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Ctg RMG factory fire toll 54, many still unaccounted for
Blaze followed boiler explosion; both main gates were shut: 2 KTS officials held
The death toll in Thursday's worst-ever industrial fire here continued to rise yesterday, hitting 54 in the afternoon, with scores of workers still trapped, and feared dead, inside the charred four-storey
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Most parts of capital plunge into darkness
Three major power plants trip
Most parts of the capital plunged into darkness last night as big power plants tripped one after another at Meghnaghat, Siddhirganj and Ghorashal due to what the authorities attributed to technical faults
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Widening Rich-Poor Gap
Corrupts feed on MPO funds
It's not much of a school in Ishwardi -- a two-room concrete structure and a tin-shed partitioned with hardboards.
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PM's directive for safety standards in factories
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia ordered compliance with the safety standards at all industrial units as the death toll in the country's worst ever factory fire at the outskirts of Chittagong City reached 54
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Victims' relatives crowd CMCH
It was a heart shattering sight at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) when the workers with severe burn injuries from the fire in KTS textile mill, and the dead bodies of the not so fortunateones
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Final one-dayer at Ctg today
When Bangladesh meet Sri Lanka today in the series deciding third and final one-day international in Chittagong, it would not be an attempt for the Tigers to play just for pride rather to make history.
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Grand rally in Dinajpur today
Govt against reforms as it wants to rig polls: Hasina
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged the BNP-Jamaat-led government is conspiring to snatch peoples' right to vote instead of accepting the opposition's proposals to reform the Election
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Housewife, farmer killed in Kushtia
Trader abducted for ransom
A housewife was slaughtered after gang rape in Daulatpur upazila on Thursday night while a farmer was shot dead in Kumarkhali upazila in the district yesterday.
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Aug 17 Blasts
Charges pressed against 3 JMB men in Gaibandha
Police on Thursday pressed charges against three ehsar members of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection with the August 17 bomb blasts in Gaibandha last year.
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Criminals kill young man in Khulna
Criminals killed a person and injured two as they allegedly attempted to kill the son of slain journalist Harun ur Rashid on Thursday at Pabla Madhyapara in Daulatpur in Khulna city.
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Khulna criminal killed in 'crossfire'
Notorious criminal Abul Kalam alias Bachchu Shaikh, 45, was killed in an encounter between police and his accomplices at Masni Balvadrapur under Kachua upazila of Bagerhat district at midnight on Thursday.
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Gujarat riot
9 Hindus get life for killing 14
Nine Hindus were convicted yesterday of killing 14 people in an arson attack on a bakery during anti-Muslim riots in India's western Gujarat state in 2002.
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Fire at Akiz particles, 5 injured
Five workers were injured, two of them critically, when a fire broke out at Akiz Particles and Hardboard Mills near Tara in Manikganj yesterday afternoon.
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Arroyo survives another coup attempt
Emergency in Philippines, army general arrested
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency Friday, saying she had quashed a coup plot but that the Philippines still faced a "clear threat" from treasonous forces.
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Iraq slaps curfew to help stem violence
An emergency curfew for yesterday's Juma prayers helped quell sectarian violence that has killed some 200 people around Baghdad, keeping much of the Iraqi capital deserted as leaders work to avert civil
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