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Left to watery grave
Salvage abandoned due to strong currents with 120 still missing; grieving relatives can't believe the decision
The salvage operation of MV Raipura was abandoned yesterday to the utter dismay of hundreds of grief-stricken relatives and friends of some 120 passengers who are still missing.
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Storm warning system unfit for safe navigation
Govt's go-slow policy puts lid on overhaul
The country's age-old storm warning system has become virtually unfit for safe navigation during the worst periods of weather, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) sources say.
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Run-Up to Budget fy06
Inflation set to dog next fiscal year
High inflation rates supported by a huge credit expansion to the private sector have marked this fiscal year and economists say the coming year will also be a trying one in view of the new pay scale.
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Japan may tag human security string on aid
Visiting minister tells The Daily Star
Visiting Japanese Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Shuzen Tanigawa yesterday said that in order to retain international trust, improvement of governance issues like law and order and curbing corruption
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Sudan-bound troops to live up to billing
Promises mission commander
Bangladeshi troops will live up to their billing as outstanding peacekeepers and play a significant role in the challenging UN Mission in Sudan to restore peace there, Force Commander of the mission Major
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Dr Kamal for unity to fight evils
Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said unity among the countrymen could bring about a positive change in the country by defeating all the evils.
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Govt has made army men killers: Hasina
Slams it for extra-judicial killings involving Rab
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina has once again slammed the government for the extra-judicial killings involving the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and said the government has turned members of adisciplined
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Teenage girl flees forced prostitution
A 17-year-old girl sold to a hotel-owner in the city, raped and forced into prostitution managed to escape from the bondage yesterday after 52 days of nightmare.
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China declares bird flu emergency
China has ordered the immediate vaccination of three million birds among other emergency measures to stop the spread of bird flu after discovering the H5N1 virus had killed some migratory birds, state
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8-year-old maid dies from torture
An eight-year-old domestic help beaten up mercilessly in a city house for not doing her chores properly succumbed to her injuries early yesterday.
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7 PCP activists yet to be rescued in Rangamati
The abducted seven activists of Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP), an anti-peace accord indigenous party backed by United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF), are yet to be rescued as of yesterday afternoon.
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Bad weather delays flights at ZIA
The schedule of 12 international and domestic flights at Zia International Airport (ZIA) was hampered yesterday due to stormy weather, causing sufferings to the passengers.
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16 hurt in twin Indian cinema blasts
At least 16 people have been injured in bomb blasts at two cinemas in the Indian capital Delhi, officials say.
A loud explosion shook the Liberty Cinema in the crowded shopping district of KarolBagh.
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Food Poisoning
62 madrasa students fall sick
Thirty-four of the 62 madrasa students and teachers, who fell ill with food poisoning in Noapatharia of Baniachang upazila Thursday, were hospitalised yesterday afternoon.
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UN slates US abuse of Afghan detainees
Karzai demands watch on military operations
A report of US military abuse of detainees in Afghanistan is deeply disturbing and those involved should be punished, the United Nations said yesterday.
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Galib taken to Naogan for framing of charges
The investigation officer (IO) in the Mohimaganj Brac office bomb blast incident has pressed charges against Ahle Hadith chief Asadullah Al Galib and sent them to the Monitoring Cell of the home ministry.
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1 killed, 6 hurt as BDR van falls into ditch
An official of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) was killed and six other members were critically injured in a road accident at Bolihar of Monigram union in Bagha upazila early yesterday.
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President hosts reception for Buddhists
President Iajuddin Ahmed and his wife Professor Dr Anwara Begum hosted a reception for the members of the Buddhist community on the occasion of the Buddha Purnima at Bangabhaban yesterday.
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Bangla-Pak JEC meet June 4
A two-day meeting of the Bangladesh-Pakistan Joint Economic Commission (JEC) begins in Dhaka on June 4, while the dates of the JEC meets with Saudi Arabia and India are yet to be determined.
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AL to stage countrywide rallies today
The Awami League (AL) will stage countrywide demonstration rallies today to protest against the government repression on opposition leaders and activists, and arrest during Saturday's countrywide hartal.
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'Unwanted' Declaration
Dr Kamal says Forum has no authority
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum has no jurisdiction to declare the vice-chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council, and president and secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association
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One Year On
Shy Manmohan Singh confounds doubters
When Manmohan Singh became India's prime minister one year ago, many predicted that the affable and shy technocrat-turned-politician would not be able to handle the unusual pressures of his job.
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Narsingdi By-polls
AL nominates Asaduzzaman
The main opposition Awami League has selected Advocate Asaduzzaman as its candidate for the Narsingdi-1 by-polls on June 22.
The ruling coalition is yet to pick its candidate.
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City govt to involve residents
Says Mohiuddin
City government will be implemented to bring about desired development of the city involving the city-dwellers with the development process, said newly elected Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) MayorABM
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Police foil Satkhira bigots' rally
Police yesterday prevented religious bigots from holding a rally planned to garner support for anti-Ahmadiyya campaign in Kaliyaganj of Satkhira district.
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14 abducted in Khagrachhari
Tension runs high in Khagrachhari over June 7 rally of anti-peace treaty United People's Democratic Front as it alleged Parbatya Chattagram Janasanghati Samity (PCJSS) cadres abducted 14 UPDF supporters
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Lightning kills 10, injures 3
Eight people were killed in Cox's Bazar and two others in Dhaka and Manikganj, while three people were injured in lightning incidents yesterday.
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Protesters mob Laura Bush in Jerusalem
Protesters besieged Laura Bush during her visit yesterday to two of Jerusalem's most sacred sites, with Israeli police locking arms to restrain the crowd and Secret Service agents packed tightly around
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