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Hakaluki haor faces fishless future
32 species in danger because of pesticide, fertilizer use
The fabled Hakaluki haor in Sylhet is in danger of losing 32 fish species out of 107 because of overfishing fuelled by government leasing.
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Jubo Dal activist shot dead in Dhaka
Sales officer strangled at office
Unknown assailants gunned down a Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal leader in front of Amtoli Mosque at Shajahanpur and a sales officer of a tea company was found dead in an apparent strangulation act in Dhaka yesterday.
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Banshkhali carnage
An act of minority repression: AL
The Banshkhali bloodbath was carried out to terrorise and drive the minority people out of the country as part of the continued repression on them since the present government took office in 2001, the
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HR group terms it premeditated
Odhikar, a human rights organisation, yesterday released a report on Banskhali killings on the basis of its discussion with the relatives of the victims, local people and police.
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Ahmadia mosque
IGP pledges action against attackers
Police will take action against the 'known mobsters' who attacked an Ahmadia mosque in Dhaka recently after the tension stoked by the violence dies out, a top police officer said yesterday.
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Three US troops killed in Iraq
Attackers killed two US soldiers yesterday as their car stood in traffic in the city of Mosul, and a roadside bomb killed another soldier north of Baghdad.
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Georgian president finally steps down
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze says he has quit, bowing to opposition protesters who stormed parliament declaring a "velvet revolution" and demanding his resignation.
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Abducted businessman rescued from DU hall
JCD men involved
Law enforcers rescued a businessman from a Dhaka University hall minutes after he was abducted allegedly by a group of leaders and workers of ruling BNP's student chapter for ransom Saturday night.
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Khaleda returns
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday returned home after her 11-day visit to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah.
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One confesses to killing Rahmat
A suspect arrested over the killing of Jubo League leader Rahmat Ali in a city hospital confessed to his involvement in the murder during police interrogation yesterday.
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Pakistan offers cease-fire to India
Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said yesterday he was ordering his troops on the military control line in Kashmir to observe a cease-fire from next week as a gesture of goodwill to rival
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Slow loris found in Bandarban forest
Indigenous Bom people found an ash-white and owl-eyed slow loris, believed to be near extinct in Bangladesh, in the forest near Shailpropat Tourism Centre Saturday.
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Shamim Osman's residence raided
Police yesterday raided the Jamtala residence of ex-Awami League MP Shamim Osman, who has gone into hiding since the change of power over two years ago.
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It's part of a planned minority repression
Bangladesh Hindu Boudda Christian Oikya Parishad has termed the Banshkhali carnage a planned bloodbath carried out as part of the continued repression on the minority people.
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2 killed in 2 days
Two men have been killed in separate road accidents at Kalyanpur in Mirpur and near Matshya Bhaban in Ramna in the last two days.
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3 muggers nabbed
Law enforcers held three armed snatchers at Link Road in Cox's Bazar yesterday with arms and ammunition.A gang stopped a scooter and looted about Tk 10,000 from Mohammad Ali of Ramu upazila.
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Khulna Jubo Dal dissolved
Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal has dissolved its Khulna city chapter following a rift between president and general secretary of the organisation on Friday.
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