Noted Foreign Policy experts and businessmen have expressed mixed reactions over outcomes of Prime Minister Shinjo Abe’s visit, particularly Bangladesh’s withdrawal of candidature from the UN Security Council (UNSC) membership in favour of Japan without getting anything in exchange.All of them termed the Japanese Prime Minister’s visit to Bangladesh after 14 years ‘an important event for our nation in the field of economy and trade since it will trigger a new vista for rapid economic growth through massive Japanese investment...
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Leaders of some political parties yesterday decided to launch a united political platform anytime soon with Gano Fourm President Dr Kamal Hossain as its leader. Initiators of the move believe that the political platform would emerge as a major force, alternative to the ruling Awami League (AL) and the main opposition BNP. The leaders of intiative at a meeting with Dr Kamal Hossain in the chair at his Motijheel law chamber decided to discuss with leaders of other likeminded political...
The nation is poised to suffer from politics of revenge, rivalry and confrontations for long since the political heir to the two top leaders-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Premier Begum Khaleda Zia-Sajib Wazed Joy and Tarique Rahman bent to continue hatred in the future.Political observers said this on Wednesday referring to BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman’s latest comment about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family, which furthered hatred and bitterness between the two major political parties-ruling Awami League...
The politics of rivalry, vengeance and blame game pursued by the ruling Awami League (AL) and the BNP has entered a new phase of bitterness on Sunday as top leaders of both this parties branded each other’s chief as ‘killer’. Political analysts of the city feared that the country’s politics was heading towards ‘uncertainty and confrontations’ with further deterioration of relations between the two top leaders and two major political parties as well. BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam...
Senior lawyers and constitutional experts have expressed opinions against the government move to empower Parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges for misconduct, disability and violating oath.Dr Kamal Hossain, head of the committee that framed the country’s constitution in 1972 and Amir-Ul Islam, another member of the committee, have vehemently opposed the cabinet decision to amend the constitution to restore article 96 of the original constitution.Former Attorney General Barrister Rafiq-ul Haque and Bar Council Vice-President Adcvocate Khondkar Mahbub Hossain said the...
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has been requested by the leadership of the ruling Awami League (AL) to shift the date of her birthday celebration. AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Tuesday mooted a proposal to Begum Khaleda Zia, also a former Prime Minister of the country, to shift her birthday celebration by a day on August 16 instead of August 15-the National Mourning Day-so that the nation could not be divided further. Begum Khaleda Zia celebrates her birthday...
Corrupt syndicates comprising unscrupulous contractors, vested quarters and their equally unscrupulous official patrons believed to have been swindling massive amount of money from four ongoing major development projects through increasing cost, prolonging completion time.Experts feared that vested quarters was sabotaging the government development plans affecting the nation’s progress.The cost of these four projects has increased by Taka 321.56 billion to Taka 716.27 billion from the original of Taka 394.28 billion. And most part of this enhanced money will be swindled,...
Discontent is being brewing in different tiers of the public administration day by day since a huge number of officials are feeling deprive of due to posting and promotion anomalies, affecting services to the people and the government both.The problem is also affecting quality of government (Administrative) services because the administration is not getting contributions from them, many of whom are brilliant officers, who were either being avoided during promotion or passing painful days as officer on special duty (OSD)....
Improper feasibility study, unrealistic development project proposals (DPP) and target, bureaucratic tangles and corruption by concerned people are making all...
The government has started the process for enacting a new law to implement the proposed 16th amendment to the Constitution that will empower Parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges.The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs is drafting the law titled as “The Judges Enquiry Act 2014” that would also make the end of the existing mechanism of the Supreme Judicial Council to impeach Supreme Court judges, official sources said on Thursday.“We are drafting ‘The Judges Enquiry Act 2014’ in...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to finalize any of the Land Boundary Agreement or Teesta River’s Water Sharing Agreement with Dhaka by December 16-the Victory Day of Bangladesh.The process to create consensus within the ruling Bharatia Janata Party (BJP) for signing Land Boundary Agreement and Teesta River’s Water Sharing Agreement with Bangladesh has already started. Influential Indian Bangla daily Anandabazar Patrika said this on Wednesday in a report quoting competent official sources in Delhi.”Both the issues-Land Boundary and...
The authorities on Monday called off search operation to trace sunken passenger launch Pinak-6 that sank in Padma water near Mawa Launch Ghat seven days ago on August 4, leaving a number of questions unanswered and sending the missing passengers to oblivion.The operation to salvage sunken launch ‘Pinak-6’ was postponed citing rough weather.While announcing the postponement of the rescue operation in a press briefing at Mawa’s Padma Bridge Rest House, Deputy Commissioner of Munshiganj Saiful Hasan Badal also changed the...
