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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 Fri, 09 May 2008 08:53:39 -0400 Fri, 09 May 2008 08:53:39 -0400 30 Dhaka, May 9(IANS) Bangladesh is expected to tell the Tata group that it cannot spare gas supplies for many of the ventures proposed as part of a $3 billion investment plan, a move that could further delay the Indian conglomerate's entry to the country. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/357368/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:07 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/357368/cs/1/ Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is to press charges for the first time against the amir (chief) of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamist party, for alleged corruption during his 2001-06 stint as the industry minister. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/357275/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:17 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/357275/cs/1/ Agartala, 9 May : 40 militants belonging to the banned All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) laid down their arms and came back to normal life at two places in Tripura on Thursday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/357402/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:53 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/357402/cs/1/ The UN's World Food Programme says it has got permission from Burma to send a plane carrying relief from Bangladesh for the victims of the cyclone. Two planes carrying aid supplies organised by Ban... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14703316/ Fri, 09 May 2008 01:28:26 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14703316/ DHAKA, May 9 - Bangladesh's trade deficit in July-February surged by nearly 47 percent from a year earlier to $4.46 billion, reflecting the soaring cost of food and fuel imports, officials sai... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14703315/ Fri, 09 May 2008 01:28:25 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14703315/ They will start with a Pro20 international at the Wanderers in Johannesburg before playing three one-day internationals in the secondary venues of Potchefstroom, Benoni and East London, Cricket South ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14703317/ Fri, 09 May 2008 01:28:24 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14703317/ DHAKA: Bangladesh has banned exports of rice for six months after prices at home doubled in a year causing widespread hardship to the country's impoverished millions, an official said yesterday.Bangla... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14703318/ Fri, 09 May 2008 01:28:23 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14703318/ Dhaka: Seven international oil companies have submitted bids for 15 offshore blocks as energy starved Bangladesh looks for potential gas deposits in the Bay of Bengal amid dwelling reserves exposing t... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14697280/ Thu, 08 May 2008 20:32:48 -0400 Gulf News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14697280/ Seven people were killed and 25 others injured in separate road accidents in Tangail, Rajshahi, Pabna, Gaibandha and Brahmanbaria in the last two days.Our correspondent in Tangail reports: Two people ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696497/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696497/ Bangladeshi migrants' rights organisations yesterday urged the South Korean government to legalise the irregular workers who have been living in South Korea for 10 to 15 years in a bid to ensure their... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696477/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:05 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696477/ Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed yesterday urged every family of the country to plant at least two palm trees at their homes to meet the demand for edible oil and eradicate poverty from socie... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696491/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696491/ Sector Commanders' Forum (SCF) President Air Vice Marshall (Retd) AK Khandker yesterday said justice and democracy would not be established in the society until the war criminals are brought to justic... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696498/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696498/ The Duke of Gloucester, Prince Richard, yesterday visited Sidr rehabilitation project under Ghotoker Andua, a remote village under Mirzaganj upazila in Patuakhali district.British High Commission in D... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696493/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696493/ Two people were shot by a gang of armed criminals at Gandaria in the city yesterday.The injured are Nazir Hossain, 24, an alleged drug peddler and Shimul Parvez, 27, a security guard of Group-4 securi... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696494/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696494/ A gang of robbers stabbed a cloth trader and his wife and looted away gold ornaments, cash money and valuables worth over Tk 2.0 lakh from their house in Ram Chandradi area at Araihazar upazila on Wed... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696490/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696490/ The government will seek suggestions from different citizens' groups and professional bodies for qualitative change in politics during its talks with them in parallel with dialogues with political par... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696482/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:05 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696482/ Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested six accused of a murder case from the city's Mirpur area and recovered two firearms and 12 bullets from their possession.The arrestees are Mansur Ahmed Mohan alia... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696496/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696496/ A dumb girl was raped at Ghaserkandi under Araihazar upazila early yesterday.Police said a criminal raped the dumb girl while she was alone at her house. Police could not arrest the alleged rapist.A c... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696486/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696486/ A construction worker was killed after falling off the roof of a six-storey under-construction building during the storm at Mohakhali in the city last night.The victim identified as Aminul Islam, 25, ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696484/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696484/ Bachchu, a notorious member of banned Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), was remanded yesterday for seven days for more interrogation. After his arrest, Bachchu alias Nishan revealed sensational in... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696485/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:32:59 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696485/ Masafumi Kuroki, vice-president of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), will arrive in Bangladesh on a five-day visit tomorrow, says a press release.The purpose of his visit is to exchange i... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696483/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696483/ It was 35 years ago when Shanti's parents got married and they were not aware of the disease thalassaemia and its dreadfulness.As a result, three of their children were the carrier of thalassaemia and... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696481/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:05 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696481/ A Dhaka court yesterday issued warrants for arrest of former principal secretary to Prime Minister's Office Dr SM Samad and five others for awarding gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian com... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696478/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:04 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696478/ Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday said Poet Rabindranath Tagore remains a great source of inspiration in the nation's all out efforts for establishing a superstition-free and a knowledge-based ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696480/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:04 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696480/ Patia Sachetan Nagarik Committee, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) jointly organise a two-day anti-corruption youth rally at Patia in Chittagong beginni... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696489/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696489/ Five villages under Koira upazila in Khulna were inundated as a dam of Water Development Board (WDB) collapsed at 6:00am yesterday.The inundated villages are Harinkhola, Ghatakhali, Orhatala, Gobra an... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696487/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696487/ Gas explosion at a soya bean boiler mill at Hayderganj bazaar in Raipur upazila on Wednesday night left a worker dead and 14 others injured. The dead was identified as Kashem. Sources said fire broke ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696488/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14696488/ Dhaka, May 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's Supreme Court (SC) Thursday allowed trial of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, upholding the caretaker government's right to invoke the stringent Emergency Power Ru... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14694413/ Thu, 08 May 2008 17:03:59 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14694413/ US Assistant Secretary of State for South andCentral Asia Affairs Richard Boucher talking to newsmenafter holding a meeting with Foreign Secretary TowhidHossain at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on T... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14692528/ Thu, 08 May 2008 16:52:45 -0400 The New Nation http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14692528/ Dhaka, May 8 (IANS) Bangladesh's Election Commission has said it would hold the long-stalled ninth general election by December, but major political parties refuse to participate until their jailed le... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14689685/ Thu, 08 May 2008 13:14:59 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14689685/ Seven international oil companies have submitted their bids for 15 offshore blocks in an apparent lukewarm response to energy-starved Bangladesh's exploration move amid growing demands for gas and pow... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14684825/ Thu, 08 May 2008 09:21:06 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14684825/ The Daily Star Wednesday, May 7, 2008 A month-long training course on "TV news presentation" organised by Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) ended at the confe... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14677321/ Thu, 08 May 2008 01:23:32 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14677321/ DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh court charged former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with corruption Wednesday over contracts awarded to a Canadian oil and gas company in 2001, an investigat... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672682/ Wed, 07 May 2008 22:17:07 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672682/ DHAKA, May 7 - Bangladesh's army-backed interim government formally charged former prime minister Sheikh Hasina for graft in a case involving the Canadian oil exploration firm Niko Resources Ltd ,... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14674109/ Wed, 07 May 2008 21:44:54 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14674109/ The 15th All Asian Inter Varsity Debate Championship begins today. Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed will inaugurate the competition at Hotel Sonargaon in the city.North South University is hosting the s... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672017/ Wed, 07 May 2008 18:18:20 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672017/ A two-day short film festival will begin at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University (DU) from today to raise funds for treatment of Amit, a first year student of Sheikh Borh... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672016/ Wed, 07 May 2008 18:18:20 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672016/ Asia Regional Higher Education Summit will be held in the city in October with a view to expanding innovative approaches to teaching, research, technology transfer and business development in higher e... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672018/ Wed, 07 May 2008 18:18:21 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672018/ The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved charge sheet against former BNP lawmaker Mohammad Giasuddin Ahmed, his two wives and son for concealing information and amassing wealth beyond k... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672019/ Wed, 07 May 2008 18:18:21 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14672019/ DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Bangladesh will sign deals with oil and gas companies for exploration of new offshore gas fields by October to meet its growing energy needs, an energy official said Wednesda... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14670283/ Wed, 07 May 2008 17:51:29 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14670283/ Bangladesh's operators face the loss of a collective 3 million subscribers as a deadline to register each active SIM card by the end of this month will not be extended. Manzurul Alam, chairman of Ba... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14670285/ Wed, 07 May 2008 17:51:27 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14670285/ Staff ReporterBangladesh Water Partnership (BWP) has said Bangladesh cannot undertake proper water management of its water resources, as it does not have any control over the trans-boundary river flow... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14668648/ Wed, 07 May 2008 17:41:34 -0400 The New Nation http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14668648/ Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression at Chapainawabganj yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and two minor girl children. The convict, Md Liton of Dafada... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666072/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666072/ An elderly person was killed by son and relatives following land dispute at Belchhari under Matiranga upazila in Khagrachhari hill district on Tuesday.The victim, Mohammad Ful Mia, 65, of Belchhari vi... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666071/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666071/ Law Secretary Habibul Awal yesterday said that the government is formulating a disaster management act with a view to giving the country's disaster management programme an institutional shape.He said ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667976/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:44 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667976/ Huge machinery including heavy vehicles worth about Tk 100 crore are being damaged on the premises of Bangladesh Forest Industry Development Corporation (BFIDC) office at Bagaihat Bazar under Bagaichh... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666066/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:33 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666066/ Chevron in a statement yesterday claimed that it is in full compliance with the environment clearance certificate with its 3D seismic survey at Lawachhara Reserve Forest in Moulvibazar, says a press r... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667975/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:45 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667975/ Experts, academicians, cultural activists and politicians at a roundtable yesterday said the government should strengthen local companies for exploring the country's gas and coal resources for energy ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667972/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:45 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667972/ A court in Sylhet yesterday deferred charge framing against detained Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran in a case for possessing foreign liqour in his house. The Additional D... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666068/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666068/ A Faridpur court yesterday sentenced seven people to life-term imprisonment for killing a person on February 27 last year. Faridpur Additional Sessions Judge Md Akbar Hossain also fined them Tk 1,000 ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666069/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666069/ World Red Cross Red Crescent Day will be observed in the country today as elsewhere in the world.This year the theme of the day is 'Together for Humanity'. To mark the day Bangladesh Red Crescent Soci... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667973/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:44 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667973/ Commercial operations at the garment factories of Azim Group in the port city's Kalurghat BSCIC industrial area remained uncertain until yesterday evening.General Manager of the group Anup Kumar Das t... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667971/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:46 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667971/ Different student bodies yesterday condemned the decision of suspending the studentship of Khairul Hossain Raju, a student of Jagannath University, also a reporter of the daily Samakal, for three year... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667985/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667985/ Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday discovered an adulterate and fake lubricant factory from an under-ground godown at the town. Rab seized spurious lubricant worth Tk 20 lakh and arrested factory ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666062/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666062/ The Seventh Newspaper Wage Board yesterday submitted its report to Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed recommending new scales of salary, allowances and other welfare measures for journalists and press wor... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667980/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667980/ Prince Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, will arrive in the city on May 19 on a four-day state visit to Bangladesh.His visit marks the golden jubilee of his Imamat. Prince Aga Khan bec... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667981/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667981/ A special tribunal here yesterday awarded death sentence to a man for killing his wife for dowry.The convict is Asalat Hossain of Gopinathpur village under Jhenidah Sadar upazila.Jhenidah Women and Ch... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666064/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:33 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666064/ Police arrested three extremists belonging to outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (Janajuddho) from Syed Mahalla under Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat district and rescued a trader kidnapped by them o... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666070/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666070/ Shop owners of the city's Eastern Plus market complex at Shantinagar yesterday took to the street for around two hours protesting the theft of mobile sets breaking shutters of two shops on Tuesday nig... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667979/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667979/ The verdict in the Rajshahi University teacher Dr Sheikh Taher Ahmed murder case will be delivered on May 22.Rajshahi speedy trial tribunal fixed the date on Tuesday when the three-day argument betwee... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667984/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667984/ Apollo Hospitals Dhaka received Blood Bank licence from the Directorate of Health recently, says a press release.Under this licence, Apollo Hospitals Dhaka will be entitled to blood collection, proces... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667978/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667978/ Tolls were demanded over cellphone from eight garment owners of Fatullah in the name of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) yesterday. Four of them filed general diary (GD) with Fatullah Police Stati... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667983/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667983/ The delegation of Pakistan National Defence University (NDU) called on Defence Secretary Kamrul Hasan at the Ministry of Defence in the city yesterday.Joint Secretary (W&D) of the Defence Ministry Bri... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667986/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667986/ A housewife and her two children suffered serious burn injuries as rivals threw acid when they were sleeping at the veranda of their house at village Majgram in Magura Sadar upazila early yesterday.Th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666067/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666067/ Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) narrowly escaped casualty as Chittagong University (CU)-bound shuttle train rammed into a pick-up van of the elite force near the port city's Oxygen intersectio... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667982/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667982/ Medicine stolen from different government hospitals worth over Tk 15 lakh was recovered from a house here yesterday afternoon.Two persons were also arrested in this connection.Acting on a tip-off, a t... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666063/ Wed, 07 May 2008 16:06:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666063/ Kazi Meherin Hossain Pinky, 22, daughter of Kazi Moazzem Hossain Sabu of Chiora Kazi Bari at Chouddagram in Comilla, was killed in a road accident at Texas, Houston in the United States on May 4.Pinky... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667977/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667977/ Prince Richard, duke of Gloucester of the UK, yesterday arrived in the city on a four-day visit to Bangladesh, particularly to Sidr-affected southern region of the country.The Duke, who holds several ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667988/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667988/ A two-day international surgical training programme on 'Longo operation', a high-tech colorectal surgery, began at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the city yesterday.The training titled... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667987/ Wed, 07 May 2008 15:12:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14667987/ ) - Over 30 people have been killed this month and hundreds more injured as seasonal storms, locally known as 'norwesters', wreaked havoc across Bangladesh. On 6 May, eight people were killed in Sira... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666284/ Wed, 07 May 2008 14:44:39 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666284/ DHAKA, Bangladesh - A Bangladesh court charged former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with corruption Wednesday after the official anti-corruption commission laid charges last December over contracts awa... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666286/ Wed, 07 May 2008 14:44:38 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14666286/ DHAKA, May 7 Asia Pulse - Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, is now in grave crisis to maintain its flight schedule following grounding of an Airbus on May 4. After landing at ZIA... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14658210/ Wed, 07 May 2008 08:18:08 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14658210/ DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh sent an air force transport plane to cyclone-hit Myanmar on Wednesday with emergency supplies to help with relief efforts, an army spokesman said. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14658212/ Wed, 07 May 2008 08:18:04 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14658212/ By Farid Ahmed DHAKA - Bangladesh's military-backed interim government hopes that a "truth commission" it plans to set up will give tainted businessmen an opportunity to revive their businesse... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14658213/ Wed, 07 May 2008 08:18:04 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14658213/ *** Asia Pulse Tender *** World Bank United Nations Development Business Service Procurements - May 2008 Country: Bangladesh Project: Water Management Improvement Project (wmip) Financing: World ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14655002/ Wed, 07 May 2008 04:59:42 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14655002/ The Daily Star Saturday, May 3, 2008 The 36th edition of the BBC Bangladesh Sanglap will kick off at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city today. Awami League presidium memb... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14649251/ Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:34 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14649251/ Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday underscored the need for diversifying the use of potato through changing food habit to help ensure food security of the country.In a statement, he said it is e... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14644012/ Tue, 06 May 2008 17:17:25 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14644012/ The government has cancelled the certificate and hajj licence of a travel agency and confiscated its security money for realising excess money from hajj pilgrims and harassing them.The Civil Aviation ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14644011/ Tue, 06 May 2008 17:17:24 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14644011/ The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday adjourned for one month the hearing on leave to appeals against the High Court (HC) orders staying proceedings of five corruption cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Co... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14644009/ Tue, 06 May 2008 17:17:24 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14644009/ Over 30,000 people of 6,500 families of Southkhali who were worst-hit by cyclonic storm Sidr on November 15 last year are yet to be rehabilitated despite assurance from government.They are the people ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638445/ Tue, 06 May 2008 15:02:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638445/ Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for taking lessons from historical mistakes and strengthening bilateral ties through more connectivity between the peoples of two neighbouring countries Bangl... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640267/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640267/ The government yesterday decided to set up two permanent jetties west of Simpson Masjid Ghat jetty within a month in line with the demand of the businessmen of South Keraniganj.But the leaders of Kera... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640263/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:39 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640263/ To beautify the Dhaka city a new sculpture 'Protyasha' was inaugurated on the tri-angle premises of Bangabazar in the city.Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka inaugurated the scul... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640262/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:39 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640262/ A widow yesterday filed a murder case against a person and his three sons for killing her son in Bogra during the liberation war in 1971.The widow Nekbanu filed the case with the chief judicial magist... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640258/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640258/ Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday said pro-BNP and pro-Jamaat men still exist in the civil administration and election would not be impartial if they are not ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640268/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640268/ A staff of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) allegedly committed suicide after jumping from the rooftop of the 10-storey BIWTA building at Motijheel in the city yesterday.The decease... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640257/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640257/ Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in separate drives in Barisal and Barguna districts on Monday night arrested five people and seized two kilogram of heroin, one country-made gun and six bul... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638446/ Tue, 06 May 2008 15:02:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638446/ Former adviser and Executive Director of Ain O Salish Kendra Advocate Sultana Kamal hands over Braille books to a visually impaired student at Mirpur in the city on Monday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640256/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640256/ Leaders of the Sector Commanders Forum (SCF) who are on a three-day visit to northern districts will reach Rangpur today. The forum is traveling different districts as part of mobilising public opinio... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640254/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:37 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640254/ Police arrested a civil clerk of Bangladesh Navy and two others for killing his wife in Chittagong city yesterday.The victim was identified as Halima, 22.Police said Md Solaiman, 30, hailing from Chan... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640255/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:37 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640255/ With three more cracks that developed yesterday in an embankment on Shibsha River at Bajua union under Dakop upazila in Khulna district, flood situation has worsened further.Over 3,000 houses of 15 vi... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638447/ Tue, 06 May 2008 15:02:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638447/ Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday took top criminal Sanjidul Islam Emon under its custody in a four-day remand in connection with the murder of BNP leader Liakat Hossain on April 7, 20... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640253/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:37 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640253/ Speakers at a discussion held here yesterday said press freedom cannot be ensured in any country where democracy is absent.Mass-line Media Centre (MMC), Shushilon and Progoti jointly organised the dis... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638448/ Tue, 06 May 2008 15:02:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638448/ The government has drawn up elaborate programmes to celebrate the 147th birth anniversary of Biswa Kabi Rabindranath Tagore at national level tomorrow.Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed will inaugurate Ta... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640259/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640259/ Speakers at a press conference yesterday demanded the government re-fixes daily deposition money of CNG-run autorickshaws and taxicabs. They also urged the government to re-fix the fare of first two k... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640265/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640265/ Nine ill-fated girls trafficked to India at different times returned to their families yesterday.Rights Jessore, a human rights organisation, at a programme at its office handed over Fatima, 25, Rekha... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640260/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640260/ Price hike of yarn, dye and other weaving materials are forcing many weavers in Tangail to leave their profession, showing a sign of gradual disaster in the traditional weaving industries in Tangail.B... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638450/ Tue, 06 May 2008 15:02:39 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638450/ A two-day workshop on 'The legislative implementation of the 2005 universal counter-terrorism instruments concerning the physical protection of nuclear material and the security of maritime navigation... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640250/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:36 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640250/ Dr Md Khairul Islam has joined WaterAid Bangladesh as its country representative, says a press release.WaterAid Bangladesh is a UK-based charity promoting safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.P... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640249/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:36 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14640249/ Sleuths in Bangladesh will, however, continue the search for Jibon Singh as part of the India-Bangladesh understanding on capturing and handing over criminals of one country crossing over to the other... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638637/ Tue, 06 May 2008 13:39:43 -0400 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/14638637/