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Advisers decide to recast EC, transfer secretaries
Polls schedule to be rearranged and voter list corrected, too
The council of advisers to the caretaker government yesterday decided to reconstitute the Election Commission (EC) and transfer secretaries of some ministries that are considered to have an importantbearing
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Second Day Blockade
3 die in AL-BNP gunfight
At least three people were shot dead and 50 wounded in a fierce gunfight between BNP and Awami League (AL) men in Moheshkhali Island under Cox's Bazar district yesterday as the renewed transport blockade
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14-party to observe advisers' work to fulfil promises
Says Hasina; Blockade suspended
In a positive political development, the Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday suspended the fourth round indefinite blockade programme as the council of advisers decided to implement several of
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Major changes in admin on cards, 353 promoted
Many of them were deprived in last regime
The caretaker government yesterday announced to bring major changes in the civil administration as demanded by the Awami League-led 14-party alliance.
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Nothing to be accepted beyond constitution
Bhuiyan says about advisers' latest move
On the caretaker government's latest decision on Election Commission reconstitution, changes in election schedule and voter roll, BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday said BNP will not
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BNP keeps 45 seats reserved for allies
They demanded 115
Three allies of BNP in the four-party alliance have demanded 115 parliamentary seats for their candidates in the next general election but BNP has kept only 45 seats reserved for them, sources said.
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Gastright for flexibility to end political crisis
US Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs John Gastright has urged all political parties to show a flexible approach and think with an open mind as much as possible to have a creative
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AL-leaning lawyers to probe SC vandalism
The pro-Awami League (AL) lawyers yesterday formed a committee to probe the vandalism on the Supreme Court (SC) premises while those loyal to the BNP kept pressing the chief justice for a suspension of
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Non-ballottee Aspirants
15,000 hajj pilgrims keep fingers crossed for flights
Despite solving the problem of 'Tasria' -- residential rental documents in Saudi Arabia -- hajj pilgrimage by intending non-ballottee pilgrims is still uncertain as Biman Bangladesh Airlines is unable
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Blind eye to urban poor to spell social disaster
Conference on the poor told
Experts and development activists in a conference yesterday warned of a social disaster in the coming decades if the issue of development programmes for the urban poor were not addressed.
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Tk 66 Lakh Arrear Phone Bill
Dhaka court summons Ershad, 18 ex-MPs
A Dhaka court yesterday directed Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad and 18 former BNP, Awami League (AL) and JP lawmakers to appear before it on December 27 in connection with criminal cases filed against
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Kidnapping
Outraged villagers torch 100 houses in Kishoreganj
Outraged by frequent kidnapping, people of Hossainpur upazila in Kishoreganj district and Nandail upazila in Mymensingh district yesterday set fire to over 100 houses of the suspected kidnappers at Tekpara
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Man standing idle during clash faces quizzing
Police yesterday started interrogating an Awami League (AL) supporter in connection with a murder case as he was spotted in a photograph standing idle at a corner at Paltan in the city during the October
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Bangladesh aim at clinching ODI series today
On the back of two strong displays, Bangladesh go into today's third one-day international with a hope of wrapping up the series against Zimbabwe here at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium.
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NDI clarifies voter list survey
National Democratic Institute (NDI) has said in a clarification that its second voters' list survey released on Saturday identifies duplicate and incorrectly listed names, but does not judge them as fictitious
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Encounter with Pirates
Rab member's body recovered from Pashur
The rescue team recovered the body of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-6 Platoon Commander Kanchan Ali yesterday morning from Karamjol, seven miles off Pashur estuary near Mongla seaport.
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2 Rab members hurt as criminals hurl bombs
6 held
Two Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members were injured at the city's Lalbagh on Sunday when criminals hurled bombs at the law enforcers during a raid that yielded arrest of six.
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Chavez clinches a cakewalk re-election
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stormed to a re-election victory in Sunday's vote, handing him an ample mandate to broaden his promised socialist revolution and challenge Washington's influence in Latin
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80 Taliban killed in Nato raid
About 80 Taliban fighters were believed killed in a clash with Nato-led troops and Afghan security forces in insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan at the weekend, a Nato spokesman said yesterday.
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Iraq violence worse than civil war: Annan
10 GIs, dozens of Iraqis killed in attacks
At least 30 Iraqis were killed Sunday and 50 bodies were found in Baghdad as UN chief Kofi Annan described the situation in Iraq as far worse than what was considered a civil war in Lebanon.
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Thai king praises post-coup govt
Hints at change within a year
Thailand's enormously popular King Bhumibol Adulyadej has praised the country's post-coup government as "wise and experienced", but hinted he expected to see a new premier within a year.
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