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37-storey City Centre sinking
Mamunur Rashid
The under construction 37-storey City Centre, the tallest skyscraper in the city's commercial hub Motijheel, developed cracks forcing several banks and companies to vacate their offices yesterday.
A number of cracks were found on the walls of the ground floor of the City Centre building, housing offices of important banks and companies including Standard Chartered and HSBC banks and Grameen Phone.
Standard Chartered Bank officials were the first to detect the cracks on the building, when they were engaged in interior designing of their office and informed the authority of the matter.  |
No food deficit, bumper boro harvest expected: Indian export price hike won’t affect us, says Food Sec; 5 kg rice per person under OMS
Staff Reporter
Though India has suddenly raised the minimum price for non-basmati rice exports by $350 per tonne, the government yesterday ruled out any possibility of food shortage in the country.
"The government has enough stock of rice to meet the demands of the next three months," said Food and Disaster Management Secretary Mollah Wahiduzzaman yesterday.
Addressing a press conference at the Food Ministry conference room, the Food Secretary asserted that there is no shortage in supply of rice from the government's godowns although the prices of coarse rice have increased in the market. |
Dr Wazed meets Hasina at Square Hospital: AL announces action plan Staff Reporter
The Awami League yesterday decided to stage a daylong countrywide mass hunger strike before April 20 with a view to force the Caretaker Government to release former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) at its President's office at Dhanamondi Residential Area with its Acting Chief Zillur Rahman in the chair.
Charting out a five-point demand, including the announcement of election schedules, bringing down the price of essentials, especially foodstuff and edible oil and the withdrawal of state of emergency immediately. |
India raises rice export price to $1000 per ton BBC Online
India has raised the minimum price at which it exports non-basmati rice in a renewed effort to discourage exports and control domestic food costs.
This is the second time in a month that India has raised its minimum price for exporting rice. The price has gone up from $650 to $1,000 per tonne for non-basmati rice.
India is the second-largest rice producer in the world. It usually exports more than four million tonnes of rice a year.
The government imposed a total ban on non-basmati rice exports last October but lifted it following protests from exporters. |
Akbar Ali tells review meet: No constitutional basis for BCS quota system
Staff Reporter
Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) Chairlman Dr Akbar Ali Khan yesterday said that there is no constitutional basis for the present Bangladesh Civil Service quota system.
"There is no basis for the present quota system in the constitution," Akbar Ali said, adding that there should be no such quotas "permanently or for an indefinite period".
He was speaking at the review of a report on the 'Quota system for civil service recruitment in Bangladesh'.
Dr Ali urged the Government to revise BCS quotas and appoint more civil servants through examinations on the basis of merit. |
Ancient brick structure found in Paharpur
Sheikh Arif Bulbon
Archaeologists yesterday found an ancient brick-built structure with floor and artefacts under the basement of the main temple at the World Heritage site at Paharpur in Dinajpur, said officials of the Department of Archaeology.
Earlier, two brick-built structures of the Gupta dynasty were found during an excavation, they said.
Mohammad Shafiqul Alam, Director of Department of Archaeology, said the newly found structures were built in the pre-Pal period.
"Most probably the structure of the temple was built by followers of Jain religion," according to him. |
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Internet Edition. March 30, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
