|
|
|
|
Front Page
|
|
Hopes flicker as CA invites Khaleda, Hasina for talks
Two leaders to sit with him today; advisers recommend to EC polls schedule changes
Shining a sudden ray of hope for ending the current political deadlock, President and Chief Adviser (CA) Iajuddin Ahmed will sit today separately with the chiefs of the two major political alliances led
|
|
|
Nation inches towards another blockade series
The country's political arena faces uncertainty again as the fourth deadline of Awami League (AL) led 14-party alliance ends today with its major demands, including President Iajuddin Ahmed's resignation
|
|
|
BNP top brass for no shift in polls schedule
Liberal voices stay silent
The BNP high command wants the election to be held as per the schedule announced by Election Commission 'at any cost' regardless of whether any party takes part or not.
|
 |
Talk out differences in a spirit of compromise
Concerned UN special emissary urges major political parties
Terming the present situation in Bangladesh worrying, UN special envoy Craig Jenness yesterday urged principal political parties to resolve their differences over the election through dialogue in a spirit
|
|
|
Bar to boycott CJ's court unto his resignation
Functioning of the country's highest court faces a virtual halt as the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) starts boycotting the court of the chief justice (CJ) from tomorrow demanding his resignation.
|
|
|
Tk 181cr Karnaphuli Dredging Contract
Move on to get suitable tender for 6 faulty firms
Instead of going for an open re-tender, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is hurriedly arranging a restricted tender for dredging the Karnaphuli river involving the six companies which failed to win
|
 |
Call for caution as nation marks AIDS day
A total of 109 persons out of 240 diagnosed with AIDS have so far died while 874 persons have been found HIV/AIDS positive since the disease was first detected in Bangladesh, a discussion marking theWorld
|
|
|
Yunus calls all to protect democracy
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday called for protecting the country's democracy, saying any alternative to democracy will not be sustainable.
|
|
|
Peace deal means little for hills people
Vital clauses in accord remain unimplemented in 9 years
With the fundamental clauses remaining unimplemented nine years into the signing of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord, the brewing discontent among the hill people is threatening to turn violent
|
|
|
Int'l trade fair opens today
Number of foreign companies comes down to 7
The Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), the largest annual trade fair of the country, kicks off today amid poor participation by foreign companies against the backdrop of prolonged political impasse.
|
|
|
Arges grenade recovered from Tangail
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered an Arges grenade, one foreign made revolver and eight bullets from a village near Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur district early Thursday.
|
|
|
Jubo Dal man bombed, shot to death
Outlaws of the Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) Janajuddha faction last night bombed and gunned down a district Jubo Dal leader in Jhenidah.
|
|
|
2 outlaws slaughtered
Two outlaws were slaughtered by their rivals at Nandanpur village under Ataikula upazila of the district early yesterday.
|
|
|
Fire traded on Satkhira border
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) traded gunfire on Madra and Kakdanga borders under Kalaroa upazila late Thursday night.
|
|
|
Outlaw killed in 'shootout'
An underground operative was killed during a "shootout" between his accomplices and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Durgapur upazila of the district last night.
|
|
|
400 die as typhoon wrecks Philippines
Typhoon Durian may have killed up to 400 people in the central Philippines after heavy rains and winds sent tonnes of mud and boulders the size of cars crashing onto villages, the head of the local Red
|
|
|
King goes missing in Nepal's new anthem
A Nepalese panel has chosen a new national anthem making no mention of the country's king, officials said yesterday, in a fresh sign of rising republican sentiment against the 238-year-old monarchy.
|
|
|
SL president's brother escapes suicide attack
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's brother Gothabaya, who is also the island's defence secretary, narrowly escaped a suspected suicide bomb attack in the island's capital on Friday, officials said.
|
|
|
Protesters seek Lebanon PM resignation
Hundreds of thousands of protesters from Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian allies massed yesterday in downtown Beirut seeking to force the resignation of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who was
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
© thedailystar.net , 2006.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
