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CA believes armed forces to cooperate in election
President, also Chief Adviser to the Caretaker Government, Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday said he firmly believes that the armed forces will provide all out cooperation, on demand, to his government and the
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Advisers yet to find way to make EC effective
Discuss hajj, law and order at length
With the chief election commissioner (CEC) having refused to step down, the caretaker government advisers sat last night for the first time after distribution of portfolios but failed to thrash out aconclusive
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14-party Ultimatum
Butenis urges Hasina to give CG more time
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Patricia A Butenis yesterday urged Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina to allow the caretaker government more time for implementing the 11-point task placed by her AL-led
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BNP, Jamaat rally round CEC
3-man team goes to EC, assures help to hold polls under existing set-up
In an apparent move to resist the mounting demand for reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC), a delegation of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday met the EC chief and other election commissioners,
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14-party hammers on CG's neutral role
Reiterating its demand for immediate steps to implement the 11-point task to create a congenial atmosphere for holding a free and fair election, the Awami League (AL)-led 14-party combine yesterday said
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Graft changes colour
Alliance govt inaugurated 2 fertiliser projects after it suspended them for corruption in 2001
When it came to power in 2001, the BNP-led alliance government suspended two Di-Ammonium Phosphate (Dap) fertiliser projects on grounds of corruption by the previous Awami League (AL) government.
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Zidane opens food plant
Heads home
Grameen Group and international dairy food giant Groupe Danone yesterday jointly launched a venture to produce nutritious yoghurts for children of Bangladesh's least well-off families who often suffer
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CEC's claim untrue
Adviser Mashhud spills the beans
The denial of chief election commissioner (CEC) about an adviser's visit to his residence apparently proved false as caretaker government Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury yesterday emphatically
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46 top officials transferred
As part of the ongoing reshuffle in the administration, the caretaker government yesterday transferred five secretaries, six additional secretaries and 35 joint secretaries.
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Hostile Politics
Revenue shortfall of Tk 5,000cr feared
The overall revenue collection is likely to fall short of Tk 5,000 crore from the target in the current fiscal year (FY) due to political unrest, said Dr Akbar Ali Khan, finance adviser to the caretaker
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Form Supreme Judicial Council to remove CEC
Demand at roundtable
The president should form a Supreme Judicial Council to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) MA Aziz from office on charges of misconduct, political leaders and civil society members observed yesterday.
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Bid to ease container jam at Ctg Port
Vessel anchoring restriction goes
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has withdrawn all restrictions on anchoring new vessels at the port jetty in a bid to clear the stockpiled containers and expedite the port activities.
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14-party Ultimatum
33 transferred SPs asked to stay put
The government yesterday asked all 33 SP (superintendent of police) rank police officials, who were transferred Monday, not to join their new offices before November 12.
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Rumsfeld to step down
Says Bush
President Bush said yesterday Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is stepping down and former CIA Director Robert Gates will take over at the Pentagon and in prosecuting the war in Iraq.
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Suicide bombing kills 42 Pak troops
A suicide bomber killed 42 soldiers at an army base in northwest Pakistan Wednesday in an attack officials said was likely revenge for a missile strike against an al-Qaeda training camp.
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Poll Monitoring
3 countries, 3 int'l bodies interested
Three international organisations and three countries have so far communicated with the Election Commission (EC) showing their interests to monitor the upcoming general election.
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Political leaders asked to mind their language
Two advisers of the caretaker government yesterday said that the political leaders should show a sense of responsibility while giving statements about the interim government, urging them to refrain from
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Secretary gets back to ministry on ADB pressure
The government yesterday appeared to bow to pressure from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by reinstating AKM Shamsuddin as the secretary to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, sources said.
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Democrats triumph on bad night for Bush
US voters rebuked President George W Bush over Iraq and political corruption, handing control of the House of Representatives to the Democrats and boosting their power in the Senate in a dramatic Washington
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EU to send short, long-term poll monitoring teams
The European Union has decided to send long and short-term election observation missions to monitor the coming general election in Bangladesh, seen as the most crucial one in the country's history.
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Power sector white paper soon
Says adviser
Power and Energy Adviser Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury yesterday said he would publish a white paper on last few years' expenditures in the power sector to unearth why power generation has not been increased.
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Israeli forces kill 24 more Palestinians
Abbas fears all chances of peace destroyed
Eighteen Palestinians, including women and children, were killed yesterday when shells slammed into their Gaza homes as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas accused the Jewish state of destroying chances
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Lanka troops kill 45 civilians
Claim Tamil Tigers
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said 45 civilians were killed and 125 hurt yesterday when army artillery fire hit a camp for internally displaced, as renewed civil war deepens.
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Ortega returns to power
Nicaragua's former Marxist guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega bounced back to power on Tuesday in a presidential election victory that bolsters an increasingly assertive anti-US bloc in Latin America.
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