UK for holding free, fair elections at all levels
The new British high commissioner, Alison Blake, stressed the need for strengthening parliamentary democracy and pluralistic system by holding free and fair elections at all levels with participation from all political parties.
UP CHAIRMEN POLLS : Local leaders of AL, BNP lobbying for nominations
Local leaders of ruling Awami League and BNP began desperate lobbying to get their parties’ nominations to contest the coming Union Parishad polls as chairmen candidates. The local political scenario has been warmed up by the maiden opportunity to contest as the chairmen candidates with parties nomination.
TANNERY RELOCATION TO SAVAR : Govt may give compensation to tanners despite little dev works
The government is going to relax the conditions it set for disbursement of the 2nd instalment of the compensation package for relocation of tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, paving the way for withdrawing money by tanners by showing limited amount of development work.
BNP celebrates Zia’s birth anniversary
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday celebrated the 80th birth anniversary of the party’s founder, late president Ziaur Rahman, with a vow to carry out the struggle to liberate democracy.
Mahabub Hossain remembered
Economists and colleagues and classmates of agriculture and development economist Mahabub Hossain on Tuesday remembered his role in agricultural and rural development.
JP leadership in tatters
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday in a tug-of-war over the party leadership removed Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu as the party secretary general and replaced him with Ruhul Amin Howlader.
Univ teachers get positive assurance from PM on their demands
Public university teachers said Monday that they received a positive assurance from prime minister Sheikh Hasina that their demands would be ‘taken into consideration’. The teachers said that they received the assurance when they met the prime minister at Gana Bhaban.
Syed Ashraf questions joining Saudi-led coalition
Public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam during Monday’s cabinet meeting questioned Bangladesh’s decision to join the Saudi Arabia-led ‘Islamic military coalition’ as the issue was not even discussed in any forum here.
Posthumous citizenship for Peter Custers demanded
Country’s eminent citizens and left politicians on Monday urged the government to give posthumous citizenship for renowned Dutch journalist and author Peter Custers mentioning that he was a real friend of Bangladesh.
IMPLEMENTING CHT DEAL : Hill people form 300-km human chain in 3 dists
Ethnic minority people of Chittagong Hill Tracts on Monday formed a 300-kilometre long human chain amid obstruction of administration and demanded full implementation of CHT Accord. They also demanded for setting up a separate land commission for ethnic people, such as Garos and Santals, who live mostly in the plains.
