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World grieves for Pope
Pope John Paul II, whose 26-year papacy helped defeat Communism in Europe but left a Roman Catholic Church divided over his uncompromising orthodoxy, died on Saturday after a prolonged struggle with ill
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PDB penny wise, pound foolish
Opts to rehabilitate Haripur power plant at a cost which can almost see a new plant
The Power Development Board (PDB) floats a tender Wednesday to rehabilitate the 17-year old 100mw Haripur power project costing Tk 110 crore when it can set up a new plant by adding just around Tk 20to
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Cop caught in 'kidnap' bid
Lawyers and onlookers caught a plainclothes police sergeant and his brother trying to kidnap a man at gunpoint on the Supreme Court premises yesterday.
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Black money refuses to get white
Only Tk 1,800cr enters formal economy in last 3 years
Of the thousands of crores of black money flooding the economy, the government in the three years to January last could whiten only about Tk 1,800 crore.
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Insurgents attack Abu Ghraib prison
44 US soldiers injured, 6 Iraqis killed in violence
Insurgents attacked the Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad, injuring 44 US forces and 12 prisoners, the US military said yesterday, while six people were killed elsewhere in Iraq following a period ofdeclining
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Cop Assault Case
MP's son gets 2-week bail
Kamrul Kadar Noman, son of BNP lawmaker Ali Kadar, yesterday obtained a two-week anticipatory bail from the High Court in a police assault case.
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Next polls will be in time
Says Khaleda
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday made it clear that the next general elections will be held in time and under the caretaker administration as per the constitutional provision.
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Mongla Port
Deploy Rab to free it of Mafioso, goons
JS body asks shipping minister
A parliamentary body yesterday asked the home ministry to deploy Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) troops at Mongla Port to free it from Mafioso's clutch, as police could do little to slacken the grips.
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Kaptai hydel plant faces water crisis
Gradual receding of water level at the country's lone hydroelectric project in Kaptai dam has resulted in minimising its contribution of electricity to the national grid in recent days.
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8 hurt as JCD, Shibir clash in Alia Madrasa
At least eight activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir were injured in clashes between the two organisations over a missing cellphone at Alia Madrasa in the city's Bakshibazar
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Journalist Murder
Special drive on to net prime suspect
Police launched a special combing operation in the city and elsewhere in Khulna division Saturday evening to nab Jamaat-e-Islami leader Shahabuddin Laskar, named by the monitoring cell of home ministry
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AL wants to know source of BNP meet funds
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil yesterday said his party wants an official accounting of the source of crores of taka that the BNP has spent on union representatives' conferences.
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Kibria Killing
'Govt committed to probe attack'
The Bangladesh government is fully committed to and engaged in carrying out an in-depth investigation into the Habiganj bomb attack and all other incidents of violence, as well, a foreign ministry spokesman
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Teletalk to resume forms distribution soon
Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) officials yesterday said Teletalk will resume distribution of its mobile phone forms once it opens more bank booths soon.
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Grenade, 150 bullets found in Satkhira
Police yesterday seized a grenade, 150 bullets, four magazines and three bayonets dug out by construction labourers from a plot behind Samrat Plaza in the town.
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Morshed off to Islamabad to attend ACD dialogue
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan left for Pakistan yesterday to attend a two-day ministerial meeting of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), where he will discuss plans for forming a fund to support infrastructure
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HC
show-causes govt on Sr Asst judges' transfer
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule upon the government asking it to show cause in two weeks as to why the transfer of five senior assistant judges disregarding the opinion of the Supreme Court
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Ahsanullah Murder
Court to hear arguments tomorrow
A Dhaka court yesterday ended examination of witnesses from both sides and fixed tomorrow for arguments in the Awami League (AL) lawmaker Ahsanullah Master murder case.
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Rajuk allocates Uttara plots
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) yesterday allocated 1,136 housing plots in Uttara for private service holders, businessmen, industrialists and other professionals for the first time through a computerised
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Caterer
of dead fowl remanded
A Dhaka court yesterday placed Jahanara Begum, operator of a mess who was arrested with 21 dead chickens on Saturday, on one-day remand.
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