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Admin officials rally against judiciary separation
Separation of judiciary a constitutional
obligation, says law adviser

In response to the administrative officials’ vociferous demand for deferment of the deadline for separating the judiciary from the executive and reviewal of the process, and their threat to go on strike, the interim government on Sunday warned them to desist from creating any commotion over the issue...[ + ]

Govt to change junior, higher secondary curricula

The government has planned to change the curricula of Class VI to Class VIII and Class XI–XII, education officials told New Age in the past week. The curricula of the Class VI to Class VIII were last changed in 1996 and 1997 and the Class XI–XII curricula in
1998, said the officials of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board.....[ + ]

Trade liberalisation induces food price
hike, WB admits

Trade liberalisation that eventually has resulted in skyrocketing of food prices afflicts the rural population of Bangladesh, admits the World Bank in its World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development...[ + ]

Top BNP leaders take initiatives for in-party reconciliation

Top policymakers of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have begun behind-the-scenes initiatives for resolving differences between the conformists and the followers of the expelled party secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Militants blow up Pak girls’ school
» Benazir calls for outside help on bomb probe
» EC selects 34 out of 51 enclaves for voter listing from Dec
» Mainul dismisses dialogue demand
» RAB arrests Malibagh four-murder suspect
» ACC may grill Hasina this week
» Durga Puja ends with immersion of Durga
» Some quarters tried to make Bangladesh a failed
state: Gen Moeen

» Rising seas threaten 21 mega cities
» EC starts voter listing in Ctg today
» AL WC makes EC dialogue
decision today

» Frequent cable cuts worry BTTB
» Bangladesh’s trade deficit to widen in 2008-09: EIU
» Creating regional police to figure high in Delhi meet of SAARC IGPs
» 49 killed in Baghdad Shia stronghold
» Thousands flee as rebels cut key road in Congo
» Basic Bank to auction off Nadim’s property to realise Tk 16.5 crore
» Delhi deputy mayor dies after monkey attack
» Govt decides to appoint 3 envoys on contractual basis
» Myanmar wants Suu Kyi to drop support for sanctions
» Cop held on bribery charge
» 2 hurt in Bhola bomb blast


BPC loss to hit Tk 4,500cr for int’l
fuel price hike

The overall loss of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation is likely to hit record high of Tk 4,500 crore this fiscal, if the current upward trend in fuel prices continues both in international and local market, the state-run corporation has estimated...[ + ]

Quality issues needed to rein in stock
price surge: analysts

Stock analysts have called for an immediate increase in the supply of quality issues to rein in the persistent surge in prices that was created by the injection of huge amounts of money since the start of the year...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» EU delegation visits shrimp industries
» WB turns to farm aid to fight poverty
» Crude oil prices too low: Iran oil minister
» ‘India needs public debt cut’
» DCCI calls for more trade with Laos
» Japan carmakers vie to be greenest
» IMF gives in to presure for reforms
» Brazil slams IMF handling of US credit crisis
» WTO mediators face last chance to salvage talks: Lamy
» Rising inflation riles Russians
» Capital control curbs to hit fund influx to India
» ‘Credit crisis shifts to rich countries’


New Age Eid Special


Weekend


Dyson dodges Bangladesh to
join Windies

The Bangladesh Cricket Board expressed its shock and surprise after John Dyson, the former Australian batsman and Sri Lanka coach, was named as the coach of the West Indies on Sunday succeeding his countryman David Moore. Dyson, 53, was the first-choice of the BCB to replace Dave Whatmore after three previously short-listed candidates Johan Harmer, Jamie Siddons and Dave Houghton all pulled out themselves out of the running for the post...[ + ]

Dhaka,
Chittagong
fight back

Dhaka and Chittagong staged a gallant fightback against their respective opponents on Sunday, the third day of the National Cricket League opening match, while Sylhet were struggling against Rajshahi. At the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka wrapped up Khulna for 184 runs in the second innings before scoring 72-2 to stay in contention in a game that appeared to be a one-sided affair at one stage...[ + ]


Editorial
» Let bureaucratic
self-preservation not derail judiciary separation

» The other face of terrorism
Op-Ed
» Doris Lessing’s trysts with communism, feminism
and Sufism

» Public administration reform: an actionable agenda – I

National
» 30 per cent of technologist posts in public hospitals vacant
» Govt bans shops on footpaths, designates 20 spots
Home
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» 65 injured as villagers clash
International
» Myanmar still in fear as curfew lifted
» Pakistan at tipping point after Benazir attack: analysts
Timeout
» Bangladeshi works go to China Int’l Folk Painting Festival
» Brishtir Phul to be aired tonight

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