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Jail Killing Case
Verdict shifted to Sept 21 as judge reports sick
Taheruddin Thakur's lawyer files last minute petitions for adjournment
A Dhaka court yesterday put off the verdict on the historic Jail Killing Case to September 21 to the resentment of the prosecution and some defence lawyers, as the judge was ill.
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Morshed blasts Delhi for 'unfair trade'
Says Dhaka too can retaliate
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan yesterday fired a broadside at Delhi for what he said was restricting imports of Bangladeshi goods into India to keep the balance of trade in its favour, despite repeated
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Bomb scare at Willes Little Flower
5 injured in blasts of abandoned bombs; 2 nabbed for threat-call to CU VC
An explosive scare seized the Willes Little Flower School at Kakrail on sighting of a time-bomb-like device in a toilet yesterday noon, a few hours after five others including a toddler and two children
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Antitank shell found at Sylhet house
Local police yesterday recovered a live explosive device that experts say is an antitank shell from the same house where a severe blast Sunday morning killed a day-labourer and his minor nephew and injured
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Case lands in new labyrinth
The verdict on the brutal assassination of four national leaders is likely to run into further judicial tangles, as a lawyer on Saturday filed two petitions in the last-minute bid to save his client.
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A trial in camera?
Media denied access to court
Prohibiting journalists yesterday from entering the court that delivered the verdict of Jail Killing case turned it into a 'trial in camera', aggrieved newsmen said.
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Ctg port to become costlier from Sept 16
Stevedores decide to hike charge 15pc
The cost of cargo handling at Chittagong Port will increase by 15 percent as stevedores decided to raise their fee from September 16, 2004.
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40 Iraqis, 5 GIs killed as Sadr City erupts again
Baghdad governor escapes assassination, Mosul governor's son slain
Iraq was steeped in blood yesterday as a fledgling truce in a Baghdad rebel bastion was shattered by fresh fighting that officials said left 40 killed and scores wounded, while five GIs killed in separate
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Outlaws kill 3 in Chuadanga
Janajuddho, a faction of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-ML), killed three people including a woman after rape in two incidents in Chuadanga last night.
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Leaders' families term it mysterious
Families of four national leaders assassinated in Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975 yesterday termed reschedule of the judgement date 'mysterious' and feared the government might have a role in it.
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First pvt airline starts int'l flights today
Private carrier GMG Airlines launches international flight operation today. The 45-minute international flight from Chittagong to Kolkata will be the first of its kind by a private airline in Bangladesh.
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One case, 7 judges
Seven judges conducted the historic Jail Killing Case since the trial started way back in 1998.
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List of criminals with bomb records made
Intelligence agencies have made a list of criminals having track record of preparing or using explosives across the country to find out a lead to the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally
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US envoy worried at bomb blasts
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Harry K Thomas yesterday expressed concern over the security of citizens because of 'continued bomb blasts' in the country.
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Israel hits Hamas camp in Gaza, 14 killed
Israeli tanks, helicopters and warplanes pounded a Hamas training camp yesterday, killing 14 militants in the deadliest attack in Gaza for nearly four months, as Israel struck back after a double suicide
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Two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq
Gunmen have stormed a building in central Baghdad and kidnapped two Italian women working for a humanitarian group and two Iraqis, witnesses said.
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AL lodges case over August 21 grenade attack
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil yesterday filed a case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka accusing some ruling alliance leaders and 'their patronised terrorists' ofthe
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Grenade Attack Probe
Judicial body seeks 3-week extension
The one-member judicial commission on the August 21 grenade attacks on Awami League (AL) rally has urged the government to extend its tenure for another three weeks.
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11-party won't join AL's oust-govt agitation
The left leaning 11-party alliance yesterday decided not to join the main opposition Awami League (AL) in its oust-government movement now, rather it will seek to strengthen the alliance to develop an
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