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3 Janazas of Saifur held in city: Former presidents, sitting ministers, MPs, political leaders attend
Staff Reporter
Three namaz-e-janazas of veteran BNP leader and former finance minister M Saifur Rahman, who died on Saturday in a car crash, were held in Dhaka yesterday where Ministers, Politicians, Professionals and thousands of followers paid their last homage.
They also offered special prayers for peace of the departed soul of Saifur Rahman.
His first janaza was held at Azad mosque at Gulshan where former President AQM Badrudduza Chowdhury, former advisor of caretaker government Barrister Mainul Hosein, eminent lawyer Barrister Rafiqul Hoque, former Bangladesh Bank Governor Salehuddin Ahmed, Acting General Secretary of Awami League Mahbubul Haque Hanif, Jamaat ammer Matiur Rahman Nizami, FBCCI president Anisul Haque, Professor Rehman Sobhan, among others, were present.  |
Efforts fail to ease traffic jam: Overnight relief not possible, say authorities
Mamunur Rashid
At least 8 lakh motorized vehicles and 5-lakh- pedal-rickshaws ply in the city everyday ahead of the Eid and causing traffic situation deteriorated in the capital.
The government's efforts to ease nagging traffic congestion has failed due to shortage of equipment and lack of coordination among the agencies.
Witnesses said every intersection in the city frontal areas of the shopping malls experiences serious gatherings ahead of Eid shopping. Traffic-jam causes untold sufferings to the people going to offices and various destinations including Eid shopping. |
JS session amid Opposition boycott begins today
Staff Reporter
The third session of the 9th Parliament begins at 11:00am today amid boycott of the main opposition BNP.
The third session will be short lived one as it has been called to meet the constitutional obligation, parliament sources said.
According to the Constitution, Parliament must be called within 60 days following the prorogation of a session. The session is likely to continue for only seven to 10 days, sources said.
A total of nine bills might be placed before the House for consideration and different parliamentary standing committees are expected to place some probe reports before the House. |
Inability to pay wages, festival bonus:RMG factory owners fleeing fearing possible outburst ahead of Eid: Govt agrees to release Tk 200 cr as cash incentives
Staff Reporter
Some of the garment factory owners have started to flee keeping the factories abandoned failing to pay wages and apprehending possible outburst on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr over payment of festival bonus.
President of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) Fazlul Hoque disclosed it at a press conference yesterday.
He said the number of this type of factories not in a position to pay salary and festival bonus is not small.
"Yes, a good number of factories will be struggling to pay salary and festival bonus before the Eid-ul-Fitr. |
Nilphamari-Jaldhaka road besieged demanding VGF rice
Nilphamari Correspondent
Several thousand people from two unions of Jaldhaka upazila besieged Nilphamari-Jaldhaka road at Tengonmari point yesterday demanding rice under vulnerable group feeding (VGF) program for them.
As a result the road communication of the district town was snapped with three upazilas for about three hours. Police made several attempts to restore the road communication by pushing back the agitators but failed.
Later the agitating people withdrew road blockade following assurance of the district administration. |
Swine flu situation discussed UNB, Dhaka
A parliamentary standing committee discussed yesterday the latest situation of Pandemic H1N1 was informed that adequate arrangements have been made in all public hospitals for treatment of the patients.
ABM Golam Mustafa, Hafiz Ahmed Mazumdar, Mohammed Rafiqul Islam, Begum Faridunnahar Laily and Begum Rubi Rahman, attended the meeting which was presided by HN Ashikur Rahman.
The meeting was informed that till day some five thousand physicians and health assistances of medical college hospitals, 250 bed hospitals and Sadar hospitals of all the districts were being trained on SOPs on pandemic influenza. |
Commentary: The most outspoken and courageous Finance Minister The sudden passing away of former Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman in a road accident on Saturday has come as a great shock to the nation. The 77-year-old chartered accountant-turned politician made his mark not merely as Bangladesh's longest serving finance minister and presenting 12 out of 36 national budgets since the liberation of the country but also for steering the economy towards steady growth, especially since the restoration of democracy in 1991.
He succeeded to record a turn around of the economy in the early nineties when the share of local resources to the development budget rose to 42 per cent in 1995-96 from a mere five per cent in 1989-90. |
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Internet Edition. September 7, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
