The New Nation - Internet Edition

Internet Edition. May 11, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM

Dhaka Polytechnic closed sine die: Violent clash leaves 100 including 50 cops injured: Students asked to vacate dormitories

Mamunur Rashid

Angry students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute in Tejgaon area clashed with riot police for the second successive day yesterday over the death of a fellow student leaving more than 100 people including 50 policemen injured.
Police said the students of the Institute took to the streets, damaged passing vehicles in Tejgaon industrial area and clashed with law enforcers to protest the death of Ashiqur Rahman, a 2nd year student of the institute who died when a bus ran over him on Friday night in front of the Institute.

Aziz for fuel price hike to reduce subsidy: No tax rate rise in coming budget

Staff Reporter

After raising tariff of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the Government is going to increase prices of fuel oil to adjust it with the soaring prices of petroleum in the global market.
Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam yesterday put a broad hint about it saying, "Sometimes, somewhere we've to go for price adjustment. It cannot be continued for long." He also gave a good news that people will experience no tax hike but relaxation in some cases in the upcoming budget.
"Fuel prices will surely be increased.

Move to reunify BNP factions: Mannan, Hannan meet

Rafiqul Islam Azad

A senior leader of pro-Khaleda faction of BNP has taken a fresh move to reunite two factions of the party amid multiple crisis and twist and turns in the leadership.
BNP chairperson's adviser Brig Gen (Retd) ASM Hannan Shah took the initiative after Saifur Rahman's statement that he was no longer chairman of the party; rather Begum Khaleda Zia is the chairperson of the party.
As part of the initiative, the outspoken BNP leader held an exclusive meeting with former secretary general of BNP Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan at a Gulshan residence in the city on Thursday.

AL allies differ on local polls: Election boycott will harm Hasina personally: Amu

Shahidul Islam

Component political parties of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance are reorganising their respective houses, keeping the coalition dormant after the January 11 (2007) changeover, apprehending that hobnobbing with the AL may be counterproductive, if it boycotts the next general election over the release of the party Chief Sheikh Hasina.

Happy Mother’s Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child

AP, Little Rock, Ark

It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman - she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.
"We've had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us," she said, laughing.
The Duggars' oldest child, Josh, is 20, and the youngest, Jennifer, is nine months old.
The fast-growing family lives in Tontitown in northwest Arkansas in a 7,000-square-foot home.

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