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May Day today
Staff Reporter
The historic May Day is today. The day will be observed today across the world including Bangladesh alongside entire humanity to express solidarity with the movement for establishing socio-economic rights of the working-class people.
The day is a public holiday. Trade unions, political parties and professional organizations will observe the May Day by organising indoor discussions. But May Day rallies are banned under the current state of emergency.
The May Day, also known as International Workers' Solidarity Day, commemorates the historic uprising of working people in Chicago, USA, at the height of a prolonged fight for eight-hour workday.  |
Sequel to assault of student by cop: JU students confine VC, proctor for 7 hours
JU Correspondent
Several hundred agitating students of the Janagirnagar University yesterday laysiege to the administrative building of the university and confined the vice-chancellor, treasurer and proctor for seven hours in protest against the police assault on a JU student on Tuesday night.
The rampaging students also put barricade on the road and blocked the movement of Dhaka bound vehicles.
According to university sources, Mehedi Ullah, a first-year student of Bangla Department and resident of Maulana Bhasani Hall, was stopped by a traffic police near the Technical Institute when he was returning to the campus at 9:00 pm on Tuesday. |
Diplomat’s dilemma
Hasanuzzaman Khan
Bangladesh permanent representative to UN Ismat Jahan is learnt to have expressed her desire to marry a Dutch national presently staying in New York. She has communicated her desire to the foreign ministry in Dhaka and sought permission. But as per foreign service rules a diplomat is not allowed to marry a foreigner as there is a risk of state secret being leaked out.
The Foreign Ministry is yet to give permission to her to marry the foreign national.
Earlier, Anwarul Karim Choudhury, a permanent representative to UN, married a Nepali woman when he was posted in Kathmandu as Ambassador. |
Council of Advisers takes stock of situation : 'Nargis’ poised to hit Teknaf-Akyab coast
Staff Reporter
Authorities yesterday renewed their call for immediate harvest of the Boro paddy and warned fishing crews to stay close to shore as the severe cyclone 'Nargis", in the Bay of Bengal churned towards the southeastern coast is moving towards Bangladesh-Myanmer coast, with a direct hit possible later in the week.
"We have warned all fishing boats not to venture into the deep sea for fishing until further notice," said the assistant director of Bangladeshs Meteorological Department, Shah Alam.
Officials said the cyclone was still around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the southeastern port city of Chittagong. |
Polls in time in doubt : Political parties’ instant reaction to EC delimitation of constituencies Staff Reporter
Leaders of major political parties yesterday expressed the doubts about the next general election in accordance with the roadmap of the Election Commission due to legal difficulty created by the Commission by carrying out delimitation of constituences.
The apprehensions were expressed following publication of draft of the delimitation work of some 133 parliamentary constituencies out of 300 constituencies by the Election Commission (EC).
In their instant reaction on the EC's move, they observed EC created a new difficulty by carrying out the delimitation work to delay the election. |
News analysis: World businesses start caring for climate, local ones fall behind Mostafa Kamal Majumder
Indonesian pulp and paper company April is making a strong claim of positive contribution towards the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as its reforestation of about 50,000 hectares a year with 100 million seedlings is said to make a significantly positive balance.
Neil Franklin, sustainability director of the Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (April), told newsmen during the Business For the Environment (B4E) summit in Singapore that his company now manages 340,000 ha of highly productive plantations and 242,000 ha of protected conservation area in Riau, Indonesia. |
Working women’ s convention: Equal rights for all stressed
Staff Reporter
The Women Development Policy should be implemented immediately to ensure equal rights for women in every sphere, said Former Chief Justice and Chief Adviser Mohammad Habibur Rahman at the inaugural ceremony of a grand rally of Karmajibi Nari, a working women's platform.
The Constitution of Bangladesh preserves equal rights for the women. The government should implement the policy to respect the constitution, he added.
Rasheda K Choudhury, Women And Children Affairs Adviser to the caretaker Government, said the contribution of women to the country's socio-economic development had always been praiseworthy. |
Balda Garden inspired Tagore’s Camellia
BSS, Dhaka
Great poet Rabindranath Tagore's sojourn to Dhaka 's Balda garden inspired him to compose his famous romantic poem 'Camellia' in the late 1920's.
History has it that the nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore wrote his famous romantic poem 'Camellia' when he visited Dhaka was inspired by the beautiful camellia flowers in Balda Garden.
According to Nazir Hassain's book 'Kingbodontir Dhaka' that during his visit to Balda Garden, Tagore actually came up with Bengali names for some foreign plants.
Tagore's Camellia is a poem written about a young man who falls in love with a beautiful girl. |
Call to check price spiral of essentials
DU Correspondent
Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU), a left leaning organisation, yesterday demanded control on price soaring and punishment to those who attacked the students of Dhaka College.
Addressing a rally in front of Arts Building of Dhaka University, they said the silent famine is prevailing across the country but the government was not taking proper steps to solve the problem.
The Government should introduce rationing system in the country to reduce people`s suffering, they added. |
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Internet Edition. May 1, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
