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Leaders jettison Khaleda on reforms question
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is becoming isolated within the party as more leaders, now articulating their views against her 'unilateral' decisions in running the party, are asking for reforms to bring
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EC may not go door-to-door for voter list
Focuses on encouraging people to come to camps for speeding up the process
The Election Commission (EC) is emphasising the methodology of setting up camps across the country for preparing the voter list with photographs rather than visiting door-to-door.
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Joynal Hazari jailed over wealth report
Ex-BNP MP Farid arrested, Abu Zafar sent to jail
A Feni court yesterday sentenced former Awami League lawmaker Joynal Hazari to three years' imprisonment as he failed to submit his wealth statements to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS.
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Prof Yunus gets highest Venezuelan honour
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has decorated Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus with the highest national honour of the Latin American country for his trailblazing micro-finance innovation.
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Corruption Charges
HC's first rule on bail under emergency
After its recent ruling, the High Court for the first time yesterday exercised its power of hearing application seeking bail of a person facing corruption case under the Emergency Powers Rules (EPR) 2007.
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Mother's Day Tragedy
This newborn boy was left abandoned on top of a wooden box outside the premises of the out patient department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Mother's Day yesterday.
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Migration to Malaysia still remains costly
Although the present caretaker government has taken a number of steps to bring discipline to the overseas employment sector, the high cost of migration to Malaysia is yet to see a reduction.
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Minimum capital requirement for banks raised
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday decided to increase the amount of the required minimum capital for commercial banks to 10 percent of their risk-weighted assets from the existing requirement of nine
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Hannan Shah sued again
Yet another case has been filed against Brig Gen (retd) ASM Hannan Shah, adviser to the BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, along with his son Rezaul Hannan on Saturday night.
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Manpower export leaps
Some 1,97,000 Bangladeshi workers have been sent abroad in the last four months, a 20 percent increase in manpower export compared to the corresponding period of last year.
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ACC boss for local anti-graft bodies
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury yesterday stressed the need to form anti-corruption committees with neutral persons at the local level.
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Muggers shoot trader to loot Tk 4 lakh
Muggers shot a cooking oil trader in Shyampur in the capital taking his Tk 4 lakh while a group of criminals shot an hotelier in Karwan Bazar for refusing to pay toll.
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Ashraful scare for Tigers
Bangladesh vice-captain Mohammad Ashraful has been admitted to a private hospital on Saturday night after suffering from a high temperature.
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US envoy stresses freedom of press, free speech
The outgoing US ambassador in Dhaka, Patricia A Butenis, yesterday said Bangladesh can return to democratic path and resume its development into a mature democracy only by safeguarding freedom of thepress
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Militants threaten Barisal judge
A militant organisation claiming itself as the Barisal divisional al-Qaeda yesterday threatened the second additional and district sessions judge asking him to stay away from the court.
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BSF kills 1
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) killed a Bangladeshi trader near Kathuli border of the district on Saturday night.
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Musharraf rules out emergency
Death toll in political violence rises to 37 amid fresh clashes
The death toll in the clashes in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, triggered by rallies for and against suspended chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, has touched 37.
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35 killed in attack on Kurdish officials
10 more die in Baghdad market blast
A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people yesterday when he ploughed his explosives-laden SUV into local administrative offices in the northern Iraqi town of Makhmur while 10 other Iraqis died in Baghdad
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Iran 'agrees' to hold talks with US on Iraq
Iran said on Sunday it has agreed to a request from the United States for talks on Iraq, just over a week after the two archfoes failed to have substantive contacts at a conference in Egypt.
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Obama downplays campaign's racial factor
Democrat Barack Obama said yesterday he was reluctant to ask for Secret Service protection this early in the 2008 presidential race. "I'm not an entourage guy.
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Hillary promotes affordable tuition
Hillary Rodham Clinton used a commencement address yesterday at a historically black university to single out racial progress, from her rival Barack Obama candidacy to the achievements of South Carolina's
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