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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangladesh News.Net http://www.bangladeshnews.net/ en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:04:55 -0400 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:04:55 -0400 30 Bangladesh's elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) prevented 25 people from being transported illegally to India, even as the two South Asian neighbours are set to take up contentious issues pertaining to border management at talks beginning Wednesday. http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/396580 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:19 -0400 Bangladesh News.Net http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/396580 On his first day out of power, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf heard his favourite Hindi song 'Chal udja re panchhi, yeh desh hua diwana' (fly away bird, this country is no longer yours) but assured friends that he would not run away, writes a prominent Pakistani journalist. http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/396577 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:06 -0400 Bangladesh News.Net http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/396577 Dhaka, Aug 19 (Xinhua) At least five people were killed and 16 injured Tuesday in a head-on collision between a night coach and a truck in Bangladesh's northwestern Rangpur district, a media report said. http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/396472 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:17 -0400 Bangladesh News.Net http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/396472 New Delhi, Aug 19 : The five-day biannual Director General- level talks between BSF and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) beginning in Dhaka on Wednesday. http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/396422 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:17 -0400 Bangladesh News.Net http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/396422 DHAKA: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was indicted by a court on Wednesday for alleged corruption in purchase of MiG-29 fighter jets during her regime, the third graft case in which... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17044913&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:50:20 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17044913&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladeshis 7 for 288 (Dhiman Ghosh 56, Mashrafe Mortaza 56, Smith 3-56) beat Australian Institute of Sports 8 for 284 (Hill 59, Shahadat Hossain 3-64) by three wickets http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17045201&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:44:00 -0400 Cricinfo http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17045201&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Brett Lee will miss the one-day series against Bangladesh for family reasons and has been replaced in the squad by the uncapped fast bowler Brett Geeves. On Tuesday Lee launched a new range of underwe... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17045200&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:43:58 -0400 Cricinfo http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17045200&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Teachers and students of Scholars Home School and College in Sylhet taking oath against corruption at a function joined by ACC Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury yesterday. Photo: STAR http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17045202&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:12:12 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17045202&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d while she was prime minister in 1999, state lawyer Shaim Ahsan Khan said. "Her trial on the charges formally began today. She faces a maximum life sentence and a minimum 10 years in jail if she is c... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17044967&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:47:14 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17044967&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d DHAKA, Aug 19 - Bangladesh's annual consumer price inflation rose to 10.04 percent in June from 9.99 percent in May due to soaring food prices, official data showed on Tuesday. http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17039565&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:54:20 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17039565&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d With a view to monitor the implementation of child labour programmes in the country, the Ministry of Labour and Employment has formed a Child Labour Unit (CLU) recently.At the launching ceremony of th... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029900&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:47 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029900&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d KOLKATA: Police from Bangladesh allegedly entered the Indian side of the “zero line” separating the two countries in the Dinhata sub-division of West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district an... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17028693&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:44:10 -0400 The Hindu http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17028693&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Speakers at a roundtable said a separate education policy should be formulated for higher education of the indigenous students.The policy would give a guideline to the indigenous people in their repre... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029902&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:46 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029902&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d An expatriate Bangladeshi succumbed to his bullet wounds in Florida, USA, on August 18, a day after he was shot by robbers in his shop.The victim, Md Nasir Uddin, 45, owner of 'Food Mart' at Central A... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029911&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:47 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029911&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Ailing Awami League (AL) presidium member and former home minister Mohammad Nasim, who was released on a four-month bail on Friday, flew to Singapore yesterday evening for better treatment.Family memb... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029907&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:44 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029907&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A special court yesterday framed charges against Jubo League Chairman Jahangir Kabir Nanak in a corruption case filed for accumulating wealth illegally and hiding information about his wealth from the... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029909&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029909&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A gang of unknown criminals stabbed and slaughtered a youth to death at West Tejturi Bazar under Tejgaon Police Station in the city on Monday night.The dead was identified as Abdus Salam, 25, son of T... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029920&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029920&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d One hundred and sixty Sylhet-bound Biman passengers from London had to wait at the Zia International Airport (ZIA) for seven hours yesterday as the pilots and the crew of an Airbus refused to fly the ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029916&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029916&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule upon the government to explain why a new law would not be formulated to stop sexual harassment of women at all government and private organisations and the ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029914&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029914&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Family members of Milon, an expatriate worker who was killed in Malaysia on August 7, at a press conference yesterday demanded that his body is brought back and the owner and brokers of the recruiting... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029906&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:45 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029906&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A transport businessman was shot by an unidentified armed assailant at Sayadabad Bus Terminal in the city early yesterday.Identified as Saddam Hossain, 23, owner of Saddam Enterprise on Dhaka-Sylhet r... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029915&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029915&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Five people were killed and 25 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a tanker at Mirzapur on Rangpur-Bogra Highway in Rangpur's Mithapukur upazila yesterday.The dead were identified ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029904&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:45 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029904&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The High Court yesterday extended the interim bail granted earlier to Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka in a graft case until disposal of its rule.A division bench comprising Ju... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029913&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029913&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Former prime minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina went to Canada yesterday to meet her daughter and will return to the US on September 2 for the follow-up treatment.Deputy High Commi... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029910&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029910&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Councillors of different wards of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) observed a token hunger strike in the port city yesterday demanding immediate and unconditional release of detained CCC Mayor ABM Mo... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029908&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:44 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029908&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A Matin Chowdhury, a businessman and social worker, handed over his multi-storey building at Wari in the city to Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB) for using it as a hospital for ten years witho... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029903&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:46 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029903&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Seven people were sentenced to death for the second time by a special tribunal for killing two young sisters after rape and their four other family members last year.The convicts are Akhtaruzzaman Bir... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029901&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:47 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029901&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) unit called off their indefinite blockade yesterday following an assurance from the university authorities.The BCL Senior Vice President A... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029912&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029912&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A special court yesterday sentenced BNP leader and agriculturist Javed Iqbal to three years' rigorous imprisonment for not submitting wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in due ti... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029919&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029919&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is going to serve separate notices to Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka's son and daughter soon directing them to submit their wealth statem... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029918&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029918&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Dhaka: Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 14 people, with dozens injured, as several hillside thatched huts were buried n southeastern Bangladesh on Monday, authorities said. Ten othe... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029425&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:59:27 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17029425&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d With frustrated grassroots leaders and activists, BNP in Jhenidah is disarray as most party bigwigs are engaged in bickering and intra-party feud.Most top-ranking leaders are still away from party off... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024218&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024218&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three wanted cadres of the outlawed Biplobi Communist Party (BCP) at Ibrahimpur village of Shailkupa upazila in the early hours of yesterday. Rab also recovered t... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024215&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024215&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed yesterday between Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) and Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP), a UN project, on exchange o... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024213&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024213&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Twenty-eight members of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were produced before the Fourth Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court here yesterday, court sources said. They inclu... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024214&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024214&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Rangpur Jatiya Party (Ershad) President Karim Uddin Bharsha yesterday demanded action against his elder brother and district BNP president Rahim Uddin Bharsha for alleged corruption. Addressing a pres... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024210&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:15:59 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024210&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Rice mill owners in Rajshahi and Khulna regions yesterday threatened to stop rice supply to government godowns if their 10-point demand is not met by August 31.The decision was taken at a meting of mi... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024217&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024217&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Heavy rain and onrush of hill waters from across the border have triggered flash flood in the district.About 50,000 people were marooned in Kalmakanda, Mohonganj and Khaliajuri upazilas in last three ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024216&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024216&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sylhet mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, is improving. The mayor, suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes, has been kept under... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024212&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024212&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d DHAKA, Aug 13 - Bangladesh's central bank said on Wednesday it accepted four bids of 1-day repos worth 8.25 billion taka at an 8.50 percent interest rate. http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024222&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:10:46 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024222&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Hearing of the charge sheet in the case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran and his wife could not be held yesterday due to a... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024211&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024211&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Shillong, Aug 19 : With the Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) government pushing hard to revive trade links with Bangladesh, a 16-member delegation of Bangladeshi importers will visit the state to ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024220&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:10:37 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024220&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The 16-year-old needed five stitches after a sharp corner of a metal sheet sliced open his shin, forcing him off work for two days. Faruq is one of 30,000 men who work around the clock on a 10-kilo... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024225&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:10:36 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024225&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh's jungles, including the world's largest mangrove forest the Sunderbans, are being destroyed because of rampant corruption in the nation's forest department, a graft watchdog said yesterday... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024226&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:10:35 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024226&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Dhaka, Aug 18 (DPA) Tropical storms lashed southern Bangladesh with torrential rains Monday, triggering landslides which left at least 14 people dead and many injured and missing, the police and rescu... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024227&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:10:34 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17024227&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Emergency-ruled Bangladesh has said it expected Pakistani people to be in charge of their own political destiny following President Musharraf's resignation as major political parties here viewed his e... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17013007&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:19:49 -0400 Hindustan Times http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=17013007&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Nilphamari Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Selim and sub-inspector (SI) Yamin Ali have been withdrawn on charge of illegal arrest and torture on trader Sazzadur Rahman Roman, also... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999388&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999388&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said any deviation from the spirit of 1/11 would bring dire consequences for the country. He urged the caretaker government not to compromise with the co... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999399&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:18 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999399&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A special court yesterday adjourned the trial proceedings in the Tk 2.99 crore extortion case against former premier Sheikh Hasina, and her cousin former state minister Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, till... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999398&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999398&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury will visit Kuwait in the first week of September to discuss migrant labour issues, against the backdrop of recent crisis created by unrest.He said this while h... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999397&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:15 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999397&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The Supreme Court will hear on August 27 a state plea seeking halt to the High Court order that had stayed the proceedings of a tax evasion case against BNP leader Tarique Rahman.Chamber Judge MA Mati... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999394&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:14 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999394&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d After the victory in Rajshahi mayoral elections, the feud in Rajshahi Awami has cone into the open while some bigwigs in the district committee are publicly saying about change in the leadership to 'e... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999392&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:18 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999392&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Farmers' representatives from south Asian countries at the inaugural session of a four-day meeting yesterday demanded duty and quota free access of their agricultural products to developed nations to ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999390&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:18 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999390&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Carrying on the clean-up drive, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against eight persons, predominantly serving and former high officials of Bangladesh Rural Electrification B... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999404&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:22 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999404&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d At least two police and two robbers were injured in a gunfight between police and robbers at Bairarchar under Hatia upazila in Noakhali early yesterday.Acting on a tip-off, police chased a gang of rob... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999413&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:11 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999413&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury yesterday said that according to recent World Bank figures, the number of emigrants from South Asia reached 11.2 million, which accounts for some 0.8 percent o... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999412&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:09 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999412&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Cargo handling at Mongla Port remained suspended from 8.00am yesterday due to work stoppage by workers of inland water transports (IWT).As a result, 8184 metric tons of urea fertiliser imported by Ban... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999395&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:15 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999395&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Twelve people, including teachers and policemen, were injured in a clash between Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Govt MM City College in Khulna yesterday morning.... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999396&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999396&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh Marma Oikya Parishad yesterday submitted a memo to the Chief Advisor Dr. Fakruddin Ahmed through Khagrachhari Deputy Commissioner demanding distribution of the five per cent job quota under... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999383&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999383&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Ten people including a BNP leader have been charge-sheeted in Pabna Awami League leader Saiful Islam Sabu murder case. Sabu, a central leader of Awami Jubo League and Padba district committee member, ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999387&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999387&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The election of deans of Dhaka University (DU) will be held today. Candidates of pro-Awami League 'Blue Panel' and BNP-Jamaat-backed 'White Panel' are contesting the election for the posts of 10 deans... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999401&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:20 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999401&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A mobile court yesterday fined three hall canteens at Dhaka University Tk 50,000 for preparing and serving food in an unhygienic environment. The court led by Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman fined Zia Hall... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999406&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:13 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999406&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A 10-day exercise named 'Medical and dental civil action programme-2008' began at Mithapukur, Badarganj and Taraganj upazila in Rangpur yesterday, says an ISPR press release.Bangladesh Army and US Mar... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999393&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:12 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999393&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Intern doctors at Rangpur Medical College Hospital called off their strike at about noon yesterday following a meeting with the RMCH Director.They went on strike on Sunday protesting alleged attack on... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999384&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999384&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d With the selection of 40 already completed, Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury yesterday said that Saudi universities are willing to recruit more Bangladeshi teachers.The foreign adviser, also i... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999408&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:09 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999408&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A comprehensive national agriculture policy shall have to be formulated for increasing crops production and ensuring food security, experts at a view exchange meeting said yesterday.They also said tha... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999410&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:12 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999410&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive yesterday arrested three alleged activists of banned Islamist militant outfit Allher Dal from different areas of Sunderganj upazila yesterday.The arrestees are ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999389&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999389&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Specific law is needed to protect the rights of the indigenous and minority people and save them from all kinds of repression, said Raja Debashish Roy, special assistant to the chief adviser, at a mee... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999402&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:21 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999402&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d At least three people, including a seven-year-old boy, were killed and 50 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka city and Gazipur yesterday.Staff Correspondent adds: A Nawabganj-bound huma... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999407&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:10 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999407&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Two youths found 55 national Identity (ID) cards lying on a street in Daulatpur upazila Sunday evening, police said.Ziarul, 25, and Manik, 27, of Rifayatpur in the upazila found the cards on the stree... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999385&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999385&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The second court of Additional District Judge here yesterday deferred charge framing in Rajshahi University (RU) professor Muhammad Yunus murder case against eight militants of Jama'atul Mujahidin, Ba... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999386&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999386&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d All the seven state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jessore industrial belt are virtually on verge of closure as jute traders have stopped supply of raw jute on credit and non-payment of outstanding bills ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999391&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:10:18 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999391&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The orientation and classes of the newly admitted students for autumn semester at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) began yesterday, says a press release.IUB Vice Chancellor Prof Bazlul Mob... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999411&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:08 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999411&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Air Commodore Mahmud Hossain has been appointed chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism on deputation, replacing his predecessor. Air Commodore Sakeb ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999409&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:30:07 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999409&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Dhaka - Bangladesh's jungles, including the world's largest mangrove forest the Sunderbans, are being destroyed because of rampant corruption in the nation's forest department, a graft watchdog said o... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16998075&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:27:01 -0400 IOL http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16998075&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Junaid Siddique, the left-handed opening batsman, has been called-up to the Bangladesh squad in Australia as a replacement for the injured Nazimuddin, who has been ruled out of the three-match series ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999414&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:53:14 -0400 Cricinfo http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16999414&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Dhaka - Tropical storms lashed southern Bangladesh with torrential rains Monday, triggering landslides which left at least 14 people dead and many injured and missing, local police and rescuers said. ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16993408&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:09:47 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16993408&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sri Lanka held talks with Bangladesh on the ways to collectively eradicate regional terrorism and foster bilateral relations between the two countries. http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16993417&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:08:10 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16993417&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tamim Iqbal blasted 85 from 45 deliveries but Bangladesh fell 14 runs short in their first warm-up match against the Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) in Darwin. Chasing 331 on a flat pitch, the vi... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16993694&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:41:47 -0400 Cricinfo http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16993694&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh opening batsman Nazim Uddin pulled out of this month's limited-overs series in Australia on Monday after injuring his finger during a practice match."Nazim Uddin has torn one of the tendons... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16988148&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:33:17 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16988148&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Rank: Sports Guru Joined: 6/9/2008Posts: 1,540Location: Next to Sonny Bill Williams. Australia should still win without current stars. ETC. http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16984089&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:59:10 -0400 Sportal http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16984089&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d At least four people were killed and dozens are feared trapped under debris following a landslide in Bangladesh's southeastern city of Chittagong, about 242 km southeast of capital Dhaka, early Monday... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16983965&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:31:36 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16983965&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d World DHAKA: Bangladesh police yesterday launched a special intelligence unit to monitor the activities of political parties, one of which branded the move as “unfortunate and undemocratic.&#822... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16977321&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:25:25 -0400 Arab News http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16977321&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d BNP leaders and activists in New York and London celebrated the 64th birthday of Khaleda Zia on Friday, says a press release.They formed separate human chains demanding unconditional release of former... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975291&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975291&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Dr Mizanur Rahman Shelly speaks at a discussion on the proposed Right to Information Ordinance 2008 at the National Press Club in the city yesterday. On his left is Reazuddin Ahmed and on his right ar... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975300&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975300&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Chittagong University (CU) expelled four students for one year and warned another 13 for their involvement in different clashes and vandalism.The decision was taken at the 456th syndicate meeting of t... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975298&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975298&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The nation paid tribute to poet Shamsur Rahman on his second death anniversary yesterday.The wife of the poet Zohra Begum spent the whole day staring at a photograph of the poet, crying.Bangabandhu Sa... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975290&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975290&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d At least one person was killed and 11 others were injured in a clash among the villagers at Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj yesterday.The deceased was identified as Abdus Sobhan, 50, a farmer. Among ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975287&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:29 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975287&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The Central Committee of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshti yesterday protested the use of its name for organising a programme by a London-based organisation in the city tomorrow.It said Golam Mostofa, fo... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975292&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975292&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d At least 10 workers were injured in a boiler explosion at a garment factory at Pallabi in the city yesterday.Among the 10 injured workers of Load Star Garments Factory located on the third floor of si... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975309&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:28 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975309&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Two members of Ain Sahayata Kendra (ASK), a human rights organisation, yesterday alleged that eight police officers are harassing them by filing false cases as they have revealed the corruption of the... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975293&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975293&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Surgical operations for breast cancer of three female patients were performed yesterday at Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital (JBFH) at Dhanmondi for the first time in the country, says a press rele... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975308&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:27 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975308&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangabandhu Ain Chhatra Parishad has demanded immediate execution of the court verdict in Bangabandhu murder case.At a condolence meeting at the Bangladesh Photo Journalist Association auditorium in t... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975307&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:27 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975307&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Saying that financing for climate change is a right of the people of an affected country, the speakers at a conference yesterday urged the government to negotiate for compensation to face its possible... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975301&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:35 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975301&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Three people, including two minor boys, were injured in a cracker explosion at a residence at Sayedabad in the city on Saturday night.They were identified as KM Faruque, 45, and his niece Elma Bhuiyan... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975286&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:29 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975286&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday visited the river Jadukata and Taherpur village of Sunamganj where they found that the whole area have been seriously affected due to Indian landslide.The ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975302&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:28 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975302&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A week-long surgical interoperability exercise styled 'Sight, sound and smiles 2008', organised jointly by Bangladesh Army and US Army medical team, started at the Combined Military Hospital at Bogra ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975288&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:29 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975288&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d An online magazine styled 'Prabashi Dotcom', targeting the Bangladeshi expatriates residing in the United States and other parts of the world, was launched here on Thursday.Consul General of Banglades... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975305&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:26 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975305&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d A two-day South Asian Soroptimist Conference with the theme 'Women's Rights: South Asian Perspectives' ended in the city on Saturday.A panel discussion rounded off the event. Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury of... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975306&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:26 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975306&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d The High Commission of India in Dhaka celebrated the 62nd Independence Day of India with traditional pomp and gaiety, says a press release. Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty unfurled t... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975304&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:16:26 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=16975304&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d