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Vitamin A capsule aftermath: 2 children die, govt forms probe body
UNB, Dhaka
Another child died reportedly from complications after taking Vitamin-A capsule and deworming tablet in Munshiganj on Sunday night as several hundred children fell sick across the country following a nationwide nourishment drive.
Piar Hossain of Ballalbari area in Sadar upazila of Munshiganj district claimed his daughter Priya Akhter, 6, fell sick after having the Vitamin-A capsule and deworming tablet and died on Sunday night.
According to media reports, 11-year-old Habib, son of Nizam Fakir, died in Doulatdia area under Goalanda upazila in Rajbari district after taking the capsule and tablet early Sunday.  |
Those who have come to power should be kept on right path: Barrister Mainul
Staff Reporter
Barrister Mainul Hosein, former adviser of the caretaker government, has said those who are engaged in plundering the assets of the country cannot be treated as politicians. I respect politicians.
He has said, it is true that the politicians will rule the country. The country will plunge into crisis again if the politicians do not show leader-like qualities and remain honest in their word and action. The country would face the same fate unless the political culture has changed, the former adviser of the caretaker government said. |
Security beefed up at KPIs
Staff Reporter
The Home Ministry yesterday ordered strengthening of security at the government installations including court premises across the country amid fears of possible attacks by Islamists or criminal gangs.
The alert came in the wake of the government decision to put on trial later this month dozens of people alleged to have committed war crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 War of Liberation.
Jamaat's top leaders are among those facing trial for allegedly helping the Pakistani army in an act of genocide in the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. |
RAJUK plots for AL MPs: Jote govt deprived them in the past Pulack Ghatack
The present government, which thinks the allotment of plots in Dhaka for MPs tantamounted to corruption by the erstwhile BNP-Jamaat government, will take fresh project to allot highly lucrative plots of lands at Gulshan, Banani, Purbachal and nearby areas for their MPs.
State Minister for Housing and Works Adv Abdul Mannan Khan yesterday assured the lawmakers in the Jatiya Sangsad that Sheikh Hasina's government would allot plot for them in a transparent way.
He said that the Government had taken up a plan to build four satellite townships at the suburbs of the capital city Dhaka for resolving the housing problem. |
Ireland upset Bangladesh
BBC Online
Ireland upset Bangladesh at the ICC World Twenty20, beating them by six wickets and knocking them out.
Brothers Niall and Kevin O'Brien hit the big shots as Ireland made it into the Super Eights of the tournament.
In a low-quality, low-scoring affair at Trent Bridge, Bangladesh struggled to 137-8, and Ireland got home with six wickets and 10 balls to spare.
Niall O'Brien shrugged off an ankle injury to smite 40 off 25 balls and Kevin added 33 over the closing overs.
Ireland's victory recalled their performance in the 2007 World Cup when they stunned Pakistan, and then beat Bangladesh in the Super Eights. |
War crime trial must be done properly: EU Troika
UNB, Dhaka
The visiting European Union Troika delegation yesterday said the EU thinks that every war crime should be investigated but it has to be done properly, carefully and transparently.
Finding the current regional integration in this region at a slow pace, the delegation from the unified Europe stressed the need for accelerating the regional cooperation and integration for shared wellbeing of the people.
About the war-crime trial, a buzzword in the present times, leader of the Troika delegation Helena Bambasova said: "It is important but also a sensitive issue. |
Only one telecom company earns profit: NTTN may bail out others
Staff Reporter
The telecom companies are heavily burdened with operation expenditure in comparison with their investments.
The organisations are facing financial loss as they have to build infrastructures and maintain it for their respective subscribers of the same place. This, in turn, cause the government loss of huge revenue.
The telecom companies of the country have invested huge amount of money in the sector. But the companies fail to extend service to people living in far flung areas of the country as their investment on building and maintenance of infrastructure are located mainly in the capital Dhaka and one or two in divisional cities of the country. |
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Internet Edition. June 9, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
