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Naser Rahman amassed wealth in overseas banks
The ex-BNP MP, wife maintain accounts in Singapore, London; conceal Tk 2.63cr in wealth statement to ACC
Detained former BNP lawmaker Naser Rahman has bank accounts in Singapore and London where he used to stash away crores of taka that he earned making the most of his father Saifur Rahman's being the finance minister.
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DU teachers protest treatment of 2 ex-PMs
Wear black badge, will boycott classes today; BCL calls for student strike
Dhaka University (DU) teachers yesterday taught classes wearing black ribbons in protest at the arrest of Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina and the harassment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, as
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Political will must to sustain anti-graft drive
Roundtable asks govt to ensure transparency, due process of law
The government must ensure transparency and due process of law in the ongoing crackdown on corruption to make certain its success while political will of the future governments is required to guarantee
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BNP reformists unsure about council by Aug
The BNP council that the pro-reform leaders had planned to hold by August for bringing changes in the party constitution now seems uncertain in view of the changed situation following the arrest of Awami
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Bangladeshi made chief of an Ivory Coast village
The Bangladeshi forces of the UN Peace Keeping Mission have won the love and trust of the people of Ivory Coast so much that the people of a village have made a Bangladeshi army officer their honorary
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Manpower Export to South Korea
Fraud brokers swindle with false promises
Fraud manpower exporters are swindling people with promises of jobs in South Korea, a country which does not allow any private firm to send workers.
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Draft Policy
Provision for coal export takes beating
Energy experts and academics at a roundtable yesterday said provision for coal export in the proposed coal policy will go against national interest while participant politicians said the policy should
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New party launched amid ban on politics
The ongoing state of emergency saw the launching of yet another political party as Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi yesterday floated Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) despite a ban on all kinds of political activities.
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Wealth Statement
Hasina's lawyers free to meet her
Lawyers of detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina can meet her whenever necessary for preparing her wealth statement sought by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
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Rangs claims its building absolutely legal
The authorities of the much talked about Rangs building in the capital yesterday claimed that the building was constructed with proper approval from the authorities concerned and the land was 'not illegally
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Electoral Roll Ordinance okayed
The Council of Advisers has approved in principle the Electoral Roll (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 that gives authority of formulating rules and regulations to the Election Commission (EC).
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Rab foils kidnap attempt, rescues 4 children
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a member of a human trafficking gang and rescued four children when the trafficker was trying to kidnap them from the city's Khilgaon area on Friday.
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The Economist on Bangladesh
[The following article on Bangladesh headlined "A curious democratic roadmap" was published in The Economist on July 19.
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Potter swansong sweeps Bangladesh
The launching of the seventh and last book of the world famous Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", was held in the capital yesterday simultaneously with other countries in the
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Sabina responds well to therapy
The condition of ailing Sabina Yasmin, now undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital, has improved significantly, a close relative of the renowned singer said yesterday.
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Pratibha elected India's first female president
India elected Pratibha Patil as the country's first female president yesterday in a vote seen as a victory for the hundreds of millions of Indian women who contend with widespread discrimination.
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College girl Nawshin committed suicide
Finds autopsy report
An autopsy revealed that Sadia Nawshin, a student from Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, found dead inside her residence at Moghbazar on Wednesday, had committed suicide.
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3 suspects held for NSI man murder
Police yesterday arrested three people from Kafrul area in the capital on suspicion of their involvement in the killing of National Security Intelligence (NSI) official Sheikh Atiar Rahman.
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3 of a family crushed under tree
Three members of a family were killed and another was injured when a tree collapsed on their shanty in the district town on Friday night.
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Taliban say they killed two abducted Germans
ROK president urges militants to free Koreans, promises to pull out troops
Afghanistan's Taliban said it had killed two German hostages yesterday, as South Korea's president urged the militant group to free 18 of his nationals also abducted this week.
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US, Pakistan target Qaeda 'safe-haven'
Bush expresses full support for Musharraf
US President George W Bush yesterday linked the US global campaign against al-Qaeda to Pakistan's efforts to quell Islamist violence, including the storming of a pro-Taliban mosque last week.
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Bomb plot foiled in Pakistan
Pakistani police said yesterday they had defused a bomb outside a packed shopping centre where the latest Harry Potter book was scheduled to be launched.
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BSF kills 1
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi on Lohakuchi border under Aditmari upazila of the district yesterday.
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Bush reclaims powers after surgery
Doctors removed five small polyps from President Bush's colon yesterday after he temporarily transferred the powers of his office for two hours to Vice President Dick Cheney under the rarely invoked 25th
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