Vol. 4 Num 55 Sun. July 20, 2003       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Foreign Relations Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives Front Page Wedding party mayhem Gunmen barge into community centre; shoot 50 bullets; pregnant woman killed; 12 wounded A wedding reception party turned into a mayhem when unidentified gunmen opened fire inside a community centre, killing a woman and wounding at least 12 at Kazipara in Kafrul yesterday. Kelly's death doubles Blair's trouble Police have confirmed that the expert at the centre of the Iraq dossier row bled to death from a slit wrist, as Tony Blair comes under increasing pressure over the affair.   11,000-strong joint force swings into action in southwestern region An over 11,000-strong joint force comprising police, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Ansar launched a special drive last night to flush out criminals and underground activists in southwestern districts. Flood tightens grip on Dhaka, central dists Floodwaters began to recede from most of the 23 affected districts, but tightened grip on Dhaka and its environs as swollen rivers were flowing fiercely towards the central region from upstream yesterday.   Saarc ministers to meet in Dhaka in Aug for common WTO stance The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has called a special meeting of commerce ministers and secretaries of the member states in Dhaka between August 9 and 10.   Home ministry move to relieve BNP MP's brother of murder case The home ministry has asked the Dhaka Metropolitan Public Prosecutor (PP) to relieve Reazuddin Ahmed Monir, brother of the ruling BNP lawmaker Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu, and nine others, of charges in the   More microfilms decay at DU Another 2,143 microfilmed manuscripts at the Dhaka University Central Library have decayed over the years due to hot weather and lack of persons trained on microfilm processing, sources at the library   Case No. Four against Star, Alo Editors, still counting Another defamatory suit was filed against the Editor of The Daily Star, Mahfuz Anam, and the Editor of the Protham Alo, Motiur Rahman for publishing news on Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, the parliamentary   US soldier manning Baghdad bank killed A US soldier was fatally shot guarding a bank Saturday in the capital, while the US military concluded two separate sweeps in and around Baghdad - arresting more than 1,200 people and seizing weapons,   Floods take toll on vegetables, rice seedlings Floodwaters sweeping through a third of the districts including the prime farming zones have caused great damage to summer vegetables, but have not had the same impact on the staple cereal, rice.   PM calls for change in political culture Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has said politics in Bangladesh must be transformed to meet the demands of present global system.   Rail to link Gazipur with Khulna, Rajshahi this month Direct train communication between Gazipur and the divisional headquarters of Khulna and Rajshahi begins later this month.   Student chopped to death 'Burqa' clad assailants chopped a college student to death near Sutrapur Bazar yesterday afternoon.   Day trips on four launch routes from next month The launch owners association has decided to operate launches on at least four routes during the day starting next month.   CityCell cuts call tariff CityCell Digital yesterday sliced off the call tariff for its subscribers and promised to reduce it further shortly.   Fate of fake-free exam certificates uncertain The fate of the move to introduce anti-counterfeit certificates and registration cards for public examinations hangs in the balance as the authorities failed to award the job, a key official of the education   Spy report on Iraq reflects divided agencies Portions of Oct 2002 intelligence report released The White House declassified portions of an October 2002 intelligence report to demonstrate that President Bush had ample reason to believe Iraq was reconstituting a nuclear weapons program.   Jamuna Bridge tender Proceedings stayed for a month The High Court yesterday stayed for a month the operation of proceedings of a tender for toll collection, operation, management and maintenance of the Jamuna Bridge.   Cantonment road opened to civilian light vehicles The Cantonment Road from Shaheed Jahangir Gate to Banani MP Check post was opened to civilian light vehicles on Friday.   SQ Chy reiterates Immunity stand The lawyer of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, parliamentary affairs adviser to the prime minister, has said no defamation case against his client was maintainable for the statement he made in parliament.   Rejoinder Hizbut Tawheed protested a news item published in The Daily Star on July 16 under the headline 'New outlaw groups swing into action'.     Advertisement