|
|
|
|
Front Page
 |
Judges Killing
Death sentence to 7 JMB kingpins upheld
Quick execution of verdict expected if appeal not made
The High Court (HC) yesterday confirmed death sentences to seven militant leaders of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its five kingpins for killing two judges in Jhalakathi as it foundthe
|
|
|
PM asks army to be alert against division
Says attack on independence can come from within too
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has urged members of the armed forces to remain alert against any division, confusion and anarchy that can weaken the national unity and defence.
|
|
|
Asia Energy
Govt's handling puts country in sticky stew
The BNP-led alliance government is caught between a rock and a hard place over the Asia Energy deal as its cancellation implies serious international reaction and arbitration but its continuation by going
|
|
|
Ex-bureaucrat made new EC
Govt yet to announce formally
In a sudden move, the government yesterday appointed former bureaucrat Mahmud Hasan Mansur as an election commissioner, raising the number of members in the Election Commission (EC) to four.
|
|
|
Minimum Wage for RMG workers
New agitation from today as deadline expires
As the three-month deadline for fixing minimum wage for the garment workers ended yesterday without any settlement on the issue, different workers' organisations have announced fresh programmes including
|
|
|
Telecom Secy hid deal irregularities
Huawei's optical fibre, VoIP schemes under question
The telecommunication secretary had misled the government by not revealing gross irregularities in the two deals that were slipped through the cabinet purchase committee on August 21.
|
|
|
Rupali Bank
Saudi prince plans to invest $500m
Saudi Prince Bandar Bin Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Saudi has proposed to invest a total of $500 million in the state-run Rupali Bank, of which $330 million for buying the bank's 67 per cent shares and
|
 |
Phulbari
Celebrations all around, but doubt about govt pledge
Phulbari people yesterday celebrated victory of their movement even though there was an air of doubt among them if the government would actually fulfil their demands which it agreed to on Wednesday night.
|
 |
550 shanties gutted in slum fire
At least 20 people were hurt and over 550 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire at a slum at Basila in Mohammadpur in the capital early yesterday.
|
|
|
Ward 40
Revised voter list sent to BNP leader's house
Instead of keeping the updated voter list on public display at his office, as directed by the Election Commission (EC), a city ward commissioner has sent most of the revised roll of his area to the ward
|
|
|
Slain judge's wife wants quick execution
Pallabi Pandey Rita, widow of the killed judge Jagannath Pandey, expressed her satisfaction over yesterday's High Court verdict that confirmed the capital punishment of seven Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh
|
|
|
Aug 17 Blasts
8 JMB men get life term
Eight militants of banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were sentenced to life imprisonment in separate cases in Thakurgaon and Rajshahi yesterday.
|
|
|
Land Grabbing
Huge gap between info of ministry, local admin
The land ministry officials in a meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Land yesterday differed with the local administration on the information about the land grabbers in Dhaka, Narayanganj and
|
|
|
BNP' founding anniversary today
The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) celebrates its 28th founding anniversary today. BNP has laid out a three-day programme on the occasion.
|
 |
Unauthorised blood bank sealed off
A mobile court yesterday sealed off an unauthorised private blood bank in the capital and found around 50 bags of blood collected from professional donors.
|
|
|
6 to die for killing son, mother
A court in Moulvibazar yesterday sentenced six people to death in a sensational double murder case. Two others in the same case were awarded life imprisonment and fined Tk 25 thousand each.
|
 |
One killed in Ctg gas explosion
A beggar was killed and two pedestrians were wounded when a serious explosion due to leakage of gas from the underground supply line blew up part of a footpath at the city's Station Road area yesterday.
|
|
|
US, EU get ready to push for sanctions on Iran
Tehran welcomes showdown
US and European officials appeared ready to push for low-level sanctions against Iran like travel bans yesterday as country's president made clear he would not compromise on the day of a UN deadline.
|
|
|
22 bombs explode in Thailand: 2 killed
Nearly two dozen bombs exploded almost simultaneously yesterday inside commercial banks in southern Thailand, killing two people in a region bloodied by a Muslim insurgency, police said.
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
© thedailystar.net , 2006.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
