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Harbin Set to Get Chandpur Power Project
Legal flaws, hidden costs in PDB's draft deal
The draft contract for 150 megawatt Chandpur Power Project that Power Development Board (PDB) is set to sign next week with Chinese company Harbin contains hundreds of legal loopholes and hidden costs
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18 Lebanese burned alive in Israeli air blitz
Hezbollah HQ destroyed; first attack near Syrian border; death toll rises to 100; Lebanese PM calls for ceasefire
Israel yesterday intensified its relentless bombardment of Lebanon, destroying the Beirut headquarters of the Hezbollah leader and pounding the country's ports as fears mounted the conflict could spiral
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Energy Subsidy
Tk 9,000cr a year benefits the rich
Govt study shows
A government study shows that about Tk 9,000 crore subsidy against power, natural gas and petroleum products per year has benefited only the rich, putting a pressure on the fiscal management.
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Call for movement to encourage voters
Regional dialogue at Rangpur
Speakers at the regional dialogue on "National Dialogue 2007: Civil Society Initiative for Accountable Development" held in Rangpur yesterday called upon the people to launch a united national campaign
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Rab man among 7 held for looting covered van
Demra police on Friday night arrested a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) corporal, a retired army man and five others on charge of hijacking a covered van and looting electronic appliances and apparels worth
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JS probe body on TIB report fails to start work after 9 months
Communications ministry did not provide documents
A parliamentary body tasked with probing the Transparency International Bangladesh's (TIB) report that labelled the communications sector as the most corrupt could not start working even after nine months
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Cops club teachers' procession
Police yesterday charged batons on a procession of Bangladesh Shikkhak Karmachari Oikya Parishad, a platform of pro-Awami League non-government school, college and madrasa teachers and staffs, leaving
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RMG Workers' Threat
Fresh agitation if deal not implemented
Leaders of sixteen garment workers' organisations yesterday warned of fresh movement if the factory owners did not implement the agreement signed with the labour bodies.
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Chuadanga AL leader killed in bomb attack
Unknown assailants last night threw bombs that left an Awami League (AL) leader dead and a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) cadre severely injured at Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga.
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2 killed in 'crossfire'
An alleged robber and an outlaw of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) ML faction was killed in two separate 'crossfire' incidents between their accomplices and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)
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Bring home Birsreshtha Hamidur's remains
Relatives demand
Citizens and relatives of the country's Liberation War heroes demanded to bring back the remains of Birsreshtha Hamidur Rahman from Ambasa village of Indian state Tripura and bury on the Jatiya Sangsad
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Another Bogra bank robbed
Robbers looted Tk 43 thousand and a gun from Agrani Bank Gakul Branch in Bogra Sadar upazila of the district sometime between Thursday and Friday night.
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Quadruplets born at city hospital
A 34-year-old woman gave birth to quadruplets at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital yesterday. The mother and the children are in stable condition.
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Case Against Col Faruk
Cross-examination of witnesses completed
A Dhaka court closed cross-examinations of witnesses and fixed August 13 for the hearing of arguments on three cases filed against the condemned prisoner of the Bangabandhu murder case, Lt Colonel (dismissed)
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Smuggler shot dead on Sylhet border
A smuggler was shot dead and another bullet-hit during a Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) operation to arrest smugglers on Katakhali border in Sylhet yesterday.
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307 detained over Mumbai bombings
Police investigating Mumbai's deadly train bombings swept through several neighbourhoods yesterday, rounding up more than 300 people for questioning.
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Iran's leadership rejects freeze of nuclear work
Iran's leadership has rejected demands to freeze sensitive nuclear work contained in an international proposal aimed at resolving the crisis over Tehran's nuclear drive, an official was quoted as saying
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