The democratic process in Bangladesh is being dominated by corruption & terrorism with the dirty tricks of politicians. If we review our decades of democratic process. We can hardly find any ray of hope to get rid of this highly corrupt system. Without exception, ruling parties are always found to be the prime barrier to establishing a true democratic process and the rule of lay Democracy can not be licence to abuse the state's power and resources to ensure privileges for the ruling party. Formation of this government, with vast majority support and hope. took only a little time to turn into a corrupt and police regime. We talk about democracy, but like to run institutions including public universities or District Councils with nominated represedtatives . Current politicisation and corruption are capable enough to destroy our economy. especially the emerging private sectors including the readymade garment industries that we can hardly dream to be under state control. If we compare development of private banks with that of nationalised banks, we will have reasons to belive that state policy would only ensure more and more corruption. State's deliberate hostility against citizens like Limon. Dr Yunus and Grameen Bank is giving the nation a negative message. The government, failing to manage own organisations, should avoid taking responsibitities of well -run and profitable organisation like Grameen Bank, We must make sure to keep Dr. Yonus out of dirty politics. As lone of the late starters in the industrialisation process, we can not engage in activities detrimental to our national image. Unfortunately. the ruling party relies more on lies and blame game than gaining public support by looking at the areas which have far reaching impact in national interest, Current policy is nothing but hypocrisy that only facilitates interest of a few people who care little about the national interest. The ruling party should concentrate on facilitation democratic process rather than destabilising civilised political environment. Let us prove that our patriotism is not limited to the speeches and television.
Saturday, 8 September 2012
Friday, 17 February 2012
News today dt:17-02-2012.
1.JS adopts resolution after uproar: Staff correspondent Lawmakers on Thursday after a heated debate forced arliament to adopt unanimously usly a private resolution seeking prosecution of persons trying to obstruct.
2.IMF asks govt to up fuel oil price to win $1b credit: Shakhawat Hossain The International Monetary Fund has again asked the government to cut subsidy on fuel oils to win the proposed $1 billion eredit, officials said.
3.Some suspects under close watch (DB): Staff Correspondent The detectives investigating the journalist couple murder said on Thursday they has collected a number and footprints from the flat in...
4.Only 34pc of ADP implemented in 7months: Only 34 per cent of the annual development programme was implemented in the first seven months of the current finincial year because of...
5.Prove word dropped, I'll quit (Muhith): Bd news 24.com. Dhaka The finance minister, AMA Mulith, has offered to step down if anyone could prove that single word of the report of...
6.Blake for finding qualified successor to Yunus as Grameen Bank MD: Deplamatic Correspondent the United states stressed the need for 'finding an eminently qualified successor ' to Muhammad Yunus as the manaing director of the Grameen Bank...
7.R&H secy, 3 others kept standing on dock: The High Court on Thursday directed the secretary of the Roads and Highways Division and three other high officials to return Supreme Court's land...
2.IMF asks govt to up fuel oil price to win $1b credit: Shakhawat Hossain The International Monetary Fund has again asked the government to cut subsidy on fuel oils to win the proposed $1 billion eredit, officials said.
3.Some suspects under close watch (DB): Staff Correspondent The detectives investigating the journalist couple murder said on Thursday they has collected a number and footprints from the flat in...
4.Only 34pc of ADP implemented in 7months: Only 34 per cent of the annual development programme was implemented in the first seven months of the current finincial year because of...
5.Prove word dropped, I'll quit (Muhith): Bd news 24.com. Dhaka The finance minister, AMA Mulith, has offered to step down if anyone could prove that single word of the report of...
6.Blake for finding qualified successor to Yunus as Grameen Bank MD: Deplamatic Correspondent the United states stressed the need for 'finding an eminently qualified successor ' to Muhammad Yunus as the manaing director of the Grameen Bank...
7.R&H secy, 3 others kept standing on dock: The High Court on Thursday directed the secretary of the Roads and Highways Division and three other high officials to return Supreme Court's land...
Saturday, 4 February 2012
To day news : 04-2-2012.
1.Teachers, edn boards trade blame: Staff Correspondent School teachers and education board officials are trading blame over the distribution of wrong question papers in Wednesday's SSC Bangla firstt paper exam in....
2.WB lobbied for disqualified co:ACC probe Staff Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission's investigation has revealed that the World Bank had lobbied for a disqualified Chinese company for the Padma multipurpose bridge project.
3.PDF gets little response: Manjurul Ahsan The Power Development Board did not receive much response from private entrepreneurs regarding the installation of commercial power plants despite its assurance of buying...
4.13 districts yet to begin online birth registration: Shahin Akhter Thirteen out of 58 districts whwre officials were trained in online birth and death registration are yet to begin the registration are yet to begin the the registration programme, officials said ...
5.BCL expels 8 over clash near book fair venue: DU correspondent The ruling awami League-backed student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League on Friday expelled eight activists from the organisation for their involvement in a factional...
6.JFK staff caught stealing from Bangladeshi's pocket: Bdnews 24.com New York a security officer at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport has been arrested after being accused of stealing $5,000 from 7.Associate of AL MP Taposh found dead in city hotel: Staff Correspondent a close political associate of Awami League lawmaker Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh was found dead in a Dhaka hotel on Friday.
8.Panetta belives Israel may strike Iran this spring : Reuters Washington US defence secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop.
9.Khmer Rouge Jailer's sentence increased to life: Agence France-Presse Phnom A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people had his sentence increased to life..
10.Malaria kills 1.2 m a year: Agence France-Presse Paries Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people a year, nearly 50 percent more than previously thought, and inflicts a high.
11.Children suffer as mothers denied rights at RMG factories: Sajia Afrin Lack of maternity leave and day-care facilities force female garment workers to leave their children at home with their parents or carers that result.
12.Most foreign aid spent in loan payback: Bd news 24.com. Dhaka More than half of the foreign aid received has been spent paying back interest and instalments of previous loans. Economists are attributing the fall..
13.New clashes as anger with Egypt military boils over:Agence France Presse Caairo Egyptian protesters clashed with police for a second straight day on Friday as anger against the ruling military boiled over amid..
2.WB lobbied for disqualified co:ACC probe Staff Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission's investigation has revealed that the World Bank had lobbied for a disqualified Chinese company for the Padma multipurpose bridge project.
3.PDF gets little response: Manjurul Ahsan The Power Development Board did not receive much response from private entrepreneurs regarding the installation of commercial power plants despite its assurance of buying...
4.13 districts yet to begin online birth registration: Shahin Akhter Thirteen out of 58 districts whwre officials were trained in online birth and death registration are yet to begin the registration are yet to begin the the registration programme, officials said ...
5.BCL expels 8 over clash near book fair venue: DU correspondent The ruling awami League-backed student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League on Friday expelled eight activists from the organisation for their involvement in a factional...
6.JFK staff caught stealing from Bangladeshi's pocket: Bdnews 24.com New York a security officer at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport has been arrested after being accused of stealing $5,000 from 7.Associate of AL MP Taposh found dead in city hotel: Staff Correspondent a close political associate of Awami League lawmaker Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh was found dead in a Dhaka hotel on Friday.
8.Panetta belives Israel may strike Iran this spring : Reuters Washington US defence secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop.
9.Khmer Rouge Jailer's sentence increased to life: Agence France-Presse Phnom A Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of some 15,000 people had his sentence increased to life..
10.Malaria kills 1.2 m a year: Agence France-Presse Paries Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people a year, nearly 50 percent more than previously thought, and inflicts a high.
11.Children suffer as mothers denied rights at RMG factories: Sajia Afrin Lack of maternity leave and day-care facilities force female garment workers to leave their children at home with their parents or carers that result.
12.Most foreign aid spent in loan payback: Bd news 24.com. Dhaka More than half of the foreign aid received has been spent paying back interest and instalments of previous loans. Economists are attributing the fall..
13.New clashes as anger with Egypt military boils over:Agence France Presse Caairo Egyptian protesters clashed with police for a second straight day on Friday as anger against the ruling military boiled over amid..
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Date: 03-2-2012
1.School-goers at grave risk: A jay walking mother crosses the street in front of Willes Little Flower School in Kakrail ahead of a bus , known to cause a large share of road mishaps in the capital . Class-1 student Hamim of this very school died in 2010 under a bus close by. Another mother, inset , attempts to go across to the ot....
2.Khaleda Zia goes to court: BNP Chairperson Khalada Zia appeared before a Dhaka court yesterday and received permanent bail in a case filed for abusing power in setting up Zia Charitable Trust .
3.Magistrate says firing not orders: Chandpur. An executive magistrate on Wednesday denied the allegation to open fire on some protesters during Sunday's violence in the town that left two persons dead.
4.10 hurt in BCL infight over setting up book fair stall: At least 10 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were injured in clashes between its two groups at the capital's Suhrawardi Udyan last night over setting up a stall at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair.
5.Blake due this month: Robert O Blake , the US assistant secretary of state for South and central Asian affair, will arrive in Dhaka this month to hold meetings with government high-ups and opposition and civil society leder
6.Join Feb 7 human chain: 14 party leaders call upon people leaders of the 14 party alliance have urged all, irrespective of party affiliations, to join the February 7 human chain to foil conspiracies against the ongoing war crimes trial.
7.HC asks govt to find culprits: The High Court yesterday directed the government to find out people responsible for the publication of a school textbook with distorted history on the declaration of the country's independence and Liberation War in 1971.
8.Vote of trust for war trial: European Parliament Member Jean Lambert has welcomed Bangladesh's efforts to try war criminals and said he expected that the trial would conform to the highest standard possible.
9.3 witnesses go missing : The three prosecution witnesses who were supposed to testify against Jamaat-e-Istami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee yesterday went missing.
10.Taliban ambush kills three police in Pakistan : Taliban militants armed with guns and grenades ambushed a police patrol in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing three officers and wounding another, police said.
11.Second victim in Vietnam: A woman in southern Vietnam has died after contracting the bird flu virus, health authorities said yesterday, in the country's second human death from the virulent disease in less than a month.
12.No graft in Padma Bridge project :The anti corruption commission has found no evidence of the World Bank's allegation of corruption in appointing the contractor of the proposed Padma Bridge project.
2.Khaleda Zia goes to court: BNP Chairperson Khalada Zia appeared before a Dhaka court yesterday and received permanent bail in a case filed for abusing power in setting up Zia Charitable Trust .
3.Magistrate says firing not orders: Chandpur. An executive magistrate on Wednesday denied the allegation to open fire on some protesters during Sunday's violence in the town that left two persons dead.
4.10 hurt in BCL infight over setting up book fair stall: At least 10 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were injured in clashes between its two groups at the capital's Suhrawardi Udyan last night over setting up a stall at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair.
5.Blake due this month: Robert O Blake , the US assistant secretary of state for South and central Asian affair, will arrive in Dhaka this month to hold meetings with government high-ups and opposition and civil society leder
6.Join Feb 7 human chain: 14 party leaders call upon people leaders of the 14 party alliance have urged all, irrespective of party affiliations, to join the February 7 human chain to foil conspiracies against the ongoing war crimes trial.
7.HC asks govt to find culprits: The High Court yesterday directed the government to find out people responsible for the publication of a school textbook with distorted history on the declaration of the country's independence and Liberation War in 1971.
8.Vote of trust for war trial: European Parliament Member Jean Lambert has welcomed Bangladesh's efforts to try war criminals and said he expected that the trial would conform to the highest standard possible.
9.3 witnesses go missing : The three prosecution witnesses who were supposed to testify against Jamaat-e-Istami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee yesterday went missing.
10.Taliban ambush kills three police in Pakistan : Taliban militants armed with guns and grenades ambushed a police patrol in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing three officers and wounding another, police said.
11.Second victim in Vietnam: A woman in southern Vietnam has died after contracting the bird flu virus, health authorities said yesterday, in the country's second human death from the virulent disease in less than a month.
12.No graft in Padma Bridge project :The anti corruption commission has found no evidence of the World Bank's allegation of corruption in appointing the contractor of the proposed Padma Bridge project.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Latest News dt:01-02-2012
1.Intense lobbying on for promotions in admin: Process for large-scale promotions at final stage Mustafizur Rahman A large number of officers are busy lobbying high -ups for promotion with the government finalisin...
2.Population likely to grow by 1cr in final census report: Muktasree Chakma Sathi The country's population may increase by one more crore in the final report of the fifth census, according to officials of the....
3.HRW asks India to prosecute BSF men: Staff Correspondent The New York-based international rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, on Tuesday asked the Indian government to prosecute the personal of its Border Security Force...
4.BNP, allies mourn slain activists: Staff Correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday held mourning rallies all over the country on the first day of its three -day..
5.Home secy transferred: Staff Correspondent The government , in an abrupt shake up of the bureaucracy , on Tuesday transferred home secretary Manzur Ahmed to agriculture ministry. It appointed agriculture secretary CQK...
6.Mujib critic on Facebook sent to jail: Our Correspondent Jhenaidah A Jhenaidah court on Tuesday sent a man to jail for his criticism of the country's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman .
7.Ekushy book fair opens today: Sarder Mahabbat Ali Amar Ekushy Granthamela 2012 will begin on the Bangla Academy premises today with 425 publishing houses and government and non-government agencies putting their....
8.ICT accepts Kamaruzzaman charges: Staff Correspondent The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday took cognisance of the charges pressed against the detained Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman. The tribunal...
9.SSC exams begin today: Staff Correspondent The Secondary School Certifiicate and equivalent Dakhil and vocational examinations under the 10 education boards will begin today with some 14,20,057 students from 26,855....
10.Hartal observed in Rajshahi: 1800 Jammat-Shibir men sued over Monday's clashes . Our Correspondent Rajshahi The Bangladesh Nationalist Party- led alliance enforced a half-day general strike in Rajshahi city Tuesday.....
11.BSF returns 6 Bangladeshi teenagers Another sent to jail: Staff Correspondent Sylhet The Indian Border Security Force on Tuesday afternoon returned six out of seven Bangladeshi teenagers to Border Guard Bangladesh, more than two...
12.Libya sets rules for Bangladeshi workers: Shahidul Islam Chowdhury The Libyan government has asked Bangladeshi workers, who have been overstaying in Libya, to regularise their passport, visa and work permits within...
13.Govt facing problem attracting foreign investment: Muhith Staff Correspondent The government is facing difficulties in attracting foreign investment and in handing domestic inflation and subsidies, finance minister AMA Muhith told parliament on Tuesday...
14.100 countries back world environment agency: Agence France-Presse Paris More than a hundred countries now support a French proposal to create a World Environment Organisation at the upcoming 20th anniversary conference...
15.Ten killed in Karachi in 24 hours: Agence France-Presse Karachi at least 10 people have been killed in a renewed wave of sectarian and ethnic killings by criminal gangs in Pakistan's financial....
2.Population likely to grow by 1cr in final census report: Muktasree Chakma Sathi The country's population may increase by one more crore in the final report of the fifth census, according to officials of the....
3.HRW asks India to prosecute BSF men: Staff Correspondent The New York-based international rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, on Tuesday asked the Indian government to prosecute the personal of its Border Security Force...
4.BNP, allies mourn slain activists: Staff Correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday held mourning rallies all over the country on the first day of its three -day..
5.Home secy transferred: Staff Correspondent The government , in an abrupt shake up of the bureaucracy , on Tuesday transferred home secretary Manzur Ahmed to agriculture ministry. It appointed agriculture secretary CQK...
6.Mujib critic on Facebook sent to jail: Our Correspondent Jhenaidah A Jhenaidah court on Tuesday sent a man to jail for his criticism of the country's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman .
7.Ekushy book fair opens today: Sarder Mahabbat Ali Amar Ekushy Granthamela 2012 will begin on the Bangla Academy premises today with 425 publishing houses and government and non-government agencies putting their....
8.ICT accepts Kamaruzzaman charges: Staff Correspondent The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday took cognisance of the charges pressed against the detained Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman. The tribunal...
9.SSC exams begin today: Staff Correspondent The Secondary School Certifiicate and equivalent Dakhil and vocational examinations under the 10 education boards will begin today with some 14,20,057 students from 26,855....
10.Hartal observed in Rajshahi: 1800 Jammat-Shibir men sued over Monday's clashes . Our Correspondent Rajshahi The Bangladesh Nationalist Party- led alliance enforced a half-day general strike in Rajshahi city Tuesday.....
11.BSF returns 6 Bangladeshi teenagers Another sent to jail: Staff Correspondent Sylhet The Indian Border Security Force on Tuesday afternoon returned six out of seven Bangladeshi teenagers to Border Guard Bangladesh, more than two...
12.Libya sets rules for Bangladeshi workers: Shahidul Islam Chowdhury The Libyan government has asked Bangladeshi workers, who have been overstaying in Libya, to regularise their passport, visa and work permits within...
13.Govt facing problem attracting foreign investment: Muhith Staff Correspondent The government is facing difficulties in attracting foreign investment and in handing domestic inflation and subsidies, finance minister AMA Muhith told parliament on Tuesday...
14.100 countries back world environment agency: Agence France-Presse Paris More than a hundred countries now support a French proposal to create a World Environment Organisation at the upcoming 20th anniversary conference...
15.Ten killed in Karachi in 24 hours: Agence France-Presse Karachi at least 10 people have been killed in a renewed wave of sectarian and ethnic killings by criminal gangs in Pakistan's financial....
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
News Today 31-01-2012
1.1 more killed as BNP, allies hold mass processions: Staff Correspondent One more opposition activist was killed in police firing on a procession of the opposition alliance on Monday raising the number of deaths in.....
2.Cabinet okavs bill to extend time frame by 90 days: Staff Correspondent The cabinet at a meeting on Monday approved a draft bill to further amend the local government law to extend the mandatory timeframe for..
3.Private schools asked not to charge more than Tk 8000: Staff Correspondent Non-government Bengla medium educational institutes in Dhaka metropolitan area which are partly under the monthly pay order scheme, cannot charge more than Tk 8000 for....
4.Guns can't silence popular protests (Khaleda): Nationwide mourning today Staff Correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Monday said popular protests could never be silenced by opening fire on the.....
5.None to be allowed to unleash terror (AL): Staff Correspondent Awami League joint general secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif on Monday said the party would not allow the opposition to unleash terror in the name....
6.SAARC nations need concerted actions: PM -United News of Bangladesh Dhaka The prime minister , Sheikh Hasina, has underscored the need for concerted action by SAARC member countries to cope with the....
7.Over 16,000 sued over Sunday's violence : Hartal ovserved in Chandpur, Laxmipur Staff Correspondent Local units of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies on Monday ovserved a half-day hartal peacefully at Chandpur and....
8.JU expels 13 BCL men: JU Correspondent The Jahangirnagar University authorities on Monday expelled 13 activists of Bangladesh Chattra League, ruling Awami League-backed student wing, as they were found directly involved.....
14.Prosecution's haphazard document presentation halts Savedee's trial: Staff Correspondent The International crimes Tribunal on Monday had to halt for half an hour the trial proceedings against detained Jamaat nayeb-e-amir Delwar Hossain Sayedee due...
15.Dhaka for exchange of financial information : Staff Correspondent Dhaka on the concluding day of a meeting of SAARC finance ministers in the capital on Monday proposed that a process of exchanging information....
16.Stock investor commits suicide in city: Staff Correspondent The shock of a huge loss incurred in the stock market crash allegedly driven an investor to commit suicide at his Gopibagh house...
17.Two counsels to meet Ghulam Azam: Staff Correspondent The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday asked the prison authorities to allow two defence counsels to consult the detained former Bangladesh Jamaat-e -Islami amir....
18.Prachanda under fire for luxury mansion: Agence France-Presse Kathmandu Nepal's top Maoist politician, who led a 10-year insurgency in the Himalayan country which left 16,000 people dead, was accused Monday of....
2.Cabinet okavs bill to extend time frame by 90 days: Staff Correspondent The cabinet at a meeting on Monday approved a draft bill to further amend the local government law to extend the mandatory timeframe for..
3.Private schools asked not to charge more than Tk 8000: Staff Correspondent Non-government Bengla medium educational institutes in Dhaka metropolitan area which are partly under the monthly pay order scheme, cannot charge more than Tk 8000 for....
4.Guns can't silence popular protests (Khaleda): Nationwide mourning today Staff Correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Monday said popular protests could never be silenced by opening fire on the.....
5.None to be allowed to unleash terror (AL): Staff Correspondent Awami League joint general secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif on Monday said the party would not allow the opposition to unleash terror in the name....
6.SAARC nations need concerted actions: PM -United News of Bangladesh Dhaka The prime minister , Sheikh Hasina, has underscored the need for concerted action by SAARC member countries to cope with the....
7.Over 16,000 sued over Sunday's violence : Hartal ovserved in Chandpur, Laxmipur Staff Correspondent Local units of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies on Monday ovserved a half-day hartal peacefully at Chandpur and....
8.JU expels 13 BCL men: JU Correspondent The Jahangirnagar University authorities on Monday expelled 13 activists of Bangladesh Chattra League, ruling Awami League-backed student wing, as they were found directly involved.....
14.Prosecution's haphazard document presentation halts Savedee's trial: Staff Correspondent The International crimes Tribunal on Monday had to halt for half an hour the trial proceedings against detained Jamaat nayeb-e-amir Delwar Hossain Sayedee due...
15.Dhaka for exchange of financial information : Staff Correspondent Dhaka on the concluding day of a meeting of SAARC finance ministers in the capital on Monday proposed that a process of exchanging information....
16.Stock investor commits suicide in city: Staff Correspondent The shock of a huge loss incurred in the stock market crash allegedly driven an investor to commit suicide at his Gopibagh house...
17.Two counsels to meet Ghulam Azam: Staff Correspondent The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday asked the prison authorities to allow two defence counsels to consult the detained former Bangladesh Jamaat-e -Islami amir....
18.Prachanda under fire for luxury mansion: Agence France-Presse Kathmandu Nepal's top Maoist politician, who led a 10-year insurgency in the Himalayan country which left 16,000 people dead, was accused Monday of....
Monday, 30 January 2012
News dt:30-01-2012
1.4 killed as police, AL attack BNP, allies: Staff Correspondent Four people were killed and more than 500, including law enforcers and journalists, wounded as the police fired gunshots and teargas shells and....
2.Dhaka stocks hit 26-month low: Staff Correspondent Dhaka stocks on Sunday took a massive fall with its key index hitting a 26-month-low as the investors thronged for sale driven by a....
3.BNP mass rally today: Al announces counter programme Mohiuddin Alamgir. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party holds a mass-procession programme today Khulna deferring by a day from.......
4.AL allies critical of politics of confrontation: Staff Correspondent The partners of the Awami League-led alliance strongly criticised politics of confrontation of the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party . They condemmed....
5.Govt. responsible for killing opposition activists on Sunday (BNP): Staff Correspondent BNP acting secreatary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir held the Awami League -led segime squarely responsible for Sunday's killing of three opposition activists at Chandpur....
6.PDB, NTPC sign deal on JVC for $1.5b Rampal power plant: Staff Correspondent The Power Development Board chairman, ASM Alamgir Kabir, on Sunday said that price of power from the proposed joint-venture plant at Rampal in.....
7.India fails to check right violations (HRW): New Age Desk Custodial killings, police abuse including torture, and failure to implement policies aimed at protecting vulnerable communities marred India's record in 2011, according to the....
8.HC summons 5 over Zia in textbook: Staff Correspondent The High Court on Sunday directed the inspector general of the police to remove in 15 days a textbook from the market, libraries,....
9.Bangladesh team being built for joint impact survey : Staff Correspondent Water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen on Sunday told the parliament that the government was selecting experts to constitute the Bangladesh side on the....
10.UK wants parties to shun confrontational politice (Gibson): United News of Bangladesh Chittagong , The British high commissioner, Robert Gibson, has said his government always favoured constructive dialogue among the political parties in Bangladesh....
11.Mugger shot dead in city: Staff Correspondent A suspected mugger was shot dead and two employees of a business firm were wounded when a group of muggers opened fire at Moulavibazar...
12.Bangladesh's political instability barrier to FDI inflow , says US ambassador: Staff Correspondent US ambassador Dan W Mozena on Sunday said prevailing political instability in Bangladesh was a barrier for foreign direct investment to come into the....
13.Taj Mahal minaret tilting: Reuters Delhi A minaret of the Taj Mahal has tilted by nearly 4 cm due to drying river, expert says. The magnificent Taj Mohal may not....
14.Minor boy killed in cop firing: Our Correspondent Comilla A minor boy died as a bullet hit him during the training session of jail police at Borura upazila in Comilla on....
2.Dhaka stocks hit 26-month low: Staff Correspondent Dhaka stocks on Sunday took a massive fall with its key index hitting a 26-month-low as the investors thronged for sale driven by a....
3.BNP mass rally today: Al announces counter programme Mohiuddin Alamgir. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party holds a mass-procession programme today Khulna deferring by a day from.......
4.AL allies critical of politics of confrontation: Staff Correspondent The partners of the Awami League-led alliance strongly criticised politics of confrontation of the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party . They condemmed....
5.Govt. responsible for killing opposition activists on Sunday (BNP): Staff Correspondent BNP acting secreatary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir held the Awami League -led segime squarely responsible for Sunday's killing of three opposition activists at Chandpur....
6.PDB, NTPC sign deal on JVC for $1.5b Rampal power plant: Staff Correspondent The Power Development Board chairman, ASM Alamgir Kabir, on Sunday said that price of power from the proposed joint-venture plant at Rampal in.....
7.India fails to check right violations (HRW): New Age Desk Custodial killings, police abuse including torture, and failure to implement policies aimed at protecting vulnerable communities marred India's record in 2011, according to the....
8.HC summons 5 over Zia in textbook: Staff Correspondent The High Court on Sunday directed the inspector general of the police to remove in 15 days a textbook from the market, libraries,....
9.Bangladesh team being built for joint impact survey : Staff Correspondent Water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen on Sunday told the parliament that the government was selecting experts to constitute the Bangladesh side on the....
10.UK wants parties to shun confrontational politice (Gibson): United News of Bangladesh Chittagong , The British high commissioner, Robert Gibson, has said his government always favoured constructive dialogue among the political parties in Bangladesh....
11.Mugger shot dead in city: Staff Correspondent A suspected mugger was shot dead and two employees of a business firm were wounded when a group of muggers opened fire at Moulavibazar...
12.Bangladesh's political instability barrier to FDI inflow , says US ambassador: Staff Correspondent US ambassador Dan W Mozena on Sunday said prevailing political instability in Bangladesh was a barrier for foreign direct investment to come into the....
13.Taj Mahal minaret tilting: Reuters Delhi A minaret of the Taj Mahal has tilted by nearly 4 cm due to drying river, expert says. The magnificent Taj Mohal may not....
14.Minor boy killed in cop firing: Our Correspondent Comilla A minor boy died as a bullet hit him during the training session of jail police at Borura upazila in Comilla on....
Sunday, 29 January 2012
News dt:29-01-2012.
1.Govt orders ban on rallies: BNP defers procession, AL postpones rally Staff Correspondent The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday deferred till Monday the procession it earlier planned to hold in Dhaka.
2.Govt. desperate to hide Padma bridge 'graft', says Khaleda: Staff Correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson opposition leader, Khaleda Zia, on Saterday said the government was thinking of 'unusual ' and 'unrealistic' means for mobilising funds...
3.Govt. moves to float sovereingn bonds: Shakhawat Hossain The government has launched process of securing loans from the international capital market to overcome the foreign currency crunch which has already hit....
4.EC to replace national ID cards with smart cards: Taib Ahmed The Election Commission has begun implementation of a 195 million US dollar project, with assistance from the World Bank, to replace existing national....
5.WP says govt's performance frustrates people: Staff Correspondent The Workers Party o Bangladesh , an ally of the Awami League, on Saturday said the performance of the government in last three years had...
6.Democracy to face debacle if BNP comes to power again (PM) : Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Dhaka The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday made the Bangladesh Nationalists Party responsibl
e for disturbing the country's demicratic system time and....
7.Deal on JVA for 1,320 MW plant with India today : Staff Correspondent The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board today signs a deal with the National Thermal Power Corporatin of India to set up a joint-venture....
8.Two remanded in Dhaka over question leak : Food ministry forms probe body Staff Correspondent A Dhaka court on Saturday remanded two youths in police custody for two days each for interrogation over the food....
9.MP among 50 hurt at RMCH clash: United News of Bangladesh Rangpur A triangular clash between activists of the Jatiya Party, employees of Rangpur Medical College Hospital and police left 50 people,.....
10.Probe on to find civilians' link to coup attempt (Hanif) : Bd news 24.com. Dhaka An investigation is in progress to find out civilians who had a hand in the recent attempted military coup that was foiled by....
11.JCD factions clash over stalking in Nilphamari: Our Correspondent. Nilphamari Two local groups of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal clashed on Friday night in Nilphamari town allegedly over stalking a teenage schoolgirl. At lesat 10...
12.Pirates loot 40 trawlers, kidnap 110 fishermen: United News of Bangladesh Begerhat Pirates looted 40 fishing trawlers and kidnapped 110 fishermen from the Bay of Bengal on Thursday and Friday . Twenty fishermen were.....
13.Miscreants Cut fingers of medical student: United News of Bangladesh Saver A gang of miscreants cut two fingers of a student of Enam Medical College and snatched his cash and valuables...
14.Youth shot dead in city : Staff Correspondent Unidentified miscreants killed a young man in the early hours on Saturday and the police recovered the body from Azampur in the capital's....
2.Govt. desperate to hide Padma bridge 'graft', says Khaleda: Staff Correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson opposition leader, Khaleda Zia, on Saterday said the government was thinking of 'unusual ' and 'unrealistic' means for mobilising funds...
3.Govt. moves to float sovereingn bonds: Shakhawat Hossain The government has launched process of securing loans from the international capital market to overcome the foreign currency crunch which has already hit....
4.EC to replace national ID cards with smart cards: Taib Ahmed The Election Commission has begun implementation of a 195 million US dollar project, with assistance from the World Bank, to replace existing national....
5.WP says govt's performance frustrates people: Staff Correspondent The Workers Party o Bangladesh , an ally of the Awami League, on Saturday said the performance of the government in last three years had...
6.Democracy to face debacle if BNP comes to power again (PM) : Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Dhaka The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday made the Bangladesh Nationalists Party responsibl
e for disturbing the country's demicratic system time and....
7.Deal on JVA for 1,320 MW plant with India today : Staff Correspondent The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board today signs a deal with the National Thermal Power Corporatin of India to set up a joint-venture....
8.Two remanded in Dhaka over question leak : Food ministry forms probe body Staff Correspondent A Dhaka court on Saturday remanded two youths in police custody for two days each for interrogation over the food....
9.MP among 50 hurt at RMCH clash: United News of Bangladesh Rangpur A triangular clash between activists of the Jatiya Party, employees of Rangpur Medical College Hospital and police left 50 people,.....
10.Probe on to find civilians' link to coup attempt (Hanif) : Bd news 24.com. Dhaka An investigation is in progress to find out civilians who had a hand in the recent attempted military coup that was foiled by....
11.JCD factions clash over stalking in Nilphamari: Our Correspondent. Nilphamari Two local groups of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal clashed on Friday night in Nilphamari town allegedly over stalking a teenage schoolgirl. At lesat 10...
12.Pirates loot 40 trawlers, kidnap 110 fishermen: United News of Bangladesh Begerhat Pirates looted 40 fishing trawlers and kidnapped 110 fishermen from the Bay of Bengal on Thursday and Friday . Twenty fishermen were.....
13.Miscreants Cut fingers of medical student: United News of Bangladesh Saver A gang of miscreants cut two fingers of a student of Enam Medical College and snatched his cash and valuables...
14.Youth shot dead in city : Staff Correspondent Unidentified miscreants killed a young man in the early hours on Saturday and the police recovered the body from Azampur in the capital's....
Saturday, 28 January 2012
New's 28-01-2012
1.Question leaked, 10 held: Staff Correspondent Authorities conducted the examination for recruitment in the food directorate amid reports of question leaks in several districts, including Dhaka, about 11 hour before...
2.Law to appoint EC should be enacted first citizens: Staff Correspondent Politicians , constitution experts and civic forums have said formation of the next election commission by a search committee constituted through...
3.Delhi shelves deal : Shakhawat Hossain New Delhi has shelved a proposal on currency swap among the countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation , sources at Bangladesh Bank........
4.EC goes ahead with EVM project: Taib Ahmed Despite stiff opposition from Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Election Commission has completed all necessary preparations to manufacture about three lakh electronic voting machines.......
5. Who's who in the search committee:Staff Correspondent Three of the four members of the search committee , formed to recommend people for appointment of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners,....
6.Nat'l integrity strategy in the making: Mustafizur Rahman The government has drafted a national integrity strategy to strengthen anticorruption drives in both public and private institutions including political parties and to .....
7. ACC urges govt not to curb its freedom: Bd news 24.com. Dhaka The Anti-Corruption Commission has once again asked the government not to introduce laws that will hit it in the teeth as an independent.....
8.NASA's Kepler confirms 26 new planets: Agence France-Presse, Washington The US space agency said Thursday its Kepler space telescope mission has confirmed 26 new planets outside our solar syatem, all of....
9. CPB calls for unity of left democratic forces: Staff Correspondent Leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh on Friday called upon all left democratic forces to unite to wage a strong movement against the two......
10.Suicide car bomb outside Bangladeah hospital kills 31: Agence France-Presse. Baghdad A suicide bomber set off an explosives -packed car outside a Baghdad hospital of Friday, killing 31 people in the capital's deadliest day ....
11.Hasina is conducting 'coup by stealth': Ishraq tell The Economist David Bergman Ishraq Ahmed, the man whom the army alleges was one of those involved in a foiled coup to overthrow the.....
12.'Coup plotter' travel companion of British comedian: David Bergman The man who the army now claims was involved in an attempted coup to oust the Awami League government, was seven years ago the.....
13.Manna's talk show stopped: Staff Correspondent Private television channel ATN News has stopped its talk show 'Samoyer Bhabna' hosted by Awami League leader Mahmudur Rahman Manna....
14.Cocaine cache gets diplomatic treatment at UN: Agence France-Presse, United Nations A 16 kilo consignment of cocaine lost by Mexican drug traffickers has turned up in an unlikely place- the United...
15.Rockets hit Pakistan military academy: Agence France-Presse. Peshawar Attackers on Friday fired rockets at Pakistan's top military academy, damaging its outer wall in a major security breach near the home...
16.Call for suspension of coal-fired power plant in Bagerhat: Staff Correspondent Twelve eminent citizens on Friday called for suspension of the government 's joint-venture initiative with India to install coal fired
17.BSTI gets Indian accreditation: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, New Delhi The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution , the national standards body of Bangladesh, has been granted accreditation for its product certification....
2.Law to appoint EC should be enacted first citizens: Staff Correspondent Politicians , constitution experts and civic forums have said formation of the next election commission by a search committee constituted through...
3.Delhi shelves deal : Shakhawat Hossain New Delhi has shelved a proposal on currency swap among the countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation , sources at Bangladesh Bank........
4.EC goes ahead with EVM project: Taib Ahmed Despite stiff opposition from Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Election Commission has completed all necessary preparations to manufacture about three lakh electronic voting machines.......
5. Who's who in the search committee:Staff Correspondent Three of the four members of the search committee , formed to recommend people for appointment of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners,....
6.Nat'l integrity strategy in the making: Mustafizur Rahman The government has drafted a national integrity strategy to strengthen anticorruption drives in both public and private institutions including political parties and to .....
7. ACC urges govt not to curb its freedom: Bd news 24.com. Dhaka The Anti-Corruption Commission has once again asked the government not to introduce laws that will hit it in the teeth as an independent.....
8.NASA's Kepler confirms 26 new planets: Agence France-Presse, Washington The US space agency said Thursday its Kepler space telescope mission has confirmed 26 new planets outside our solar syatem, all of....
9. CPB calls for unity of left democratic forces: Staff Correspondent Leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh on Friday called upon all left democratic forces to unite to wage a strong movement against the two......
10.Suicide car bomb outside Bangladeah hospital kills 31: Agence France-Presse. Baghdad A suicide bomber set off an explosives -packed car outside a Baghdad hospital of Friday, killing 31 people in the capital's deadliest day ....
11.Hasina is conducting 'coup by stealth': Ishraq tell The Economist David Bergman Ishraq Ahmed, the man whom the army alleges was one of those involved in a foiled coup to overthrow the.....
12.'Coup plotter' travel companion of British comedian: David Bergman The man who the army now claims was involved in an attempted coup to oust the Awami League government, was seven years ago the.....
13.Manna's talk show stopped: Staff Correspondent Private television channel ATN News has stopped its talk show 'Samoyer Bhabna' hosted by Awami League leader Mahmudur Rahman Manna....
14.Cocaine cache gets diplomatic treatment at UN: Agence France-Presse, United Nations A 16 kilo consignment of cocaine lost by Mexican drug traffickers has turned up in an unlikely place- the United...
15.Rockets hit Pakistan military academy: Agence France-Presse. Peshawar Attackers on Friday fired rockets at Pakistan's top military academy, damaging its outer wall in a major security breach near the home...
16.Call for suspension of coal-fired power plant in Bagerhat: Staff Correspondent Twelve eminent citizens on Friday called for suspension of the government 's joint-venture initiative with India to install coal fired
17.BSTI gets Indian accreditation: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, New Delhi The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution , the national standards body of Bangladesh, has been granted accreditation for its product certification....
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Eco-entrepreneurship in Jessore
As I bound my breasts and put on men's clothes, I remember thinking how crazy I was. In two years, I went from being an executive in the 'c-suite' of a large real estate finance company in New York to disguising myself as a Bangladeshi man so that I could go look for land in the rural areas of southern Bangladesh. So what made me give up a high-paying job at the top of the corporate ladder, donate everything I owned to charity, and move to a developing country that few people can locate on a map ? In a word: passion.
I was making money in New York, but I wasn't maling a difference. I had reached the top of my chosen my career field by age thirty and was bored. I wanted to change my life so I could do something I loved, and make more of an impact on the world. But it was a lecture that I attended at the Cornell Club that really sounded the clarion call for me. Stuart Hart, a professor at the Cornell Johnson Business School, gave a lecture about alternative energy in developing countries; he threw out a statistic that I could not belive when I heard it: he said that of the 6 billion people in the world, 4 billion live in poverty. It shocked me to the core of my being. I considered myself a well-educated and well-known how most of the people in the world live made me question everything that I knew.
That talk set in motion a series of events that led me to apply for a Fulbright Fellowship to Bangladesh where I did a year of service and spent some time examining my priorities. When my Fulbright ended , I realized that I could no longer return to my old life and that the time had finally come to spread my wings and jump. I had the idea to create sustainable boutique resorts before I left New York (it combined my interests in environmentalism, real estate, design, and travel), but I certainly never thought that I would start in Bangladesh! After living in the country for a year, however, I realized that there was a demand , among the foreigners and Bangladeshis already living in Dhaka, for the kind of high-end socially and environmentally responsible product that I wanted to create.
I strategically chose the location for my resort and then started looking for a site . I flew to Jessorem put on a sari, and hired a rickshaw to take me around the countryside. Village tea stalls were the best source of information about the local area. Normally the exclusive domain of men, I was invited to sit, take tea, and share information about my country, my family, and what I was doing in Bangladesh. After the local leader had determined that my quest was worthwhile, he would take me around and show me several pieces of land that might be available. While the search was fun and the scenery breathtaking, I soon realized that I was getting the bideshir dam (foreigner price quote) for the land.
I was making money in New York, but I wasn't maling a difference. I had reached the top of my chosen my career field by age thirty and was bored. I wanted to change my life so I could do something I loved, and make more of an impact on the world. But it was a lecture that I attended at the Cornell Club that really sounded the clarion call for me. Stuart Hart, a professor at the Cornell Johnson Business School, gave a lecture about alternative energy in developing countries; he threw out a statistic that I could not belive when I heard it: he said that of the 6 billion people in the world, 4 billion live in poverty. It shocked me to the core of my being. I considered myself a well-educated and well-known how most of the people in the world live made me question everything that I knew.
That talk set in motion a series of events that led me to apply for a Fulbright Fellowship to Bangladesh where I did a year of service and spent some time examining my priorities. When my Fulbright ended , I realized that I could no longer return to my old life and that the time had finally come to spread my wings and jump. I had the idea to create sustainable boutique resorts before I left New York (it combined my interests in environmentalism, real estate, design, and travel), but I certainly never thought that I would start in Bangladesh! After living in the country for a year, however, I realized that there was a demand , among the foreigners and Bangladeshis already living in Dhaka, for the kind of high-end socially and environmentally responsible product that I wanted to create.
I strategically chose the location for my resort and then started looking for a site . I flew to Jessorem put on a sari, and hired a rickshaw to take me around the countryside. Village tea stalls were the best source of information about the local area. Normally the exclusive domain of men, I was invited to sit, take tea, and share information about my country, my family, and what I was doing in Bangladesh. After the local leader had determined that my quest was worthwhile, he would take me around and show me several pieces of land that might be available. While the search was fun and the scenery breathtaking, I soon realized that I was getting the bideshir dam (foreigner price quote) for the land.
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