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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangladesh Sun.com http://www.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/ba01aa42514dc37d/ en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:41 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:41 -0400 30 Ruling Awami League (AL) may seek an extension of time from the Election Commission (EC) to hold its central council to ratify the provisional changes made to its constitutions for registration.AL lea... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851594/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851594/ Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) disconnected 159 electricity lines on the first day of its drive against illegal electricity connections, says a press release.A taskforce formed by the BPDB ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851597/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851597/ Muktijoddha Nou-Commando Bahumukhi Samobai Samity leaders yesterday condemned the mindless eviction of freedom fighters from their government-allotted land at Kafrul and demolition of the commando she... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851595/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851595/ Speakers at a meeting yesterday urged the government to announce specific programmes for implementing the pledges made for youths in its election manifesto. They said the government must implement the... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851598/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851598/ Commerce Minister Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan speaks at the launching ceremony of call centre and telecom solution of Inspire Communications Limited at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849373/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:35 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849373/ Four people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj, Jhenidah and Gaibandha yesterday. Our correspondent in Manikganj reports: A woman and her son were killed in a ro... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849374/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:35 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849374/ Import of coal from India through four land stations in Sylhet division remained suspended since Thursday due to a government ban on import of coal containing over one percent sulphur.The ban was impo... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849377/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849377/ Three construction workers were injured as the roof of an underconstruction building of Kalkini Health Complex collapsed on them yesterday. The injured, identified as Zakir Hossain, 30, Akhter Hossain... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849384/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849384/ A young girl was killed and his younger brother injured as the roof of a shabby building collapsed on them at the Railway Colony in Narayanganj yesterday. The dead was identified as Nargis Akhter, 20,... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849378/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:33 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849378/ Former lawmaker Nazim Kamran Choudhury, husband of former adviser to a caretaker government Geeteara Shafiya Choudhury, his brother and son-in-law were set free on bail yesterday 16 hours after their ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849380/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:33 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849380/ Railway communications between three northern districts remained suspended for the last 24 hours as a passenger train derailed at Harinarayanpur village in Thakurgaon on Thursday noon.Dinajpur railway... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849382/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849382/ A local Awami League leader was killed and five people were injured during a clash over control of a pond at Nanglu in Dhanut yesterday. The dead was identified as Abu Saim, 48, president of Nanglu un... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849379/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:33 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849379/ Regulatory Reforms Commission Chairman Dr Akbar Ali Khan yesterday warned that one-third land of the country would go under water if effective measures are not taken to tackle the climate change impac... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849381/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849381/ A case has been filed against 30 suspected Rajakars in Morelganj on charges of killing 11 freedom fighters and looting houses during the War of Liberation in 1971.Morelganj police recorded the case as... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849391/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849391/ A journalist was beaten to death by some unidentified criminals at Uttara in the city yesterday.The victim, Nurul Islam Rana, a reporter of the fortnightly magazine Mukta Mon, came under attack when h... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851596/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25851596/ The Right to Information Forum, a network of more than 30 organisations and individuals, has hailed the formation of the Information Commission headed by former secretary M Azizur Rahman.The RTI Forum... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849383/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849383/ Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need to establish an expatriate welfare bank to help the Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) living and working abroad in sending remittance to the country th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849375/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849375/ The Indian government has approved payment of 239.39 million US dollars for setting up the South Asian University. The approval of the amount, which is about 79 percent of the total cost of the full e... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849390/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849390/ A young man committed suicide being crushed under the wheels of a train yesterday after he had stabbed his father to death at Pirgachha upazila here on Thursday night.Pirgachha police identified the w... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849389/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849389/ Benarasi saree weavers at Mirpur in the capital are passing a miserable life as the future of proposed Benarasi Estate at Bhashantek is hanging in balance even 25 years after the land allocation by th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849376/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849376/ Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) is awaiting the government's nod to set up automated teller machines (ATM) at the post offices across the country.BPO had applied for such services few months ago with a v... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849372/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:35 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849372/ A villager who went to the Sundarbans to collect firewood was killed in an attack by a tiger at Kolmaria in Bara Keyakhali canal area in Satkhira yesterday.The victim was identified as Abdul Karim, 45... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849385/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849385/ The installation ceremony of the newly elected Executive Committee of Old Faujians' Association (OFA) Dhaka Chapter for the term 2009-2011 was held at OFA Secretariat at Mohakhali DOHS in the city yes... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849387/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849387/ Subimal Dewan, former adviser to late President Ziaur Rahman, passed away at his residence at College Gate in the town yesterday at the age of 93. He was also the president of Rangamati Pratibandhi Sc... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849386/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849386/ Bangladesh is actively trying to eradicate hunger and poverty, end gender discrimination, increase endowment for primary education and support human development, Chief Whip M Abdus Shahid said at a se... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849388/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25849388/ (RTTNews) - Bangladesh authorities have arrested Abdur Rahim, alias Shahadat. He had operated for two-and-a-half-years in the border districts of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on the instru... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25844354/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:53:15 -0400 Quote.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25844354/ Dhaka, July 3 : Abdur Rahim alias Shahadat who played a key role in strengthening the banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in bordering districts of India's West Benga... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25839320/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:11:08 -0400 New Kerala http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25839320/ CARLSBAD, CA, July 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On July 4, 2009, Amy Wasserman and Todd Burckin will embark on a two-week trip to participate in the Asian University for Women (AUW) faculty developm... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25839341/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:39 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25839341/ Dhaka, July 3 : Bangladesh's exporters have made common ca use with Indian importers to urge Dhaka to reduce taxes on the prized hilsa fish and place it on par with frozen shrimp and other marine prod... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25836714/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:56:54 -0400 New Kerala http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25836714/ Deputy Leader of the Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury said the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Agreement would be implemented following discussions with the indigenous people, which Awami League h... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25827122/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:34:20 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25827122/ Bangladesh's former military ruler, Gen Hussein Muhammad Ershad, is recovering in hospital after a heart operation, doctors in Dhaka say."He is in a satisfactory condition following a successful ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822252/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:48 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822252/ BSF Maldah Sector Commander CS Sidhu receives BDR DG Major General Mainul Islam at zero point near Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj yesterday. They later held a meeting at Mahdipur BSF camp in ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822285/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:50 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822285/ A Dhaka court yesterday fixed August 4 to deliver judgment on the appeals filed against the lower court verdict that sentenced three Dhaka University (DU) teachers to two years' rigorous imprisonment ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822272/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:51 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822272/ Bangladesh and the United States are going to hold their first-ever bilateral talks in September to discuss entire range of issues between the two countries, local news agency UNB reported on Wednesda... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822259/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:36 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822259/ Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation Bert Koenders and Vice Minister for Transport, Public Works and Water Management Tineke Huizinga will arrive here for a two-day official visit on July 5 and ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822269/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:50 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822269/ Thirty-two alleged collaborators of Pakistani occupation forces have been sued for killing, arson and looting in Satkhira, Moulvibazar and Gopalganj in 1971.In Satkhira, a petition case was filed with... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822282/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:51 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822282/ DHAKA, July 2 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves surged to a record high of $7.47 billion at the end of June from $6.56 billion in May, the central bank said on Thursday. It attrib... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822257/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:39 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822257/ DHAKA, July 2 - Bangladesh's state-run oil and gas authority said on Thursday it had approved a plan by U.S. energy firm Chevron <CVX.N> to invest $52 million to augment natural gas supp... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822254/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:43 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822254/ Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad has called for increasing the wages of workers and introducing other allowances for them. In a written statement yesterday he also urged the governme... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822270/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:51 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822270/ Heavy downpour for the last 2-3 days coupled with onrush of hill water has triggered flash flood in several areas of Khagrachhari while floodwater has submerged more low-lying areas in Netrakona. Heav... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822283/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:52 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822283/ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought enhanced assistance from the United Nations (UN) for improving child and maternal health as well as empowering the womenfolk in the country, as she listed... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822273/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:52 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822273/ Kalia police on Wednesday night arrested an outlaw and recovered pistol, pipe gun and bullets from his possession. Arrestee Alam alias Anu alias Maruf Hossain, 35, of Chacharpur Naldanga village in Jh... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822278/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:50 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822278/ would be raised in IPO and pre-IPO sales, up from the 8.95 percent it had planned earlier. Experts said the Grameenphone IPO would shatter all records on Bangladesh's two bourses, as the compan... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822251/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:49 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822251/ ANALYSIS-Bangladesh struggles to tame violent militants --> By Anis Ahmed DHAKA, July 2 (Reuters) - Violent militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan get more attention, but militant groups also challe... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822255/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:41 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822255/ Tipaimukh Bandh Protirodh Andolan (dam resistance movement) yesterday submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through the acting deputy commissioner, urging her to immediately sit with ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822281/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:51 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822281/ India's Tipaimukh dam project, coming up in Manipur on the river Barak that flows into Bangladesh, will not harm that country as feared by its politicians and civil society, say officials here.'India ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822258/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:36 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822258/ Home Minister Sahara Khatun was successfully operated upon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore yesterday to heal her injured waist.She suffered waist injuries when she fell in the washroom of her... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822271/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:51 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822271/ Christian Service Society (CSS), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has provided 23 sex workers with jobs to encourage them to return to normal life. The NGO has brought the sex workers under an e... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822279/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:50 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822279/ Ten people were injured and about 25 vehicles owned by members of Bogra Transport Owners' Association were ransacked at Adamdighi in Bogra yesterday as cadres of Naogaon District Transport Owners Asso... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822264/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:53 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822264/ G4S Bangladesh, a security service provider, signed an agreement with the embassy of the Netherlands on Wednesday to provide comprehensive security solutions, including access control, at the embassy ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822268/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:50 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822268/ Four madrasa students were injured in a clash with the Jamaat activists at Al-Amin Senior Madrasa at Banarupa in the town yesterday. The injured are Rezaul Karim Sabuj, Abu Taleb, Abu Bakkar and Mohiu... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822284/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:50 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822284/ Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU), a left-leaning student organisation, yesterday demanded expulsion of Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty for his "audacious comment" on local experts who ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822266/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:53 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822266/ The government has decided to take examinations of two subjects at Dakhil level of madrasa education under 'creative question method' in 2011.The students will have to take the exams on Bangla and Isl... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822261/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:54 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822261/ DHAKA (AFP) – Two years ago, Mohammad Kamaluddin packed his meagre belongings and left behind a paltry farmhand's salary in search of a better wage in the booming textile factories of the B... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822260/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:32 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822260/ Monira Rahman, executive director of Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF), has won the Americans for UNFPA International Honoree Award 2008 for her contributions to preventing violence against women, speci... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822263/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:52 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822263/ Germany's Angela Merkel called yesterday for G8 leaders meeting next week to reaffirm their commitment to limiting the rise in global temperatures to under two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit)... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822267/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:50 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822267/ A three-day IT fair styled 'Sylhet IT Fair-2009' began at Hafiz Complex in Sylhet town yesterday. Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Badaruddin Ahmed Kamran inaugurated the fair.The fair was organsied to k... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822275/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:49 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822275/ The draft National Health Policy-2009 tends to privatise and commercialise health services, viewed leaders of the Health Rights Movement National Committee at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Un... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822274/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:49 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822274/ Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested four members of a fraud gang at Baridhara in the city yesterday on charges of cheating a joint secretary out of Tk 21 lakh. The alleged frauds are Zamal U... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822276/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:49 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822276/ The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule on the Editor and Publisher of the Prothom Alo, Matiur Rahman, and its Associate Editor and columnist Mizanur Rahman Khan for publishing an art... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822277/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:33:49 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25822277/ Jul 2, 2009 - 03:44 - WAM Fujairah, Jul 02nd, 2009 (WAM)--Fujairah Crown Prince HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, received today at emiri court French Ambassador to UAE Alan Azwaw, ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25813629/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:25:46 -0400 WAM http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25813629/ Mohammed Rasooldeen | Arab News RIYADH: Education alone is not enough to become a good citizen. Confidence, wisdom, piety and good morals are also equally important, Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Hussein, pri... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25798959/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:02:50 -0400 Arab News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25798959/ Pro-BNP lawyers yesterday demanded of the government to send a team of experts along with the parliamentary delegation to visit the site of 'controversial' Tipaimukh dam in order to determine what con... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25795180/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:53:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25795180/ The government has formed an evaluation and advisory committee for making necessary recommendations to evaluate the creative question method and training standards of teachers in this regard, said an ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25795179/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:53:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25795179/ Dental Faculty of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) opened outdoor for the evening shift yesterday, says a press release.Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque inaugurated the outdoor.Th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25795182/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:53:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25795182/ The National Housing Authority (NHA) authorities yesterday knocked down around 200 makeshift houses at Mirpur-11 in the city.Locals alleged that NHA conducted a more than six-hour eviction drive at se... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25795181/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:53:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25795181/ Garment workers were not involved in June 27-29 mayhem in Ashulia rather a vested interest group was taking advantage of the situation, said leaders of Garment Workers Unity Forum yesterday.They said ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791119/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791119/ US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked to Foreign Minister Dipu Moni over telephone on Tuesday evening and discussed bilateral issues.During the conversation, Hillary recollected her last meetin... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791120/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791120/ Japan lauded the new national budget 2009-2010 of Bangladesh with the expectation that it would accelerate the desired socio-economic and infrastructural development of the country and assured assista... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791115/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:57 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791115/ A three-day conference of Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) begins at a city hotel in the evening today with special focus on development of manpower.President Zillur Rahman will inaugurate the confere... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791124/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:56 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791124/ Residents of Nayapara in Meradia have been suffering for over three months as Eastern Housing authorities have blocked a road passing through its Banasri project area by constructing a wall in violati... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791117/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791117/ The government has formed a 16-member committee to give suggestions to improve the level of English education in the country, said a press release yesterday.The committee, headed by University Grants ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791123/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:56 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791123/ The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule upon the governing body of Proshika to explain within 10 days why an injunction should not be imposed on its (governing body) decision removing Qazi Faruque... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791125/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:56 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791125/ British High Commissioner in Dhaka Stephen Evans yesterday met State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Hasan Mahmud at the foreign ministry.They discussed different important issues of bilateral interes... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791114/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:57 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791114/ Anisul Islam Mahmud, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on expatriates' welfare ministry, yesterday criticised the bureaucrats for not being able to contain high cost that the overseas j... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791121/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:59 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791121/ Speakers at a view exchange meeting yesterday urged the government to strengthen the local government as per the constitution for the overall development of the country. They said the development of t... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791116/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:57 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791116/ Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (Desco) has paid Tk 78.17 crore in taxes for 2008-09 through the National Board of Revenue (NBR), says a press release. Of the amount, Tk 56.27 crore was paid in ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791130/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:55 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791130/ Indigenous people will continue to suffer land-related problems unless Bangalee settlers are withdrawn from the hilly region and camps of army, BDR, police and Ansar are removed, speakers at a seminar... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791122/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:59 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791122/ A contempt of court petition was filed yesterday with the High Court (HC) against BNP leader Nazmul Huda and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman on charges of making 'derogatory' remarks abou... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791127/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:55 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791127/ A policeman was killed in a road accident in Bogar Bazar area on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Trishal here yesterday as a passenger bus hit a motorcycle, leaving its rider dead.The victim was identifie... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791128/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:55 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791128/ Benajir Ahmed, vice chairman and past chairman of the board of governors of North South University Foundation and an industrialist, was elected chairman of Lions Past District Governors Forum (PDG For... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791129/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:54 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25791129/ Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the energy division to send a proposal to the cabinet committee on economic affairs to award nine offshore gas blocks to two international oil companies, said... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25786205/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:47:29 -0400 Rigzone http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25786205/ Bangladesh's Right to Information Act 2009 came into effect Wednesday, but officials who would enable information to be delivered are yet to be appointed. Although the act, excepting three of its p... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25776190/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:23:31 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25776190/ Dhaka, July 1 : The Bangladesh government may award offshore gas exploration contracts to multinational companies in the Bay of Bengal while excluding blocks that may fall in the territories under dis... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25772671/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:46:10 -0400 New Kerala http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25772671/ Turnover on Bangladesh's Dhaka Stock Exchange crossed 9.00 billion taka mark for the first time on June 30, a day after a hoax bomb threat that halted trading in the country's main bourse for nearly a... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25767351/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:41:02 -0400 People's Daily http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25767351/ BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday said it would be tough to implement the budget as the tendency of politicisation may hamper proper utilisation of the budgetary allocation.All ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25758958/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:23:12 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25758958/ The mother, whose child was killed by unknown criminals on Monday afternoon, was compelled to sell her another child due to abject poverty around four years ago at Mirpur in the city.Extreme poverty c... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25758957/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:23:12 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25758957/ Kazi Jesin, presenter and director of a television programme 'Point of Order', has received a death threat from Islamist militants. 'Point of Order', a talk show, is aired on Bangla Vision, a private ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25758959/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:23:11 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25758959/ Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday strengthened its two battalions -- Naikhyangchhari in Bandarban and Teknaf in Cox's Bazar -- by adding one company of border guards to each battalion, says a press re... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25758960/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:23:11 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25758960/ Thirty-five collaborators of Pakistani occupation forces have been sued for killing, looting and arson in Khulna and Bagerhat districts in 1971.Freedom fighter Jalil Mallick of Shantoshpur village und... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754566/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:36 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754566/ Different organisations yesterday urged the government to take proper measures to bring a peaceful and permanent solution to the labour unrest in the garment sector.Expressing concern over the inciden... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754549/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:33 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754549/ Encroachers have erected concrete walls and put piles of sandbags on the bed of Jamuneswari River at Baroipara in Nilphamari, stagnating the watercourse flowing through the town. Photo: STAR http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754565/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:36 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754565/ The World Bank's (WB) Worldwide Governance Indicator (WGI) shows that Bangladesh performed poorly in the rule of law, government effectiveness, and regulatory quality but did well in control of corrup... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754431/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:21:01 -0400 Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754431/ Three people were killed and 45 others injured in separate road accidents in Gaibandha, Jessore and Khulna in last two days.Our correspondent in Gaibandha reports: Two students were killed and three o... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754551/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754551/ Illegal rock and sand extraction, which has been going on unabated in the bordering Shao river bed and khas land in and around Bhazanpur border area under Tentulia upazila, has become a cause of conce... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754555/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754555/ Transport came to a halt for about an hour on Rikabibazar-Lamabazar road causing untold sufferings to commuters as unruly activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) put up a barricade on the road on... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754572/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754572/ Banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) bomb expert Bomaru Mizan was yesterday placed on a seven-day remand in the case for Satkhira Stadium blast on September 28 in 2002.Held on June 14 from She... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754569/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:35 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754569/ Experts at a seminar yesterday said existing rules and legislations should be reviewed and upgraded to reduce damage and ensure safety in transporting hazardous materials.They also suggested the peopl... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754552/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754552/ To strengthen the local government, training is essential for union parishad (UP) chairmen and members, especially women, to know about their roles, duties and responsibilities as most of them are in ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754553/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754553/ Naogaon Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Shariatullah Simar, one of the top associates of JMB's executed leader Siddikul Islam Bangla Bhai, from the district town yesterday.Simar, 42, as the i... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754567/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:35 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/25754567/