Vol. 5 Num 115 Fri. September 17, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections World Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Front Page Wedding party ends in tragedy as bus crashes 26 killed, 56 hurt; cops blamed to have chased truck to accident for toll A head-on collision between a wedding party bus and a speeding truck killed 26 people, mostly children and women, and injured 56 others, 20 of them critically, in Chittagong early yesterday.   Jt watch on borders, terrorism rule talks Delhi places list of 195 Indian 'insurgent camps'; Dhaka seeks action against anti-Bangladesh elements Joint security operations on the border, implementation of border treaties, and insurgency and terrorism issues dominated the opening day of the fifth Dhaka-Delhi home secretary-level biennial talks that Comilla dam burst floods 20 villages Several thousand marooned; army called out to check further erosion; Dhaka still reels from torrential rains Rain-swollen Gumti river burst its banks in Devidwar upazila in southeastern Comilla district on Wednesday evening and inundated 20 villages marooning several thousand people while Dhaka reeled from fresh   AL included in JS committees The main opposition not given chairmanship The Jatiya Sangsad yesterday reconstituted 44 parliamentary standing committees incorporating lawmakers from the Awami League (AL) before prorogation of the brief 13th session amid boycott by the main   Dhaka can but won't restrict trade with Delhi: Morshed Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan yesterday said Dhaka-Delhi relations were on the up and even if Bangladesh could impose trade restrictions on India it would not do so as Dhaka believes that retaliatory   Hasina gets death threat again Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday received yet another death threat from an anonymous source.   Communications ministry faces JS music Ruling BNP lawmakers yesterday expressed dissatisfaction over the poor performance of the communications ministry in the construction of roads, bridges and culverts and non-allocation of funds for their   Dy Speaker blasts AL for House demonstration Deputy Speaker Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui yesterday launched a blistering attack on the main opposition Awami League (AL) for their demonstration in parliament on Wednesday, terming it deplorable.   Oil tankers roll into fireball skidding off Fenchuganj rail track Rail links between Sylhet and the rest of Bangladesh was cut off last night as 11 tankers with 300,000 litres of fuel caught fire after skidding off the tracks in Fenchuganj, also burning some adjacent   Woman sews path out of poverty A petite woman in her mid-thirties concentrates on a sewing machine to make a petticoat with her desk strewn with dress materials.   WB keen to fund eastern by-pass DFID to give Tk 360cr for post-flood road repairs The World Bank (WB) will provide financial assistance for the development of water supply, sewerage and drainage of Dhaka Metropolitan City.   34pc crops in 81 upazilas under water The ongoing deluge has inundated 34 percent of the standing crop including aman and vegetables of 81 upazilas in 19 districts, sources at Agriculture Extension Department (DAE) said.   Tk 10cr rly land goes to BSEHR for Tk 5,001 The communications ministry yesterday leased out a railway land worth about Tk 10 crore to a human-rights organisation, founded by its minister and led by his wife, at a token price reportedly defying   AL MPs find JS useless, but decide to continue Though after Wednesday's denial of adjournment motion on the August-21 grenade tragedy Awami League sees no use of continuing in parliament, its MPs will not resign right now.   Iraq war illegal, says Annan The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has told the BBC the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter. Australia romp into semifinals Andrew Symonds blasted a quickfire 71 not out as Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy here at The Oval on Thursday.   Militants kidnap 2 Americans, Briton in Iraq Baghdad bomb blast kills 1 Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton from a house in the heart of the Iraqi capital yesterday, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said. Rrain-induced floodwaters...   60 opposition student activists picked up Police yesterday picked up at least 60 leaders and workers of a combine of six student organisations from Shahbagh, Matsya Bhaban, High Court and Doel Chattar in the city.   Grenade Attack 'Email sender', three others remanded A Dhaka court yesterday remanded four persons in custody for five days each in a grenade attack case.   Madrasa teacher held for cutting ear lobes of 17 students Police yesterday arrested Maulana Abdul Majid who allegedly cut the ear lobes of 17 students at a madrasa at Tiloch Shibbati in Adamdighi upazila on September 14.   2 DU students expelled for assaulting BMA leader Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday expelled two students and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists on charges of assaulting the acting president of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) atDhaka   Rahima's date with destiny After a 14-month wait, 18-year-old Rahima Akhter was all set to finally step into her husband's house, but destiny had something terrible in store for her -- she had to return to her father's house yesterday; A veritable snare...   Opposition shifts oust-govt programme for rain The "mass no-confidence wall" programme announced earlier by main opposition Awami League (AL), 11-Party, JSD (Inu) and NAP (Mozaffar) has been shifted to September 22 from September 18 due to inclement   Injured JCD activist fights for life Mahbub Islam Khokon, critically hurt in an attack by a rival Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) faction of Jahurul Haque Hall, is struggling for life at Combined Military Hospital's (CMH) intensive care unit     Advertisement