 |
|
| Sections | |
|
|
|
|
Front Page
 |
Warid Deal
Koko owns Dubai house under fictitious name
He also put $2m in Hong Kong banks, steps taken to sell property to pay govt; Babar minted $7m out of the project
Investigation into the controversial Warid Telecom deal has revealed how Arafat Rahman Koko, Khaleda Zia's younger son, ripped off millions to buy property in Dubai and build bank deposits in Hong Kong.
|
|
|
Poll Reforms
Lift politics ban to get parties in talks
EU Troika asks govt at end of visit
The European Union (EU) Troika delegation yesterday said they would be satisfied if elections are held as soon as 'necessary' reforms are completed during 2008.
|
|
|
'Safeguard tax' drafted to save local industries
NBR proposes more power to detect tax-dodging
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has drafted a rule to protect local industries by imposing 'safeguard tax' on import of products that will pose threat to export items.
|
 |
Sangsad Bhaban Area
Syndicated logging goes unabated
A section of government officials have long been making quick buck from illegal sale of trees and grass of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, Zia Udyan, and the Orthopaedic hospital areas.
|
|
|
Party reforms must
2 AL, BNP leaders want to get it done even at cost of Hasina, Khaleda
Chiefs of the two major political parties of the country should be ousted if necessary to carry out reforms in those parties, two leaders from Awami League (AL) and BNP said yesterday.
|
 |
Attack on UK Envoy
Mufti Hannan, 3 others charged
Charges have been pressed against Mufti Abdul Hannan of outlawed Harkatul Jihad and three others for the grenade attack on British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury in Sylhet in 2004.
|
|
|
Hasina should quit politics
Quader 'tells' joint forces
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Obaidul Quader, now detained, is claimed to have said during interrogation that AL chief Sheikh Hasina should quit politics in the prevailing situation.
|
|
|
EC tests voter listing project in Gazipur from today
The Election Commission (EC) starts a pilot project today to gather field-level experience to finalise the methodology of simultaneously preparing the national identity cards and voter list with photographs,
|
|
|
Patronising Militants
Sedition case against Minu kept waiting
A sedition complaint against Mizanur Rahman Minu, detained Rajshahi city mayor, for patronising militants still hangs in the balance even after two months as police authorities await home ministry's approval
|
|
|
Govt firm on holding polls after reforms
CA tells Troika
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday informed the visiting EU-Troika delegation that his government is committed to holding a free, fair and credible election after completion of the ongoingreforms.
|
|
|
Ershad denies taking money to join AL-led alliance
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad has expressed his dismay over the confessional statement of Awami League (AL) Joint Secretary Obaidul Quader that the former president was bribed to join the AL-led
|
|
|
Notices on 25 Barisal papers, magazines
Why their declaration won't be cancelled
The office of the deputy commissioner of Barisal has issued notices to 25 local newspapers and magazines, asking them to show cause in 10 days why the permission for their publication would not be cancelled.
|
 |
Henin retains French Open title
Justine Henin claimed her third consecutive French Open title and her fourth overall Saturday, taking advantage of 19-year-old Ana Ivanovic's nervous play to win 6-1, 6-2.
|
|
|
Lanka kills 30 Tigers in jungle battle
Japanese envoy hopeful of salvaging peace process
At least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier were killed when Sri Lankan troops overran four guerrilla jungle bases, the defence ministry said yesterday.
|
|
|
6 inmates killed in Iraq prison attack
Suicide truck bomb kills 12
Six civilian detainees were killed and 50 wounded in a mortar attack on a US-run prison facility yesterday in southern Iraq, the military said.
|
|
|
Musharraf withdraws curbs on media
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf yesterday agreed to withdraw curbs recently imposed on private television channels that sparked wide criticism at home and abroad, officials said.
|
|
|
Three killed in Pakistan bus blast
Three people were killed and five wounded when a roadside bomb blasted a passing bus in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, officials said yesterday.
|
|
|
Putin not ruling out 2012 run
President Vladimir Putin, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term next year, left the door open for a return to the Kremlin in 2012, a Russian newspaper reported yesterday.
|
|
|
Russia wants freeze on US missile plan
Russia's foreign minister urged the United States yesterday to freeze plans for missile defense installations in eastern Europe during negotiations and warned that the proposal intended to serve as a
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
© thedailystar.net, 2007.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
