Zahid plays different characters in oath

Zahid Hasan

Zahid Hasan fans will get another taste of their favorite actor performance in the upcoming Eid.  The powerful actor, which the single episode Zahid Hasan will perform in various interesting characters in four, playing oath and a tele-film are be broadcast on various TV channels.

Zahid Hasan appears as the celebrity in the comedy of errors Jonoiko Zahid Hasan, the RTV in Eid special programme air.

After entertainment the audience with three sequels by Arman Bhai on previous occasions of Eid, Zahid Hasan plays the titular character of the Arman Bhai for the fourth time in this oath, the air of Banga-vision.

"The game revolves around various humorous events, which happened with Arman, his wife and his neighbors." Performing in the play was a very good experience,' Zahid said in a talk with new age. Tisha is the co-actor by Zahid Hasan in this game the in Bangla vision on the third day of Eid to 20: 00 et is.

The actor plays two characters in the tele-film titled Jonoiko Zahid Hasan. Zahid further said, "The game features a man who sees TV actor Zahid Hasan alike." To use his portrayal, which man claims itself as the TV star, and many interesting incidents occur. At a time, the man who meets original Zahid Hasan.' The film will be on RTV on the fifth day of the Eid at 14: 15 et.

On only on five plays in this oath Zahid in Saudi Arabia Omrah has during Ramadan, run, when making the most of the tracks for oath.

"I was only a few single episode TV plays oath." I closed the tasks before I left for Umrah. So, my schedule with many projects in this oath is not overloaded, said Zahid."

Also, Zahid is also Director of accredited and the industry with hit series like Lal Neel Beguni, Eka, Kuthuri choir and others. Directed by: Zahid, is mega-serial Haater Rekha Kotha Bole ATN Bangla and already the waves emitted.

Zahid, who won also applause as a screen actor, was recently in a feature film with the title Projapoti is to be released yet. Director: Kamal Mostafa-Raj, are Mousumi and Mosharraf Karim the co-stars of Zahid in the film.

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War crimes: Alim is in his house respondents

NARASINGDI: a train set fire to the murder of the local mayor, Lokman Hossain excited people on Wednesday.    Independent photo see details

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ICT has Sayedee the cause of action against ICT Chief

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Sales Summit CTG markets last days before Eid

Chittagong city shops are the masses, their doing last-minute shopping with Eid-ul-Fitr is bustling around the corner.

The path stores and the glitzy shopping malls, now from 10 am until þehri, openly held with customers busy in picking things their choice from a sea of articles urged.

Mass increase in the houses sold jewelry, home decor products, Attar, caps, prayer mats and rosaries, items that are purchased only before the Festival.

Buyer on the clothes stores, particularly sold clothes for the middle and low income groups, have increased much in the last few days, as people to markets are streaming, after they have their wages and other payments.

Parents with children on the other looking for the perfect a regular scene in all markets is enthusiastically roaming of a business oath dresses for their small children sell wear such as T-shirt, Salwar-Kameej, trousers, shirts, rock and tops, shorts and the like.

Saris, in comparison to the Indian are produced in the local shops, are more demand in the city this oath, sellers said.

Among the locally produced expensive saris silk, Rajshahi silk produced varieties, jute Katan, Opera Katan of Sapura silk mills, Georgette, and Jamdani sell more than other varieties.

Known fashion boutique houses such as Aarong, Shoilpik, Menz Club, Bengali Babu, lubnan, and proudly, cat's eye, Revlon, Richman, mobile Bazar, Moon Walker and Ramania a better draw customers had on the search after an exclusive oath Cabinet.

Reaz Uddin Bazar, the largest retail market in shoe has its busiest time in the year for several days.

Shoe wholesaler observed, Bata and lace shoes are more in demand than other brands informed during the retailers in that for this Eid Festival was imported footwear from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan, and Singapore.

The locally made shoes also was selling well, she said.

The city's markets favor the wealthy and the middle income group 14 centres and shopping centres, namely Sanmar Ocean City, Afmi Plaza, Mimi supermarket, new market, Ameen Centre, Akhtaruzzaman Center, Younosco Centre, Central Plaza, Lucky Plaza, Chittagong shopping complex, Bay shopping, VIP shopping, Guljar Tower and Mati Tower.

Terry Bazar, Reaz Uddin hawkers market Bazaar and Jahur are also under the preferred shopping spots of the middle class.

NiedriglohnempfSngern people visit the makeshift shops in or near new market, Bahadderhat, GEC crossing, CEPZ, number 2 gate market and Reaz Uddin Bazar.

Women and children wear, including saris, Salwar-Kameej-Orna, cosmetics, jewellery, T-shirts, t-Shirts, shorts, full pants, Panjabi and pajamas and shoes are better than men's clothing, sold seller said, adding that sales increased as Festival day approached.

Mohammad SAGIR, President, new market merchant Welfare Association, said, there was the shops no fixed time for the shutdown until the Chandrait, the hours before Eid tomorrow, so many people prefers purchases late at night, as traffic had subsided.

He expressed also satisfaction with the comparatively low rate during Ramadan in the city, which he said the attack encouraged people to do their shopping at night.

' Sales rose as the first couple of days during Ramadan. People are casting, "said a happy Mohammad Al-Amin, working for Chittagong shopping complex." in the shops as they have their salaries and payments,

Ariful Islam Sohel, to buy clothes for his family, was the market flooded with the Chinese shoes, Indian clothing and foreign rather unhappy.

' With so many people who buy so many types of things during the oath, our economy much more benefits if at least most of could the elements were local,' he thought.

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WikiLeaks WINS Australian journalism award

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SYDNEY, Australia: WikiLeaks in Australia for his "outstanding contribution to journalism" been recognized, with founder Julian Assange unlatch in "cowardly" Prime Minister Julia Gillard in an acceptance speech.

The anti-secrecy site was at the annual Walkley Awards, praised where elected winner by an independent jury of journalists and photographers cable us for her courageous reporting on secret.

"WikiLeaks applied new technology to the inner workings of the Government to reveal an avalanche of uncomfortable truths in a global release to penetrate coup d ' état," said the Board of Trustees of Walkley in bestowing the award Sunday night.

"His revelations to diplomatic Bastardry, high-level horse-trading and interference in the internal affairs of Nations, of a kind, as, which has led the war on terror have had an undeniable influence."

Reporting abuses website has on the world to Washington's acute embarrassment leaders show us diplomats often open where, thousands of cable released.

Assange, an Australian citizen, before Canberra has blown up, for it not enough to protect him in the consequences of the leaks, was by the Government in accepting the award in a pre-recorded video message snappy.

"The Government Gillard has shown that its true colors in relation to how it is dealt with pressure of United States on WikiLeaks," he said broadcast of the awards in footage on SBS TV displays.

"Australian journalists are brave, the Australian population is supportive, but Julia Gillard is a fig Australian Prime Minister."

"As we do not despair is valid as long as we can talk as long as we can publish, and as long as the Internet free remains, we are to resist Australian armed with the truth," he added.

Assange spent much in the past year under house arrest in the United Kingdom since leaving in December 2010, the claims of rape and held sexual violence which was made of two women in Sweden.

He strongly denied the accusations against him, claiming they are politically motivated and in the context of the activity of WikiLeaks.

The former computer hacker is a decision against his extradition to Sweden against charges appealing.

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Speaker, MPs now under taxable income

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OMS closure defies ground reality

It is indeed worrying that the Government has decided the operation of the open market sale outlets for five days Eid holiday, planned to on 30 August start and end to the 3. According to a report in the new age on Sunday published the relevant decision has dismay among the people as a whole, depending on the market sale of rice, apparently at the cheaper price compared to the markets, this seemingly causes flock to the OMS outlets in various parts of the capital Dhaka on Saturday. On the other hand, many traders have closed apparently its sales offices all over before the scheduled time like their inventories, and one whole set of people after waiting in long lines for hours with empty pockets return. Overall all these supposedly some people in concern of the closure of the OMS outputs have passed "forever".

With the rise in prices for key raw materials, which include the brackets, the Awami League Jatiyo party Government continued the business of "open market sale" to rice at TK 24 a kg last year sale by truck to the capital in December, which was later extended to district, shortly and Union levels by distributors. Such an initiative, the important officials of the Ministry declared food, together with the Minister itself, on more occasions than one, aimed at reducing the price of rice on the markets on the one hand and give some rest to the low-income groups in particular, on the other. Meanwhile, as people have these layers spend over 60 percent of their income on food, as well as costs rough rice TK 35 to 40 in markets, they have no options but to go to the OMS outlets, although the rice, which sold there in General is reportedly of poor quality. What is worse, thanks to the incumbent, in particular the low-income groups, led consecutive decisions on hike in fuel prices, the further rise in the prices of all kinds of transports and thus substantial prices, in General, people had to tighten their belts further in recent months. Needless to say, in these circumstances according to media reports, queues in the OMS outlets longer has since become.

In other words, it is lack of understanding of the reality on the ground, if the Government decides to hold closed for even a single day, these dependent on it to starve the operation of OMS, could result in at least for this day. The Government needs to recognize that it already failed to keep prices of Essentials within reach of people about the layers, in this context, which is a violation of his constitutional obligation, in addition to his campaign promise. It has relaxed no effective and lasting operation of the OMS sockets to feel, and so the decision in question should immediately revoke.

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Change of temperature unlikely

Light to moderate rain or Thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds is probably in a few places of Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong and in one or two places about Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions until 18: 00 today.

Daily across the country can remain almost unchanged, met Office said.

The Sun is in the capital today at 18: 20 and rises tomorrow at 05: 40.

Included the country's high, 35, 4 degrees Celsius, and in the lowest 24.7 degree of Srimangal and divisions on Sunday.

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Indian Parliament accepts Anna's requirements

Surrounded by a sea of flags, Anna Hazare delivers the message, that his three conditions accepted by the Lok Sabha. However, there was no vote, as had demanded Anna's associates. Instead, the Lok Sabha, unanimously reports a "sense of the House ' Anna's requirements, said Pranab Mukherjee, NDTV on Saturday the head of the House."

Team Anna still on his reaction. It was earlier said that Anna at 10 am would break his fast Sunday morning. Now he has lost the day 12, 7.5 kg; Doctors say that she are seriously concerned about his health.

In the thousands in anticipation of the 74-year old gathered his protest camp on Ramlila Maidan in Delhi and its role in supporting the India take a big step forward in the direction of a historic new anti-corruption law.

His vision of a new agency - the Lokpal or an Ombudsman Committee - in principle was approved after a debate in both houses of Parliament. The Lokpal investigated allegations of corruption against officials.

Opposition leaders in Parliament Sushma Swaraj and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the fact that nine times, was the Lokpal law in the Parliament but was not enforced. "I accept the end of our Governments," Mukherjee said at the end of the debate. However, he strengthened his party line: "it can be a piece of legislation, however strong and empowered, corruption can not fully eradicate.'" Mukherjee also warned, "there is a difference between Mobocracy and democracy." The Hazare methods are by many, including Rahul Gandhi, on the Lokpal in the Lok Sabha on Friday criticized a rare speech been.

So that parties have signed off Anna's trio Essentials: the Lokpal model is introduced in States; Junior bureaucrats will be there to accountable; Citizens charters appears in all government offices, and publicly displays the to this Division of tasks. These features have been accepted in principle; You will be verified now by a Permanent Parliamentary Committee also, verified their compatibility with the Constitution. The Committee then send the invoice with detailed feedback back to the Parliament for examination.

The hours before the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Saba for Anna's three must-haves which are characteristic of the last few days were voted with the tension negotiations between his group of activists, and the Government was soaked. The Lokpal debate was initiated by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha. Leader Sushma Swaraj talk a number of impressive followed, crowned by the BJP. 'Let us show the country, that its agents can work well and lead a healthy and mature political debate free of party-political dispute,' she asks.

Since last night, the Government on a plan worked precisely calibrated, find a way, Anna meet without Parliament and its right to legislate. Chief Minister consulted Anna's employees and the opposition last night and today again tomorrow. But from 15: 00 the plan has, as it so often in recent days, to disintegrate.

Anna's associates, who arrived in Parliament while the Lokpal was discussion in progress, said it was also said that instead of a resolution to give Parliament a statement 'Sense of the House.' would spend you said, except that a vote in both houses, was the business.

"If no solution or happens not vote and that is the answer to Anna Hazare then write it very regrettable, is", Anna's aide, Prashant Bhushan said. "It is a clear case of betrayal," said another Member of Anna's inner circle, Arvind Kejriwal.

The Prime Minister then met with senior Ministers and the BJP Sushma Swaraj and LK Advani.  The close coordination between the Government and the opposition Saturday was impressive. The BJP would announced that it will agree to a vote; the Government soon followed.

While the debate both led the Lok Sabha in the Rajya Sabha, was the Ramlila Maidan fill. In the afternoon raised actor Aamir Khan the audience and asks Anna to stop his fast. He was also a song of his hit film Lagaan. ' We have thanks to Anna, that this law and the question of corruption in the limelight.' He stressed "We must decide, how we live our lives..." We will give or bribes? Are we say no to the corruption in our life?'

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Construction blocked entrance almost DMCH

Patients have serious problems in incoming or outgoing Dhaka Medical College Hospital for about two years as an emergency gate faced been or construction of Asad Memorial Museum, the main entrance remains almost blocked.

Emergency patients are forced, that hospital by a narrow alternative type.

The main road on the DMCH was closed due to construction work.

Ambulances can enter the hospital only through the emergency entrance.

Ambulances blocked before the main entrance used to patients with it virtually round the clock was.

Include the area between Chandkharpul and the emergency entrance to the first hospital with corrugated iron it become, a haven for hijackers and drug peddlers, DMCH officials said.

"Emergency and burn patients were serious problem getting into the hospital as the only entrance to the units have remain blocked,' DMCH said Director Shahidul Haque Mallik."

On average, he said, every day you are looking for 500 treatment or admission to DMCH emergency during the Hospital burn unit receive 300 patients.   He said that neither in Dhaka City Corporation in Dhaka University heard authorities DMCH before you close the main entrance for the work.

Atul said, blocked the street in front of the hospital led to overcrowding input DMCH input from patients and their companions hinder emergency.

He said that it relieved also increased steal, robbery, drugs, which peddled at blocked area.

Atul said, that a pedicab stand within the limit of hospital, to take advantage of the situation.

20., January 2008 Mayor of Dhaka Sadeque Hossain Khoka, and then Dhaka University had placed entrance of DMCH Vice-Chancellor SMA Fayiz the cornerstone of Shaheed Asad Smarani and Asad Museum at emergency.

Death of Dhaka University student leader Asaduzzaman, shot by the police on 20 January 1969 in front of today's State of emergency, the DMCH input the turning point in the mass movement was brought to an end, the Ayub rule.

The site administrator anwer Hossain said, that pushing work were to complete, but due to the rains pile integrity test can be done not now.

He said the design of Shaheed Asad Memorial and Museum had changed several times are, the more time to complete the work.

Another factor that the extension in completing the work costs was, said he, telephone cable, laying sewer pipe underground moved.

Dhaka City Corporation, said the head of the machinery of Abul Hossain, the dry season for pile integrity test waited.

He said however, that he was not able to say when the City Corporation is able to complete the work.

There is no poster on the site to the other parties if two companies, Mahbub and brothers and Khan and sons do it.

No design of the Museum will be shown either on the site.

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Many left OMS sockets without rice

People crowd an open market sales office, at Shewrapara in Dhaka, to buy rice on Saturday. -Sanaul Haque

Govt OMS suspend rice sale for 4 day Eid holiday

People with low income group urged the open market of sales outlets to buy rice because the authorities have decided to keep for the four days of Eid holiday closed the outlets on Saturday.

Many of them several hours in long queues at the sales points in Rampura, Kazipara, Shantinagar, Begunbari waited, but no rice as the dealer links the place to buy, if much before the scheduled ran their shares.

Rasheda, a home help, rice for their family of OMS shop nearest Karwan Bazaar rail gate, buys, one of those was to go home without any rice had.

"I again tomorrow for rice to come, because the prices in the bazaars are too high," she said new age unfortunately on Saturday. Rough rice costs between TK-38 and TK 40 per kg in the markets, she said what she can do.

A kilogram is sold OMS rice for TK-24, but a person may buy not more than 5 kg per day.

Siraj Khan, a trader in Karwan Bazaar, said that she should keep the outlet open from 09: 00 to 16: 00, but had at 12: 30 on Saturday closed, when the stock was completed.

Each output is assigned just 60 bags of rice per day (30 kg in each bag).

Many consumers asked whether the OMS outlets would be closed forever, he said.

Garment factory workers Tohura, the rice from the outlet Bou buys Bazaar in West Panthapath, said that they were waiting in the queue for about an hour and 45 minutes, from 10: 00 "I don't know whether I all rice today get, because there are eight people in me," she said.

The rice from the OMS branches keep them alive, as the prices for all other food capacity rose by about their shopping, she said.

Alam, who buys rice from the OMS-shop in Moghbazar Ambagan, was very unhappy, because he too late to get rice to all.

He said that he buys usually rice from this shop for his eight-member family, as the OMS price is the cheapest.

Every day, buy some 1,50,000 rice OMS Sockets in Dhaka, said Sukumar Chandra Roy, Chief Controller of rationing in Dhaka.

He said that the OMS Sockets were planned for the Eid holiday from August 29 until September 3 remain closed.

Food Minister Abdur Razzaque visited some outlets in Dhaka City on Saturday, and after observing the enormous demand for OMS rice, the Directorate of food is asked to open the ports on Tuesday. He added that part of the OMS programme, to the increasing demand would increase after Eid of the Government.

The Director-General of the Directorate of food, Ahmad Hossain, new age said that they have decided to keep open OMS outlets on Tuesday because of banking transactions, and said that after Eid she would increase the allocation of rice to OMS branches due to demand.

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Palestinians see progress in the EU stance on UN offer

A senior official said the Palestinian leadership to its plan for the membership next month looking for "Progress" in position which sees the European Union, the PLO on Sunday.

"There is progress in the European attitude and a willingness to coordinate with the Palestinian leadership on the nature of the resolution that we are looking for," said PLO Secretary General Yasser Abed Rabbo met a day after President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah with EU foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton.

In the Centre of discussions in the West Bank city, the Palestinian plan to seek full membership in the United Nations, was when the General Assembly despite Israeli and opposition meet us next month in New York.

"We will inform you about every move and we surprised them with something not," said Abed Rabbo.

He said "We seen progress in the European position, have the in through the willingness of the EU, about the steps go PLO is to coordinate United Nations".

Ashton arrived in the region on Saturday for a three-day visit to the Israel and the Palestinians are pushing to resume direct negotiations hold since September in an insoluble problem of Jewish settlement building.

In talks with Abbas on Saturday night, Ashton said that the EU position would depend on, are presented on the wording on 20 September, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat who said Palestinian proposal UN chief Ban Ki-moon.

Abbas told her that the European support for the deal was crucial to protect the peace process, Erakat said.

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UN-vow terrorism fighting

World body headquarters in Nigeria, which show at least 23 dead links before the first-hand the destruction on Sunday vowed a renewed fight against terrorism following a suicide on the UN Deputy Chief.

The Deputy UN Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro wreaths on the UN compound in Africa most populous nation set and made their way past crushed debris and saw blood, staining during their tour of the building.

"It is a shocking incident," she said afterwards. ' This is against global peace. It is also against humanity, because those who work here come from different countries.'

Friday attack, which saw the bomber to make his way through two gates on the heavily guarded site before struck his car at the entrance of the building under the bloody UN alignment was worldwide.

'We it but will this Act of terrorism in the strongest terms, only Rekindle of our determination condemn terrorism in all its effects,' said Migiro journalists after arriving late Saturday.

Their journey was, increased the number of casualties and deepened the investigation of the bombing in Abuja with FBI agents from the United States and the UN head of security in the country.

UN spokesman of Martin Dawes said that the toll now 23 with 81 was wounded. Some 400 people with a variety of nationalities working in the UN building.

Migiro was also the national hospital with some of the wounded, then meet President Goodluck Jonathan, and staff speak to the United Nations later in the day visit.

Type questions, on the management of the bomber, two goals in the track happen close the connection as well as over, was the responsible for the explosion in Europe's largest oil producer.

An a spokesman of the Nigerian Islamist sect, known as Boko Haram is responsible for the attack, but it has no evidence and police say that they consider all options.

Analysts have pointed out that during at least a fraction of the sect in the Act can be introduced, it was all too early

firm conclusions.

Boko Haram so far focuses on symbols of the Nigerian authorities, but his attacks have grown more sophisticated and have growing concerns about whether it has made links with al Qaeda North African Branch or other extremist groups.

The United Nations had said nine people were confirmed dead and "Many dozen hospital admitted", but it still was the toll, that is not non-UN personnel, such as security and visitors warned.

"We motivated, bright, selfless people working only for probably by Nigeria and the world, have lost," said Agathe Lawson, Coordinator in Nigeria be resident of the United Nations.

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Guinea-Bissau Govt are shuffled, PM keeps job

Guinea-Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanhá mixed his Government to keep his Prime Minister on Saturday, but moving the heads of nine ministries of the country according to a decree of the President.

Opposition parties had several rallies in recent weeks calling for Sanhá sack Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, but seems that the President is anxious to extend a run of relative stability after years of chaos in the tiny west African State.

New Government include Baciro Dja, that long as Secretary of Defense, the prickly issue of the reform an army with a history of interference in the politics and recently to monitor involvement in the cocaine trade.

Helena Nosolini Embalo remains Economics Minister.

Gomes Junior has been in Office for three years, for the former Portuguese colony, which has experienced little, but in conflict and coups since independence.

The country saw its President and head of the army murdered in 2009, and last year accused a revolt in the military put groups of working with Latin America drug cartels in free of charge.

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Oath to FM radio channels

The radio stations of the country's preparations for the upcoming Eid Festival with great enthusiasm by arrange of various special programs that are from the day before Eid day, and on the third day of the Festival to celebrate.

A drama, with Tishma, Mimi, Mahmoud Shahin and Shafiq Tuhin formalin-Prem is at 11: 00 on the day of Eid on radio today et. Two comedy shows Fuska chat, took by Saju Khadem and Ruby; and back to back, failed the RJs and producer of radio is broadcast today, or 14: 00 and 17: 00 on the day Eid. A musical show Gaane Gaane oath Adda with songs by Fahmida Nabi at 22: 00 on the same day et will.

The following day comedy show oath comedy with Shahin, by RJ Shahin anchored; Debate, by RJ Shayer, Shabbir and VJ Alif, Tanisha show anchored debate oath; and a musical show entitled volume appears is broadcast at 10: 00, 14: 00 and 22: 00 or.

Radio Amar arranged also four day Eid celebration program, which will begin broadcasting a three-hour musical programme Eider Chand at 20: 00 in the night before Eid. Musical programs Mishti Mukh, off-air, music Juke, Eid special rock and gaan and fun on Eid day transmitted.

On the second day of the Festival special programs of radio Amar be uncut news, road on air, Eid Eid special Jolsha and Eid special me talk with, among others.

Amar radio listeners have the opportunity to interact with prominent through several live programs. Singer Balam wil be in Eid special Tarar Mela on 10: 00; Bappa Mazumdar in oath junction at the 13: 00; Fahmida Nabi in Eid special Gaaner Golpo to 16: 00; and Tahsan and Mithila in Aamar Bhalobasha at 20: 00.

Radio ABC arranged also five days special programme for the upcoming Eid. A number of program of Rupali Anondo Dhaliwood songs and news is broadcast at 12: 00. Movie star dry with his wife; and national film award winning few Popy Chanchal is available on the second and third day of the program be. Pran mango juice Studio live show is aired every day at 23: 00 be. Popular bands Shironaamhin, cream domestic-X, Carnival, urban fiction, Shunno, Parthib, cryptic fate and D-lighting will be on the program on different days do.

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Unofficial holidays are threatening health care

Health care in the city of Barisal witnesses a sudden downturn, hospitals, public and private, unofficial Eid holidays went on Friday.

Medical College Hospital serious problems like most are patients at the Barisal Sher-e-Bangla, which went to the doctors and nurses on holiday.

On Sunday, the hospital data show that only 105 of 708 employees at work, including emergency ward for patients.

Patients complained that a good number of patients had released the hospital authorities, which were not fully healed in the last few days on the pressure to escape.

Hospital Director Abdur Rashid, was, however, that the patients generally adequate attention during the Eid holidays.

He was also suffering in the free patient and said, that it also for her difficult health indoor patients was provide quality during the holidays.

"We can deny right to holidays on religious feasts not the employees,", said Abdur Rashid.

He said "normally more than to go 1,200 patients under treatment in indoor wards of this 500 beds hospital every day, but today there are some more than 800," while he with new age on Sunday.

'The staff shortage affects not healthcare' he expressed to his hope.

The Director of SBMCH said "private hospitals have made special, but very limited agreement as public hospitals, services for patients and always try, refer patients to us,".

A private hospital Manager Nazrul Islam said that the consultants do no longer dismissed surgery and their patients.

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AG defends police

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Saturday defended the police, who say that they had tried to the life of the late former Deputy Attorney General, Momtaj Uddin Ahmed, on 11 August, by you, immediately after he began some him complaining of chest pain in the hospital to save time after his arrest.

He also said that the opposition Bangladesh tried nationalist party politics with Ahmed of the corpse to do by you accuse the police torturing Ahmed soon after his arrest, which caused his death.

'I have come that MU Ahmed, that heart attack, survived as she had brought him to the hospital, began as a pain in his heart know after talking with the police,' Mahbubey Alam told reporters in an impromptu press conference at his Government residence in Minto on the road.

He called the briefing, clear its position on the note of the President of the bar of the Supreme Court, Khandker Mahbub Hossain, told reporters on Friday had the Mahbubey Alam square hospitals affect the Executive Magistrate and the police in the preparation of the report on the investigation of Ahmed's bead body was gone.

The AG had stayed there when the examination will be continued was and no one was allowed to it, not even Ahmed family witnesses.

'We suspect that he dictated the report, and ensured that there was no mention of the brands of electric shocks on MU Ahmed body,' Mahbub Hossain added.

Mahbubey Alam said that Mahbub Hossain, had resorted to "Lie" to reap political gains by those comments.

"I went to the hospital, as a former SCBA leader and Attorney General to see Ahmed body." But when I visited some pro-BNP lawyers, together with outsiders, bad words thrown me and sang motto against me at the entrance of the hospital, "said Mahbubey Alam.""I am angry and hurt on his comment."

Mahbubey also said that he had seen no one next to Ahmed body, was in the hospital.

Ahmed, who was hospitalized on 16 August in the hospital, was breathing on his last at 13: 10 on Friday. Before the bar square hospitals, he was handling at the National Institute cardiovascular disease.

Hours after his arrest on the 11 Ahmed ill in the Office of the detective branch and was taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, but doctors there him according to the NICVD.

'If he really was tortured, why the BNP lawyers do not require investigation into the matter at this time?' asked Mahbubey.

He also said that to check it after the Ahmed medical report whether he tortured to death in police custody or died of heart attack might be known.

Reply to a query on whether Ahmed was in police custody or not in his death, Mahbubey replied obliquely, "but not in the process involved I, can you say did the police statement is not incredible."

Brought about the murder case of Ahmed of women against him and other Mahbubey said, "I got involved in the case to harass me and undue pressure put on me."

He was also the BNP claim that Ahmed in ' wrong ' was arrested. "There is no room to say now that the case was wrong, as the Court for the chaos created the Pro-BNP lawyers themselves of them in a courtroom on August 2 apologized, after the judge BNP Chairman Khaleda Zia warned to make snide and disrespectful statements about the Constitution."

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Suicide attack on the foreign base in Afghanistan

A team of Taliban suicide attacker on a US-led NATO reconstruction team in unstable southern of Afghanistan met Sunday, officials said.

The attack struck the provincial reconstruction team in Kalat, the capital of Zabul. First reports suggested that a few people were injured.

PRTS are typically joint military and civilian operations, the work on trying to build of the capacity of the Afghan Government in a province. There are approximately 28 of which a total of Afghanistan.

The Deputy Governor of Zabul, Mohammad Jan Rasoulyar, said that the incident is now over.

' I can confirm that a group of Taliban attackers, some of them suicide attacker who led attacks on the PRT as also police headquarters. It has a large explosion near the PRT Office ", said Rasoulyar."

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Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva rules child custody

Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend on Friday a very bitter custody dispute was over her little daughter plea led no contest to domestic violence to the Oscar-winner this year carried out.

Los Angeles Superior Court said in a statement agreement was complete and conditions can be heard on March 31. A spokesman for the Director of "Braveheart" confirmed that the parties had settled.

'We appreciate help, the judge', said the spokesman in a statement.

It was not immediately clear whether the custody deal between Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva of her daughter Lucia settled all legal problems between the two. Next comment declined Gibson's spokesman.

Gibson and Grigorieva had a long-running relationship, which involved the dissolution of the marriage and the birth of her daughter, but it started to unravel in the spring of 2010. Grigorieva claimed Gibson beat her and broke her teeth into a heated argument in January of this year.

In March approved 'Passion of the Christ' Director of a judge that he he was in for the safety of Lucia Grigorieva with an open hand during argument suggested. He pleaded no contest - the equivalent of guilty - and was sentenced to three years on probation.

Gibson has claimed that Grigorieva is trying to extort money from him about a reported $20 million settlement by their resolution through a series of cassettes of insults and a racist insults, they hurled over the phone. It turned down prosecutors to calculate them in this matter.

The tapes, celebrity website Radaronline.com, last year most damaged Gibson's career. Left of him, Manager, a film's release was delayed, and others refused to work with him.

Roughly Gibson in a television interview said a month later, that he considered the leak of phone calls to the media as ' personal Verrat.

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People cry South West region beset for food

A man builds a range of banana tree trunks for travel in the flooded Kanaidia at Tala in Satkhira on Saturday. -New-age-photo

Thirty-five-year-old Monwara Begum had to steal vegetables from other farmland in the vicinity of his home shelter to her husband and only son feed, as her family has no other way, to collect food.

Out of his house, which reduced about three weeks in the most affected Kanaidia Tala in Satkhira, which flood was flooded because of Flash, took the family protection in the Rathkhola girls' high school house shelter.

(Because of heavy rainfall and flooding accompanied, 8,26,124 people 1,95,562 families affected in 66 unions and two communities of six comprehensive within where 528 km of the road routes - 144 km road stretch and 384 km dirt road metalled) - were destroyed and 1,018 km of the road routes - 280 km of paved road and 738 kilometers were the dirt road - corrupt., the District Office said the relief.

"I could no other way but not green vegetables from farmland of others steal, as we have, to satisfy our hunger", said Monwara new age.

"they [local government officials and non-governmental organizations] will provide us with rice, which is almost less than a third of our claim and often we have to die of starvation," she said.

She said that her family had received only seven kilograms of rice, after he had taken refuge in the school and her husband, pulls a rickshaw van and works as a day laborer, could not earn, as had the sections one covers very few street water of rickshaw-vans could van drives.

There are also no other jobs available, as the neighboring villages are still under water, added to them.

Like the Monwara, 69 other families, including the Jalalpur union member of Sakhina Begum, in the House shelter stay.

Another woman, Marufa Begum, aged about 40, wife of Minaj Uddin, who in the same House shelter, said that House shelter had almost all families in which to feed the families. "If we need to get more vegetables, we less rice food."

She said that she often switch and even threatened to steal from the owners of agricultural land for vegetables.

Union Member said Sakhina that they could people with rice, much less than the demand and added that the people in the shelter sometimes might House 'gather green vegetables' from farmland owned by others.

"Forty-year-old civilian Begum, who is refuge in another House of the Government of Kanaidia primary school, said that they eat Curry with Arum scroll ' collected from the land of other people", in areas less still available are flooded prepared. The House shelter has 34 families in six rooms.

' We often walk way, if we can see owners who visit their farmland. Some of them even Chase us, "she said, she added that she was often starving from lack of food had."

"We get rice sometimes, even if the amount is not sufficient." But how can we eat them without Curry,' said Mir Ekram Ali, 60, who remains in that House shelter.

The situation is worse for Rahima Khatun, 55-year-old widow of Binerpota in which the protection on the road Binirpota-Rajnagar-WDB had taken over district headquarters.

"I have no way to collect all the vegetables from the nearby villages, as all all of them were under water." I have only three kilograms of rice in about three weeks ' Rahima said.

She said they fast on Saturday to keep by eating rice with red chilli and broke fast with water only.

A number of people on the road had undertaken protection of Kashimnagar and Ghoshnagar of the Paikgachha in Khulna and in Rajendrapur, Nalta, Khalilnagar and Gonali at Tala in Satkhira Khulna-Paikgachha, Kapasdanga, Ashanagar and Nagarghata Tala and Binirpota in the eponymous on the Khulna-Satkhira Highway several places on the Kanaidia-Jethua road and on the road of Tala Kumira similar stories.

"The situation is much the same way in the homes of protection of and the people who are not sufficient refuge in makeshift houses on highways, streets and high country, as supplies have taken the relief to meet the demand," said Tala shortly Counicl Chairman, Ghosh Sanat Kumar.

Said the District Office of relief, 5.08 km from dam was destroyed and 82 km from dam suffered in the RADIUS, where 288 protection houses have included accommodation to worst-hit 27.816 families.

The official said it had distributed program already 1243 tons of rice in aid, TK of at risk in bar and 410 tonnes under the Government 13,30,000 group feeding.

The Deputy Commissioner, MD Abdus Samad, Satkhira said that they had to get 920 tons of rice, the affected people in the VGF programme. He said that she would offer each of 1000 families in each affected Union with 10 kilograms of rice.

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Hasina-Manmohan talks next week

New Delhi: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will hold bilateral talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to address 'unfinished' issues during Singh's Dhaka trip earlier this year.

Indian foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai on Saturday confirmed that the meeting would take place on the sidelines of the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit at the Addu Island in the Maldives next week.

He told journalists in New Delhi that the two prime ministers would review the bilateral relations and discuss ways to boost regional cooperation.

Asked if the two prime ministers could touch upon the thorny bilateral issues like sharing of water of common river Teesta and transit links between mainland India and its northeastern states through Bangladesh, Mathai said that Hasina and Singh could hold discussions on the tasks left 'unfinished' during the latter's tour to Dhaka on Sep 6 and 7.

According to the joint statement issued after the meeting between Singh and Hasina in Dhaka, the two neighbours agreed to work together to further strengthen SAARC, including expanding areas of cooperation, and as partners in achieving the full implementation of all existing projects and agreements of the bloc.

New Delhi and Dhaka had long been negotiating a deal on Teesta and the two countries were about to sign an interim agreement during Singh's visit to Bangladesh.

But West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's decision not to accompany Singh to Dhaka held the issue back as she differed with India's central government on the Teesta issue, forcing New Delhi to postpone the signing.

Banerjee is understood to have conveyed to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government in New Delhi that she would not endorse a deal that would hurt the interests of the people of West Bengal, which is largely dependent on the common river for power generation and irrigation.

Meanwhile, officials with knowledge of the proceedings said that the conclave, which would be attended by the leaders of the eight South Asian nations, would culminate in signing of four agreements covering establishment of a SAARC seed bank, multilateral arrangement on recognition of conformity assessment, rapid response to natural disaster and implementation of regional standards.

The SAARC member states are also expected to adopt a charter of democracy in the summit.

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Moody's cuts debt Japan review

Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at a press conference in his Office in Tokyo on Wednesday. : AFP photo

Agence France-Presse. Tokyo

Moody's rating agency Japan's credit rating to a level downgraded Wednesday, blaming the borrowing- and -round-door policy for the delay of the efforts to the world's largest debt to reduce a build.

Downgrade Japan's bond rating to Aa3 from Aa2 came to the nation due to was his sixth new leader in five years, with Prime Minister see that Naoto Kan disasters resign over his handling of the March of 11.

While expected, the decision by Moody's is pressure continue backup to a political leadership accused a recovery from the effects of 11 March earthquake and tsunami, a rising yen and a slowdown in the global economy.

Moody's also comes after the United States of its top AAA rating by standard & poor's, in the midst of the growing concern for eurozone giants such as Italy and Spain saw cut, and is Japan on a par with China.

Since 2002 was due to the high budget deficits and the rise of the Japanese government debt since the financial crisis, coupled with the lack of long-term planning with it and the prospect of a future weakness of growth, the Agency said its first Japan downgrade.

"In the last five years, frequent changes in the Administration the Government on the implementation of long-term economic and financial strategies in the effective and permanent, prevented", said Moody's.

'11 March earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station have been delayed recovery from the 2009 global recession and difficult deflationary conditions.'

Moody's downgraded some of the country's largest banks, including Mizuho Japan you help Bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, local authorities and other companies following his move to send the Nikkei index 1.07 percent.

Kan described as "regrettable" the downgrading, while finances Yoshihiko Noda minister - a major contender in the race replace Kan - defended the creditworthiness of Japanese bonds.

Noda ' that smooth turnover of Japanese Government bonds at current auctions show that the confidence of solid remains,' told reporters.

Markets offered a limited reaction to the fact that Moody's warned in May that it would be likely to downgrade Japan.

The yen, a post-war high hit 75.95 to the dollar last week, level remained in a narrow range around the 76,60, after the announcement and bond revenues were stable.

"The market response to Moody's downgrade is limited, as the movement was no great surprise," said Sumino Kamei, senior analyst at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.

You say former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara is considered favorite, to replace kan, but whoever must act quickly, post to Japan - quake to secure recovery while gain the confidence that Japan can cut its debt, analysts.

Japan's debt is around 200 percent of GDP, after years of pump priming measures by Governments, who in vain tried to arrest the economic decline in long.

Much of the spending is deeply through a system of social security on a rapidly aging population engulfed entrenched deflation and the weak economy make it difficult for lawmakers to curb borrowing.

The March disasters, which helped to bring down the economy back into recession and forces the Government to, to borrow more to fund reconstruction.

Japan saw his third directly quarterly contraction in April June, with the economy, which shrink by an annualised 1.3%.

The rise of the yen is now threatening exporters, the ago a slowing global economy the prospect more production abroad to retain competitiveness.

On Wednesday, Noda pledged market more supervision and unveiled a $100 billion-body which help, try the yen after repeated and cool to weaken through market intervention, but the plan underwhelmed markets.

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Greece PM wins confidence vote

Athens: Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou has won a crucial confidence vote on Friday after promising to hold power-sharing talks.

In an address to parliament before the vote he ruled out snap elections, saying they would be "catastrophic".

He said he did not care about his post and the leadership of any government of national unity would be negotiable.

Papandreou previously shocked EU partners and sent markets into turmoil after calling for a referendum on an EU deal to bail out debt-ridden Greece.

Papandreou said the bail-out deal currently on offer by the EU had to be accepted, and it would be "historically irresponsible" to lose it.

He said immediate elections would be "catastrophic" for the deal, so proposed a new coalition to take charge until it had been agreed.

"I have been in contact with the president and I will visit him tomorrow (Saturday) to inform him of my intentions and that I am moving forward with all the parties for a broader coalition government, and to agree on common goals, a timeframe and people, to agree on its composition and even the head of this coalition," he said.

"I therefore ask for a vote of confidence in order to ensure the security of this nation."

The vote took place after several hours' debate. Papandreou addressed parliament for more than half an hour.

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Athens' Syntagma Square. Security has been tightened around the nearby parliament building.

Eurozone leaders fear that failure to solve the Greek debt crisis could risk it spreading to other vulnerable economies, particularly Italy.

The figures in the Greek parliament revealed Papandreou's vulnerability. His governing Socialist party (Pasok) held a tiny majority - 152 out of 300 seats. In the end 153 MPs voted for the government.

The vote was timed to take place when the markets in Europe and the US are closed, such is the sensitivity of the issue.

Although Papandreou survived the confidence vote, the political situation in Greece still seemed far from certain.

Leader of the main opposition New Democracy party Antonis Samaras rejected the prime minister's idea of a coalition government and repeated his demands for immediate elections.

"Papandreou rejected our proposal. The only solution is elections," a party spokesman quoted Samaras as saying.

On Thursday Samaras led his MPs in a dramatic walkout of parliament.

The proposed referendum had caused serious divisions in Pasok, with Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos insisting it should not be held.

He told European partners on Friday that Greece had officially scrapped the referendum.

Venizelos said he had informed EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and eurozone chairman Jean-Claude Juncker of the decision.

Papandreou had earlier said the referendum was never an end in itself, and there were two other choices - an election, which he said would bankrupt the country, or a consensus in parliament.

Earlier on Friday, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told the BBC he expected a government of national unity to be formed in Greece and that the economic problems "will be solved".

In another development on Friday, international ratings agency Moody's cut Cyprus's credit grade by two notches - to the brink of junk status - over its banking sector's exposure to Greek bonds.

The Greek crisis overshadowed the G20 summit in Cannes which ended on Friday.

EU President Herman Van Rompuy said leaders had agreed to increase the firepower of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but gave no specifics on the funding.

Papandreou had been summoned for urgent talks at the G20 on Wednesday, where he was told that any referendum would turn on the question of whether Greece wanted to stay in the eurozone.

The next tranche of Greece's existing bailout was also put on hold.

Without the bailout funds, Greece may go bankrupt before the end of the year.

The EU bailout deal, agreed last month, would give the heavily indebted Greek government 130 billion euros and it imposes a 50 percent write-off on private holders of Greek debts, in return for deeply unpopular austerity measures.

Although the Greek public has strongly resisted the austerity measures, a recent opinion poll in a newspaper showed 70 percent wanted to remain within the eurozone.

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Govt failed to uphold democratic norms: Moudud

Dhaka: BNP leader Moudud Ahmed said on Saturday that Bangladesh was being isolated from the western and also Middle East countries due to the government’s India ‘flattering foreign policy’.

He made the observation talking to reporters on country’s prevailing political condition at his Motijheel chamber in the city.

The image and sovereignty of the country, he said were being tarnished in different countries. Bangladesh is loosing foreign friends day by day as the government has failed to uphold democratic norms and practices, he alleged.

“When an elected government behaves in an autocratic manner, then democracy is threatened. We are facing the same situation where there is no standard of democracy,” he said.

Moudud Ahmed said the country’s all democratic institutions have already been destroyed due to the government’s politics of vengeance and intolerance.

Moudud, a former law minister said the ruling party’s autocratic attitude has been exposed through the 15th amendment to the constitution. It wants to remain in power arranging the next general election under its own management, he alleged.

The government has lost its trust on the people as well as in the army. Election commission, he said cannot work independently under a political government which has been proved through Narayanganj City Corporation election.

He underscored the need for forging  unity of all  democratic forces under the leadership of his party chief Khaleda Zia forcing the government to pave the path of the next general election under a nonpartisan and impartial caretaker government.

The country’s democracy and sovereignty have to be restored through a tough anti-government movement, he said..

Responding to a query, Moudud said the government has incorporated the article 7/B (Kha) to the constitution so that none can annul the 15th amendment to the charter. Such type of provision is blatantly conflicting to the country’s constitution, he said.
“Peoples’ expectation and hopes would be reflected through the constitution but it is not done through the 15th amendment. We believe the 15th amendment would be null and void in the parliament or in the court anytime,” he said.
Moudud Ahmed reiterated his party stance over caretaker system saying that election would never be held under any political government. The caretaker government, he said, has to be restored which could be like that of Justice Shahabuddin government.

Meanwhile, Opposition chief whip Zainul Abedin Farroque wanted to know the reasons behind sudden withdrawal of three police officials following   the killing of of Narsingdi municipality mayor Lokman Hossain on November 1.

He raised the question addressing a human chain, organized by women front of the BNP demanding immediate release of detained BNP leader Khairul Kabir Khokan in front of the National Press Club.

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No arrests yet in the college girl murder

Staff correspondent

The police have to conceive anyone in connection with the suspected murder of a college student at the Nikunja in the capital on Tuesday.

The Khilkhet police on Wednesday said it drives implementation were the criminal NAB.

The victim's family said new age, that they felt insecure, were still not arrested the killer.

"We are very concerned about our security." Since the killers still they are us damage may at any time,' said Rehana Parvin, sister of the victim.

Back body of Shamima Hasnain Sweety dismantled the police on Tuesday, a student of City College in the capital from a empty apartment at the Nikunja under the Khilkhet police.

Dhaka Medical College hospital sources confirmed that she was murdered after a rape.

On Tuesday said the victim's father, Mohammad Alauddin, Sweety Begum Jahanara cousin after see Nikunja two days ago, and her body was found later in an upstairs apartment in the same building.

He also suspected that it was a cold-blooded murder.

The families of suspicious Rony, son of Jahanara Begum, for his involvement in the murder, he could have committed as revenge as Sweety previously had refused have an illicit relationship with him.

The family of the victim filed a murder case with the Khilkhet police.

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Asian markets down on Greek referendum fears

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Asian markets fell Wednesday, taking a lead from Wall Street amid fears that a Greek referendum on its latest bailout deal could derail Europe's grand plan to fix its crushing debt crisis.

Tokyo was down 1.73 percent, Sydney lost 0.74 percent, Seoul shed 1.26 percent while Hong Kong was off 0.92 by lunch and Shanghai lost 1.00 percent.

The Greek prime minister's call for a referendum and the possibility that the country's voters would reject the EU bailout plan sent US and European shares sharply downward Tuesday, while also taking a toll on oil prices.

Bond markets were affected by fears that Italy could be the next eurozone nation to face a debt crisis, with the yield on the country's 10-year bonds hitting 6.2 percent, close to the record reached in August.

In Asian trade Wednesday, Italy's benchmark 10-year bonds were yielding 6.08 percent.

Embattled Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou won the unanimous backing of his cabinet for a referendum on the sweeping bailout plan agreed just last Thursday, the government's spokesman said early Wednesday.

His surprise call for a vote raised the possibility that the deal would unravel, leaving Greece on the path to a default.

"Greece's referendum and various doubts about the agreement itself mean that the situation has gone back to square one," said Mitul Kotecha, strategist at Credit Agricole.

"Markets are seriously pondering a disorderly default in Greece."

Japan's finance minister said Wednesday that the referendum move had "confused people", ahead of a Group of 20 meeting in France Thursday where the issue was expected to top the agenda.

"Greece's abrupt announcement on holding a referendum, which was not included in (the earlier agreed deal), has confused people," Jun Azumi told reporters.

Taiwan's central bank governor Perng Fai-nan was more blunt, saying the move was "like throwing a bomb to financial markets," Dow Jones Newswires reported.

A Greek vote against the plan would scupper the EU deal, which is designed to cut Athens' debt load of more than 350 billion euros ($495 billion) by around 100 billion euros.

Last week's plan also agreed to recapitalise banks to withstand the impact of a 50 percent loss on their Greek bonds, as well as boost the European Financial Stability Facility rescue fund.

Wall Street plunged on Tuesday, with bank shares pulling down the broad-based S&P 500-stock index by 2.8 percent.

The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.5 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 2.9 percent.

The declines came even as US auto sales, a key economic driver, continued to grow in October, with Chrysler enjoying a 27 percent increase, while traders awaited a US Federal Reserve rate-setting meeting Wednesday and any sign of fresh stimulus measures for the US economy.

Investors were also jittery after Beijing said Tuesday that China's official purchasing managers' index dropped to 50.4 in October from 51.2 in September, suggesting the global economy's main growth driver was losing steam.

Anything above 50 is seen as growth while a reading below indicates contraction.

On currency markets, the euro fetched $1.3716 and 107.18 yen in Tokyo trade compared with $1.3697 and 107.29 yen late Tuesday in New York.

The single currency tumbled as low as $1.3609 in New York, its lowest level since October 12 and well below the $1.42 level it reached last week after the eurozone plan was announced.

The dollar edged down to 78.14 yen from 78.34 yen, off rates above 79.00 yen in Tokyo on Monday after Japan's first yen-selling intervention since August.

The Australian dollar was also lower, trading at 103.52 US cents from 104.36 late Tuesday.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, was down 72 cents to $91.47 in morning Asian trade.

Brent North Sea crude for December settlement tumbled 54 cents to $109.00.

At 0430 GMT gold, considered a safe haven during times of economic uncertainty, was higher at $1,723.01 an ounce against $1,718.65 late Monday.

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Rajshahi goes on a shopping spree

SM Atik. Rajshahi

People are on a shopping spree in the city of Rajshahi as a large supply of consumer goods, including clothes with slim and elegant design, flood the city on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.

However, the buyer, fall back in price spiral, which were.

The malls are employed, and established many makeshift shops and the main shopping streets.

Hundreds of consumers are shopping areas from morning until late in the night, according to the shop owners are.

There is a strong increase in sales of saris, clothes, cosmetics, shoes, sandals, gold jewelry and gift items, said traders Rajshahi Saheb Bazar market, new market, index Plaza, Lashmipur market, Jamal supermarket, court market, Binodpur and Rani Bazar market.

Buyers and dealers conceded that this year, the prices for Sarees, shirts, jeans and some other popular clothes had become double than in the previous year.

"Both the local and foreign, rose from 40 to 45 percent over the previous year, wear the retail price of men and women," Ramchandrapur said Kabir Hossain resident while shopping at Ganakpara market.

Many buyers said that they during the season, to look at the clothes.

Rajshahi Medical College student Rubayat Bithi, while shopping at RDA market on Wednesday morning, said that they bought for the autumn rainy atmosphere cotton clothes.

But the rise in prices of local and foreign clothing complains about you.

Saris are cotton at TK-400, TK 2,500, Jamdani TK 2,000 TK 4,500, applications, and block TK 1,000 TK 2,500 net designed half Georgette fabric half TK marketed and 2,500 TK 6,000, Georgette TK 1,500 TK 10,000 in the city, according to the dealer.

T-shirt Paglu popular boys prize is popular fixed at TK 250 TK 600 during girl clothes - the price is Waka Waka and Octopus - TK TK 1,200 up to 2 200 €.

MASAK Kali between TK 3,500 and 5,500 TK, Sania 5,500 and TK 8,000 and designed networks between TK 5,000 to 8,000 TK, price is Mirza between TK 3,500 and 6,500 TK, designed Biscos between TK, they said.

Cotton and silk Punjabi cost of TK 400, TK-2,000, are very popular this year, dealers said, adding that the jeans and foreign clothing for trousers and shirts were in demand.

In the meantime people to Sapura, the upper classes go silk industrial area, to purchase silk products.

Silk trader said that the sale of silk were approaching products on rapid rise as Eid.

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Yesterday’s greenery gone today

Dhaka, Nov 1: It was a picture-postcard park in the midst of a concrete jungle. Not anymore. The lone park at Tantibazar on English Road seems to have lost much of its greenery, with a perfunctory beautification in the east, a 10 feet high dumping zone in the middle and an unofficial stand for trucks in the west. “Is it a park? I thought it to be another plot of land to aggravate traffic snarls in the capital," wondered Nahid, a first-year student of Jagannath University (JU), albeit everyday he takes a shortcut through the park to reach his university.
“It once was a pretty little spot amid the concrete walls. There were some rides for children in it," mused Ajaml Hossain, an old resident of the area.
Ajaml told The Independent that the park was surrounded by long trees. “On weekends, food-sellers used to flock here, as people visited the park with their children," he added.
Although he could not remember when the children's rides were uprooted from the park, Ajaml said the number of children visiting the place got less and less as construction of some large buildings started on the southern side.
Large trucks carrying bricks used to be parked at the spot and it had become an open-air garage for trucks and pushcarts, he mentioned. “Later, it was turned into a convenient place for dumping construction wastes," he said.
Refatullah, a shop-owner at the south side of the park, alleged that the park becomes a junk-hub at night. “We close our shops at around 9 p.m., and by then some groups, consisting of young people, gather here and the place becomes a drug den. It has become a safe haven for addicts," he added.
This correspondent found bottles of Phensidyl at the dumping ground for construction wastes.
A temporary tea-stall owner at the park, preferring anonymity, admitted that the place has gone to the junkies. “Who cares? Police are paid by drug-traders to look the other way," he rued.
When this correspondent told Ataur, a traffic sergeant on duty by the park's side, about the bottles of phensidyl, he smiled knowingly and simply said: “This happens”.
"The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has chosen this site as a dumping ground for construction wastes. It has only worsened the situation," said Sharif Jamil, member secretary of the Parks and Grounds Committee of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA).
The green activist said the Tantibazar park had been constructed during the British rule and then it was much larger than its present size. “During the East Pakistan period, the park had lost some of its land, but it was still a beautiful place to pass a lazy afternoon," he remarked.

During HM Ershad's regime, some children’s rides were set up at the park and it became a children's playground. About this time, it was also brought under the jurisdiction of the DCC. “Rather than looking after the spot of green, from 2008, the corporation itself started to dump construction wastes in the middle of the park,” Jamil rued.
Munshi Mohammad Abdul Hashem, executive engineer of circle-2 of the DCC, told The Independent that the civic body dumps rubbish in the centre of the park. The DCC started dumping wastes here to stop truck drivers from parking their vehicles, he said.
In 2007, the DCC assigned Heritage, a private company, with the task of beautifying the park. When contacted, Heritage officials said they had beautified the east side of the park. They also said that the DCC had stopped providing financial assistance to the company, and added that they were threatened by some local goons to stop the beautification.
They, however, said that the firm is eager to re-start beautification. “But we need financial and administrative support from the DCC. Otherwise, it will not be possible,” they added.
The chief waste management officer of the DCC, Capt. Bipan Kumar Saha, said the civic body will soon clean up the mess. “Unfortunately, if we clean the dumping ground, it’ll again become a temporary stand for trucks,” he added.
He observed that the west side of the park has already been in use as a truck stand.
“Our estate and engineering sections should work together to clean the park. This will prevent truck drivers from encroaching the place,” he said.
“We’ll soon launch a programme to give back the children’s park its old look ,” said the DCC’s chief estate officer, Golam Rahman Mia.
“Prime minister Sheikh Hasina gave directives to protect children’s playgrounds. We’ll take the initiative to protect the DCC-listed 47 parks in Dhaka city”, he added.

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Greek cabinet backs George Papandreou's referendum plan

Greece's cabinet has given unanimous backing to a controversial plan by PM George Papandreou to hold a referendum on a EU debt rescue package.

He told an emergency cabinet meeting that a referendum would offer "a clear mandate" for austerity measures demanded by other eurozone members.

Stock markets recorded big drops amid shocked reactions in eurozone capitals to the referendum announcement.

Mr Papandreou is due to meet European leaders in France on Wednesday.

In a cabinet meeting lasting late into Tuesday night, Mr Papandreou told ministers the government needed the consent of the Greek people.

In a statement released by his office, he said: "The referendum will be a clear mandate and a clear message in and outside Greece on our European course and participation in the euro."

Mr Papandreou also said a possible alternative of snap elections would risk Greece defaulting on its debt.

The Greek government faces a crucial confidence vote in parliament on Friday.

Following the seven-hour meeting, government spokesman Elias Mossialos said: "The cabinet expressed its support."

"The referendum will take place as soon as possible, right after the basics of the bailout deal are formulated," he added.

Monday's referendum announcement led to sharp falls on world markets on Tuesday. Asian markets also continued their slide on Wednesday.

The planned referendum threatened to unravel a deal reached at a EU summit last week aimed at resolving the euro debt crisis.

Leaders agreed on a 100bn-euro loan (£86bn; $140bn) to Athens and a 50% debt write-off.

But in return, Greece must make deep cuts in public spending, slashing pensions and wages and making thousands of civil servants redundant.

There have widespread protests in Greece against the measures.

Bailout stands

On Tuesday President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said Mr Papandreou's decision "surprised all of Europe".

The French and German governments said they wanted "full implementation" of the agreement "in the quickest time frame".

Mr Papandreou is to hold hastily arranged talks on Wednesday with Mr Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on the sidelines of a G20 summit in France.

In a joint statement, President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel said the decisions taken by last week's EU summit were "more necessary than ever".

"France and Germany are convinced that this agreement will allow Greece to return to sustainable growth," they said.

Last week's marathon EU summit was intended to rescue Greece and bringing the 17-nation eurozone back from the brink of disaster.

Eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker said if a referendum rejected the bailout, it could mean bankruptcy for Greece.

"It will depend on the manner in which the question will be exactly formulated and on what the Greeks exactly vote on," he said.

Confidence vote

Some Greek government ministers had been unaware of the referendum plan until it was announced.

The announcement even took Greece's Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos by surprise, Greek media reported.

One MP from the governing Pasok party has resigned, cutting Mr Papandreou's parliament majority to two ahead of Friday's confidence vote.

Six other leading party members have called on him to resign.

The Greek opposition has called for early elections, saying the referendum jeopardises Greece's EU membership.

Antonis Samaras, leader of the main opposition New Democrats, said: "In order to save himself, Mr Papandreou has posed a dilemma of blackmail that puts our future and our position in Europe in danger."

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PERTH: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (2nd L) is joined by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (2nd R) and Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (R) for the official female heads of state photo at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth on Friday. AFP See details

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More bus passengers want to cross Padma introduction

TAPOS Kahti passed and Shahjahan Biswas. Paturia

Thousands of people from Dhaka for their home in South-Western districts for the celebration oath bound to the anger and the hardness of road transport by introducing instead of direct buses Padma avoid crossing by the River.

The direct buses, crossing the Padma by Paturia Daulatdia ferries take long hours while passengers are exposed to hardship and risks of the dangerous journey, in the light of the State which pot holed motorways and monsoon drizzles.

Passengers at Aricha Ghat on Wednesday said that they preferred to cross the river by starts you was easier than the use of road transport, which lasts wait hours to catch a ferry to crossing the river and go on different buses on the other side of the River.

It is buses and other vehicles at Paturia and Daulatdia with the shortly before the Eid, which said passengers, causing untold suffering, waiting for hours.

Officials who inland water transport authority on Aricha, Bangladesh said 37 starts of different companies carry passengers directly to cross the River.

"I came to Dhaka from Magura seven days with ferry and had to wait for about three hours." This is why I use the start-service home from Dhaka, to save time ' Rafiqul Islam of the village of Chougachhi under Sripur shortly in Magura said district.

Jahanara Begum, who was on the way from Dhaka, Madaripur by Sarbik Paribahan, said she took the start-service, as she feared huge traffic jams before the oath.

Shohagh Paribahan supervisor Mohammad Rony said that with the start to cross the River saves at least three hours.

Momtaz navigation start pilot Jahangir Hossain Mohammad said that its about takes 30 mins start to cross the River, while the ferries about need an hour.

Thousands of people have untold suffering and wait for hours at the ferry crossing of the river trips to the and of the South-Western districts, workers referred to and commuters.

At BIWTC on the Aricha was called, there were 10 ferries on the route but the ferry that was sent to Narayanganj shipyard Khan Jahan Ali, for maintenance on the 9. As a result, the ferry with the other nine ferries had to be operated.

The BIWTC ferry used by around 4,000 buses to and from Aricha per day in normal time. But the figure goes up to 5,000 per day, during Eid holiday, said Ashraf Ullah Khan, the Corporation of assistant general manager at Aricha.

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