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Saarc summit in Dhaka Nov 12-13
Pakistan announces dates; Morshed Khan says all members have agreed to take part
The twice-postponed 13th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) will be held in Dhaka on November 12-13, Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz announced in Islamabad yesterday.
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Budget posture to fuel inflation further
BEA fears
Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) yesterday feared that increased bank borrowing and expenditure in the unproductive areas in the proposed budget will push inflation up to double digit next year.
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Eating Dangerously
Watchdog limps with weak laws, staff shortage
City markets are flooded with adulterated and contaminated food items, cheating consumers and exposing them to grave health risks, while the government, hindered by weak laws and staff shortages, is nearly
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Highway police unit launched
Units to check crimes, maintain traffic safety
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday launched a highway police unit designed to ensure safety and check crimes on the country's 22,379-km highways.
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CEC's holding two offices challenged
Three Supreme Court lawyers yesterday challenged the legality of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) MA Aziz's holding office alongside that of Appellate Division judge.
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Security Council Membership
Japanese minister hails Dhaka's strong support
Bangladesh, which has extended strong support for Japan's permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), will work as a facilitator, but not as a co-sponsor of Japan, in its moveto
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Police seek approval to quiz Bidisha at hospital
Investigation officer (IO) of the theft case filed against Bidisha, estranged wife of former president HM Ershad, on Friday petitioned a court for allowing him to interrogate her at hospital.
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Income Tax Return
Wealth, lifestyle statements now mandatory
Income tax returns without submission of statements on lifestyle and wealth would no more be accepted and fines slapped on the taxpayers for failing to do so.
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Wheat importer sued for dodging duty
Secret unloading of 10,000 tonnes of grains alleged
An importer has been sued here for gobbling up around Tk 12 crore by secretly unloading over 10,000 tonnes of imported wheat from a ship at the outer anchorage of Chittagong port and selling them in local
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Baghdad blasts kill 3 GIs, 14 others
11 construction workers shot dead by gunmen
At least 17 people, including three US servicemen, were killed late Friday and early yesterday as three bomb attacks shattered the relative calm in the capital since US and Iraqi forces launched a joint
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2 outlaws killed in 'crossfire'
Two outlawed party cadres were killed in "crossfire" between police and their accomplices in separate incidents in Kushtia and Chuadanga yesterday.
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Don't raise duty
Old car importers urge govt
Reconditioned vehicle importers yesterday urged the government to withdraw the increase of supplementary duty from 5 percent to 10 percent in the proposed budget for the FY 2005-06.
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Narsingdi By-polls
Four-party supporter gunned down
Unidentified assailants yesterday chopped and gunned down a supporter of the four-party candidate in the Narsingdi-1 by-polls and wounded two others in Karimganj in the sadar upazila.
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Hartal called in Khulna over budget fund
The Greater Khulna Development Action Coordination Committee (GKDACC) has called for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Khulna Metropolitan City and Phultala upazila of Khulna district on June 18.
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FM flies to Doha today for G-77 meet
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan leaves for Doha today to attend a ministerial meeting of Group77.
The ministerial meeting will be preceded by the second South Summit to be held in Doha on June 15-16.
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JS resumes budget session today
The budget session of the Jatiya Sangsad resumes this afternoon after a two-day recess with discussion starting on supplementary budget for fiscal year 2005-06.
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China hotel fire kills 31
A fire raced through the top three floors of a hotel in southern China, killing 30 people and injuring 15 others, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
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Stranded Pakistanis
HC asks govt to restore power in camps
The High Court (HC) yesterday ordered the government to restore electricity in all the camps of the stranded Pakistanis across the country within 24 hours.
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Mumbai Bus Blast
Indian court acquits eight
A court in India acquitted eight people yesterday who were blamed for planting a bomb in a bus in the western commercial centre of Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, in 2002 that killed two and injured
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Rift widens over EU contributions
The UK must compromise on its EU rebate so the bloc can reach a deal on its budget, the German chancellor has said amid mounting pressure on London.
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