August 5, 2009

Call to ensure street children’s education right

Staff Reporter INCIDIN Bangladesh, a research based social development organisation, yesterday called for ensuring street children’s right to primary education in the National Educational Policy. Addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU), AKM Mustaque Ali, one of the Executive Directors of INCIDIN Bangladesh, urged the government to create provision of unconditional enrollment procedures in the primary school for the street children. He said there should be special arrangement in the education system for the street children so that they could get enrolled in the higher classes only attending in the final examination.

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August 2, 2009

Forced retirement of judges: Govt retracts orders: BJSA regrets Secretariat demonstration

UNB, Dhaka The government on Sunday decided to retract its punitive orders sending on forced retirement two judges who had led an angry demonstration inside the restricted premises of Bangladesh Secretariat. Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed told reporters at his Secretariat office in the afternoon that the President, who passed the early-retirement orders on Thursday in exercise of his powers under the constitution, “may revoke the orders as per the constitution”. The axed judges are M Abdul Gafur, a judge of district and sessions court in Dhaka, and M Shahjahan, a judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Gazipur.

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August 2, 2009

Lack of work order, disruption in gas and power supply: 100 RMG factories closed in recent months

Syful Islam A total of 99 readymade garment factories have been closed during the last couple of months in absence of sufficient work order, disruption in gas and power supply, and labour unrest, stakeholders said. Some factories are also in the queue to face the same fate, they added. The 12 per cent hike of gas price will only hasten the process of closure of the factories, which are now suffering following global economic meltdown, BGMEA president Abdus Salam Murshedy told The New Nation yesterday.

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August 2, 2009

JS body to investigate army-students clash at DU: Intelligence officials concerned may be summoned to testify

UNB, Dhaka A Parliamentary Panel on Sunday decided to reinvestigate the August 20, 2007 ‘heinous’ incident between army personnel and students of Dhaka University during the military-backed interim government that led to the arrest and conviction of some teachers also. A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education Ministry with its chairman Rashed Khan Menon in the chair took the decision and asked the Home Ministry to make overall information and data of its different intelligence agencies about the army-DU student confrontation to the committee.

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August 2, 2009

CAB demands proper drug administration law

Staff Repoter Speakers at a press conference, organised by Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) at its office yesterday said that lack of proper monitoring system of pharmaceutical companies puts human life in danger. Referring to the death of 17 children after taking Paracetamol syrup of Rid Pharmaceutical Company recently, they questioned how the company could mix dye ethailine glycol that damages kidney. Dr ABM Farooque, Prof of Pharmaceutical Department of Dhaka University said corruption and callousness of all concerned including drug companies and drug inspection department are responsible for this incident.

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July 30, 2009

Bridal Ideas for Popular Cheap Hawaiian Wedding Favors from Hawaii

It is summer and we are in full swing with the summer wedding season. Brides from across the country have been ordering inexpensive Hawaiian wedding favors from us for their Hawaiian bridal showers, Hawaiian wedding gifts, and Hawaiian wedding reception favors, post Hawaiian honeymoon wedding parties, and also Hawaiian Wedding anniversaries.

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July 29, 2009

Bangladesh beat Windies, win ODI series

UNB, Dhaka After their magnificent first-ever overseas test-series victory in West Indies last week, Bangladesh again proved their worth clinching the maiden ODI series against a test nation abroad when the tigers chased down the galloping Caribbean hosts to beat them by 3 wickets at Windsor Park in Dominica Tuesday. They were doubly crowned through making a record of chasing their highest target in more than 200 ODI matches to reach the requisite 275 runs for the first time with six balls to spare and three wickets in hand.

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July 26, 2009

Sedition charge: 2 lawyers asked to surrender to lower court

UNB, Dhaka The High Court Sunday asked advocates Subrata Chowdhury and Sheikh Awsafur Rahman Bulu, facing sedition charge over vandalism on the Supreme Court premises in November 2006, to surrender to the court of Metropolitan sessions judge within eight weeks. In passing the order, the HC took into consideration the submission of charge sheet against the two lawyers by the police and disposed of the ad interim anticipatory bail granted earlier to them in connection with the case. Advocate Subrata Chowdhury is a top leader of Gono Forum while Advocate Awsafur Rahman is a staunch supporter of the ruling Awami League.

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July 26, 2009

JS team to visit Tipai site July 29

Staff Reporter Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources Ministry yesterday decided that an 11-member parliamentary team will go to Indian’s Tipaimukh Dam site on July 29 for a spot visit. The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee held at Sangsad Bhaban with its Chairman Abdur Razzak in the chair. The decision was taken apparently to keep in the mind that no lawmaker from the opposition BNP may join with the tour-inspection team headed by Abdur Razzak, meeting sources said.

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July 26, 2009

DCC, Rajuk blamed for traffic jam

Staff Reporter Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) are not assisting the police to ease traffic jam in the city, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque said yesterday. In a view-exchange meeting at the Rajarbagh telecom auditorium on Sunday, DMP Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque said the DCC had leased many parts of the city streets. He also blamed DCC for installing big size dustbins on the city roads which is creating the nagging traffic congestion.

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July 26, 2009

ECP therapy for cardiac patients

Staff Reporter For the first time in the country Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital (JBFH) has introduced ‘External Counter Pulsation Therapy Centre’ (ECP) for smooth treatment of cardiac patients. Approved by the American FDA, the ECP therapy, a new modern treatment, offers patients who are reluctant to go for complicated and risky bypass surgery or wearing ring in the blood vein, could easily select the therapy, says a press release. It is a competitive, free from risk and scientific method to remove ‘angina’ caused due to blockage in the blood vein and chest pain, it added.

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July 24, 2009

Hasina elected AL President, Ashraful GS: AL men warned against unjust attitude

Staff Reporter The 20th national council of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League yesterday unanimously reelected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as president of the party for the sixth term and endorsed the selection of Syed Ashraful Islam as general secretary. Awami League (AL) senior presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury proposed the name of Sheikh Hasina for president and another presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim proposed the name of Syed Ashraful Islam for the post of general secretary. AL presidium member and Minister for Agriculture Matia Chowdhury seconded both the names.

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July 24, 2009

Yet another rail disaster

bdnews24.com, Chittagong Bangladesh Railway has formed two separate committees to investigate the latest in a series of countrywide rail disasters, as a passenger train collided with an articulated lorry on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Feni on Thursday-exactly one week after a similar accident killed five people on their way to a wedding in Jessore. At least ten people were injured as three compartments of the Chittagong-bound Turna-Nishitha Express derailed after it hit the loaded lorry stuck at Fatehpur level crossing in the early morning.

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July 24, 2009

3 RAB men, 1 ASI held for mugging: 7 lakh taka recovered

Staff Reporter Three RAB members including an assistant director of the elite force were arrested yesterday on charges of mugging an executive of an advertising firm and threatening him with death in ‘crossfire’. Syed Sajjad Selim, officer-in-charge of the Motijheel police station, told the New Nation that the police recovered Tk 7.5 lakh from the RAB assistant director Shoeb Ahmed and two army soldiers Shahidul Islam and Shagar Chandra. Shoeb holds the rank of assistant superintendent of police.

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July 24, 2009

3 US mayors, 2 lawmakers among 44 held in graft case

Staff Reporter The mayors of three New Jersey cities, two state legislators and several rabbis were among 44 people arrested Thursday in a sweeping corruption investigation that began as a probe into an international money laundering ring that trafficked in goods as diverse as human organs and fake designer handbags, reports Associate Press. Among 44 people arrested Thursday were Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini, state Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith and state Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt.

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July 24, 2009

France-Pakistan nuclear deal to focus on safety

Reuters, Islamabad A proposed partnership between France and Pakistan on civilian nuclear energy will be limited to nuclear safety and security, a senior French official said on Thursday. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in May that France had agreed to transfer civilian nuclear technology to Pakistan, giving it a deal similar to the one its rival India had obtained from the United States. Such a move would cause concern in the international community

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July 23, 2009

DIY Wedding Preparation : Unique Wedding Gifts for Men

Unique wedding gifts for men should be useful but fun, such as shot glasses, money clips, commuter mugs, books or beer mugs. Pick out groomsmen gifts with tips and advice from a wedding consultant in this free video on planning weddings.

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July 23, 2009

DIY Wedding Preparation : How to Make Wedding Bows

Wedding bows, made from looped and tied satin ribbon, can be used as decoration on pews, in archways, at the reception and on wedding gifts. Create a professional-looking bow with tips and advice from a wedding consultant in this free video on planning weddings.

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July 23, 2009

DIY Wedding Preparation : How to Make Gift Bags for the Wedding Party

Wedding party gift bags can include bottled water, gum, mints, disposable cameras, snacks, mugs, beauty products, jewelry or flasks. Come up with unique gifts for bridesmaids and groomsmen with tips and advice from a wedding consultant in this free video on planning weddings. Expert: Wendy Dahl Contact: dahlweddingcompany.com Bio: Wendy Dahl is a wedding consultant and the owner of the Dahl Wedding Company, serving Southern California for more than a decade.

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July 23, 2009

Boxes and duct tape and Sharpies — oh my!

I have spent the past three days packing and labeling, wrapping our very fine Target (pronounced Tar-jay for this reference) place settings in some outdated newspapers, and noticing that the word fragile looks weird if you write it enough.  Fragile .  Fragile .  See?  For the next week and a half, we will be eating off of paper or plastic, and drinking out of those cups you get with kids’ meals at restaurants.  I will be wearing flip-flops and only flip-flops for the next week and a half,

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