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Internet Edition. September 3, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM

600 MW power cut on 1st of Ramzan: Ministry blames shortage of gas supply

Shamim Jahangir

The city residents have experienced 600 MW power shortages on the first day of Ramzan.
Several residents of the city expressed dissatisfaction with the power cut during Ifter and Sehri yesterday.
Earlier, the ministry had already directed the electricity generation units to keep those fully operational during the holy month, and keep electricity supply at the highest level from 6:00pm through 9:00pm for Iftar and Tarabih prayers and from 3:00am to 5:00am for Sehri.

Tarique may be freed today: Anxious crowd waits before BSMMU

Mamunur Rashid

Tarique Rahman, BNP senior Joint Secretary General and eldest son of detained former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, may be released on bail today, said a prison official.
Inspector General of Prisons, Brig Gen Zakir Hasan said yesterday evening that detainees are not normally released if their papers are not processed by 6:00pm.
Tarique Rahman's wife Zobaida Rahman, BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain and other visitors left his bedside at BSMMU Hospital around 8:00pm yesterday signaling that the detained BNP leader would not be released on bail before Wednesday.

Commentary: Major political reform depends on disposal of corruption cases

Chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury told a regular briefing meeting the other day that the image of toughness of the ACC is being affected by the recent bails granted to a significant number of accused individuals and stay orders on its cases.
It was the drive against corruption on which the reform process initiated by the present government was largely dependent. Tainting of the image of the commission that spearheaded the drive might make people think that the anti-graft campaign is not going on as before and that reforms can be evaded.

Flood situation worsens

UNB, Dhaka

Flood situation deteriorated in parts of the country yesterday, as many rivers continued to swell further.
The official Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said more low-lying areas in the districts of Sirajganj, Tangail, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Faridpur, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Dohar and Nawabganj of Dhaka district, Shibganj and Sadar of Chapai-Nawabganj district are likely to inundate by next 24-48 hours.
The Ganges-Padma and the Meghna continued rising while the Brahmaputra and Jamuna registered fall at upstream points but continued rising at downstream points, the FFWC said in its latest bulletin.

Rumour fuels garments unrest: 50 hurt

Staff Reporter

At least 50 workers were injured yesterday as the workers of Diganta Sweater locked in clash with workers of other factories in the area for their refusal to join in the vandalism.
Garment workers went on the rampage and damaged at least 20 garment factories at Naujor here following the rumour of the death of three employees in a factory.
Witnesses said hundreds of workers of Diganta Sweater took to the street at about 9:00am when the rumour spread that three of their colleagues were found dead in a bathroom of the factory.

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