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Buet closed indefinitely
Students vandalise teachers' cars, houses demanding exam deferment
Authorities of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) in an urgent notice yesterday announced the university closed sine die following a violent student movement demanding deferment
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Tongi Power Plant
Builder's faults cost PDB Tk 43cr in a yr
The Power Development Board (PDB) had to swallow a loss of Tk 43 crore between May last year and June this year due to frequent shutdowns of the 80 megawatt Tongi Power Plant triggered by technical glitches
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Election Fraud
Lingering stay order saves Sayedee's JS membership
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, whose membership of the parliament was cancelled by a High Court judgement in 2003 on grounds of election fraud, is continuing as a lawmaker while the tenure
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Israel resumes air strikes after brief lull
Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon yesterday, hours after agreeing to temporarily halt raids while investigating a bombing that killed nearly 60 Lebanese civilians, mostly women
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It's not possible to drop cases against Ershad
Says Moudud
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Moudud Ahmed yesterday ruled out the possibility of withdrawing corruption cases against the deposed dictator HM Ershad by saying "The judiciary would follow
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73 more back home from Lebanon
Seventy-three more Bangladeshis, who got stranded following the Israeli attacks in Lebanon, returned home yesterday morning with the financial assistance of International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
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Ershad warns rebel voices in party
Says his decision to join coalition not finalised yet
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said he will not tolerate anyone in the party ranks defying his decision on whether to join the ruling coalition.
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14-party convention this month to set strategy
The Awami League (AL)-led 14-party opposition combine yesterday decided to hold a national convention in the capital this month to give strategic directives to the district and upazila leaders.
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Typhoid spreads evoking fear of bad water system
Along with dengue and viral fever, typhoid is spreading fast in different parts of the capital while the city's government and private hospitals are witnessing an increase of typhoid-affected patients.
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Striking teachers to barricade roads today
National Front of Teachers and Employees (NFTE), who are on indefinite strike, will barricade roads and waterways in all districts today to force the government meet their demands.
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Saarc Council of Ministers meet begins today
The 27th Saarc Council of Ministers meeting begins in Dhaka today to approve the guidelines concerning the association's observers and guests, new observers and other recommendations of the standing committee.
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60 lakh apply for voter enrolment
About 60 lakh people applied for registering as voters after beginning of the task for updating the voter list, the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat said yesterday.
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Dhaka shocked at Lebanon carnage
Bangladesh has expressed deep shock at the death of 54 innocent Lebanese, including 37 children, in an Israeli air strike on the village of Qana on Sunday.
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49 more end up with dengue
Forty-nine more dengue patients admitted to city hospitals and clinics yesterday, raising the number of infected people to 866, according to sources at the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC).
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HC rules on age edge for admission to colleges
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule on the government and education boards to explain in one week why they should not be directed to allow admission of students at colleges on the basis of marks
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Tie with Ershad
Hasina questions uncompromising image of Khaleda
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the prime minister who is known as an uncompromising leader within her party (BNP) is now compromising with 'her husband's killer' ousted autocratic
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RMG workers demonstrate for minimum wages
At least a dozen garments factories on Rokeya Sarani stopped production as hundreds of their workers came out to the street demanding a minimum wage of Tk 3,000 a month and other facilities.
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Bashar blow for Tigers
Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar has been ruled out of the rest of the African tour that included three one-dayers against Zimbabwe and as many in Kenya due to a hand injury.
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SC bar denied appointment with president
A Bangabhaban official yesterday informed the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) that their appointment with President Iajuddin Ahmed is not possible now as the president has not completely recovered
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2 outlaws found dead in Khulna
Two cadres of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Janajuddho) were found dead here yesterday. They are Sumon, 23, and Shahidul, 30.
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HC rule on ACC
Why appointment of inspectors not illegal
The High Court (HC) issued a rule yesterday on the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to explain why the appointment of 52 inspectors as the deputy assistant director should not be declared illegal.
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44 killed in fierce Lankan fighting
Tigers accuse Colombo of declaring war
Sri Lankan troops and Tiger rebels were locked yesterday in the bloodiest ground battle since their 2002 truce went into effect with at least 44 combatants killed, the military said.
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BSF kills 1
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down a Bangladeshi youth on Raumari border yesterday morning.
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