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Mosharraf's murky deal for Niko
He illegally made Pertobangla pay $4m
Ousted state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain had illegally forced Petrobangla pay Niko Resources $4 million in two instalments earlier this year for purchasing gas from the Feni gas field without
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Bangla Bhai men back in business
Armed cadres of outlawed Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) have started coming back and operating underground activities in Bagmara upazila and they may soon start hitting their "enemies" whilepolice
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Niko to drill 2nd relief well
Presents plan to govt
Canadian company Niko Resources yesterday presented a plan to the government saying it will start remedial operation on July 25 to drill a fresh relief well at Tengratila gas field to seal the main well
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Niko indifferent to Tengratila miseries
Locals face acute drinking water crisis, protest further drilling
Tengratila gas field blaze entered its seventh day yesterday with no signs of taming while sufferings of local people multiplied due to an acute crisis of drinking water caused by arsenic contamination.
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Hartal ends peacefully
A dawn to dusk countrywide hartal enforced by the main opposition Awami League (AL) yesterday passed off almost peacefully in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
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Rice to arrive soon to see Dhaka's progress
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Bangladesh to have a firsthand view of the progress achieved in different fields, said the outgoing Ambassador Harry K Thomas.
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JS passes budget
Parliament yesterday passed the national budget for fiscal year 2005-06 amid continued boycott by the main opposition Awami League which termed the budget "anti-people.
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IMF releases $98.5m loan
The Executive Board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday approved $98.5 million as loan for the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) and Trade Integration Mechanism (TIM).
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Tigers sign off with honour
After a worst possible start to their maiden England tour Bangladesh finished their eight-week campaign here with their heads high and the battered image restored.
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May 21 Hartal
Wife sues CNG rickshaw owner over husband's death
Wife of slain CNG-run autorickshaw driver Amir Hossain, who was burnt during the hartal on May 21 and died after fighting four days for life, yesterday filed a case with a Dhaka court blaming the CNGowner
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2 to die for killing at Wedding reception
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two people to death for killing a woman and injuring 10 guests at a wedding reception at Kazipara Community Centre in Mirpur in July 2003.
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Outlaw killed in 'crossfire', trader shot dead
A cadre of underground Gono Mukti Fouz (GMF) was killed in 'crossfire' between police and his accomplices and unidentified assailants gunned down a businessman in the early hours yesterday.
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Attack by JMJB Men
Rajshahi journo on the run
Continued threats by the cadres of Bangla Bhai's Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) forced a local journalist to leave his home at Bagmara yesterday.
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Pay Discrimination
Rajshahi jail guards won't draw salary
The police guards at Rajshahi Jail yesterday declared not to draw their salaries until discrimination is not removed from the new pay scale.
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Robber cop has long crime record
Detective police officials investigating into Tuesday's robbery of Tk 14.47 lakh by a police sergeant from a businessman said that the sergeant had committed such crime several times in the past.
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DU Violence
Syndicate to take action against four
Dhaka University (DU) Syndicate yesterday decided to take action against two Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and two Bangladesh Chhatra League activists for their involvement in campus violence on May 28.
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3 arrested over food poisoning
The police have arrested three persons of a fast food shop on charge of supplying adulterated food items to a meeting that caused food poisoning to 28 people including two ministers.
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