BNP celebrates Zia’s birth anniversary
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday celebrated the 80th birth anniversary of the party’s founder, late president Ziaur Rahman, with a vow to carry out the struggle to liberate democracy.
Mahabub Hossain remembered
Economists and colleagues and classmates of agriculture and development economist Mahabub Hossain on Tuesday remembered his role in agricultural and rural development.
JP leadership in tatters
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday in a tug-of-war over the party leadership removed Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu as the party secretary general and replaced him with Ruhul Amin Howlader.
Univ teachers get positive assurance from PM on their demands
Public university teachers said Monday that they received a positive assurance from prime minister Sheikh Hasina that their demands would be ‘taken into consideration’. The teachers said that they received the assurance when they met the prime minister at Gana Bhaban.
Syed Ashraf questions joining Saudi-led coalition
Public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam during Monday’s cabinet meeting questioned Bangladesh’s decision to join the Saudi Arabia-led ‘Islamic military coalition’ as the issue was not even discussed in any forum here.
Posthumous citizenship for Peter Custers demanded
Country’s eminent citizens and left politicians on Monday urged the government to give posthumous citizenship for renowned Dutch journalist and author Peter Custers mentioning that he was a real friend of Bangladesh.
IMPLEMENTING CHT DEAL : Hill people form 300-km human chain in 3 dists
Ethnic minority people of Chittagong Hill Tracts on Monday formed a 300-kilometre long human chain amid obstruction of administration and demanded full implementation of CHT Accord. They also demanded for setting up a separate land commission for ethnic people, such as Garos and Santals, who live mostly in the plains.
MOGHBAZAR-MOUCHAK FLYOVER : Deadline to be extended until June 2017
Deadline for the construction of Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover project is likely to be extended till June 2017 causing the sufferings of people who live in or travel through the area. The government may also increase the project cost by about 57 per cent to Tk 1,218.89 from existing Tk 772.7 crore, said officials concerned.
Univ teachers to meet PM today
Leaders of public university teachers are scheduled for today to meet with prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Gana Bhaban to find a solution to the ongoing stalemate over their demands for review of the new pay scale.
CITY ROAD ACCIDENTS : Police yet to trace driver on the run
The police could not arrest the bus driver responsible for Saturday’s killing of a schoolgirl in road accident in the Matsya Bhaban area of the capital.
