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03 October, 2006
Cops maul gold medallist shooter Asif
Police yesterday severely beat up three shooters including Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Asif Hossain Khan storming into the National Shooting Federation Complex in Gulshan following a trivial argument between a security guard of the complex and
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03 October, 2006
Harbin blacklisted for installing faulty plant
For installing a substandard power plant of a very small size and failing to comply with the contract, the Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) has formally blacklisted the alliance government's favourite Chinese company -- Harbin Power Engineering
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30 September, 2006
Power Minister Anwar Talukder resigns
State Minister for Power Major General (retd) Anwarul Kabir Talukder resigned yesterday, a day after electricity-riot in the capital city.
"I have decided to resign from the government taking the responsibility for failures to improve the power
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30 September, 2006
KEPZ gets licence after 5 years of wait
After five years of delay, the government yesterday finally decided to award operating licence to the country's biggest private export zone -- Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) -- highly placed sources said.
The decision was taken at the 12th
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26 September, 2006
GMG flies to 3 new int'l destinations from Oct 20
GMG Airlines is set to increase its international presence, as the flights of the private airline go to Delhi, Kathmandu and Bangkok from October 20.
The airline has declared its new international routes at a function in Dhaka on Friday. GMG
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24 September, 2006
Navy ship salvaged: 6 more bodies found
Six more bodies of the fishermen missing since hundreds of fishing boats capsized in the Bay in storms on September 19 were recovered on Sunday, raising the death toll to 97.
UNB Bagerhat correspondent said the six bodies were recovered from
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23 September, 2006
JMB leaders won’t appeal: Execution within 28 days
JMB kingpin Shaikh Abdur Rahman and his second-in-command Bangla Bhai said that they would not appeal against the death sentences before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.
They will also not place any mercy petition to the President for
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22 September, 2006
Rough sea impedes rescue operation: 80 bodies found so far
The rescue operation to recover the missing fishermen and the naval officer became difficult as the sea turned extremely rough yesterday afternoon, informed sources told The New Nation.
The rescuers recovered 20 more bodies of fishermen, who
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21 September, 2006
Hundreds of fishermen still missing: Death toll rises to 73
Twenty three more bodies of the fishermen, who went missing after the capsize of several hundred fishing trawlers in the Bay of Bengal during Tuesday’s sudden storms, were recovered in Bagerhat, Khulna, and Patuakhali districts yesterday, rising the
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21 September, 2006
Navy ship, 630 trawlers sink due to sudden storm
Over 3000 fishermen and a naval commander went missing as a naval ship, about 630 trawlers and 25 boats capsized in the Bay of Bengal when violent storms hit the sea and the country's coastal belt Tuesday evening.
In Bagerhat, over 300 fishermen
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