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PM calls for faster Saarc integration
Council of Ministers meet begins in Dhaka
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday called for unlocking South Asia's true potential through faster and deeper economic integration so that this region can play its due part in this Asian resurgencein
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2001 Election Disputes
13 cases still pending as next polls near
With a new parliament election round the corner, 13 cases of 2001 election disputes still remain pending with the Supreme Court making the Election Commission's (EC) move for quick adjudication of the
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Oriental Bank
BB to employ auditor to trace irregularities
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) decided to employ an external auditor to find out irregularities in the functioning of Oriental Bank and to take actions against the bank's top brass including members of theboard
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Alliance With BNP
Most JP lawmakers back Ershad
GM Quader skips meeting, Naziur welcomes move
Most of the Jatiya Party (JP) lawmakers yesterday expressed support for party Chairman HM Ershad to press on with his move to join the ruling coalition.
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Third ODI Today
Saleh in for Bashar
Bangladesh go into the third one-day international against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club ground today with a hope to take an advantage in the five-match series.
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US, ROK, EU to get Saarc observer status
Foreign ministers of South Asian countries at their informal meeting yesterday agreed in principle to grant South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) observer status to USA, South Korea
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Stable, secular Bangladesh needed for region
E Ahamed says
Indian State Minister for External Affairs E Ahamed yesterday hoped for a truly free and fair election in Bangladesh, saying that a stable and secular democratic Bangladesh is not only in the interest
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OIC Summit
PM flies to KL today
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia leaves Dhaka for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today to attend the special OIC summit on the Lebanon situation.
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Death Reference
Bench starts hearing case against JMB top brass
Proceedings of the death reference case of seven Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leaders including militant kingpins Abdur Rahman and Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai began in the High Court (HC)
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Opposition coalition veers away from hartals, sieges
Seeing spontaneous participation of both the general public and party activists in the ongoing road march programme, the Awami League (AL)-led 14-party opposition coalition might not go for hard-lineprogrammes
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Dhaka to lead LDCs in WTO again
Bangladesh has again been selected to represent the 49 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the next six months.
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Striking teachers block roads, waterways
National Front of Teachers and Employees (NFTE) yesterday barricaded roads and waterways for an hour at the district headquarters across the country while the government sat with the teachers on strike
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14-party to enforce hartal Aug 15
The Awami League (AL)-led 14-party opposition combine yesterday decided to observe a countrywide half-day hartal on August 15, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated, demanding immediate
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Israel widens ground offensive in Lebanon
3 Israeli soldiers killed as fighting flares up in several hotspots
Hezbollah guerrillas fought pitched battles with advancing Israeli forces in Lebanon yesterday after Israel decided to widen its three-week-old offensive despite accelerating international efforts tobroker
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5 bullet-hit as JCD factions clash at JU
At least five activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) suffered bullet injuries and 25 others including a teacher were injured in clashes between two factions of JCD at Jahangirnagar University (JU)
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79 more back home from Lebanon
Seventy-nine more stranded Bangladeshis returned home yesterday morning from war-battered Lebanon with assistance from International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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Voter List
EC may turn to PMO for fund
The Election Commission (EC) secretary yesterday said they would contact the Prime Minister's Office, if necessary, to get funds for expediting the task of updating the voter list.
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Contempt rule issued against 11 SC lawyers
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a contempt rule on eleven Supreme Court lawyers to explain why proceedings of contempt of court should not be brought against them for violation of the HC's suo moto
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Surgery forces Castro to cede power
An operation forced Fidel Castro to temporarily cede power to his brother for the first time in 47 years, abruptly ushering in a period of uncertainty in the communist island as the severity of his illness
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52 killed in fresh Iraq violence
Bombings and shootings across Iraq killed at least 52 people Tuesday, including 24 people in a bus destroyed by a roadside bomb.
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2 killed in 'crossfire'
Two criminals were killed in 'crossfire' during shootouts between their accomplices and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) men in Khulna and Sirajganj yesterday.
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