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Blasts rock Delhi: 65 die
Red alert declared; militant links suspected
Three powerful blasts ripped through crowded neighbourhoods in New Delhi yesterday, killing at least 65 people, many of them out shopping ahead of the country's biggest Hindu and Muslim festivals, officials
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Sirajganj Power Plant
Powerful lobby out to get in inferior bidders
The already problem plagued 450 megawatt Sirajganj power project is heading to a deeper crisis as a business lobby is influencing the government to relax the bid criteria in five areas to accommodatelower
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Hajj flights uncertain on Biman's aircraft shortage
Other airlines not interested for 'low fare'; Biman can carry only 4,000 out of 50,000 intending pilgrims
Uncertainty looms large over performing of Hajj by many of the intending pilgrims from Bangladesh as Biman Bangladesh Airlines is unable to operate enough flights for them because of aircraft shortage
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Four Years of Jamiruddin Sircar
Putting party before parliament
In running the parliament during the last four years, Speaker Jamiruddin Sircar has virtually proved his undoubted loyalty to the treasury bench rather than to the House itself.
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Terrorism
PM, Saudi king for joint action
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz have emphasised combined efforts and tough measures to curb terrorism.
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Biman official held for 'carjacking'
3 stolen cars recovered
Police on Friday night arrested a Bangladesh Biman official in Dhaka for his alleged involvement in carjacking and seized three stolen vehicles he kept at some garages.
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Criminals in Lobi's Iftar party
Lawmaker Ali Asgar Lobi, convenor of the newly formed convening committee of Khulna city BNP, hosted an Iftar party yesterday which two listed criminals of the Khulna Metropolitan Police joined.
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Over 100 die as train derails in Andhra
More than 100 people were killed yesterday and another 30 to 40 are feared to have been washed away when a passenger train derailed and toppled into swirling floodwaters in southern India, a senior official
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Border fencing on to curb insurgency
Says Indian PM
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday accused some agencies of foreign governments and other "inimical" elements of helping insurgent groups in anti-national activities and giving refuge to such
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Telenor slams BTRC decision on handset levy
Telenor Group, the Norwegian state-owned telecoms provider, has denounced a regulatory order of Bangladesh, which mandates the mobile operators to pay annual royalty and licence fees on handsets the mobile
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Sayeed for ban on Jamaat politics
Awami League (AL) leader and former state minister for information Prof Abu Sayeed has strongly condemned the statement given by 40 Jamaat leaders in which they termed the demand for banning the politics
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AG office sits on SC judges' raised bonus
The disbursement of festival bonus of the Supreme Court judges under their increased pay scale awaits a decision of the Accountant General's (AG) Office, sources said.
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BNP men attack BDB programmes in 2 districts
Mannan, 11 others hurt
The activists of the ruling BNP attacked the programmes of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) in Noakhali and Joypurhat yesterday, leaving at least 12 people, including its Secretary General Major (rtd) Abdul
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Pakistani delegation to visit Israel
A 200-member delegation of Pakistani officials and businessmen is to visit Israel in early November, in a bid to bring closer the two countries, which have no diplomatic relations, Israeli military radio
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30 injured in AL factional clash at Pabna
At least 30 leaders and activists of Pabna district Awami Legue (AL) and its front organisations were injured in an hour-long clash between two rival groups of the party yesterday morning.
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Cong, Natwar deny Iraq probe report
The ruling Congress party and the country's foreign minister denied yesterday a UN investigation report which said the two received favours from Saddam Hussein to help get UN sanctions lifted.
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