The Daily Star: Internet Edition Fri. June 03, 2005

Vol. 5 Num 361

Fri. June 03, 2005


News
Today's Index
Front Page
Business
Sports
Point-counterpoint
Metropolitan
Culture
General


Views
Editorial
Letters to Editor
Write to Editor


Sections
Environment
World


Others
About Us
Contact
Advertisement
Supplements
Archives

Metropolitan

Loss of democracy in Nepal regretted
Speakers at a discussion yesterday expressed their great regret at the loss of democracy in Nepal.

Tri-nation Gas Pipeline Project
Ministries drag foot on filing reports
The four line ministries are yet to submit their reports to the energy ministry on the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline project.

Govt's improper plans cause environmental degradation
Speakers tell Bapa seminar
Environmentalists and academicians at a seminar yesterday said the government's improper development plans are causing environmental degradation depriving people of their basic rights to safe living.

Reform in laws a demand of time: Moudud
Law Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed yesterday said the government is going to reform the laws to meet the demand of time.

'Muslim Revolutionaries and the British' launched
A book titled 'Muslim Revolutionaries and the British' by late Khondker Ali Afzal was launched at a function at Bangladesh Enterprise Institute in the city yesterday.

Koira Acid Attack
Home Ministry asks Khulna SP to supervise investigation
Identifying the 'Koira Acid Attack Case' as the most sensitive one, the Home Ministry directed Khulna police super to supervise its investigation properly.

Rejoinder
Senior Jail Superintendent of Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur has denied the allegations that the deputy jailer and the jail guard had been torturing convict Shariful Islam for the last three months.

Manjoor Rahim new envoy to Germany
The government has decided to appoint AB Manjoor Rahim, currently ambassador to the Union of Myanmar, as ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Attack on BDB activists condemned
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday condemned the attack on DBD activists in Thakurgaon on Wednesday allegedly by BNP activists.

Babar new Pak HC to Bangladesh
The government of Pakistan has appointed Alamgir Bashar Khan Babar, a career diplomat, as its next High Commissioner to Bangladesh, says a Foreign Ministry press release here yesterday.