Priyo News

Ashraf made CIRDAP chair

Tue January 26, 2010 - 2:51am BdST

Local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam has been made chairperson of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), a press release said.

NZ name squads for Bangladesh series

Tue January 26, 2010 - 2:47am BdST

The Wellington fast bowler Andy McKay and the Central Districts opening batsman Peter Ingram are in line for their international debuts after being named in the squads to take on Bangladesh next month. New Zealand will be without Shane Bond, Jesse Ryder, Kyle Mills and Grant Elliott, all because of injury.

Sachin, Rahul hit tons: India get upper hand

Tue January 26, 2010 - 2:43am BdST

Two centuries by Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid powered India to take the upper hand when the tourists piled up 459 for the loss of five wickets in the first innings against Bangladesh on the second day of the second Test of the Idea Cup two-Test series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday. Earlier, Bangladesh scored a modest 233 in the first innings on the first day (Sunday).

BNP didn't show negative attitude despite failure of AL-led govt : Mirza Alamgir

Tue January 26, 2010 - 2:31am BdST

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said getting just 30 seats in the December 29 parliamentary polls threw the party into extreme frustration but they successfully overcame the situation by reorganising the party in the last one year.

Don’t hold up any file anywhere: PM

Tue January 26, 2010 - 2:22am BdST

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has asked the ministers, secretaries and public servants not to pile up files on their tables as she reminded that the present government did not come to power to while way time. ‘Don’t keep any file stuck-up anywhere,’ she said in her directive while presiding over Monday’s cabinet meeting at the Cabinet Division, in a bid to gear up what is often described as foot-dragging bureaucracy that holds back public function on motives.

New DAP for Dhaka on cards

Tue January 26, 2010 - 2:18am BdST

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha has decided to prepare a new detailed area plan for Dhaka keeping in view what the city would be in 2030 whereas the proposed detailed area plan has not as yet been finalised six years inside the beginning of the project. The fourth deadline for putting the city plan into the final shape expired on December 31, 2009 as the draft DAP, being prepared in view of what the city would be in 2015, has been waiting for the approval of the ministry for more than two months.

Jail authorities ready to execute convicts

Tue January 26, 2010 - 1:55am BdST

The prison authorities have taken all preparations for execution of five convicts condemned to death in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case.

HC rule on govt over DCC poll

Tue January 26, 2010 - 1:46am BdST

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain within four weeks why it should not be directed to arrange the ensuing Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) poll after demarcating the area and determining the number of DCC wards on the basis of latest population census.

Reserved posts to remain vacant until FF quota filled

Tue January 26, 2010 - 1:41am BdST

The cabinet yesterday decided that posts in different offices reserved for dependents of freedom fighters will remain vacant if eligible candidates could not be found to fill the 30 percent quota in each of such offices.

Death penalty not appropriate, SC told

Tue January 26, 2010 - 1:37am BdST

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court heard arguments for the second consecutive day yesterday on the review petitions filed by five detained convicts in the Bangabandhu murder case seeking a review of its judgement confirming their death sentence.

Bangladesh gets huge export orders in industrial trade fair at Kolkata

Tue January 26, 2010 - 1:34am BdST

Bangladesh has received confirmed prospective export orders worth US$ 0.97 million in the 11-day trade fair concluded at Kolkata of West Bengal, India recently. The Bangladeshi participants have also received a huge number of business enquiries of their products in fair, a press release of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) said here today.

'We have to work hard to get duty, quota free access to US market’

Tue January 26, 2010 - 1:30am BdST

FBCCI President Annisul Huq said that it is not easy to get duty and quota free access to the US market but we have to work hard. He also suggested that to take the opportunity we have to make our product competitive increasing the capability of workers and quality of product at the same time image of the country.