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Militants strike again on courts
2 killed in Laxmipur, Chandpur; Ctg judge escape narrowly as bombs hurled on him did not burst; 38 including judge, cop wounded; JMB leaflet found; 10 held
Yet another incident of five serial bomb blasts at courts in Chandpur, Laxmipur and Chittagong yesterday left two people killed and 38 others, including a district judge and a policeman, injured, stoking
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Security tightened
The authorities have further tightened security across the country, especially in the key-point installations and sensitive establishments, after yesterday's fresh serial blasts in three districts that
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First charge-sheet in Aug 17 blast case filed
Ahle Hadith men named
Defying alleged pressure of the ruling alliance, Joypurhat police filed the first charge-sheet in one of the August 17 serial blast cases against 28 militants including two top leaders of Ahle HadithAndolan,
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Blasts won't affect Saarc meet: FM
Says 16 US lawmakers statement was prepared in Bangladesh
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan yesterday resolutely said that neither the bomb blasts in the country nor the BDR chief's remarks in New Delhi will affect the twice postponed 13th SAARC Summit in Dhaka
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3 Jamaat MPs recommended mercy petition Mufti Hannan says
The investigators are quizzing militant kingpin Mufti Abdul Hannan, operations commander of Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji), to extract information about the militant dens as the law-enforcers are appreh ending
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China company lodges complaint against PDB
Accuses it of 'foul play' in bid evaluation of Chandpur plant
For the first time, a Chinese company has lodged a formal complaint against the Power Development Board (PDB) under the Public Procurement Regulation (PPR) 2003 for "illegal practices" in the bid evaluation
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Civil Society Forum seeks market access for LDCs
A three-day International Civil Society Forum 2005-- For Advancing LDC Interests in the Sixth WTO Ministerial kicked off in the capital yesterday with a call for providing market access to the LDC products
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26,000 depositors conned by swindler
Clash with police as they desperately want the fraud back
At least 26 people including a journalist were injured yesterday when Barisal police baton-charged hundreds of people who were demanding the release of the chief of a racketeering company in an effort
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Rise of a terrorist
Mufti Hannan, prime accused in a plot to assassinate the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina in July 2000, was reportedly trained in Peshawar in Pakistan and sent to Afghanistan to fight the former Soviet
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Tour boat capsizes in NY lake: 21 die
Twenty-one people from a senior citizens' tour group were killed on Sunday when a small tour boat capsized after it hit the wake from a larger boat on Lake George in upstate New York, police said.
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Low turns into land depression
The well marked low over the northwest Bay off Oriss-West Bengal coast moved north-northeastwards and turned into a land depression, triggering rain and squalls.
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Hasina holds govt responsible for blasts
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the bomb blasts during proceedings of court in country's three districts amidst round the clock police guard cannot take place without "clear instigation
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India concerned at BDR chief's comment
The Indian High Commission yesterday expressed deep concern at the reported comment of the director general of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to the effect that New Delhi did not protest the alleged involvement
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Tiger kills one in Sundarbans
A fisherman was killed yesterday by a man-eating Royal Bengal Tiger in the Sundarbans. The victim was identified as Arshad Ali Gazi, 60, of Village Munshigonj in Shyamnagar upazila.
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India, Pakistan sign missile test deal
India and Pakistan yesterday signed a deal requiring them to notify each other of plans for ballistic missile tests, a key step in the peace process between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
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