Month: August 2009

Donors favour plantation of foreign species; locals keep trust in natural forest The Department of Forest is apparently depleting the Madhupur Sal Forest through implementation of different donor-funded afforestation projects, which mainly plant exotic trees of commercial value. The majority of the donor-funded projects in the past or the projects the government and development partners ... Read more

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday launched a special drive “Operation Clean Street” in the city in a bid to ease traffic congestion during the holy month of Ramzan. On the other hand due to the operation clean street the small number of passenger laden vehicles were on the streets putting the home bound people before ... Read more

Essentials’ prices remain unchanged The prices of ingredients used for making iftar items went up yesterday, the first day of Ramadan, while the prices of most essentials remained unchanged at city’s kitchen markets. The prices of aubergine, chickpea and puffed rice continued to rise while the prices of green chilli and vegetables witnessed a fresh ... Read more

It seeks names of bigwigs who got govt plots abusing power The parliamentary (JS) standing committee on public undertakings has observed that the Rajdhani Unnayan Kortripakkho (RAJUK-the capital city development authority) has no transparency in its activities and directed the organisation to report within six months on measures on removal of irregularities in it. The ... Read more

The flood situation of the country excepting the northeastern districts may deteriorate in the next two to three days, according sources in the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC). Sources said the flood situation has started improving in the northern districts gradually but the prevailing flash flood situation in the north-eastern districts may

The High Court (HC) yesterday extended its earlier order by four months staying the government’s notice that asked BNP chief Khaleda Zia to hand over her cantonment house to the military estate office by June 30. The HC bench, comprising Justice Syed Refat Ahmed and Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury passed the order following an extension ... Read more

The current swine flu situation in Bangladesh does not require that educational institutes be shut, the education minister said yesterday, a day after two private schools in Dhaka announced their closures as a precautionary measure. Two of the city’s top English-medium schools-Scholastica and Sunbeams-announced they were suspending their academic activities for an indefinite period from ... Read more

Ashraf on 15-day vacation Mahbubul Alam Hanif, who was not much known to the party leaders even a month ago, is now the acting general secretary of Awami League as Syed Ashraful Islam left for UK on Saturday for a 15-day vacation. Ashraf, also the LGRD and cooperatives minister, will return home on September 5 ... Read more

Country’s Readymade Garment (RMG) sector may face labour unrest during the month of Ramzan over the workers’ demands including payment of festival bonus and arrears, industry owners apprehends. They alleged that instead of minimising labour unrest some members of the present parliament and also Ministers are fuelling the illogical anger of the workers pushing the ... Read more

Iran yesterday accused Argentina of meddling in its domestic affairs after the south American country expressed outrage at the nomination of a man wanted for a 1994 bombing to be the next defence minister. “The positions taken by Argentine officials obviously amount to meddling in the domestic affairs of the Islamic Republic and we strongly ... Read more