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Ijtema venue turns into human sea
Juma prayers mark opening day
More than 15 lakh devotees participated in the Juma prayers at this year's Biswa Ijtema yesterday, the first day of the second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, on the bank
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Alleged Corruption in Power Projects
RPCL finally staved off German auditors
Amid persistent resistance from the Rural Power Company Ltd (RPCL), Germany postponed at the last moment a decision to send a team of auditors to investigate alleged irregularities and corruption in two
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Bandarban border 'open' to arms smugglers
Lone outpost for 129km
Gun-runners are smuggling in and hoarding sophisticated firearms and deadly explosives in the southeast part of Bandarban taking advantage of poor security on a 129-km stretch of its 178-km border with
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Where has the money gone?
Tk 2500cr of Desa 'untraced' due to years of graft, theft and mismanagement
Thanks to decade-long thefts by its officials and employees, Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority (Desa) is now groaning under the burden of a huge financial mismatch of Tk 2,500 crore forcing the government
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Twin attacks kill 30 in Baghdad
Attack on Mosul provincial HQ: 6 killed, GI, 8 others die in violence
Insurgents launched two major attacks yesterday against a Shia mosque and a police station in Baghdad, killing 30 people, including at least 16 police officers, the deadliest insurgent attacks in weeks.
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Pethidine plight for patients
Tk 6.40 an ampoule shoots up to Tk 500
Crisis of pethidine, the most common drug used for tranquillising patients during and after surgery, has pushed its retail price per ampoule from Tk 6.
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Cold waves likely from mid-Dec
A series of cold waves with foggy weather are likely to sweep across the country from the second half of December, as the temperature is projected to dip below 10 degrees Celsius.
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The able disabled
Physical handicap could not deter Tanvir, a boy with his lower part paralysed, or Sumi, a girl blind since birth, from their educational pursuits.
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Ensure equal rights for disabled
The 13th International Day of Disabled Persons was observed yesterday in the capital and elsewhere in the country with a renewed commitment to ensure equal rights and privileges for the disabled.
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Fatikchhari criminal die in 'crossfire'
A criminal belonging to infamous Osman Bahini died in 'crossfire' when his accomplices opened fire on the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong yesterday.
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Activist Stabbed
JCD calls strike at Sust today
The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) called a half-day strike today at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) as outsiders stabbed a JCD activist and his friend on the campus Thursday.
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Doctored Result
Ctg Bar to take action against 10 more lawyers
Chittagong Bar Association (CBA) will ask Bangladesh Bar Council to take necessary action against 10 more Chittagong-based lawyers that it finds to have allegedly doctored the LLB mark sheets.
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Naga rebel leaders to meet Indian PM next week
Two exiled leaders of a powerful rebel group in India's restive northeast will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to try to end a decades-old revolt, officials and a rebel spokesman said yesterday.
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BDR arrests 5 Naga rebels in Moulvibazar
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel yesterday arrested five members of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), a separatist organisation of India, at a village near Phultala border under Kulauraupazila,
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