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Dhaka, Yangon ink deal for direct road link
Bangladesh to bear cost of the road which may also connect Kunming in China
Bangladesh and Myanmar yesterday signed a deal to construct a 25-kilometre road connecting the neighbours to boost trade and people-to-people interaction.
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Flood closes in on Dhaka
Rivers around capital near danger levels while situation in north-east districts worsens
The capital is on the threshold of being flooded as the major rivers surrounding the city are rising fast with the possibility of approaching danger levels in two to three days.
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Power of Attorney
Dilly-dally in okaying Hasina's petition alleged
Detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday again expressed her apprehension that she will be denied justice while the party's Acting President Zillur Rahman accused the caretaker government
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Suicide blast near Pak Red Mosque kills 14
Hundreds of Islamists retake site
A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of policemen during clashes at the Red Mosque in Pakistan's capital yesterday, killing at least 14 people, most of them police, officials said.
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Extortionists still rule Mawa ferry points
Despite the ongoing clampdown on extortionists and other criminals across the country, Mawa and Char Zanazat ferry ghats remain in the grip of organised gangs, who are extorting lakhs of taka every day
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Huge response for changing party constitution
Says Mannan Bhuiyan
BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday said they are getting huge positive response from party councillors as well as from outside the party to their proposals to bring changes in partyconstitution.
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Sylhet Grenade Attack
Charges against 4 to be framed tomorrow
The District and Sessions Judge's Court will frame charges tomorrow against the four accused of grenade attack on British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury on the premises of Hajrat Shahjalal's shrine
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Biman now has only 4 aircraft operating
With the expiry of the lease of a DC10-30 aircraft, the number of running aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has come down to four. Leased in January 2000 for $1.
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Saifur meets son at Dhaka jail
Former finance minister M Saifur Rahman along with four other family members met his detained son Naser Rahman at the Dhaka Central Jail yesterday.
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Verdict against JMB patrons celebrated
Many still unpunished, say people in Rajshahi
Happy with the punishment of JMB patrons barrister Aminul Haque and Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu, many people in Rajshahi now want to see more JMB patrons, especially bigwigs of Jamaat-e-Islami, face justice.
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Dhaka-Kolkata Train Service
Gede station in India to do customs and immigration check
With the Kolkata-Dhaka train service expected to start in a couple of months, this sleepy border station has shot into prominence as the designated immigration and customs checkpoint on the Indian side.
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40 Afghan civilians killed in airstrikes
50 Taliban also die in fighting
Nato and Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents and called in airstrikes, killing at least 50 suspected militants and dozens of civilians, local officials and villagers said yesterday.
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Nasa shaken by sabotage
America's space agency was shaken Thursday by two startling and unrelated reports: One involved claims that astronauts were drunk before flying.
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US troops, Mahdi Army clashes in Karbala
9 more GIs die in attacks
Clashes erupted between the US military and the Mahdi Army militia in Iraq's Shia shrine city of Karbala yesterday, killing nine people and wounding several more, security officials and medics said.
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