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Violence erupts in N'ganj
150 garment factories attacked as cop firing kills 1 worker; 50 vehicles wrecked; 200 injured; hartal in dist tomorrow
Narayanganj yesterday exploded into bursts of violence as thousands of frenzied garment workers went round the town in a marauding mood, wrecking at least 150 garment factories and clashing with law enforcers,
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5,000 cops likely to get the axe by year-end
Field-level policemen are passing anxious days over a reported government plan to retire 5,000 of them by the year-end and the police department is abuzz with speculations about potential layoff victims.
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Cabinet okays Dhaka's joining new trade pact
Apta meets Nov 10-12 to discuss new memberships
The cabinet yesterday approved a proposal of Bangladesh joining the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (Apta), a new pact involving six countries of the region.
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More rickshaw ban from next month
The move to ban rickshaw on one of the six major roads in Dhaka this month has been put off for a month in view of Ramadan, Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB) sources said.
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No onion respite for commoners
Ordinary citizens continue to be dogged by the high price of essentials as well as uneven retail prices at different city markets yesterday.
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Knit exporters urges govt to save industries
The Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) yesterday asked the government to save the export oriented knitwear industries from the hands of conspirators.
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HC stays BSB sale notice on Observer property
The High Court has stayed the operation of a sale notice of the Bangladesh Shilpa Bank (BSB) served upon Al-Helal Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., publisher of English Daily The Bangladesh Observer.
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Transport leader killed in Bogra
A transport leader was shot and sliced to death by his rivals at the Chelo bus-terminal yesterday.Maniruzzaman Manik, 35, was a bus owner and executive member of the Bogra Motor Sramik Union.
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3 'robbers' lynched in M'singh
A mob lynched three alleged robbers at Char Shikaldi in the town Sunday night. They cut the bodies into pieces and threw those into the Brahmaputra river.
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15 launches fined in special drive
Fifteen passenger launches including one owned by a son of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 35 cargo vessels have been fined mainly for faulty documents, over loading and lack of life saving equipment during
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Seven killed in Gazaria accident
Seven of eight passengers of a Comilla-bound microbus from Dhaka were killed in a head-on collision with a passenger bus on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Boushia under Gazaria upazila yesterday.
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Suicide bomber blows up in West Bank
A Palestinian teenage suicide bomber blew up near Israeli forces in the West Bank yesterday, killing no one but himself, hours after the militant group Hamas ruled out ceasing all attacks on Israelisunder
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Flooding kills 66 in Indonesian resort
Flash floods swept through a popular tourist resort on Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing 66 people, five of them foreigners, and leaving dozens missing, local officials said yesterday.
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American troops kill 11 Iraqis
At least 11 Iraqis were killed, six of them shot dead by American troops, as the United States counted the cost of the deadliest single strike on its forces since they invaded Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein.
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