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Miliband meets Chief Adviser, Army Chief: Road to democracy, rule of law, counter terrorism discussed
Staff Reporter
Reiterating his country's support for the Caretaker Government steps to elections before the end of the year, British Secretary of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband, MP, yesterday said Bangladesh was smoothly heading towards democracy.
Addressing a crowded press conference at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Dhaka concluding his two-day official visit, he said his country encourages positive and constructive dialogue between the Caretaker Government and the political parties.  |
Bird flu update:Dead crows on campus
Staff Reporter
A large number of crows were found dead in the city yesterday. At least three dead crows were also found in Dhaka University area.
Indian laboratories may soon start testing samples from Bangladesh to identify the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
India is planning to ask the Bangladesh government crippled by a severe bird flu outbreak, to send ground samples to the laboratories there for rapid testing and genetic sequencing.
Syed Ataur Rahman, Secretary of Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, said that samples are being sent all the way to the OIE Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza in Weybridge in UK for testing. |
BCS examination: DU students demand rationalisation of quota system
DU Correspondent
Dhaka University students demanded a rational rearrangement of the quota system in all government services including Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) instead of the existing 55 per cent quota before the upcoming 28th BCS examination.
Students' Movement against oppression, a platform of DU students supported by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), placed the demand at a press conference at the university's Madhu's canteen on Saturday. |
Quick disposal of graft cases creates confusion: TIB Chairman says
UNB, Dhaka
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) chairman Prof. Mozaffar Ahmed Saturday said confusion has been created about quick dispensation of justice in corruption cases under existing laws due to legal complexities involved in the anti-graft process.
He, however, said that during the anti-corruption drive in last one year it has been established that none is above law. "The anti-corruption drive has established that none is above law. |
'Manik struggled for democracy till his death’
Staff Reporter
The veteran politician Saifuddin Ahmed Manik is etched in our history, as he played vital role in different democratic and progressive movements including the Liberation War, speakers said at a civic mourning meeting at the premises of the Central Shaheed Minar in the city yesterday.
Reminiscing the politician's golden life and works, the speakers said he never adopted any unethical or corrupt means in this polluted and corrupt political atmosphere. |
Delwar for BNP unity sans Mannan, reform Staff Reporter
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday made it clear that he wants reunification of the party without the top expelled leaders, including his predecessor Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, and the reform proposals.
Ruling out the possibility of reconciliation with the reformist group of the party, Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday at a press conference said, "It will not be possible on my part to reconcile with the reformist BNP faction if they do not scrap the decision taken by the party's National Standing Committee on October 29 last year. |
McCain’s Bangladeshi adopted daughter: Future inmate of White House ?
Associate Press
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is using an image of his adopted daughter in a new campaign mailing in the state where push polling involving the girl helped derail his White House bid eight years ago.
In a mailing showing up at homes Thursday, the Arizona senator's wife, Cindy, is pictured holding a baby in a blanket as she walks with a woman from Mother Teresa's orphanage.
"Cindy cradles little Bridget, a baby she and John adopted in 1993 from Mother Teresa's orphanage in Bangladesh. Bridget has been a great blessing to the McCain family," the mailing says. |
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Internet Edition. February 10, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
