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Biman's DC-10 with 215 aboard skids off runway
Mechanical fault forces flight from Dubai to belly-land at Ctg airport: 5 injured
A Bangladesh Biman aircraft from Dubai narrowly escaped massive loss of lives of its passengers and crew yesterday morning while landing at the Chittagong airport as it skidded off the runway after it
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Too wasteful for a losing concern
BJMC spends Tk 50 lakh 'extra' on 12 cars in two years
A bleeding Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) has spent as much as Tk 50.
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Less qualified staff reign in DU
Home district, political affiliations main criteria for recruitment
Political affiliations and home district appear to be the main criteria for appointing officers and third and fourth class employees at Dhaka University (DU), which most often leads to appointment ofless
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CPB keeps off AL's move for common reform agenda
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) is finally keeping off the Awami League (AL) and its allies' move to formulate a common agenda by July 10 for reforms in the caretaker government and electoralsystems
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Airport to resume operation today, says minister
Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport will be open for landing and take off of all domestic operations by 10:00am and for international operations by late evening today, Civil Aviation and Tourism
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Health Hazards in Tengratila
No sign of let-up in fire, agitation on
There is little sign of a let-up in the raging gas field fire at Tengratila as the inferno continued for the seventh day with flames leaping up to 350 feet yesterday afternoon.
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Adulterated petrol, octane damaging car engines
Widespread adulteration of petrol and octane is causing serious trouble in all vehicles with the level of engine lubricant automatically rising and exposing engines to serious damage, according to automobile
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Final round talks with Tata today
The final round of negotiations between Bangladesh government and Indian corporate giant Tata Group on its proposed $2.5 billion investment begins in Dhaka today at the finance ministry.
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From sleepy to a bustling village
Grameen Shakti's renewable solar energy systems work wonders in a Phulpur village
Just a couple of years ago Dadra Bazar in Phulpur of Mymensingh would shut at dusk and the residents would go to bed well before 9:00pm, having no access to electricity and kerosene beyond their easyreach.
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Santals still fight for rights
The Santal community and other indigenous people are fighting for their rights for more than a century but they are yet to get those, and their fight still continues.
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Tri-series final today
England and Australia have met four times in the past three weeks but the serious business begins in earnest with Saturday's NatWest one-day series final.
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Flash floods kill 94 in Gujarat state
At least 94 people have died and some 200,000 have been evacuated due to heavy rains and flash floods in India's western coastal state of Gujarat, officials said yesterday amid warnings of worse to come.
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Law enforcers kill 236 in 6 months
Odhikar report
Law enforcers have killed 236 people across the country in the last six months, and 209 of them met their end in 'crossfire', says a report by Odhikar, a rights organisation.
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Husband knocks wife off bridge?
A housewife met her tragic end when her husband allegedly knocked her off the China-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge on the river Buriganga yesterday.
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Bomber targets Iraqi PM's party office
Aide to Iraq spiritual leader among 18 killed
A top aide to Iraq's Shia spiritual leader was among 18 people killed in insurgent attacks across the country yesterday, including a bombing near an office of Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari's party.
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Thomas leaves Dhaka today
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Harry K Thomas Jr leaves Dhaka today ending his two-year assignment in Bangladesh.
He will replace Ambassador Karl Hofmann as executive secretary of the State Department.
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Bomb kills 10 Russian troops in Dagestan
A large bomb killed 10 interior ministry soldiers and wounded at least seven others Friday outside a public baths in southern Russia's volatile Dagestan republic, the local deputy prosecutor said.
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