Speakers at Export Promotion Bureau Seminar
ODOP program to help econ
uplift, poverty alleviation |
 Export promotion Bureau, Chittagong Chapter held a seminar on "One District One Product (ODOP) Concept" at Chittagong Chamber conference hall yesterday under National export training program 2007-08. Regional director of EPB Chittagong Md. Golam Mostafa presided over it. Divisional Commissioner of Chittagong Md. Hossain Jamil graced the occasion as Chief Guest while Chittagong Chamber President Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and Woman Chamber President Monoara Hakim Ali were the special guests in it. Additional Deputy Commissioners of different districts, Deputy Director of EPB Md Abdul Rauf and Chamber Director Mahfuzul Hoque Shah among others were present in it.
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| ACC sues Maruf Nizam,
Habifur, Kohinur Sultana |
Staff Correspondent
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), Chittagong divisional wing, on Sunday filed two separate graft cases against Maruf Nizam, younger brother of former BNP legislator and former Principal Officer of Shipping and Commerce directorate Habibur Rahman including his spouse Kohinur Sultana on charge of concealing submitted wealth statements.
Deputy Director of the ACC, Chittagong wing, Abul Kalam Azad and Assistant Director Jahangir Alam filed the cases with Double-mooring police station separately.
Maruf Nizam, a principal accused of business tycoon and BNP leader Jamal Uddin kidnapping and sub
sequent killing case, is now absconding while his elder brother Sowar Jamal Nizam is detained.
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| Gold ornaments
worth Tk.6 lakhs
looted in city |
Staff Correspondent
Burglars took away gold ornaments worth taka more than six lakhs from a residence of a college teacher at city's Baghghona area in Lalkhanbazar area under Khulshi police station yesterday. Police quoting the house owners told the reporters that the burglars broke down security-device attached to the entry-door and took away the gold ornaments unlocking cubbyhole where gold ornaments were stored in absence of house members.
The burglary is shrouded in
mystery as the muggers did not touch any belongings rather than gold ornaments.
Sources said that AKM Shamsuddin Azad, a lecturer of Government City College and his spouse went out from their residence at about 4:50 p.m. yesterday.
People from the adjacent apartment informed the couple about the burglary first and they returned to their residence in the evening. |
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| ..A Home Away From
Home.. "When we aretaught everything" |
Nawreen Jahan Rahi
There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential". Yes ladies and gentlemen, my eight years of a boarding school life has allowed me to agree to this small quotation by Mr. Rusty Berkus.
I remember crying like a maniac on the very first day of my school life when my parents left me at the gate of my hostel...and today I sometimes cry about the thought of fact that very soon I have to leave that very school which I believe to be my "Home Away From Home."
nawreen Jahan Rahi (in the middle) performing the lead role in the classical dance in School Annual Cultural Program in October 2007
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National News |
| Explain failure to hold
polls within 90 days |
P View Desk
The High Court Sunday issued rule upon the Election Commission to explain why its inability to hold general
election within 90 days of the dissolution of parliament should not be declared "unlawful".
The High Court also asked the EC to show cause why it should not be directed to hold the stalled general election within a "reasonable period" of time henceforth, UNB reports from Dhaka.
A division bench comprising Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman and Justice Shahidul Islam issued the twin-rule upon a writ petition filed by Masood R Sobhan, a Supreme Court lawyer, as there have been a hail of dilemmas over the polls cancelled last January amid a political crisis.
"Both the rules have been made encountered within four weeks," says the court in its orders. |
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| Floating people worst sufferers
Cold spell slows civic life |
Staff Correspondent
The incessant drizzling that continued to fall in the port city and its neighbouring areas as elsewhere in the country got remission since Sunday noon but ushered a spell of severe wintry weather in the next couple of days .
However, the inclement weather started to clear up and may see further improve but squally weather is continuing to advise maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox'sbazar and Mongla to keep hoist local cautionary signal number 3 due to connective clouds.
In addition to hoisting signal number 3 to the maritime ports all fishing boats and trawlers had been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution till further notice.
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| Hasina appeals to HC to
cancel Azam J Chy case
Next hearing of trial set for Jan 30 |
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday petitioned the High Court to cancel an extortion case filed by businessman Azam Jahangir Chowdhury against her.
Her lawyers filed the appeal with the bench of justices Khademul Islam Chowdhury and Mohammad Abdul Hye. The appeal argued that there had been no allegation against Hasina either in the case details or charge sheet or in other documents. 
Besides, Chowdhury himself had recently said he did not charge the detained former head of government in the case. Chowdhury, chairman of Prime Bank, Thursday told reporters that he did not file any case against Hasina. He also said that he had no idea how Hasina's name surfaced in the case.
"Sheikh Hasina is the daughter of Bangabandhu (independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman). She was prime minister of the country. I cannot even think of suing her," Chowdhury said to reporters.
Hasina's younger sister Sheikh Rehana, who lives in England, and their cousin Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim
are the other accused in the case.
Chowdhury said he had filed a case only against Selim for extorting money from him in return for a promised deal.
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| Key events related to
Suharto's rise, fall |
AP/UNB, Undated
Key dates in the life of Indonesia's former dictator Suharto : -June 8, 1921: Born in village of Godean, central Java, to poor ice-farming family. -June 1941: After working at bank, enlists in Dutch colonial army. -1942: Joins collaborationist unit that was set up by Japanese occupation army and, after World War, II leads fight to win independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1949. -1953: Appointed regional army commander in central Java. .JPG)
1959: Accused of engaging in corrupt business ventures. -1961: Participates in unsuccessful military effort to drive Dutch out of West Papua colony, but territory ceded to Indonesia through U.S.-brokered agreement. -1964: Appointed commander of army's reserve force.
-Sept. 30, 1965: Leads effort to put down military rebellion he blames on communists. -March 11, 1966: Assumes power from Indonesia's founding President Sukarno, leads purge that kills up to 1 million communists, trade unionists and other leftists over next four years. -1968: Unanimously elected by legislature to first five-year term as president. Re-elected unopposed in 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993 and 1998. -1969: Oversees vote by 1,000 West Papuans hand-picked by secret police, who opt unanimously for integration into Indoesia. Vote widely seen as sham.
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| Olmert-Abbas meet
to focus on Gaza |
AP/UNB, Jerusalem
Hamas' dramatic breach of the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt will be at the center of a meeting Sunday between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, officials said.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are to meet at Olmert's residence in Jerusalem for the latest in a series of meetings between the two meant to promote nascent peace talks..JPG)
Talks have been complicated by Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in June, ongoing militant rocket fire at Israel from Gaza, and the ensuing Israeli blockade that has caused shortages of fuel, electricity and some food supplies in the already impoverished territory. Last Wednesday, Gaza militants demolished most of the border between southern Gaza and neighboring Egypt, breaking the blockade and allowing Palestinians to stock up on supplies in the Egyptian border town of Rafah. The border remained open Sunday for the fifth day, with the acquiescence of Egyptian authorities. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday that Israel would maintain its policy of supplying Gaza with only humanitarian aid, and would "not allow a humanitarian crisis in Gaza," his office said.
Barak also reported that the Egyptians were "inclined" to reshut their border with Hamas-ruled Gaza, his office said.
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