- US wants lifting of emergency before polls: Boucher
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State Richard A Boucher yesterday said the United States would not accept any deviation from the path to parliamentary polls by this year-end.
He also observed that ?good elections? are not possible amid a state of emergency and ban on political activities.
Speaking at a press conference at the American Club in [...] (local) - Charge sheet likely to be submitted this week
The long awaited charge sheet in the grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally in the capital about four years ago is now ready and is likely to be submitted this week.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad said the charge sheet is almost ready. “I don’t find any reasons for not submitting it [...] (local) - Gatco case eye-opener for reformists
Khandaker Delwar Hossain, chairperson-appointed secretary general of BNP, yesterday said he hopes leaders of Saifur-led faction will ?learn a lesson from Gatco case?.
Referring to the top two leaders of his rival group who have been included in the charge sheet in the case, he said, ?They are at last realising that the government is [...] (local) - AL leaders still split over Hasina?s freedom
The Awami League (AL) Presidium members are still divided over the issue of freeing Sheikh Hasina before the elections.
Sources in the AL said there are two factions and stances among the AL presidium members. One faction wants to take part in the elections with an aim to assume power and free Hasina afterwards while the [...] (local) - Biofuels backlash in US as food costs hit home
A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America’s age-old love affair with the automobile.
With gasoline at record prices at US pumps, and soaring corn, rice and wheat costs sparking a global food crisis this year with [...] (local) - Criminals commit crimes in guise of cops
Criminals continue to cheat people using uniforms, caps, handcuffs and other accessories used by law enforcers due to lack of proper mechanism for monitoring the sale of these items.
They often commit crimes disguising themselves as law enforcers in the capital and other parts in the country.
Terming the misuse of these items by criminals ‘a matter [...] (local) - Drug admin ineffective for poor manpower, lack of testing laboratories
The Drug Administration (DA), the country’s drug regulatory authority, is failing to foster and oversee the country’s Tk 6,000-crore drug industry due to inadequate workforce, testing laboratories and equipment.
The regulatory body is tasked with monitoring and enforcing the implementation of drug regulations in the country as well as regulating production, pricing, sales, export, import of [...] (local) - 600 businesses in Bogra use corrosive acids without licence
More than 600 businesses in Bogra are using nitric and other corrosive acids without any licence, contributing to rising acid violence in the district.
A senior police official said due to the availability of acid, acid violence in Bogra is higher than in other districts.
At least five acid-throwing cases have been filed in the last four [...] (local) - GF for election alliance with like-minded groups, says
Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said his party would form an alliance with like-minded parties, professional and civil society bodies to contest the next general election.
The eminent jurist stressed lifting the state of emergency before the polls. He hoped that the polls would be held as per the electoral roadmap announced by [...] (local) - BNP bigwigs, Nizami indicted in Gatco case
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday finally approved the charge sheet against detained former premier Khaleda Zia, her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and 22 others for illegally awarding container-handling job at two container depots in Dhaka and Chittagong to Gatco.
The approved charge sheet dropped the names of seven of the 18 persons, including former bureaucrats [...] (local)
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