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Joint forces, Khulna outlaws trade fire
5 including BDR commander wounded, 1 operative killed, two districts on high alert, combing operations on
An intense firefight between joint forces and underground operatives killed an outlaw and injured five law enforcers, including a Bangladesh Rifles commander, in Phultala in Khulna yesterday, prompting
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Tk 3,874cr bad loans written off in 9 months
Local and foreign banks have written off a total of Tk 3,874 crore bad loans in the nine months to last September, lowering the share of default loans by four percent to 24 percent.
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Mirpur brothers' killing
Five to die, two get life
A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday sentenced five extortionists to death and two to life imprisonment after convicting them of killing two brothers in a toll-taking motivated incident in Mirpur two years ago.
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20 abducted in Khagrachhari
PCJSS men blamed
In a renewed flare of political violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), armed men believed to be supporters of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) yesterday abducted 20 family members
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Rampage at DU at death of student
Hundreds of students went on a rampage on Dhaka University (DU) campus yesterday following the death of a fellow student at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from injuries sustained in a road accident
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Vajpayee eyes Dhaka's gas reserves
Says Delhi is the only viable buyer
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said Bangladesh has promising reserves of natural gas and India, whose energy demands are expanding exponentially, is the only viable buyer.
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Rab fails to roll for lack of funds
Six months after the swift passage of a law to set up the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to curb rising crimes, the force is yet to go into action as it did not get funds allocation.
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JU deadlock on
Students start fast-unto-death
Over 100 students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday began a fast-unto-death demanding an end to the stand-off between authorities and teachers that has paralysed academic activities since October
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Biman pilots end 'limited' strike
Pilots of Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday called off their 'limited' strike after successful talks with management on pay and other issues.
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PIA resumes Dhaka flight
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume its operations in Bangladesh from January 3 next year, two years after India ends a ban on flying of Pakistani aircrafts over its airspace.
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Eight Palestinians killed in raid
2 Israeli officials ambushed in Gaza
Israeli troops and tanks yesterday swept into a Gaza Strip refugee camp, killing eight Palestinians in the deadliest raid for nearly two months and breaking a spell of relative calm that has spurred peace
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2 killed in 6.5 quake in California
Search for survivors ends
Rescue workers have ended their search for survivors from a 6.5 magnitude earthquake that killed two women in this central California town and shook homes and skyscrapers from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
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2 drivers killed in city
Two private transport drivers were found murdered in apparently unrelated incidents Monday night in the city's Gulshan and Mirpur areas.
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Outlaws slaughter 3 in Chuadanga
Three people were slaughtered in separate incidents allegedly by extremists in sadar and Alamdanga upazila Monday night in a spurt in such assassinations.
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Egyptian FM assaulted at Jerusalem mosque
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher returned home after his one-day peace mission to Israel deteriorated into a shoving match with Palestinian extremists that landed Organisation of Islamic Conference.
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Saifur to consider duty on cellphone equipment
Tk 75cr syndicated loan for Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd. settled
Finance and Planning Minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday said he would consider the duty structure for import of cellphone equipment in the interest of faster growth of the industry.
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Train knocks boy to death
A shuttle train knocked a schoolboy to death and injured two others near Sholoshahar railway station in the port city yesterday.
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3 die in road mishaps
Three persons were killed and one injured yesterday in road accidents in the city. Moni Mukta, a seven-year-old girl, was killed when a microbus hit her on Mazar Road at Mirpur at 10:00am.
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Probe process against DFP DG begins
The authorities have started the process of departmental action for alleged corruption against Director General (DG) of the Department of Films and Publications (DFP) Syed Mahbubur Rahman.
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Lalmonirhat murder
Hartal observed in district, 19 BNP men accused
A daylong hartal was observed in the district yesterday to protest the murder of local Awami League (AL) leader Shamsul Alam Suruj who was hacked to death allegedly by ruling BNP men at Charitabari in
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