Asian Development Board (ADB) yesterday decided to provide US$ 57.5 million for development of tourism infrastructure in three South Asian countries-Bangladesh, Nepal and India. According to an ADB press release issued from its Manila Headquarters, the bank's Board of Directors approved a total of $57.5 million in grants and loans for the South Asia Tourism Infrastructure Development Project.
The High Court on Tuesday issued a suo moto rule upon the government to explain within 48 hours why the killings of Lutfor Rahman Khalasi and Khairul Haque Khalasi of Madaripur in custody should not be declared illegal.
Kushtia Polytechnic Institute was closed after a bomb attack that severely injured Bangladesh Chhatra League's joint secretary of the institute unit on Tuesday. The polytechnic authorities at an urgent meeting of teacher’s council decided to close the institute to avoid further untoward incident.
Bangladesh has shown a remarkable progress in eliminating corruption as it has been placed 139th among 180 countries in the Transparency International’s (TI) annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2009. Bangladesh has moved eight steps up from last year’s 147th in the index with an increase of 0.3 point on a scale of 0-10, according to the report released in Dhaka on Tuesday at a press briefing.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun on Tuesday claimed that no incident of ‘crossfire’ took place in the country since the Awami League-led government took over early this year. “We are not carrying out any crossfire right now. No such incident took place since our government assumed office,” she told journalists after a special law and order meeting at the home ministry.
Dhaka plans to raise its concerns at the WTO meet against giving any special facility to developing countries that could erode Bangladesh’s trade preferences amid declines in export shipments, trade diplomats hinted. The country’s old demand for duty-free, quota-free access to developed markets will be reiterated at the Geneva meeting of the World Trade Organisation, given the twin challenges of global financial crisis and climate change effects.
The education ministry has transferred about 400 officials of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Education) in violation of the rules that the ministry had formulated, education officials told New Age on Monday. Besides, the ministry on November 10 issued transfer orders to seven officials of the Directorate of Inspection Audit for alleged involvement in irregularities, but the order was cancelled on November 12.
A Dhaka court Tuesday fixed November 25 for hearing on the petition seeking dismissal of the plaint by former state minister for power Iqbal Hasan Mahmood Tuku in a Tk 100 crore defamation case against former army Moeen U Ahmed.
Needing six runs off the last ball, Biman's last batsman Talha Jubair stepped out but could manage only a boundary as title aspirants Mohammedan survived the scare to post an exciting one-run victory to keep their winning run intact in the Premier Division Cricket League yesterday.
Finance minister AMA Muhith has turned down the proposal for restoring the banking division in the finance ministry as the number of the government-run banks has diminished in the last few years and the ministry does not need to have much of a say in their affairs and operation, said officials.
Speaker Advocate Abdul Hamid Chowdhury yesterday said that his latest proposal to allow the lawmakers to import vehicles on duty free basis was made with a view to saving public money. Talking to The Independent at his office yesterday, the Speaker said that though a proposal was made earlier to provide vehicles to the lawmakers, he has come to the conclusion after detailed study of various options that it would cost public exchequer more money than allowing the lawmakers to import duty free vehicles.
Bangladesh is all for closer relations with India, especially with the tribal community of the India's northeast states as both of them share a unique close bond due to geographical contiguity, uniform culture and ethnic resemblances. Bangladesh Minister of State for Cultural Affairs Promode Mankin Sangma made this observation when he set his feet in Meghalaya for the first time after assuming the charges of a ministry under new Awami League government under the Prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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