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4 killed in police firing as opposition takes to streets
DHAKA, JAN 29: At least four persons were killed and more than thousand were injured in countrywide violent clashes between the four-party activists and law enforcing agencies on Sunday during the observance of mass procession programme by the BNP-led four-party alliance.
Of the three Limon (25) and Abu Mirdha (50) were killed in Chandpur and Rubel (22) and Abul Kashem, (55) were killed in Luxmipur.
Tours get roads repaired: Quader
Satkhira, Jan 28 (bdnews24.com) – The communications minister says roads are being repaired in a hurry wherever he is to visit, which is why he is planning to tour the whole country.
“They repaired all the broken roads because I was coming,” Obaidul Quader told a rally on Saturday at Satkhira after inspecting repair work.
“So I plan to go wherever there are broken roads,” he said.
He added that the Roads Division had been asked to repair the roads across the country before next monsoon.
Govt asks India, China to top up $2.4b ADF
Dhaka, Jan 24: The government has urged India and China to replenish the US $2.4-billion fund, under the Asian Development Fund (ADF) XI, for large infrastructure projects. The government expects to use the fund as an alternative to assistance from the World Bank and other multilateral donors. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, last week, wrote letters to Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and Chinese finance Minister Xie Xuren about the issue.
Amini, 4 others face arrest warrant
Dhaka, Jan 2 (bdnews24.com) – A Dhaka court on Monday ordered arrests of Islami Oikya Jote faction leader Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini and four others for allegedly beating and threatening a madrasah student for his refusal to join demonstration three years ago.
Dhaka’s additional chief metropolitan magistrate Abu Zafar Mohammad Kamruzzaman also asked police to reinvestigate the case filed in 2008 with Lalbagh Police Station over the beating.
The others who faced the warrant are activists of the party Mohammad Raihan, Abul Khayer, Mohammad Sayeed and Zakir Hossain.
Chawkbazar Ashraful Ulum Madrasah student Hafez Mohammad Sharif Hossain filed the case on May 16, 2008.
Seven pc GDP growth may not be attainable: Muhith
Dhaka, Dec 21: Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said the targeted seven per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth may not be achieved this year due to high inflationary pressure that has originated mainly from subsidies.
The key Cabinet member admitted that his government had failed to take timely steps in different issues including fuel price adjustment, utilization of foreign aid, slow rate of public expenditure, managing deficit financing and low investment rate.
WB tells ACC to contact Canadian police for info
Padma Bridge Graft
The World Bank has suggested the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to approach the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for information regarding alleged corruption in the $2.97 billion Padma Bridge project.
It, however, hinted that officials of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc agreed with the government officials on paying money to obtain the job of construction supervision consultant.
ACC Chairman Ghulam Rahman yesterday received a letter signed by Leonard F McCarthy of Integrity of Vice Presidency, an independent arm of the World Bank that is responsible for investigating allegations of fraud and corruption in the WB-financed projects.
Addressing rural poverty
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said rural investment has to be increased to eradicate poverty from the country as 70 percent people live in rural areas Addressing a discussion titled “eradicate Extreme Poverty: Whose Responsibility” which was organised by the local government department, and NGOs and attended by dignitaries, the minister mentioned that many extremely poor people still do not have access to primary education, healthcare, sanitation and safe drinking water, although poverty has declined significantly
Three Durga sculpture destroyed in Bandarban
Bandarban | 20th Sept. 2011: Some miscreants broke three sculpture (pratima/protima) of goddess Durga at a temple at Vorir Muk under Alikadam upazila of Bandarban district Sunday night.
The images were built in preparation for celebrating the upcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus.
The temple authority said a gang of miscreants numbering 8-10 had come to the temple and suddenly attacked them with sticks and sharp weapons while they had been in a meeting on the temple premises and stabbed three people. They had also broken the three images.
Padma bridge construction work to begin in Jan, Abul claims
Dhaka: After trading salvos over quick disbursement of fund for emergency road repair works merely a month ago, the communication minister again battered down a statement of finance minister on Saturday regarding Padma Bridge when the former reiterated his earlier pledge of beginning the construction work of the bridge in January next.
I made impossible possible: Abul
Gazipur, Aug 31 (bdnews24.com)—The communications minister has said he has ‘made the impossible possible’ as he patched up the rundown roads and highways across the country ‘in a short time’.
“Cars are running smoothly on the highways where there was knee-deep water. That’s why [Eid holidaymakers] have reached their homes without trouble. They are happily celebrating Eid,” Syed Abul Hossain told reporters on Wednesday.
He went to see the repairs on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at the Chandana intersection and claimed that no-one faced any difficulty on their way home.
Hossain said people would see better roads when they will be returning to Dhaka after the holiday.
1 killed in UP poll violence in Faridpur
Faridpur: A man was killed and 30 others were injured over UP polls related clash at Boro Khardia village in Saltha upazila on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Alamgir Hossain, 25.
Witnesses said the clash ensued between Habibur Rahman group, supporters of BNP backed defeated chairman candidate Munshi Abul Khair, and Tuku Mia’s group, supporter of Awami League backed chairman candidate Alamgir Miah over election at Jadunandi union parishad in the afternoon.
Both groups attacked each other with lethal weapons that left 30 people injured.
Among the injured, Alamgir succumbed early Friday.
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Muhith draws flak for remark on share investors
Two senior lawmakers of ruling Awami League on Thursday strongly criticised Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in parliament for his ‘objectionable’ comments about the investors in the share market
The finance minister on Thursday said in parliament that the country’s capital market was ‘peculiar’ and there was no second market like this in the world