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No doubt on 18 December election: Hossain Zillur: Decision on emergency after nomination filing
Staff Reporter
The government yesterday claimed that most of the demands of the BNP-led four-party alliance had already been fulfilled.
The emergency will be further relaxed or even withdrawn if conditions prove congenial after submission of nomination papers, said a government adviser.
In a hurriedly called press conference, Adviser for Commerce and Education Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman made it clear that there should be no doubt about the holding of elections on December 18. The Adviser said, the entire nation was ready to switch over to political transition through a meaningful election on December 18 with the participation of all parties.  |
Political parties urged to enact law banning hartal
Staff Reporter
Business leaders yesterday urged the political parties to pledge for enacting a law banning hartal and strike considering the greater interest of people.
"The country has been losing 1.5 per cent of its GDP growth due to hartal while another 1.5 per cent for frequent power outages each year . So, political parties should reach an understanding to ban hartal by enacting a law," FBCCI President Annisul Haq told a conference putting forward businesses 51-point recommendation for development of 21 sectors. |
AL, allies talk seat sharing today
Pulack Ghatack
Awami League will hold a meeting with its allies in the 14-party over sharing of parliamentary seats today.
However, apprehending a relatively comfortable position this time, AL is unwilling to share any significant number of seats with its partners either in the 14-party alliance or in the proposed grand alliance.
Awami League leaders so far held several informal talks with the leaders of Jatiya Party, LDP and Bikalpa Dhara over revival of the grand alliance and seat sharing with them. |
Energy to get priority in poll manifestoes: Say AL, BNP leaders Staff Reporter
Both Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) would include energy as a top most priority sector in their election manifestos in the forthcoming national election.
Leaders of the two parties informed it at a roundtable on 'Energy in the Election Manifesto' at the National Press Club yesterday. The Forum for Energy Reporters', Bangladesh (FERB) organised the roundtable where Chairman of the organisation Mollah Amzad presented the keynote paper. |
4-party sticks to 7-point demand for going to polls
UNB, Dhaka
Sharply contradicting the claim of Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman the 4-party alliance leaders last night said none of their 7-point demand was implemented till Saturday.
Briefing the newsmen after the alliance meeting in the evening at Gulshan office of BNP, Khandker Delwar Hossain said, "the government has lost its neutrality. We are happy that cases against AL president Hasina have been withdrawn. But the cases against the alliance
leaders including Khaleda and Maulana Nizami have not been withdrawn,"
About the demand of the alliance Dr Zillur in a statement earlier today clearly said that emergency would be lifted in phases from the date of filing nomination. |
Day long strike at Moulvibazar market in city
Staff Reporter
Trading at Moulvibazar, country's largest wholesale market, came to a halt yesterday as the businessmen enforced a daylong strike in the old part of the city in protest against an attack on them by miscreants.
Abdur Razzak, President of Moulvibazar Traders' Association, told the New Nation that the businessmen of Moulvibazar, Begum Bazar and part of Chawkbazar went on strike as seven of their colleagues were injured by miscreants at Keraniganj Thursday.
He said miscreants hired by two brothers-Alamgir Hossain and Abdur Rahman-of Keraniganj attacked businessmen during an arbitration called at Keraniganj for realising dues amounting to Tk 2. |
Embezzlement of relief goods at Sidr-hit areas alleged
Staff Reporter
Police dispersed a human chain formed on behalf of SIDR affected people in front of the National Press Club marking the first anniversary of the super cyclone yesterday.
They alleged that the local administration, UP members and the chairmen were involved in a competition to embezzle the relief-goods sent by the donors from home and abroad.
They told the media that these unscrupulous people not only deprived the poor from their share of relief-goods, they also forced these poor people to purchase the donated items from them. |
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Internet Edition. November 16, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
