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BNP ready to take control of streets
Waits for PM's return today for Hasan decision
The ruling BNP will finalise its decision on Justice K M Hasan's taking over as chief of the next caretaker government after Prime Minister and party chief Khaleda Zia returns from Saudi Arabia today,
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US calls for free, credible elections in Bangladesh
The United States on Thursday called for free and credible elections in Bangladesh as a deadlock between the government and the opposition parties over electoral reforms threatened to jeopardise January's
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Illegal centres selling unscreened blood
The number of illegal blood banks has shot up in Dhaka and other parts of the country which sell unscreened blood to people putting the recipients of the blood at the risk of getting life threateningdiseases.
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200,000 sticks, oars ready for AL
The 14-party opposition combine is making around 200,000 sticks, oars and poles in the capital to build up resistance and paralyse the city in case the government hands over power to "BNP-partisan" Justice
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Yunus slams all nuclear nations
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus yesterday condemned North Korea's nuclear weapons drive, along with other nuclear-armed states, and urged the world to raise its voice against the weapons.
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Hiccupping Zia fertiliser plant causes huge loss
Zia Fertilizer Company Limited (ZFCL) at Ashuganj remained inoperative for 62 days in different phases from July 10 to October 18, resulting in the production loss of at least 93,000 tonnes of urea.
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WB okays $40m railway loans
The World Bank has approved a $ 40 million credit to support the government's programme to modernise and reform the country's railway sector.
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Power gets costlier from Jan
The four-party alliance government increased the power tariffs, of all types of power consumptions including residential, industrial and agricultural, to be effective from January 1.
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Shop owner gunned down in city
A customer gunned down a tyre-store owner and injured another person at Shyamoli in the city last evening following a feud between the two over the payment of a radial.
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Two outlaws killed in 'shootouts'
Two underground operatives were killed during 'shootouts' between their accomplices and the law enforcers in Chuadanga and Pabna yesterday They were identified as Tariqul Islam, 40, a regional leader
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Tremor jolts Chittagong
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted the port city and its adjoining areas on Thursday night, said a Met office bulletin. The quake occurred at 23.35.
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UN drafts sanction resolution on Iran
Ahmadinejad blasts 'illegitimate' Security Council
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday lashed out at the UN Security Council for lacking legitimacy as the world body worked on a draft resolution to impose sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme.
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Sri Lanka stay alive
Opener Upul Tharanga led Sri Lanka to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in their Champions Trophy Group B match here on Friday.
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N Korean leader regrets nuke test, wants talks
China, US urge Kim to return to talks
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed regret about his country's nuclear test to a Chinese delegation and said Pyongyang would return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs off a campaign
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Sri Lanka says 20 rebels die in sea battle
The Sri Lankan navy killed at least 20 Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday in an ongoing sea battle in the northern Jaffna region, a navy spokesman said. "There is a sea battle. We managed to destroy twoboats.
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Anger as new 9/11remains found
Human remains - some as large as arm or leg bones - have been found at the site of the 11 September attacks in New York, AP news agency has reported.
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Americans see reasons to vote against Republicans
President George W Bush won re-election in 2004 cast as a strong wartime leader, but in this year's congressional races his handling of the Iraq war has given many voters a reason to vote against Republicans.
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Rice presses China on HR rights record
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday pressed China on its human rights record, but Beijing countered it had its own problems with the United States.
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