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Hasina formally charged with extortion
Rehana's name included in charge sheet as investigation 'found' her involvement; AL rejects it
Police yesterday pressed charges against detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and cousin Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim in a Tk 3 crore extortion case.
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Meghnaghat-2 Power Project
PDB to cancel deal with Obaidul Karim's group
The bid for Meghnaghat phase two 450 MW power project that was awarded to scamster Obaidul Karim's shell company BON Consortium is finally heading towards cancellation, Power Development Board (PDB) sources
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Rly Land for Sigma's HR Body
Charges pressed against Huda
Remanded again in extortion case
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday pressed charges against detained former communications minister Nazmul Huda for allocating a piece of railway land illegally to a human rights organisation
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Over 1 lakh marooned as floods engulf 10 dists
Heavy rain triggered by an active monsoon inundated low lying areas in 10 districts and the situation might get aggravated further submerging more areas as major rivers continued to rise in differentparts
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Voter Roll with Photo, National ID Card
Army collecting voters' data
Bangladesh Army is collecting area-wise number of voters from the last year's nullified voter list to lay the groundwork for simultaneous preparation of a voter list with photographs and national identity
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Biman mulls hiring large aircraft
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, a public limited company since Monday, is thinking about leasing a number of large aircraft in a bid to bring Biman out of the woods.
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Charge false, ill-motivated
Says Rehana
Sheikh Rehana, sister of Sheikh Hasina, yesterday said the charge brought against Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Selim and herself is 'completely false, fabricated and ill-motivated' and it is aimed at annihilating
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Ivorians want ties with Bangladesh
Keen to import medicine, garment
The Bangladeshi peacekeepers have struck up such a bridge of friendship between Ivory Coast and Bangladesh that it has opened a window of opportunity for full diplomatic and commercial relations.
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Waterlogging in DND area never rang a bell
Taslima Khatun, along with her four skinny children, stand on a culvert on Matuail Medical Road watching people fishing in the pool formed by heavy rain in the last few days.
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Textbooks printed on poor quality papers
Press owners sell NCTB-supplied quality paper in market, use lowly ones
Printing press owners continue to print the primary and secondary level textbooks using low quality paper instead of 'security paper' and Karnaphuli white print paper provided by the National Curriculum
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Nowshin's father applies for second autopsy
Father of Sadia Nowshin Priyanka, a college student found dead at her home at Moghbazar in the capital, yesterday submitted an application with Ramna Police Station demanding a second autopsy of his daughter.
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No executive power used in Hasina case
Says Mainul
Law Adviser barrister Mainul Hosein yesterday said the government did not use its executive power to take the extortion case against Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina under the Emergency Power Rules 2007.
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Tigers' last chance
All-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad will make his international debut when Bangladesh play for pride in the third and final one-day international against formidable Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium here
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BNP reformists hope for an end to dispute
Pro-reform BNP leaders have expressed hope that all sorts of misunderstanding between the party chief and them will be over once normal political activities resume.
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Foreign chapters of AL demand Hasina's release
Rallies in US, UK Australia, Canada
US, UK, Australia and Canada chapters of the Awami League (AL) yesterday staged separate demonstrations demanding immediate release of detained party chief and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Checking Price Hike
Rab starts monitoring markets
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday started monitoring different wholesale and retail markets of fish and vegetables in the city to check price hike.
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Govt to form body to build awareness on mass hysteria
8 students faint in city school
In the wake of the mass seizure that had afflicted over a hundred schoolchildren across the country, the government decided to raise awareness about the pandemic temporary illness by forming a platform
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Hearing on Rangs Bhaban dispute begins in SC
The hearing of a government appeal against the High Court judgment on the dispute over demolition of the 22-storey Rangs Bhaban began at the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday.
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BCL men burn effigy of Mainul
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League, yesterday morning burnt an effigy of Law Adviser Mainul Hosein on the Dhaka University (DU) campus demanding his resignation for his'biased
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Why keeping children in jail not illegal
HC asks govt to explain
The High Court issued a rule nisi upon the authorities concerned to show cause why imprisonment of children in jails should not be declared illegal.
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US at loggerheads with Iran in Iraq talks
Tehran accused of supporting militia
The United States yesterday accused Iran of stepping up its alleged support of militia groups fighting in Iraq, after the arch foes' second round of rare face-to-face talks in Baghdad.
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Pak clashes kill 35 militants, 4 troops
US ups pressure on Musharraf to act against militants, offers air support
Heavy fighting has killed at least 35 Islamic militants and four government troops in a Pakistani tribal area dubbed an al-Qaeda safe haven by Washington, the military said Monday.
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Suicide bomb kills 26 at Iraq children's hospital
Four US soldiers die in attacks
A suicide car bomb exploded across the street from a children's hospital in the Iraqi city of Hilla yesterday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 69, police and medical officials said.
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