Tipaimukh issue can be resolved thru’ talks: PM
June 30, 2009
Khaleda seeks Hasina’s assistance to send BNP team to dam site
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said the problems posed by the controversial Tipai-mukh dam project by India could be resolved through bilateral discussion .
“I believe I will be able to resolve the problem through bi-lateral discussions.”
She accused the main opposition BNP of making an issue of Tipaimukh dam in her speech on the proposed budget in the parliament on Monday.
Opposition chief Khaleda Zia earlier in the day sent a list to the prime minister containing Read more
Sequel to killing of 2 workers: RMG unit set on fire
June 30, 2009
Hundreds of angry apparel workers set ablaze a 10-storey building of Hameem Group yesterday in protest against at the death of two of their co-workers in Ansar and police firing over the past two days at Ashulia in Savar.
The two garment workers were killed in firing by Ansar and police and about 200 others injured on Saturday and Sunday during demonstration for wage Read more
Hasina asks FM to lower certain duties
June 30, 2009
Duties on newsprint, mobiles, motorbikes, micro-buses ought to be lowered, says PM
The premier, Sheikh Hasina, on Monday asked the elected representatives and members of the administrations to work hard to implement the proposed budget for 2009-10 fiscal year, which she termed a ‘pro-people’ budget.
The premier, while taking part in the general discussion on the national budget in parliament, also requested her finance minister to Read more
Khaleda writes to Hasina, naming team to visit Tipaimukh
June 30, 2009
The leader of the opposition in parliament and BNP’s chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, naming a six-member team for visiting the site of the proposed Tipaimukh dam, in response to the latter’s request that BNP send a separate team.
The team comprises BNP’s two vice-chairmen, MK Anwar and former water resources minister Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, and four technical experts — former water resources secretary Muhammad Asafuddowlah, Dhaka University’s Read more
Why not crossfire illegal? HC asks govt to reply in four weeks
June 30, 2009
The High Court yesterday issued a rule upon the government to show cause within four weeks as to why the extra-judicial killings ‘in the name of crossfire or encounter’ by the law enforcing agencies, should not be declared illegal and without lawful authority.
The court also asked the government to explain as to why departmental and criminal actions should not be taken against those who are responsible for extra-judicial killings ‘in the name of crossfire or encounter’. Read more
It all started with the sacking in a sick unit
June 30, 2009
RMG Workers’ Mayhem in Ashulia
It all started with the sacking in a sick unit
Sacking of about 1,000 workers of a sick garment factory was at the root of yesterday’s mayhem in Ashulia. But it fanned at a stunning speed the festering anger of workers of a large number of sick garment factories. Ultimately, some 50,000 workers took part in the wholesale vandalising and damaging of about 50 garment Read more
BDR mutiny: 57 army officers among 74 killed
June 30, 2009
Home Minister Advocate Sahara Kathun told the House on Monday that a total of 74 persons, including 57 army officers, were killed in BDR mutiny at Pilkhana on February 25-26.
Replying to a question raised by treasury bench member Begum Meher Afroz, she said the other people, who were killed in the carnage, included a retired army officer, an army personnel, two wives of army officers, three section Read more
Bomb threat forces DSE to cut short trading
June 30, 2009
A telephoned threat to bomb the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Monday forced the authorities concerned to stop trading at the bourse forty-five minutes earlier than the scheduled closing time, said a senior official.
When contacted, DSE’s president Rakibur Rahman told New Age from Singapore over the phone, ‘We think the fake bomb threat was an act of sabotage. It was made to create panic and was meant to Read more
Ministers do not speak for country
June 30, 2009
Focus only on their constituencies: Suranjit
Awami League (AL) lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta criticised some ministers for speaking only about their own constituencies rather than the entire country during discussion on the proposed budget in parliament yesterday.
Suranjit, chief of the parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry, also fired a broadside at Read more
BGMEA blames govt’s failure
June 30, 2009
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday blamed government ‘failure’ to ensure law and order as the main reason behind last three days’ incidents in Ashulia-Savar industrial belt near the capital, resulting in damage worth around Tk 300crore.
Leaders of the BGMEA refused to recognise the incidents as ‘labour unrest’. They claimed that these were instigated by ‘outsiders’ involved in creating troubles in the sector at different times.They however did not specify the Read more
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