The New Age

#Credible probe needed to dispel
doubts over NCTB fire
#Attack on puja pavilion
must be stopped
#Breaking ships, breaking
laws, breaking lives: Khurshid Anwar
#BANGLA-MYANMAR RELATIONS II
Strategic partnership through co-op
and conflict resolution : Shah Mohammed Saifuddin
#White House vs Fox News:
a war Obama can win

The Independent

# Welcome rejection
#PSI companies
#Losing our dead parts...!

The Daily Star

#PM's directive on eviction of river grabbers : It should be followed to the hilt under strict monitoring
#Dipping political rhetoric
We need real change here

The New Nation

# Reducing traffic congestion
# Food adulteration nexus
# Gaining confidence of foreign investors
# Rights should be applied equally
# New avenues of cooperation

Aila victims sink deeper
Woes of waterlogged victims compounded
as they slip out of spotlight; thousands still
live on embankments, aid flow stopped

Lutfar Gazi doesn't even tries to recall that disastrous day when cyclone Aila ripped through the area he lives and wrecked havoc on his life in May this year. Since then he is too busy struggling to cope with the plight with little time to look back to his past....READ The Daily Star.

EC wants state to
fund parties
The Election Commission (EC) will hold talks with the political parties to raise their political funds with the government contribution to bring transparency in their income and expenditure, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said yesterday....READ The Daily Star.

8 NCTB employees, official suspended

An official and seven employees of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board have been suspended .......The NewAge

OSDs burden civil bureaucracy
Fear of job loss grips many

Promotions in excess of vacancies at various levels have rendered more officers without work, causing stagnation and frustration in civil bureaucracy as officers on special duty feel left out...The NewAge.

Public Procurement
Govt to leave the act alone
Says under-donor-pressure finance minister

Pressurised by developing partners including the World Bank, the finance minister has moved to restore in Public Procurement Act the previously dropped provision for having prior experience and discontinue the lottery system for getting government work up to Tk 2 crore...the Daily Star

Another Freedom Party man held
Rashid's daughter tells of Bari story

Detective Branch of police yesterday arrested another Freedom Party leader in the city's Segunbagicha for suspected link to the Wednesday's bomb attack on Awami League lawmaker Fazle Noor Taposh....The Daily Star.

»Govt sees '75 links in attack on Taposh....the Daily Star.»Investigators suspect Freedom Party's link... The Daily Star.»Bomb hits Bangladesh MP's car ... Reuters
»Bomb Attack on Bangladesh Lawmaker...Wall Street Journal/ AP.
»Taposh attack aftermath: Mass arrest feared.....The New Nation.
»A bid to stop Bangabandhu verdict execution: AL.......read bdnews24.com.

Declare Hafiz winner in Bhola-3, BNP asks EC

BNP yesterday urge the Election Commission (EC) either to declare Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed winner for Bhola-3 constituency ......... READ The Daily Star.

» BNP asks EC to declare Hafiz Bhola-3 winner...bdnews24.com.

» Say goodbye to govt: Khaleda........The NewAge.
»Govt will be forced out before its time is up : Khaleda...The Independent.
»G-9 guides BNP: Crisis-riddled BNP formed "Group-2009".... Daily Star
»Rift still dogs BNP, Khaleda drops ‘choice' ...........The Independent.

» Section 144 to restrain Jalil from holding rally...The Independent.
» Jalil not quitting AL....READ The Daily Star.

IOCs want to include disputed areas: Oil, gas search in 3 offshore blocks uncertain

Shamim Jahangir
Oil and gas exploration in three offshore blocks has become uncertain as the US Company ConocoPhilips and Irish company Tullow ignoring the government's decision wanted to include disputed areas in their awarded blocks....READ The New Nation.

»Bapex found 5 more highly potential areas onshore.....The NewAge.

Shafique announces road map
for holding war crimes trial

STAFF REPORTER
Preparation for commencing the long-awaited war crime trial of those responsible for crimes against humanity during the liberation war was progressing fast and would be completed before the year-end, law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said here yesterday.

»Campaigners frustrated as govt drags its feet ....read The NewAge

Bangabandhu murder case: SC Hearing Day 15
Faruque’s death sentence should be commuted, says counsel

Staff Correspondent
Death Row convict Syed Faruque Rahman’s counsel on Sunday told the Appellate Division that it should commute Faruque’s death sentence to imprisonment for life of as he had already passed 14 years in solitary confinement as an accused in the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case.....READ TheNew Age.

» Col Faruque was not involved in murder, his counsel claims...READ The Independent.

Wildcat strike of doctors
Ailing Mitford Hospital
Staff Reporter

The medical treatment of second largest government hospital Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMCH) in the city was badly disrupted following wildcat strike of honorary and internee physicians...... The New Nation.

Twin car bombs in Baghdad kill 136
AP, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
Oct 25: Two suicide car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad today, killing at least 136 people and delivering a powerful blow ... The Independent

» Twin blasts kill 136 in Baghdad
Justice ministry, provincial offices devastated; 700 injured....The Daily Star.

India says left-wing rebels procuring arms
from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal
NEW DELHI, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Reiterating that the extreme left-wing Naxal rebels are the biggest internal security threat, India Saturday claimed that the rebels are procuring arms from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal to carry out their attacks in the country.

» Maoists get arms from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal: Chidambaram
....The NewAge.
» India to set up weather stations
in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan.
..... samaylive.com, India.
» Saarc nations to set up 50 weather watch stations.......The Daily Star.
» Copenhagen meet: SAARC for common strategy.......The FinancialExpress, India.

Maritime Boundary
Yangon unhappy over Dhaka's
bid for UN arbitration
Myanmar is disappointed as
Bangladesh decided to take
the maritime boundary
delimitation issue to
arbitration at the United......
read The Daily Star

» Military movement for poll not
Bay boundary.....The Independent
» Dhaka, Yangon play down troop
build-up at border...Thaindian/IANS

Website still active: Police raid Hizbut Tahrir office
Mamunur Rashid
Despite the imposition of ban, the Hizb ut-Tahrir of Bangladesh (HT-B) website still remains active and operational. The HT-B through its website criticised the government describing it as oppressive and as an agent of US-India and Britain.
.
» DU sends Mohiuddin on forced leave....bdnews24.com
» Hizb ut-Tahrir bank accounts on freeze, property attached; DU sends chief on forced leave...The NewAge
» Bank accounts of Hizb ut-Tahrir frozen...READ The Daily Star
» Hizb ut-Tahrir men won't be charged for past offences.... Daily Star
» Bangladesh bans Islamic group Hizb ut Tahrir:..... AFP
» Bangladesh Islamist group banned...BBC News

No let up in grabbing rivers

ANISUR RAHMAN KHAN
Despite high court order to keep the rivers Turag and Buriganga free from encroachment, some influential quarters are still continuing grabbing .... The Independent.

Nursing held hostage by a few culprits
Unregistered body extorts nurses over member registration

A quarter with the help of Directorate of Nursing Services (DNS) is extorting and threatening nurses of transfers if they do not become members of yet to be formally contituted Diploma Nurses Association.... The Daily Star

NCTB moves to assess needs
after printing textbooks

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board, which on Sunday claimed most of the textbooks had been printed by the time, on earlier October 5 formed....READ NewAge

Commentary:
Gen Moeen and Dr Fakhruddin’s absence
undermining efforts of rebuilding democracy

The post-mortem of the performance of the military-backed caretaker Government of Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed is in progress since the elected government assumed power......read The New Nation.

ACC starts probe into abuse of cash
incentive by garment exporters

»Global Crisis: Bangladesh Bucks the Trend......The Epoch Times/AFP
»Bangladesh unlikely to get duty free access to US market....The New Nation.
»Disagreement over some draft TIFA clauses persist........The Financial Express [Oct 20]

17 MPs ignored electoral laws
Seventeen lawmakers including a minister, a state minister and a whip had not submitted copies of income tax returns with their applications for candidacy in the last election, ignoring the electoral laws..... read the Daily Star.

Strong lobbyists out to grab rental power deals

A section of businessmen backed by some powerful ruling party men have mounted severe pressure on PDB .... The Daily Star.