AL urges EC to cancel Latif Siddique’s seat
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Sunday urged the Election Commission, through a letter, to cancel the parliament membership of suspended presidium member and former minister Abdul Latif Siddique.
New Master Plan for capital in the offing
The government recently notified in the official gazette a draft Master Plan spelling out the guidelines for the development of the capital over the next two decades beginning 2016. The new Master Plan earmarks a vast growth management area, which would swallow crop lands and flood flow zones in and around the capital. It would repeal the existing Master Plan, said the notification.
Keep unfit vehicles off roads, HC tells govt
The High Court on Monday directed the government to keep unfit motor vehicles off the roads across the country.
Investment in savings tools sets record at Tk 28,733cr in FY15
The net investment in the national savings certificates and bonds hit a new record at Tk 28,732.64 crore in the last financial year as clients continued to invest heavily in the tools in June despite interest rate cut by the government in late May.
Hearing on Zia trust graft cases adjourned till August 10
A court here on Monday adjourned till August 10 for the next hearing on Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Anwar, Aman, Mintoo surrender before courts
Senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders MK Anwar, Amanullah Aman and Abdul Awal Mintoo surrendered before separate Dhaka courts in separate cases of arson attacks and vandalism.
Poorly-coordinated policies, political instability affecting investment
Experts and businesses at a discussion on Saturday said lack of political stability and poorly-coordinated government policies were the major problems for boosting the country’s investment. They said persistent uncertainty on the political front, increasing corruption and outdated policies were hurting the investment scenario and an immediate government attention to the issues was needed to achieve 8 per cent growth.
No change in BNP’s stand on election-time neutral govt: Khaleda
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday said that her party had not changed its stand on holding of election under a neutral government. ‘We want to contest election, but that election has to be held under a neutral government,’ she said at an opinion exchange meeting with newly elected BNP-backed office bearers of Rajshahi Bar Association at her Gulshan office.
AUG 15 KILLINGS : Objective was to take revenge for defeat of Pakistan: Hasina
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said that the main objective of August 15, 1975 killings was to take revenge for the defeat of the Pakistani occupation forces in the War of Independence and for the establishment of a new country, Bangladesh.
LAND SWAP : National flag hoisted in 111 enclaves
Local administrations in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Panchagarh and Nilphamari on Saturday morning hoisted the national flag and played the national anthem in 111 enclaves, which became the integral part of Bangladesh from midnight past Friday, to mark the land swap with India.
