Around a hundred Burmese dissidents demonstrated Saturday near the Burma (Myanmar) embassy in Dhaka against the brutal killings and arrests of Buddhist monks, democratic activists, and students by the military junta in their country. The protest, organized by the Rakhain Sangha Union, coincided with international day of support for freedom in Burma....
Read more »
ACC (Anti-Corruption Commission) has found businessman Giasuddin al-Mamun and his wife, Shahina Ysmeen, owning illegal assets of Taka 111 crore disproportionate to their known sources of income. They have earned the money during the 2002
Read more »
Communist Party of Bangladesh Friday termed “unwarranted” the lobbying by ADB (Asian Development Bank) pushing the interim government for awarding the Phulbari coal project to UK-based Asia Energy. “The nation has rejected the proposal of Asia Energy . The people of Phulbary won a six-point agreement, including expulsion...
Read more »
BBC Bengali service has covered the crackdown on internet users in Bangladesh with 3 interviews. BBC has confirmed that Bangladeshi authorities are compiling a database of internet users in the country and all the ISPs have been instructed to submit their client details: name, address, usage details. We attach audio clips...
Read more »
Appellate Division Thursday halted the High Court’s orders that granted bail to the former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, and stayed the cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission against her, her sons Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman, her cabinet colleagues Moudud Ahmed, Nazmul Huda and Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu and businessman Nurul Islam...
Read more »
Election Commission has asked the political parties to produce a list of war criminals who were convicted by court before raising demand for disqualifying them from contesting polls. “You are demanding that war criminals should be barred from contesting polls. That they should not be allowed to register as voters. But we...
Read more »
BNP secretary-general, Khandakar Delwar Hossain, Thursday rejected Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan’s call for the party’s unity, and asked him to apologize if he wants to return. “BNP is united under the leadership of Khaleda Zia, and Mannan Bhuiyan will have to apologize to the party and appeal to her for permission to return...
Read more »
United Kingdom urged the caretaker government, army and law-enforcement agencies of Bangladesh to act impartially with respect for public safety, human rights, media freedom and due process while carrying out reforms during the emergency rule. “We will continue to urge the government, army and law enforcement agencies to act impartially, with respect...
Read more »
Energy adviser Tapan Chowdhury Thursday said that the government will decide on renegotiation with Asia Energy on the controversial Phulbari coal field agreement after finalization of national coal policy. “Asia Energy requested for renegotiation on the Phulbari agreement softening its position. It has proposed some positive things. It wants to set up...
Read more »
Malaysia Wednesday decided to suspend recruitment of Bangladeshis in the wake of recent problems taking place over sending the workers to Kuala Lumpur. Bangladesh high commission officials in Kuala Lumpur confirmed that the decision was made at a Malaysian cabinet meeting on recruiting foreign workers. The meeting decided that Malaysian employers will...
Read more »
Decisions on investment proposals from Tata and Asia Energy are set to take some more time due to confusion over gas reserves and absence of a national coal policy, finance adviser Mirza Azizul Islam said Wednesday. “We are sending out signals to foreign investors as we cannot decide on investment proposals from...
Read more »
BNP Wednesday said the prime task of the interim government is to hold national elections and hand over power to an elected government, other elections should not be in its agenda. “The prime task of the caretaker government is to hold the national elections…The constitution says so,” BNP secretary general, Khandakar Delwar...
Read more »
The Election Commission expects the government to promulgate an ordinance making national ID cards mandatory for citizens to get 22 services and to set up a national registration and database authority before initiating voters’ registration job in Dhaka slated for December. Once the ordinance is promulgated, no one will be allowed access...
Read more »
