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BARAPUKURIA COALMINE GRAFT CASE
Warrants issued for
arrest of Saifur,
Mojahid, 7 others

Khaleda, Nizami, Mannan, Shamsul, Anwar ordered to appear in court Oct 12

Former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her former cabinet colleagues M Shamsul Islam, MK Anwar, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Matiur Rahman Nizami were on Monday ordered to appear in a Dhaka court to face the charges in the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case...[ + ]

Cabinet approves changes to RPO
Parties allowed to get registered using provisional constitutions

The military-controlled interim administration has approved yet another amendment to the electoral laws allowing the political parties to get registered without holding council sessions...[ + ]

EC asks probable
polls candidates
to remove posters

The Election Commission warned the aspiring polls candidates, who have stuck colourful posters on walls in the guise of greeting people on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Fitr, that their nomination papers could be cancelled if they did not remove the posters by October 15...[ + ]

Bangladesh-Myanmar
link road survey
to begin soon

Dhaka is set to begin a survey on the proposed Bangladesh– Myanmar link road this month with the consent of Yangon. The communications ministry has already requested the foreign affairs ministry to seek opinions of the Myanmar authorities in this regard, said a senior official concerned...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Myanmar general arrives today
» Ethnic clashes claim 10 more lives in Assam
» Four killed in Hindu-Muslim clash in Mumbai
» Law adviser defends Hasina’s temporary release
» Proshika chief to float political party tomorrow
» Govt trying to blackmail Khaleda, says Delwar
» SC refuses to entertain ACC pleas to stay HC bail orders
» SC hears Hasina’s appeal against bail rejection Oct 12
» AL won’t contest polls without Hasina: Zillur
» S Korea finds melamine in Snickers, KitKat
» Physician arrested with Yaba in city
» Qualifying tests made mandatory for SSC, HSC candidates again
» AIDS pioneers, cancer researcher win Nobel prize
» RPO amendment to benefit Jamaat: Razzak
» Suicide blast at Pak MP’s house kills 15
» Proposal to select lone bidder goes to cabinet body today
» 102 killed as quakes hit Kyrgyzstan, Tibet
» Telenor keen to invest more in Bangladesh
» UN likely to send observers even under emergency
» One killed in Jhenaidah ‘crossfire’
» TAC resumes hearing clemency pleas


Chittagong Customs House finally gets automated

The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, on Monday inaugurated automation of Chittagong Customs House at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital. At a ceremony, he said an environment friendly to commerce, industries and agriculture was building up in the country thanks to the initiatives of his interim administration...
[ + ]

Dhaka stocks plunge on profit taking

Dhaka stocks plunged on Monday due to profit taking selling pressure from investors after a bull run before the nine-day vacation, said market operators...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Oil prices slide to 8-month lows under $90 a barrel
» BPC authorised to import petroleum from Malaysian state company
» Global stock markets suffer massive losses
» S Korea offers summit with China, Japan on financial crisis
» Euro falls to 13-month low against dollar
» Stock Watch


An exclusive interview
with Khaleda Zia


Weekend


Proper monitoring, seed import policy needed to boost rice production

Lack of strong monitoring and proper hybrid seed import policy has posed a serious threat to the farmers as they are being frequently cheated with purchasing low quality hybrid paddy seed every year. According to the seed import policy, the importer companies have to develop the seed production technology within the period of five years but most of the companies are yet to do this, agriculturists and experts said...[ + ]

New office for BNP chairperson opened

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday opened a new office for the party chairperson in the city’s Gulshan area. Party chief, Khaleda Zia, inaugurated the office at house 6, road 86, Gulshan by hoisting the party flag in the afternoon. A prayer session followed...[ + ]



Tigers call up three new faces for
Kiwi series

The selectors preferred exuberance of youth to experience as three uncapped players Imrul Kayes, Naeem Islam and Mahbubul Alam have been included in the 14-member Bangladesh squad for the three one-day internationals against the visiting New Zealand...
[ + ]

B league
resumes
today

After a nine-day break the Citycell B league resumes today with Dhaka Mohammedan SC taking on Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the opening match of the fourth round at 5:00pm at the Bangabandhu National Stadium...[ + ]


Editorial
» Saying ‘no’ to ‘grand alliance’ not enough
» Obama on the ascendancy
Op-Ed
» To whom does the country belong?
» The lesson from Afghanistan

National
» Certain quarters conspiring to foil nat’l polls: WP
» Eid reunion of BUET graduates Oct 17
International
» Ex-gen, 26 others killed in Sri Lanka sucide attack
» Militant flays Zardari over India, ‘terrorists’
Timeout
» Hollywood goes political as election nears
» 20th Century Fox strikes Bollywood deal

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