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CA, 3 service chiefs at May Day function: Sustainable state system with civil, military support to be evolved
UNB, Dhaka
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday urged the owners to ensure fair wages of workers, timely payment, well-defined work-hours and safe and healthy working environment.
He made the call while addressing a state function marking the May Day 2008 and inaugurating May Day Fair organised at Osmani Memorial auditorium by Labour and Employment Ministry.
The CA expressed his firm expectation that the country would be able to attain an accountable, just, sustainable state system with the unqualified support and active cooperation of civil-military administration and the countrymen.  |
Thailand for OPEC-like rice cartel
Agency, Bangkok
Thailand wants to form an Opec-style rice cartel to give it more control over international rice prices.
The world's biggest rice exporter plans to talk to Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam about co-operating on prices.
Rice prices have tripled so far this year with countries such as India and Vietnam restricting their exports.
A Thai government spokesman confirmed that the cartel idea had been discussed in talks between the prime ministers of Thailand and Myanmar on Wednesday. |
Nargis hits Myanmar
Staff Reporter
The severe cyclone 'Nargis' hit outlying coastal regions of Myanmar yesterday evening skipping Bangladesh, according to reports received in Dhaka from Yangon, the main city of erstwhile Burma.
As per the satellite image, the track of the Nargis, was packing winds of 120 to 150 miles (192 to 240 kilometres) similar to that of the super Cyclone 'Sidr', was moving to hit Myanmar's main city Yangon at night, meteorologists in Dhaka said. |
Heat wave blamed for diarrhoea outbreak
Sheikh Arif Bulbon
Widespread incidents of intestinal disorder have been reported across the country due to unrelenting heat and lack of safe drinking water. In April alone at least 10 people have died. Thousands of others are suffering at home or in hospitals.
Diarrhoea is a waterborne disease that the government says kills an estimated 25,000 people annually, mostly children.
Hundreds of people with diarrhoea and dehydration-mostly children-are arriving at hospitals across the country daily. |
20 cr taka mega film: Amitabh, Aishwarya, Shabana Azmi in mujib movie
Staff Reporter
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is all set to don the role of Bangladesh's charismatic founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a new movie also starring the actor's family.
The legendary Shyam Benegal will direct the English film "The Poet of Politics" named after the title given to the Bangladeshi leader by the Time Magazine in early 1970s in its cover story.
Bachchan, 65, recently gave his nod to the producer, Bangladeshi journalist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, an expatriate who was long been trying to cast the megastar for the Taka 20 crore (over Rs 11 crore) budget film, the New York-based Eastern News Agency (ENA) was quoted as saying by reports here. |
Rashida Mahiuddin passes away
Bdnews24.com, Dhaka
Awami League leader and Bangladesh Television broadcaster Rashida Mahiuddin died of heart failure at LabAid Cardiac Hospital Thursday morning.
She was 48.
Rashida was suffering from other health complications too.
Rashida's body was taken to her village home at Muktagachha of Mymensingh, Bangladesh Chhatra League general secretary Mahmud Hasan told bdnews24.com.
Her coffin will be taken to the Awami League office on Bangabandhu Avenue Friday.
A namaz-e-janaza for Rashida will be held at Baitul Mukarram Mosque. |
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Internet Edition. May 3, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
