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Gas pipeline deal to be inked by April
Dhaka wants trade corridor, power transit from Delhi at the same time
Yangon, Dhaka and New Delhi are set to sign a transnational deal by April on an overland pipeline project involving a private sector consortium to transmit Myanmarese gas through Bangladesh to India.
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11 die after gang causes bus to crash into gorge
Victims include SPP, APP and their family members; six more die in other road mishaps
Eleven people, including four lawyers of Kushtia Bar and their family members, died and 35 others were injured in a deadly accident as a bus swerved off the Dhaka-Barisal highway into a ditch at Nowpara
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Huge security net planned for Saarc
All preparations for the 13th Saarc Summit were switched back into top gear yesterday, with plans already underway for a 'massive security net' of 12,000 personnel and meetings resuming for preparation
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Zim hit back with Hondo
Medium-pacer Douglas Hondo captured six wickets as Zimbabwe snatched the initiative from Bangladesh on the second day of the second and final Test at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
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ACC to ask Bac staffs to proceed with graft cases
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has once again decided to ask the Bureau of Anti-Corruption (Bac) officers to go ahead with the proceedings of the previous graft cases, but it will remind them that
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Eid holiday extended by a day
Hajj on Jan 19
The government yesterday announced a four-day general vacation (including a Friday) starting from January 20 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
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PM calls for UN move to face natural disasters
Says this will make Millennium Development Goals achievable
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday proposed that a multinational initiative be taken under the supervision of the United Nations (UN) to face all sorts of natural disasters in order to attain the international
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Hasina accuses govt of 'state terrorism'
Leader of the Opposition and Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina yesterday once again accused the government of letting loose 'state terrorism' involving a special force which she said has so far killed
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JS body unhappy over poor health service
Asks for fresh appointment of doctors
A parliamentary body yesterday expressed serious dissatisfaction with the quality of public health service and the shady spending in the health sector that has long been dogged by a dearth of manpower.
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5 major challenges for next 6 months
CPD says increasing Boro rice output, monitoring inflation, utilising aid are now important
The economy of the country in the last half of the current fiscal depends on how well the government deals with five major challenges lying ahead, says a report by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
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Policy decision needed to combat religious extremism
Says Asma Jahangir
The governments will have to take a policy decision to combat religious extremism, which has emerged as a major problem in South Asia and elsewhere in the world, international human rights activist Asma
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Abbas sworn in; calls for truce with Israel
Sharon cuts all contacts with Palestine
Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president to succeed Yasser Arafat yesterday and called for a ceasefire with Israel and talks on a final peace settlement.
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Depression over Bay
A well-marked low formed Friday over southeast Bay moved west-northwestward and was concentrated into a depression at about 12noon yesterday.
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Iraq abuse leader jailed for 15 yrs
Another US soldier also jailed for murder of teenager
A military jury found US soldier Charles Graner guilty Friday of abusing Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in a scandal that badly damaged America's worldwide reputation following the invasion of Iraq.
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World Bank MD in city
World Bank (WB) Managing Director Sheng Man Jhang yesterday arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit.
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BDR protests killings of villagers
Flag meeting with BSF held
In the battalion commander level flag meeting between Thakurgaon 20 Battalion of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Panjipara 32 Battalion of Indian Border Security Force (BSF), BDR strongly protested the recent
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3 important changes in EC, govt
The government yesterday made three important changes in Election Commission (EC), Department of Immigration and Passport and Tea Board, according to official notifications.
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Mild tremor shakes Ctg
A mild tremor jolted the port city of Chittagong and adjoining areas in the early hours yesterday.
The tremor measuring 4.03 on the Richter scale began at 12:48am and lasted 20 seconds.
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Tension over BSF's prison cell at zero point
Tension prevailed at Benapole border yesterday in the wake of Indian Border Security Force's (BSF) bid to construct a pucca prison cell at zero point on Friday in gross violation of international laws.
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'Indian' pirates abduct three fishermen
Pirates allegedly from India abducted three fishermen yesterday from the Ulokhali canal in the Sundarbans, demanding Tk 3 lakh as ransom within a week, according to relatives of the victims.
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Grenade found at microbus
A British-made grenade and some bullets of 303 rifle were recovered from a microbus at a checkpoint at Betbunia on the Rangamati-Chittagong highway last night.
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