Bangladesh News
Hasina ranked 6th most powerful woman in Asia
BSS, DhakaPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been rated as the sixth most powerful woman in Asia as the US-based media giant CNN prepared an index of world's most influential women coinciding with the World Women's Day. Hasina was named in the sixth place in the index while China-based Nine Dragons Paper Holdings' Zhang Yin topped the list India's PepsiCo chiefexecutive Indra Nooyi scored the second position followed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0600
MiG purchase case: HC quashes all proceedings against Sheikh Hasina
Staff ReporterThe High Court (HC) yesterday quashed all proceedings against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a corruption case, filed in 2001, in purchasing of MiG-29 warplanes during her previous governmentA bench of the HC Division of the Supreme Court (SC) comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Borhanuddin passed the verdict upon a petition filed by Sheikh Hasina in 2008 challenging proceedings of the case against her.The court...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0600
Gene tech-based crops to raise output
BSS, DhakaAgriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government would cautiously introduce gene technology based crops varieties in the country in order to increase food production for ataining food security.She urged the private sector entrepreneurs for coming up with big investments in gene technology based seeds business for benefiting them side by side helping the farmers increase farm outputThe minister was addressing as ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0600
Diarrhoea takes epidemic form
UNB, ThakurgaonSeveral hundred children with diarrhea reported to the Sadar Hospital during the last two days showing the disease has taken an epidemic form.Over the last few days, children afflicted with diarrhea, respiratory problem and other diseases in the district thronged mostly at Sadar Hospital despite its insufficient capacity.On Monday and Tuesday, some 120 children got admited at the Sadar Hospital with only 18 beds for children, which...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0600
MPs to get Tk 15 cr each for dev works
UNB, DhakaThe MPs will get Tk 15 crore per constituency for development works under a massive rural infrastructure development project worth Tk 4,691 crore okayed Tuesday, making a big stride in implementing this government's maiden budgetIt is one of 10 development projects the Executive Commitee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved in its meeting on Tuesday, involving a total cost of Tk 7,844 crore.Of the total development spending...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0600
Resetlement at Barapukuria uncertain: Affected people to start hunger strike from today
Shamim JahangirImplementation of the four-year long resetlement plan for affected people in the coal mining areas is uncertain over land price issues at Barapukuria area.To resolve the land price issue at Barapukuria areas, the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MoPEMR) will hold an inter-ministerial meeting tomorrow (Thursday).State Minister for Power and Energy Brig Gen (Retd) Muhammad Enamul Huq will preside over the meeting. Rep...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0600
8,612 acres land distributed among 18,857 landless
Staff Reporter Land Minister Rezaul Karim Hira yesterday said that the government has distributed 8,612 acres of agricultural land among the landless people during its one year and a month tenure. Addressing the inaugural function of the three-day agricultural symposium at the National Press Club as the chief guest, he said that his ministry has distributed this land among 18,857 landless people from January 2009 to January 2010, aimed at allevia...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0600
SEC intervention protested: Small investors stage demo
Staff ReporterSmall investors yesterday staged demonstration in front of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the noon as prices of almost all the shares were falling following the excessive intervention by the regulator Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).They chanted slogan against the SEC and DSE top officials and blamed them for the present situation of the stock marketThey said "unnecessary intervention" and "unwise directives" by the ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0600
