The Daily Star: Internet Edition Wed. May 16, 2007

Vol. 5 Num 1050

Wed. May 16, 2007


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E-governance a must for better public services
Speakers tell workshop
Speakers at a workshop yesterday put emphasis on expansion of e-governance in the national administrative process for providing better services to people.

Incidents of 1971
Pakistan should apologise to Bangladesh
Says PML Secretary General Senator Mushahid
Secretary General of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed has demanded that Pakistan should come up with an apology for what, he said, the crimes committed against the Bangladeshi

Time for selling, delivary of AJM structures extended
A meeting of the Advisory Council on Econimic Affairs yesterday approved a proposal for enlisting the investor-cum-operator appointment project in the Private Infrastructure Project under the Rehabilitation-Operation-Transfer

Entries wanted for Bimstec postcard design contest
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand will organise a design competition titled the "Discover Bimstec Postcards" as part of series of communicative activities to mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment

'Improve condition of indigenous people'
The caretaker government (CG) can take necessary steps to improve the socio-economic as well as human rights situation of indigenous people, said the speakers at a function in Rajshahi yesterday.

Victim of domestic violence cries for justice
A woman who fell victim to domestic violence has demanded punishment to her husband, alleging that he has been torturing her since their marriage about 15 years ago.

Medicine looted from city hospital
A gang of robbers looted a huge quantity of medicine from the storeroom of the railway hospital at Shahjahanpur after stabbing a security guard in the early hours of yesterday.

Huge arms seized
Army recovered huge arms and ammunition from a terrorist den at Madhya Kanchanpur under Laxmichhari upazila in Khagrachhari district yesterday.

DIIT denies UGC allegations
Daffodil Institute of IT (DIIT), which was declared illegal by the University Grants Commission (UGC) recently, yesterday denied the allegations and claimed that the institution is being conducted legally.

Lions Clubs Int'l chairman arrives today
Dr Ashok V Mehta, chairman of Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), will arrive on a three-day visit to Bangladesh today at the invitation of Lions Multiple District 315 Bangladesh, says a press