyclonic storm battered the capital Dhaka Thursday midnight killing at least six people damaging thousands of thatched houses and uprooting trees. The capital plunged into darkness following disruption to the national power grid. The city people since early hours of Friday have been facing the worst situation due to severe power [...]

Sonali, Janata, Agrani Banks

100 pc shares to remain with governmentStaff Correspondent 100 percent ownership of state-owned Sonali Bank, Janata Bank and Agrani Bank will remain in the hands of the government even after the three financial institutions’ transformation into private limited company. Sources said, the three public banks will start working under three public limited companies soon. The [...]