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Khaleda, Hossain Zillur hold quiet parley: EC may consider request to extend deadline for registration Rafiqul Islam Azad
Adviser for Education and Commerce Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman yesterday had an unscheduled meeting with former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia at her at Shaheed Moinul Road residence at Dhaka Cantonment in the city.
What exactly was discussed at the meeting could not be known till filing of this report late last night. No other BNP leader was present during the two hours long parley beginning at 7:15 in the evening.
However, party sources said during the meeting, Begum Khaleda Zia discussed the party stance on registration with the Election Commission as well as participation in the forthcoming elections.  |
Tigers take on Kiwis in 2nd ODI today
Sports Reporter
After posting a memorable seven-wicket victory over the visiting New Zealand team in the first ODI on Thursday last, Bangladesh will take on the Kiwis today in the second ODI of the BRAC Bank ODI Series at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The match starts at 9.00 AM (Bangladesh Standard Time). Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live from the stadium.
Before Thursday's win, Bangladesh faced New Zealand 11 times but the Tigers lost to the Kiwis in all the clashes. |
Elections will be held, must be held: Hasina tells London seminar
Desk Report
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, who is currently visiting London, has said, emergency must be lifted and people's fundamental and political rights must be restored to create transparent atmosphere for a free and fair election.
She emphasised, the above are the pre-requisites of an election which can offer a government to the choice of the people.
The AL chief was addressing a seminar yesterday on "Human Rights Affairs' held at the upper house of the British Parliament, House of Lords, organised by the UK Parliamentary Human Rights Group. |
Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
Agency, Oslow
This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been won by peace negotiator Martti Ahtisaari, the Nobel Foundation has announced in Norway's capital, Oslo. Finland's ex-president has been a UN mediator on Kosovo, helped end the conflict in Indonesia's Aceh province and aided Namibia's independence.
Ahtisaari told Norwegian broadcaster NRK he was "very pleased and grateful" to receive the award.
The laureate wins a gold medal, diploma and 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m).
The winners were chosen by a secretive five-member Norwegian awards committee from 197 nominations this year. |
Tacit move to exclude 2 ladies from politics
Habibullah Mizan and Hasan Shaheed
Major political parties of the country are reportedly under serious pressure in the backdrop of the latest developments, apparent hard line adopted by the Election and Anti Corruption commissions.
This pressure mainly came from the recent revival of many graft cases against the senior political leaders including the two former prime ministers Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina, also the bosses of the BNP and AL respectively. |
Centenarian Dadu : A role model at Charukala Institute
Sheikh Arif Bulbon
He is familiar as 'Dadu' to all. For this reason he has lost his real name. His real name is Momin Ali Mridha. He came to Charukala with Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin. Already he has passed 50 years at the premises of the Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University. Be became a role model of for many eminent artists. Now this centenarian person has been passing his days on the corridor of the institute, singing a song or playing flute or.
To memorise his lifestyle and activities at the Institute of Fine Arts a photography exhibition titled 'The Journey of a Legend' has been organised by Dhaka Heritage. |
Arson attack in Satkhira: Several houses burnt
Satkhira Correspondent
Several thousand agitated people of Senegati and Krishnanagar villages under Dhandia Union at Tala Upazila yesterday burnt the houses of a UP member and a Jubo Dal leader suspecting their involvement in the murder of Arifuzzaman Chanchal, chairman of Dhandia Union Parishad, on Wednesday.
Over three thousand angry people set fire to the houses of Dhandia UP member Abdul Malek Lalu of village Senegati and Jubo dal leader Ruhul Quddus of village Krishnanagar and burnt them to ashes. |
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Internet Edition. October 11, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
