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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangladesh Sun.com http://www.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/ba01aa42514dc37d/ en-us Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:25:31 -0400 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:25:31 -0400 30 150,000 curiosity-seekers have flocked to a Bangladesh hospital on news that a two-headed boy had been born there. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/399582/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:30:06 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/399582/cs/1/ Dhaka, Aug 27 (Xinhua) Scientists in Bangladesh have developed ways to produce petroleum from degradable organic municipal waste and are now studying its feasibility before going to commercial production. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/399747/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:03:34 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/399747/cs/1/ The High Court in Bangladesh Tuesday released former prime minister Khaleda Zia for four months to undergo medical treatment. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/399365/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:41 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/399365/cs/1/ NEW DELHI: Bangladesh and India are set to compete for the same set of telecom investors with Bangladesh announcing auctions for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum close on the heels of India... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17261143/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:51:07 -0400 Times of India http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17261143/ A young housewife received burns as two young men threw acid at her in the city's Sabujbagh area last night.The two threw acid at Poly Begum, wife of Azizur Rahman, at her rented house at Baganbari in... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17262219/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:27:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17262219/ Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), the regulatory body for civil aviation-related activities, yesterday grounded the Boeing-737 aircraft of Best Air, a private airline, for technical probl... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17262218/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:27:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17262218/ The service of Rear Admiral Mostafizur Rahman of Bangladesh Navy has been placed under foreign ministry for posting as ambassador on deputation, says a government notification. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257343/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:33 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257343/ British High Commissioner in Dhaka Stephen Evans yesterday said some of the major technical preconditions have already been completed for holding a credible election in Bangladesh.Referring to the vot... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257345/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257345/ Tension prevails at a labour camp in Kuwait after two supervisors of a cleaning company were beaten up by a large number of striking Bangladeshi workers on Tuesday allegedly over unpaid wages, reports... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257333/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257333/ BNP-Jamaat backed 'white panel' teachers of Dhaka University (DU) yesterday rejected the statements of pro-Awami League 'blue panel' teachers on recently held elections to the deanship at the universi... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257342/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:33 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257342/ Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Salehuddin Ahmed waspresent as the chief guest at the SAARC FINANCE seminar onCorporate Governance in Banks and Financial Institutions ata city hotel yesterday. Focus Bangl... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257331/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:35:22 -0400 The New Nation http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257331/ The trial court, dealing with Tk 21 crore bribery case against detained BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman and former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and six others, yesterday... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257338/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257338/ When 26-year-old Shamsul Haque was singing 'O dear mother, you now won't be able to recognise your son' at the closing session of the national conference of acid survivors yesterday, the audience coul... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257332/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:39 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257332/ Speakers at a seminar yesterday called for formulating specific laws and changing attitude towards the domestic helps to ensure their safety in the workplaces.The speakers also said that the governmen... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257334/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257334/ Four people were killed and eight others injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong, Sirajganj and Barisal in the last two days.BSS from Chittagong reports: Two people were killed and another in... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257336/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:36 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257336/ Islamic Foundation Bangladesh (IFB) asked authorities of all mosques across the country to follow similar procedure for Khatam Tarabi during the month of Ramadan.Different mosques recite different pag... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257340/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257340/ JUVENILES AGAINST CORRUPTION: Students of Namoshankarbati High School in Chapainawabganj taking oath to resist corruption yesterday at a function arranged by TIB. Photo: STAR http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257352/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257352/ A mobile court in the port city yesterday fined owners of vermicelli and ghee factories on different charges and destroyed huge quantity of adulterated products at Khatunganj.The court, led by Executi... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257347/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257347/ Police recovered a body of a housewife from Jatrabari in the city yesterday.The woman was identified as Shathi Akhter, 20, wife of Mosharraf Hossain, a worker in a book binding shop. Police recovered ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257335/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:35 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257335/ Lightning killed three people and wounded 11 others in Dinajpur and Thaurgaon districts yesterday, police said. The dead are Md Idris Ali, 32, a rickshaw-puller of Baluadanga village in Dinajpur Sadar... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257341/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257341/ Dr Md Fazlul Bari, professor of Water Resources Engineering Department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), has been appointed vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University of Engin... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257346/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257346/ Complying with the pre-condition for taking oath as elected post-holders in city corporation, newly elected mayor and councillors of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) yesterday submitted affidavit making... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257350/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257350/ Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS) organised a workshop on 'Government Services for the Poor: The Present Scenario' at its auditorium here as part of a project named 'Empowering The Poor Through Fe... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257348/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:29 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257348/ Over 3000 people from 16 villages in Tala upazila, walked 15 kilometers to Satkhira town yesterday, laid a siege Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) office and submitted a memorandum for re... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257349/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:19:29 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17257349/ Dhaka - Thousands of people gathered at a clinic in western Bangladesh see a double-headed baby boy born to a farm worker, media reports said Wednesday. The mass circulation newspaper Ittefaq quoted m... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17251247/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:54:15 -0400 Earth Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17251247/ Dhaka, August 27: A baby boy born with two heads in south-western Bangladesh has been placed under police protection because of the curiosity his birth has caused among locals, a doctor said on Wednes... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17246683/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:56:00 -0400 Express India http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17246683/ Dhaka - Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson was scheduled to arrive Friday in Dhaka on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh, diplomatic officials said Wednesday. Grimsson plans to chair an int... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17238491/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:47:15 -0400 Earth Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17238491/ Japan will write off 680 million U.S. dollars in debt overdue from Bangladesh under a debt-relief agreement, private news agency UNB reported Tuesday quoting a press release. Japanese and Bangladeshi ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17232248/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:34:54 -0400 People's Daily http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17232248/ Agencies DHAKA: Bangladesh’s major political parties expressed doubts yesterday about the army-backed interim government’s commitment to holding a promised free and fair election before th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17232368/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:33:27 -0400 Arab News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17232368/ At least five persons including a traffic constable and an ansar member were injured when criminals charged two hand bombs at Roy Saheb Bazar of under Kotwali Police Station in Old Dhaka yesterday.The... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223125/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:51:45 -0400 Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223125/ Business leaders of different chamber bodies of northern districts at a discussion at a city hotel yesterday urged the government to move to develop the Phulbari coal mine without any further delay.Th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223273/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:23 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223273/ An explosion at a chemical plant in southern China killed 11 people, injured 57 and forced the evacuation of more than 11,500 others on Tuesday, a local government website reported.Another eight peopl... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223295/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:11 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223295/ A daylong orientation course on 'human disaster and risk mitigation' was held at Naval Headquarters multipurpose hall in the city yesterday, says an ISPR press release.Bangladesh Scouts, and Populatio... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223297/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:10 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223297/ Speakers at a workshop yesterday urged the government to establish a separate land commission for the indigenous people in order to ensure their welfare. At present, 85 percent of indigenous people ar... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223291/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:13 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223291/ The High Court yesterday directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Election Commission (EC) not to take any step within one month to recruit 85 upazila election officers as per the announce... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223278/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:18 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223278/ British High Commissioner in Dhaka Stephen Evans yesterday said the Bangladeshi community in the UK has been playing a laudable role in the British society for long.We are proud of their contributions... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223276/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:19 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223276/ The three-day ninth home-secretary level meeting between Bangladesh and India begins in Dhaka Friday, with New Delhi likely to press for an extradition treaty to exchange criminals hiding in each othe... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17222185/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:51:48 -0400 Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17222185/ A special court yesterday adjourned the trial proceeding in the Tk 21 crore bribery case against detained BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman, former state minister for home Lutfozzaman ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223285/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:15 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223285/ Staff ReporterPropaganda against Bangladesh is rife again in the India's north-eastern state of Assam and branding Bengali speaking people there as intruders, informed sources said.The propaganda agai... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223271/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:24:33 -0400 The New Nation http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223271/ Experts at a seminar yesterday said 'legal clinics' will have to be set up in all upazilas across the country for creating mass awareness against human trafficking and providing legal aid to the victi... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223277/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:18 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223277/ A government initiative to involve local communities in the improvement of education imparted by government primary schools has begun to show results in some schools. Under the initiative and with tra... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223274/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:22 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223274/ The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against former deputy director of Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd (BTCL) Mohammad Tawfique on charges of amassing huge wealth throu... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223298/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:10 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223298/ Two youths, including a rice trader, were beaten to death in separate incidents in the city's Shahbagh and Sutrapur areas on Monday night.The deceased were identified as Ali Asgar Swapan, 25, owner of... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223275/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:19 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223275/ Four staffs of a cargo vessel were feared drowned in the Meghna near Mohanpur area under Matlab North upazila of the district as it sank after a violent collision with another vessel on Monday night.P... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223283/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223283/ A court here yesterday issued arrest warrant against five police officers on charges of not appearing before the court for giving deposition in three cases filed in connection with August 17 bomb atta... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223287/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:08 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223287/ Firing gunshots in a filmy style, armed muggers riding on a motorbike yesterday looted Tk 2.6 lakh from a businessman in the city's Uttara area.A gang of four muggers riding on a motorbike fired blank... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223296/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:10 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223296/ Eleven kids, rescued from Pallabi area in the city on Monday evening, returned to their parents in the early hours of yesterday.The residents of Pallabi rescued the kids aged between eight months and ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223272/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:23 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223272/ A two-day Australian Education Exhibition began at the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel yesterday with a view to disseminating information about the educational facilities in Australia among the Bangladeshi stude... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223288/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:08 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223288/ The High Court yesterday started the hearing on the writ petition challenging the legality of the Truth and Accountability Commission (Tac) Ordinance 2008.An HC bench of Justice Khademul Islam Chowdhu... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223290/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:14 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223290/ The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is running its activities without a secretary for more than four months.Mokhles ur Rahman, the immediate-past ACC secretary, was transferred as the chairman of Ban... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223294/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:11 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223294/ A consultation workshop to review the implementation status of Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) in Bangladesh and finalise the yearly progress report of the HFA, which Bangladesh government will submit... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223299/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:09 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223299/ About 200 vehicles, including buses, were stranded at Daulatdia ferryghat yesterday noon, causing immense suffering to the travelers and delay in transportation of goods and commodities.Inland Water T... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223286/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:15 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223286/ The High Court yesterday issued a status quo order for three months on the formation of governing bodies at private banks under the Bank Company Act (Amendment) Ordinance 2007. An HC bench of Justice ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223284/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223284/ Leaders of National Oil, Gas, Minerals and Power and Port Protection Committee yesterday reiterated their demand for implementation of the six-point agreement signed on August 30 in 2006. The previous... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223306/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:04 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223306/ Japan will write off $680 million in debt overdue from Bangladesh under a debt-relief agreement. Japan and Bangladesh governments yesterday exchanged notes on the Japanese debt-relief measure in the f... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223293/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:12 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223293/ A special court yesterday deferred the trial proceedings in the Tk 2.99 crore extortion case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her cousin former health minister Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223279/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223279/ Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association (BNWLA) demanded exemplary punishment to a local Jamaat leader at Pirgachha in Rangpur and schoolteacher Nurul Huq for sexual harassment to his girl stud... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223289/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:09 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223289/ Several students of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) were sued on Monday on charge of killing a plumber on Sunday. Victim Murad Hossain's father Kamal Mistri filed a murder case naming five studen... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223303/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223303/ Participants at a day-long seminar here yesterday urged the government to frame a fishermen-friendly fishery policy to improve their lot and develop open water fish resources in the country. They also... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223302/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223302/ People shifting to safer places as sudden erosion by Meghna devoured several homesteads and business set-ups at Puran Bazar in Chandpur town yesterday. PHOTO: FOCUS BANGLA http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223304/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223304/ Pabna Special Court-1 yesterday recorded statement of the first prosecution witness (PW) of the sensational August 17 serial blasts case here. The then officer-in-charge (OC) of Pabna Police Station, ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223301/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:10:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17223301/ A lingering heel injury has forced Matthew Hayden to consider his limited-overs future, but he says he still has the desire to continue in the format despite having to pull out of the series against B... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17202074/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:04:52 -0400 Cricinfo http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17202074/ New Delhi, Aug. 25: Bangladesh Rifles has agreed on joint operations with the Border Security Force to remove terror camps of Indian insurgents in that country. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17197348/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:19:40 -0400 The Telegraph http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17197348/ New Delhi, Aug. 25: Over a million Bangladeshis who have entered India legally through Bengal since the 1970s cannot be traced, official figures said today. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17197482/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:19:39 -0400 The Telegraph http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17197482/ NEW DELHI: The bird flu virus, that caused India's worst Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak this year, has been found to be "a lot similar" to the one that created havoc in Bangladesh. This has been ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17197351/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:04:28 -0400 Times of India http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17197351/ A top QC yesterday angrily criticised the delay in sentencing the man who killed a Bangladeshi waiter on Orkney. Donald Findlay QC told the High Court in Glasgow that Michael Ross, who was just 15 wh... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17196247/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:44:02 -0400 The Herald http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17196247/ UNB, KhulnaA meeting of the Council of Advisers will be held at local circuit house today.Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed will chair the meeting which will be attended by advisers, CA's special assi... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193203/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:09:47 -0400 The New Nation http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193203/ Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) was yesterday declared closed for an indefinite period in the wake of a tense situation prevailing on the campus and its adjoining areas following the deat... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17192092/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:33:13 -0400 Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17192092/ The election of the Chittagong University Teachers' Association (Cuta) will be held on August 30.Prof Dr Ershad Kamal of Economics department will compete for the post of president from Awami League b... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193213/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:57:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193213/ With a view to providing low-cost quality health care services to the patients Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB) set up a 'specialist-chamber-complex' on the Ibrahim Medical College (Birdem) ca... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193209/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:57:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193209/ Ninety-eight percent of Urdu-speaking people, popularly known as Biharis, are interested in becoming voters of the country, said the speakers at a press conference in the city yesterday.They however a... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193211/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:57:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193211/ Government decided to introduce a poverty-targeted stipend programme to address disparities across different income groups in secondary school access and quality, says a press release. This was disclo... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193220/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193220/ The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday submitted supplementary chare sheet accusing five people of evading tax worth Tk 1 crore while importing ball pen from India in 2003.They are the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193208/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:57:04 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193208/ Hundreds of workers and staffs of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) yesterday staged a demonstration and observed work abstention demanding increase in salary, regularisation of jobs and promotion.The... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193221/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193221/ A minor boy was killed in a road accident on Brahmanbaria-Dhaka highway at Ghatura village in Brahmanbaria Sadar yesterday.The victim was identified as Md Babu Mia, 10, son of Ali Mia.The accident occ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193226/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:57 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193226/ One person was injured and belongings worth Tk 5 lakh of passengers of a Jamalpur-bound bus coming from Dhaka was looted by a gang of robbers at Bailor on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Trishal upazila i... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193225/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:57 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193225/ An allegation of sexual harassment to four girl students of Kandirhat High School in Pirgacha upazila was brought against their teacher Nurul Haque, also Ameer of Kandi union unit of Jamaat-e-Islami. ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193223/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:57 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193223/ Visiting 16-member military delegation of Indian higher command course led by Brigadier JM Devadoss paid a courtesy call on Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division Lt General Md Abdul Mubeen ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193218/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193218/ Enthused by recent polls results in four city corporations and nine pourasabhas in the country, Awami League aspirants have launched mass contact in all 12 upazilas in Sylhet to contest the upazila el... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193212/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:57:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193212/ Spiritual leader of Jama'atul Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB) Dr Asadullah Al Galib may be freed in a few days.Galib, Arabic teacher at Rajshahi University and also chief of Ahle Hadith, Bangladesh (Ahab... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193214/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:57:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193214/ Speakers at a view exchange meeting yesterday said oppressors of teachers and corrupt officials under BNP-Jamaat alliance government are still active in education sector as they are not touched under ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193207/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:57:08 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193207/ A Barisal court yesterday acquitted all of the 13 accused in a case filed in connection with 17 August series bomb blasts in the city as the prosecution failed to prove the charges.Rabiul Hassan, judg... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193219/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193219/ The art exhibition of 19 noted artists will be continued till August 30.The exhibition at the Liberation War Museum will remain open from 10:00am to 6:00pm everyday. The exhibition was scheduled to en... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193224/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:57 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193224/ Cricket South Africa have announced changes to the itinerary for the home series against Bangladesh in November. The warm-up match between the Bangladeshis and South Africa A will now be a two-day fix... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193202/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:12:56 -0400 Cricinfo http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193202/ Admission test for the fall semester 2008 of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) will be held on August 28 on its Dhanmondi campus, says a press release.Interested candidates are requested to... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193228/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:56:56 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193228/ .newradiotext { text-align: middle; font-size: 12px !important; font-family:Georgia; color: #000; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding:0; } #newrightcolumnheading { float: right; width: 3... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193229/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:47:56 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17193229/ Parveen Ahmed August 25, 2008 - 12:25 a.m. DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Melting Himalayan glaciers, rising sea levels and depleting fresh water sources as a result of global climate change are posing ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17187574/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:25:48 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17187574/ Australian Institute of Sports 230 for 1 (Khawaja 101*, Hill 87*) beat Bangladeshis 229 for 9 (Kapali 62, Sullivan 4-30, Kelly 3-31) by nine wickets http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17183872/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:25:40 -0400 Cricinfo http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17183872/ DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Stone-throwing protesters clashed with riot police and smashed vehicles Monday to demand the release of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who is being he... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17183735/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:05:45 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17183735/ ') } if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load", startscroll, false) else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", startscroll) else if (ie||dom) window.onload=star... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17183902/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:37:23 -0400 IRIN http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17183902/ Dhaka - Border officials of India and Bangladesh reached a deal pledging to bury the mistrust and bitterness of the past while strengthening ties between the border guards of each countries, officials... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17179468/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:39:10 -0400 Earth Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17179468/ DHAKA: An Indian plan to build more fencing on the border with Bangladesh will not stop illegal cattle trading, which leads to regular deaths in the area, a Bangladeshi official said on Monday. ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17179474/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:34:15 -0400 Times of India http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17179474/ Australia opener Matthew Hayden has been ruled out of the home one-day series against Bangladesh. The 36-year-old has failed to recover from an Achilles tendon injury in time for the three-match se... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17179479/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:25:29 -0400 BBC Sport http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17179479/ Top-order batsman Michael Hussey says the Australian cricketers are excited about their three-match one-day cricket series against Bangladesh starting in Darwin on Saturday. The series was supposed t... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17170019/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:33:48 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17170019/ South Korea has decided to allow duty free access of Bangladeshi goods into its markets, aiming to augment bilateral trades, the South Korean ambassador to Dhaka said on Sunday. When contacted by Xinh... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17169985/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:50:12 -0400 People's Daily http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17169985/ The industrial credit disbursement in Bangladesh recorded a hefty 66 percent growth in 2007-08 fiscal year (July 2007-June 2008) over that of 2006-07 fiscal year, official data showed. According to th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17170028/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:50:11 -0400 People's Daily http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17170028/ Bangladesh is expected to establish a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to speed up local and foreign investments in the country, an official said here Sunday. Executive member of Bangladesh's Board of Inve... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17170029/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:50:09 -0400 People's Daily http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17170029/ At least five people were injured in a clash between members of Ansar and local people at Shyampur in the city over fishing in a lagoon of Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) in the area last night. W... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17166773/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:55:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17166773/ Security forces recovered 281 sacks of fertiliser from the districts of Satkhira and Pabna yesterday and Saturday. Our Satkhira Correspondent reports: Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), in two separate drives, ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17165207/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:55:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17165207/ Failing to get adequate fertiliser, a farmer of Gabtali upazila in Bogra assaulted upazila deputy assistant agriculture officer yesterday. Few hundred farmers were waiting for fertiliser for long time... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17165204/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:55:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/17165204/