Abandon Rampal power plant project: national committee
Leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Thursday called on the government to abandon the coal fired Rampal and Orion power plants in the vicinity of the Sunderbans.
ZIA CHARITABLE TRUST CASE : Khaleda to return home by Nov 7: lawyers
Defence counsel told the Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3 on Thursday that Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia would return home from London by November 7 as she wanted to appear before the court in the trial.
12,000 acres of Gazipur Forest land in grabbers’ hands
At least 59 owners of industries and other powerful individuals grabbed a 12,321-acre area of the 66,800-acre Gazipur Forest, a parliamentary standing committee revealed Thursday. The chairman of the committee on environment and forest ministry, Hasan Mahmud, MP, said this at a news briefing.
Driver shortage cripples BRTC
State run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is facing an acute shortage of bus drivers. BRTC is virtually limping in operating 1,066 buses in running condition with 1,091 drivers, 300 of whom are about 70-year olds, said officials.
FOREIGNER KILLINGS : Plan on to justify PM’s statement blaming BNP: Nazrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday alleged that the government was trying to implicate BNP leaders in the recent killing of foreigners to justify the prime minister’s recent statement in this regard.
Khandaker Mosharraf charged with money laundering
The Dhaka Special Judges Court-1 on Wednesday charged BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, also former health minister, with money laundering.
TAVELLA KILLING : Quayum one of suspects: HM
Home affairs minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader MA Quayum was one of the suspects who masterminded the murder of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella in Dhaka.
HUSAINI DALAN EXPLOSION : Police narrow down investigation to Jamaat’s activities
The police are narrowing down the investigation into the Husaini Dalan explosion case to the activities of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir, as they claim to have not found any militant link or plot from other quarters.
Ruling party offices on govt lands
Offices of Awami League and BNP, the two major political parties, are seldom seen out side the capital when they are out of power.
PM calls for promotion of Buddhist tourism
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday inaugurated an international conference on Buddhist circuit, the first of its kind in the world, calling upon all to work together for the promotion of tourism based on Buddhist culture and traditions.
