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AL to set up central polls monitoring body: Politics being dictated by two leaders from jail or abroad
Staff Reporter
The election fever has gripped the four city corporations and nine Pourashabha areas as emergency rules were relaxed in view of mayoral and Pourashabha polls scheduled to be held on August 4.
The Awami League, the key contender in the phased out local government polls has planned to form monitoring committee to help their undeclared party candidates to contest the election.
The monitoring committee will be manned by their central and district leaders who will directly help their candidates to conduct election campaign, Matia Chowdhury, a presidium member of Awami League said.  |
Nizami gets bail in Gatco graft case: Azam surfaces before High Court, asked to surrender
Staff Reporter
The High Court (HC) yesterday granted two months' ad interim bail to detained former Industries Minister and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami in Gatco corruption case.
Besides, the same bench of the High Court ordered Jubo League General Secretary Mirza Azam to surrender within 10 days before the trial court for bail in a graft case filed by the ACC and also asked the government not to harass or arrest him until hearing of his bail petition is completed. |
Saudi King to inaugurate Madrid dialogue tomorrow: No problem with Bangladeshi workers in KSA: Saudi envoy
Staff Reporter
Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abdullah Bin Naser Al-Busairi yesterday said that misdeeds of a few workers in Saudi Arabia would not affect all Bangladeshis working there.
"As of today (Monday), Saudi Arabia did not express its unwillingness to accept single Bangladeshi worker," he said at a press conference at the chancery building at Gulshan in the city.
The Saudi Ambassador said, on an average, 1,000 visas are being issued by the Embassy every office day, which proved that there is no problem with Bangladeshi workers. |
Miss Universe 2008
AP, Nha Trang
Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row.
The new Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza, was once kidnapped in her homeland and says the experience taught her to remain poised under pressure.
Tension got under the skin of Miss USA, Crystle Stewart of Texas, who tripped on the train of her bejeweled evening gown as she made her entrance. |
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Internet Edition. July 15, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
