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Khaleda plans to add 150 seats to JS
Ahmadiyyas won't be dubbed as non-Muslim; 50 reserved berths for women
The four-party ruling alliance in a landmark decision yesterday unveiled a plan to raise the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) seats to 450, including 50 reserved for women, to keep pace with the rising population.
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Crowley worried by extremist presence
US Congressman Joseph Crowley is concerned about the presence of extremist groups in Bangladesh, but sees it as the country's own responsibility to deal with them, the visiting American told journalists
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Opposition criticises move for not consulting them
The Awami League (AL) and other opposition parties yesterday criticised the government move to expand the number of seats in parliament because the crucial decision was taken without consulting them.
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Woman kills four in Gaza suicide attack
A Palestinian woman suicide bomber yesterday struck at the main border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, killing four Israelis and wounding seven people.
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Communications ministry
JS body to scan more graft allegations
Chairman rejects Huda's appeal to recast 3-wheeler probe body
A parliamentary body yesterday rejected the communications minister's appeal to recast one of its sub-committees and decided to hold a special meeting to probe 'widespread allegations' in the ministry
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Amini defiant on anti-Ahmadiyya demand
A ruling coalition partner yesterday challenged the prime minister's rejection of the demand for declaring Ahmadiyyas non-Muslim at a meeting of top alliance leaders and vowed to press on with its movement
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Badruddoza to form convening committee
Former president Badruddoza Chowdhury is likely to form a 21-member convening committee next week, as a run-up to his move to launch a civil society platform to fight corruption and crime.
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Bigots to stage anti-Ahmadiyya agitation Friday
Hardliners from Egypt, India, London, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia will join
An international outfit of anti-Ahmadiyya diehards and a local 'socio-cultural' organisation have scheduled demonstrations at Paltan Maidan for tomorrow and January 23 in the latest bid to force the government
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Nationwide calls may become 50pc cheaper
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications is reviewing a proposal by Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) to reduce nation-wide dialing (NWD) charges by about 53 per cent, official sources
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50,000 'fake' FFs axed from list
As many as 50,000 names enlisted as freedom fighters have been dropped from a new list due to fake identity, according to a national committee.
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Ban on foreign docs stayed
Specialised foreign doctors can now continue practice in the private medical colleges and hospitals after the High Court stayed a government restriction.
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Stop grants to land tax defaulting instts
Suggests Revenue Reform Commission
The Revenue Reform Commission (RRC) has recommended for postponing grants and other supports to educational, governmental and semi-governmental institutions that fail to pay land development tax.
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Suicide bomber kills two in Iraq
US troops kill 8 Iraqi attackers, arrest relatives of key fugitive
A suicide car bombing yesterday outside a police station in the violence-hit Iraqi town of Baquba killed at least two people as well as the bomber and injured 29, just days after an attack on a nearby
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VVIP security to go up
The government is to beef up security for president, prime minister, ministers and visiting state leaders.
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Asian Art Exhibition begins today
The 11th Biennial Asian Art Exhibition begins in the capital today with 44 countries from Asia, Africa and the Pacific region participating in it.
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Confusion over sarbahara surrender
Barisal police yesterday renamed the programme for controversial surrender of 80 underground operatives without illegal firearms as a special meeting on law and order in a revised decision that locals
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Check cop extortion of cattle traders
MPs tells home minister at a meeting
Members of parliament (MP) from the northern and southwestern bordering districts have demanded adequate steps to check police repression and extortion of cattle traders during the ensuing Eid-ul-Azha.
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RU shut down till February 7
Rajshahi University (RU) has been closed until February 7 as authorities feared recurrence of campus violence in the wake of Tuesday's armed clash between Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) and JatiyatabadiChhatra
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Uzbekistan plane crash kills 37
All 37 people aboard a Soviet-built Uzbek passenger plane, including the nation's top UN official, died when the aircraft crashed and burst into flames as it landed in thick fog in the capital of theCentral
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JU teacher assault
Probe clears JCD men
The committee to probe the assault on teachers by the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) men at Shaheed Salam Barkat (SSB) Hall on August 10, last year submitted its report Tuesday without any recommendation.
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Cops chase down 7 robbers in Motijheel
Police yesterday arrested seven alleged inter-district robbers with firearms in Motijheel after chasing the bus they boarded down for an hour from Sobhanbagh.
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Singapore Airlines too leaves Ctg
Silkair, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, suspends its operation on Chittagong-Singapore route from today, airlines sources said.
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Shrine blast
Five remanded for five days
A magistrate's court in the city placed on a five-day remand five of the 24 people taken into custody for interrogation on the recent blast at the shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA).
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Anti-Dewanbagi zealots ready for showdown
An uneasy calm prevails at Arambagh as an Islamist outfit has called for a demonstration beside Bab-e-Rahmat, office of the Dewanbagi pir, to stop the annual 'Biswa Asheq-e-Rasul Sammelan' there
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AL leader shot dead in Khulna
An Awami League (AL) leader and Union Parishad chairman was gunned down by unidentified assailants near his home in Terokhada upazila yesterday afternoon.
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PCJSS rejects BDR DG's remarks
The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) has dismissed certain remarks made by the director general (DG) of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) after a high-level meeting with Indian Border Security Force
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Artiste Mimi interrogated
Police interrogated TV artiste Afsana Mimi at Gulshan Police Station to ascertain the relations between her and Azam Tuesday night.
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