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BDR mutiny trial begins at Rangamati Spl Court: Nine mutineers go on dock
UNB, Rangamati
The much-orchestrated trial of the February 25-26 countrywide BDR mutiny began yesterday as nine of the mutineers stood in the dock of special court to testify amid tight security.
Elite-force RAB, police, BDR and detectives have taken special security measures in and around the special judge's court-4 established at Jhagrabil Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) sector headquarters in the hill town.
"Security has also been beefed up in and around the district jail wherein a group of BDR personnel is detained to stand trial," says a firsthand report.  |
100 buses for students shortly: Auto traffic signal at all intersections soon
BSS, Dhaka
The Government will introduce automatic traffic signal at all intersections of the capital and 100 specialised school buses for students to ease city traffic congestion in next two months.
The major decisions came from an inter-ministerial meeting for removing the traffic congestion at the Home Ministry here on Tuesday.
Chaired by Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun, the meeting was attended, among others, by Home Secretary Md Abdus Sobhan Sikder, Chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and BRTC, Director General of Bangladesh Railway, Chief Engineer of the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner. |
'Tannery owners’ hides purchasing power limited’
Staff Reporter
Tannery owners yesterday announced that this year they will offer Tk 5 less per square feet (sft) for cow and goat hides during this Eid-ul-Azha as against last year.
Addressing a press conference at a city hotel, chairman of Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters' Association (BFLLEA) Rezaul Karim Ansari said that they had no choice as price of leather and leather goods declined sharply in the global market due to economic recession. |
Stefan Frowein tells the New Nation: EU to support Bangladesh in tackling climate change
Nurul Huda
European Union (EU) is ready to work "shoulder to shoulder" with Bangladesh and give it the necessary financial and technical support to tackle and adapt to climate change.
Dr. Stefan Frowein, Ambassador, Head of Delegation, European Union to Bangladesh told The New Nation Monday.
Bangladesh, needs extra fund for the purpose, he said, adding Dhaka has taken a big step in the right direction by organising funds through climate change multi-donor trust fund. Bangladesh, UK and EU have made contributions to it. |
Tk 3517 cr gas, petroleum bills overdue: Govt bodies, multinational cos main defaulters
Shamim Jahangir
Bulk and non-bulk consumers, both in public and private sectors, owe outstanding gas and petroleum products bill of Tk 3517.79 crore to state-owned entities.
The amount is equivalent of 4.47 months of the gross gas and petroleum products bill, the Petrobangla sources said.
Of the Tk 1870.64 crore outstanding gas bills, the share of the private sector is more than Tk 1,224.18 crore and that of public sector is above Tk 646.46 crore.
Of the Tk 1,647.15 crore outstanding petroleum products bills, international oil companies (IOCs) UNICOL and Cairn Energy owe Tk 1089. |
Kuwait urged to import more manpower
UNB, Dhaka
Kuwait assured Bangladesh of providing all necessary supports for various development sectors as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested the oil-rich Gulf state to enhance its trade and investment here and import more Bangladeshi manpower and quality goods.
The assurance came when Kuwaiti Ambassador in Bangladesh Abdullatif Ali E Al-Mawashi paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at the Prime Minister's Office Tuesday, when various issues, including climate change, bilateral trade and business, export of more Bangladeshi workers and goods to Kuwait, came up for discussion. |
Bringing smiles on faces of char women
Rafiqul Islam Azad
Nazma Begum, a mother of two in her 30s living at Jorakhali village, Hatiya Upazila, Noakhali, was passing her days in miseries even a year ago when she had nothing to do for a living following the death of her husband. She could not send her son to school. Nazma's husband Saiful Islam died in a road accident four years back.
Nazma got the opportunity to work in a project run by Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) last year. With the work her days began to change for better. Now, her only son Meraj, 8, goes to school and read in class two. |
Women workers in ME being abused Staff Reporter
Majority of Bangladeshi females who work as domestic aides in the Middle Eastern countries face physical and sexual abuses at the hands of their employers.
Subject to mandatory scrutiny they are deported when they test positive for HIV, UNDP study report revealed at a hotel yesterday.
Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Minister for Labour and Employment, Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment was present as the chief guest at function on "HIV vulnerabilities faced by woman migrants: from Bangladesh to the Arab states". |
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Internet Edition. November 25, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
