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Walls of mud turn Ctg into city of death
84 die as hills come crashing down after overnight rain; many swept away by current; port closed; no power supply; today's HSC exam in Ctg district postponed
At least 84 people were killed and hundreds more injured and missing as torrential rains sparked a series of devastating landslides in Chittagong , plunging the country's second city into chaos, withpower
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Businesses come to a rain halt
The wheel of economy in the port city of Chittagong came to a grinding halt due to heavy rainfall yesterday with vessel operations and loading-unloading at the premier port of the country being suspended
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Mindless hill-cutting caused mudslide
Indiscriminate hill cutting during the last three decades has led to the disappearance of over one hundred hills and partial destruction of hundreds others in Chittagong city, causing environmental hazards
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Falu took Tk 50cr from Orion chief for Amar Desh
Babar says Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Kuwait gave Tk 300cr to BNP poll fund
Former BNP lawmaker Mossaddak Ali Falu took Tk 50 crore from Orion Group Chairman Obaidul Karim as a bribe while former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia took election campaign contribution
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Huda, Mosharraf sued for graft, extortion
Charge framing against Huda, Sigma adjourned
A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the hearing on charge framing until June 18 against detained former communications minister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda in connection with a graft case.
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Grisly deaths
Rain was pouring down without any break at around 10:00am, forcing Phuli, 35, a mother of two children, to stay inside her thatched house, dangerously close to a hill at Kusumbag Residential Area near
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President, CA shocked
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday expressed deep shock at the loss of lives in landslides in Chittagong.
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Is my son such a thief that he has to flee?
Yelled Khaleda
Former premier and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia went berserk and yelled at the top of her lungs asking whether her son was such a thief that he would have to flee the country, said former state minister
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Parties' Polls Campaign
EC moves to stop foreign funding
The Election Commission (EC) has made a move to impose a ban on receiving funds from foreign sources to run political parties or their election campaigns.
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Country was riddled with graft, looting
Says army chief
Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed yesterday said the country had been riddled with corruption and there had been extensive looting, which prompted the current drive against the corrupts.
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Bribery
Justice Fazlul Haque might be quizzed
Law enforcers may interrogate former forest adviser in Iajuddin-led caretaker government Justice Fazlul Haque for allegedly taking bribe on various counts including transfer of forest department officials
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Mayor Minu held again
Rajshahi City Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu was finally detained and sent to jail again yesterday, a day after he was freed on bail.
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Conditional duty-cut on capital machinery
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will impose five percent import duty, instead of the 10 outlined in the budget, on some types of capital machinery used in leather, textile and pharmaceuticals industries.
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Mittal to go for feasibility study
Signs MoU for $2.9b investment
Managing director of India's Ispat Industries, Vinod Mittal, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Board of Investment (BoI) to conduct a feasibility study of US$ 2.
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Lightning kills 16
Sixteen people were killed by lightning across the country in the last two days during heavy rain and thunderstorms.
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448 Biman staff resign voluntarily
With 170 more Biman officials and employees responding to the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) yesterday, the number of total staff accepting the offer rose to 448, Biman sources said.
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China concerned at developments in Bangladesh
China has vented deep concern over the developments in Bangladesh and expressed the hope that peace, stability and development of the country could be safeguarded in people's interest.
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SSC results today
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination results under seven education boards will be published in the afternoon today.
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Rejoinder, our reply
MGH group has protested a part of a report run by The Daily Star on June 10 under the headline "Koko owns Dubai house under fictitious name.
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2 outlaws killed in 'shootout' with Rab
Two leaders of the Janajudhdha faction of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) were killed in an encounter with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday afternoon.
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Sanctions fail on Myanmar
Says Asean chief
A decade of economic sanctions has failed to push military-ruled Myanmar towards democracy and nations have to find another way to engage the country, a top Southeast Asian official said yesterday.
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Sacked Pak judge gets court boost
Faces new charges
Pakistan's top judge won the first round of his legal battle with President Pervez Musharraf Monday, but the government hit back by threatening new misconduct charges against him.
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