FAILURE IN DEMONSTRATION : Field-level leaders, activists blame senior leaders
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party blamed ‘fascist attitude of the government for its failure to stage scheduled demonstrations in Dhaka on Sunday, although no senior leaders was seen in the field to join or lead the countrywide demonstrations. Field-level leaders, organisers and activists, however, blamed senior leaders and organisational weakness for the failure.
Jamaat’s nayeb-e-amir, ASG, 11 other leaders arrested
Thirteen leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami including two top leaders were arrested from the capital’s Pallabi area on Monday.
Flood in north persists
The flood situation in the north and central part of the country did not improve on Monday while farmers expressed their worries as the croplands and fisheries farms and ponds remained under water for over the past two weeks.
PM wants Khulna Shipyard to build more modern battle ships
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday hoped that Khulna Shipyard would be able to build more modern battle ships in the future and export those.
Ershad sees suffocating situation in country
Observing that country’s people lost their right to freedom of speech, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Sunday said now a suffocating environment was prevailing in the country as there was no scope of waging protests.
BNP, allies stage demo amidst police obstruction
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance on Sunday staged countrywide demonstrations, amidst police obstruction at places, protesting against the latest power and gas price hike. Police allegedly arrested some activists of the alliance in different parts of the country and some district-level leaders and activists were injured in police attacks.
Flood-hit people cry for foods, drinking water
Flood affected people in the north and central parts of the country were in want of food and safe drinking water at their homes and makeshift shelters. Reports received from across the districts on Sunday said a good number of calamity victims had been suffering badly as the government assistances were inadequate and that the relief goods were yet to reach many affected areas.
PM asks telcos to cut internet service prices
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the telephone operators to bring down internet service fees at consumer level as the government has reduced its bandwidth fees. She said her government had slashed the price of bandwidth several times and now the price is at Tk 625 against Tk 78,000 in 2008.
SQC son Hummam goes to jail in case filed in 2008
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Saturday sent a son of war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury to jail after police arrested him on charge of murder attempt 8 years ago. The complaint was lodged with the Gulshan police, police said.
Delhi opposes $7 transit fee per tonne of cargo
India recently conveyed its reservations about the rate of transit and transshipment fees Bangladesh is contemplating to charge for its goods passing through it. Officials said that India conveyed its reservations even before Bangladesh could finalize the rates of transit and transshipment fees.
