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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 Sun, 11 May 2008 22:18:52 -0400 Sun, 11 May 2008 22:18:52 -0400 30 Bangladesh happy at improving trade ties with India Dhaka, May 11(IANS) Bangladesh is happy at its improving trade relations with India and wants its entrepreneurs to grab opportunities that were not available to them earlier. http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/358016 Sun, 11 May 2008 05:00:46 -0400 Bangladesh News.Net http://www.bangladeshnews.net/story/358016 Outsiders intensify clashes at polytechnic instt Participation of the neighbouring slum dwellers intensified the two-day clashes between the students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute and law enforcers over a student's death in road accident on Friday ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751733&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:22 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751733&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Valuables worth over Tk 80 lakh gutted in Ctg Two warehouses, two tin-shed dwelling houses and properties worth over Tk 80 lakh were reduced to ashes in a fire in the port city's Majhir Ghat area in the early hours yesterday.Sources said the fire... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751730&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:21 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751730&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Rakhaing women condemn Myanmar Rakhaing Women's Union (RWH) strongly condemned holding referendum by the Myanmar's military junta for approving the draft constitution and opposed illegitimate result of May 10, says a press release.... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751720&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:19 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751720&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Brother says Rasheda died due to wrong treatment Dr Najmul Karim, elder brother of late Rasheda Mohiuddin, an Awami League leader, yesterday demanded an investigation into the cause of the death of her sister alleging that she died due to wrong trea... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751732&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:22 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751732&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sweater factory workers protest cut in addl work Workers of Pandora Sweater Factory yesterday staged a demonstration protesting reduction of daily additional working hour and demanding overtime and implementation of labour law.Workers were observing... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751724&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:20 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751724&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d New BCL hall committees at DU soon The new hall committees of the Dhaka University (DU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will be announced soon in 12 dormitories but a number of controversial candidates might get the nods. Talki... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751727&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:20 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751727&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Build pvt-public partnership to ensure poor people Expressing deep concern over the deprivation of poor people in the rural areas, eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday called for increasing budgetary allocation and building public-private partner... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751734&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:23 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751734&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Boy found dead in city canal Police recovered a floating body of an unidentified child from a canal at Kamrangirchar in the city yesterday.Locals found the body of a boy aged around six at an estuary of the river Buriganga at Com... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751725&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:20 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751725&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d DU dev studies admission test result published The result of the admission test of Masters of Development Studies (MDS) at Dhaka University (DU) was published yesterday, says a press release. Viva-voice of the successful candidates will be held on... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751723&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:19 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751723&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Huji leader Sumon on 5-day remand The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday took Harkatul Jihad (Huji) leader Arif Hasan Sumon to its custody from jail three days after a Dhaka court placed him on a five-day remand in conn... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751728&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:21 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751728&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Ban on movement on heavy vehicles from May 15 The roads and highways authorities imposed a ban on the movement of heavy transports, including truck, bus and cargo van, from May 15 for emergency repairing of the Meghna-Gomti Bridge on Dhaka-Chitta... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751726&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:20 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751726&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Berger award for young architects Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited (BPBL) organised an award giving ceremony of the Berger Award for the Students of Architecture, Buet (BASAB), in collaboration with the Department of Architecture, Bue... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751722&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:19 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751722&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Illegal structures on road to be demolished in Ctg Concerned authorities in the port city yesterday decided to evict the illegal structures on both the sides of the city's busiest Agrabad Access Road to address the frequent traffic congestion in the a... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751719&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:22 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751719&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Over 500 get free treatment in B Over 500 poor patients have received free treatment at a charitable dispensary in the haor areas of Sarail upazila in the district on Friday.Dr Muhammad Habibur Rahman and Dr Fatema Naznin of Ibne Sin... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751721&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:19 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751721&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Humayun made non-resident envoy to Brazil M Humayun Kabir, currently serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to USA, has been appointed non-resident Ambassador to Brazil.Humayun, earlier, served as the High Commissioner in Australia and Ambassador i... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751718&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 17:11:18 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14751718&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh March inflation dips, but above target DHAKA, May 11 - Bangladesh's annual consumer price inflation slowed to 10.06 percent in March from 10.16 percent a month earlier, official data showed, but it remained above target because of soar... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14750673&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 16:44:20 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14750673&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tata resumes talks with Bangladesh Govt on its $ 3billion investment Dhaka, May 11 (UNI) The Bangladesh government and Indian industrial giant Tata resumed talks here today after a two-year deadlock on its proposed three billion dollars investment in steel, fertiliser,... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14750674&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 16:44:19 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14750674&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Kuet classes suspended till May 31 as rival students clash Authorities of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) yesterday suspended all classes till May 31 with immediate effect.The decision was taken unanimously in a meeting of Teachers' Cou... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748779&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 14:06:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748779&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Arrest warrant against OC for killing wife Satkhira Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court yesterday issued warrant of arrest against suspended officer-in-charge (OC) Kazi Mizanur Rahman of Patkelghata Police Station following submission of a charg... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748781&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 14:06:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748781&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Training for newsmen begins in Mymensingh A week-long foundation training course for journalists working in different national and local dailies began at Mymensingh Press Club yesterday.Mass Line Media Centre (MMC) with assistance from CARITA... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748783&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 14:06:15 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748783&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fake medicine factory detected in Jhenidah, five arrested Police yesterday seized spurious medicine worth around Tk 10 lakh and medicine making materials from an illegal medicine factory at Chaklapara in the town.They arrested five workers of the factory -- ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748782&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 14:06:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748782&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sust English students stage hunger strike for holding exams Sust English students on hunger strike, left, and a student, fallen sick during the programme, being carried onto an ambulance yesterday. Photo: STAR http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748780&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 14:06:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748780&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Patient released from RMCH after 3 days A patient was released from a surgery ward at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) Saturday night allegedly after keeping him waiting for three days virtually without any treatment for want of a s... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748778&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 14:06:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748778&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d UP chairman held with guns, cocktails in Pabna Police arrested Goaishpur Union Parishad (UP) chairman Md Ibrahim Ali Mridha at Dhopaghata village and recovered two shutter guns and four cocktails from his possession Saturday night. Ibrahim who was... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748786&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 14:06:15 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748786&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Agri official held for stealing farmers Joint forces Saturday night arrested a sub assistant agriculture officer (SAAO) of Mithapukur upazila for his alleged involvement in misappropriation of government diesel subsidy for Boro farmers. Abd... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748784&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 14:06:15 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748784&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Trawler sinks in Meghna with sugar A sugar-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna near Puran Bazar in Chandpur Sadar thana following a nor'wester at around 9 pm on Saturday. Three staff of the trawler sustained injuries. Affected trader ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748787&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 14:06:15 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748787&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh unable to guarantee gas supply to Tata DHAKA, May 11 - Bangladesh has declined to guarantee an uninterrupted gas supply for 20 years to Indian conglomerate Tata, which has proposed investing $3 billion in a number of projects, a senior... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748864&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 12:47:37 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14748864&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Warid Telecom Plans $250 Million Investment in Bangladesh Bangladesh based Warid Telecom has announced plans to invest around US$250 million over the next twelve months to expand its network coverage. The company, which only launched its service a year ago... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14745405&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 06:28:53 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14745405&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Tata seeks to invest $3bn in Bangladesh DHAKA: Bangladesh's government will reopen negotiations with Indian conglomerate Tata today on the group's record $3-billion investment plan. Senior Tata officials led by its executive director Alan ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14742382&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 03:30:55 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14742382&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh says will buy record amount of rice for stocks will buy a record amount of rice from farmers this year at prices 55 percent higher than in 2007 to stimulate production and build emergency stocks, the farm minister said Sunday. http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14743216&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 03:14:53 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14743216&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d 50 injured in jail riot in Bangladesh Around 50 people, including two jail guards, were injured in a clash between two groups of prisoners in Bangladesh's Feni district jail, 160 km southeast of capital Dhaka, Saturday morning. The clash ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14740833&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 00:45:34 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14740833&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh opens vitamin A, de-worming campaign for children Bangladesh began a massive campaign from Saturday to provide millions of children with vitamin A and de-worming tablets. United Naions Children's Fund (UNICEF) said tens of thousands of health workers... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14741402&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 11 May 2008 00:09:56 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14741402&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Ganatantrik Front sweeps Baira election Sammilito Ganatantrik Front yesterday swept the election to Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira), bagging all but one post.Out of 27 posts on the Baira executive committ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738728&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:44 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738728&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Dismantle network, funding sources of outlaws Home Adviser Maj Gen (Retd) MA Matin yesterday afternoon asked the law enforcement agencies to take 'effective and synchronised' actions to dismantle the network and funding sources of outlaws in nort... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738726&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:45 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738726&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d 398 cyclone shelters to be constructed Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) will start construction work of 398 cyclone shelters in 12 Sidr-hit districts in August at a cost of Tk 571 crore.According to Barisal divisional LGED of... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738731&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738731&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Indigenous families lose 1748 acres of land Around 1983 indigenous families in 10 districts of the country have so far lost their 1748 acres of ancestral land, says a survey report.Different organisations including the forest department grabbed... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738722&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:46 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738722&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d 500 RMG workers fall sick after taking lunch Some 500 workers of a garment factory here fell sick yesterday after having lunch at their workplace, witnesses said.They said the workers of Cosmopolitan Garment Factory, owned by Indian citizen Dine... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738729&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:45 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738729&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Light tremor felt in city The met office recorded a light tremor at 11:59am yesterday with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale.The epicentre of the tremor was near Itanagar of Arunachal Pradesh in India, 522 km northeast o... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738735&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738735&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Outlawed leader killed in shootout A regional leader of outlawed Lal Pataka (red flag), one of the factions of Purbo Bangla Communist Partry (PBCP-ML), was killed during a 'shootout' between police and his cohorts at Bhatpara village o... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738727&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:44 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738727&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Work unitedly with ACC to eliminate corruption Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury yesterday said lawyers should work together with the ACC in its anti-corruption drive once the state of emergency is lif... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738724&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:46 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738724&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d SCF team meets EC today Sector Commanders' Forum (SCF) will hold talks with the Election Commission (EC) today and place their demand for banning the war criminals and anti-liberation forces from contesting in the general el... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738732&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:44 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738732&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d One killed, four injured as train hits truck in Rajshahi One person was killed and four others were injured when a train hit a truck at Mohanpurdalan level crossing under Motihar Police Station in the city yesterday.Rail communications between Rajshahi and ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738736&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738736&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Uncle throws acid on woman over land dispute A woman suffered acid burn at Golapbagh at Jatrabari in the city yesterday when her uncle allegedly threw acid on her over a land dispute.The victim, 45-year-old Monwara Begum, is undergoing treatment... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738734&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738734&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Monitoring of recruiting agencies, govt instts stressed Speakers at a roundtable yesterday underscored the need for an effective mechanism for the monitoring of recruiting agencies and relevant government institutions for proper management of migration.The... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738723&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:46 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738723&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Road crashes kill 3 Three people, including two minor boys, were killed and 12 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Satkhira and Brahmanbaria yesterday.Our correspondent in Sirajganj reports: A man was... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738725&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:45 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738725&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d 394 new astt judges to join offices May 22 Some 394 new assistant judges will join their offices on May 22 for discharging official duties.Sources in the Supreme Court (SC) said all processes for their recruitments, including posting and deter... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738741&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738741&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Vitamin-A plus campaign begins in Khulna The National Vitamin-A Plus Campaign-2008 began yesterday targeting administering of Vitamin-A capsules to 90,000 children and deworming tablets to 68,000 children in Khulna city.Khulna City Corporati... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738737&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738737&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Protect Rajbari town from erosion of Padma Citizens of Rajbari town yesterday urged the authorities concerned to protect the town from the threat of erosion by the river Padma.At a press conference at the National Press Club, the committee for... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738730&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:44 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738730&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d JU summer vacation begins today The month-long summer vacation of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will begin today.Offices of the university will remain closed from May 17 to 23, a JU press release said yesterday.However, examinations... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738739&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:42 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738739&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Eden College BCL demands release of Hasina Female activists of Eden College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of Awami League (AL), yesterday formed a human chain in front of the college at Azimpur in the city demanding imm... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738742&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14738742&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Ex-BNP MP, 10 others sued in Satkhira Another case has been filed with Satkhira Chief Judicial Magistrate's court against former BNP lawmaker Habibul Islam Habib and 10 others for forcibly occupying a water body and looting Tk 4. 17 crore... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736110&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 16:08:55 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736110&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bumper yield of Litchi growers at remote Mongalbaria village of Pakundia upazila in Kishoreganj district are eyeing a good profit as their special variety of litchi with its attractive look and mouth watering taste h... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736108&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 16:08:54 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736108&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Explosives recovered in Sylhet, 3 held Kanaighat police yesterday recovered about 500 grams of explosives from a house at a bordering village. Three persons including a woman were arrested.Police said, Sub Inspector of Kanaighat police sta... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736107&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 16:08:54 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736107&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Balashi rly ferry restored The railway ferry service between Balashi and Bahaduarabad terminals resumed yesterday after five months as the ferry route turned navigable due to increase in water level of Jamuna.The service remain... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736106&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 16:08:54 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736106&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Man dies in queue for OMS rice An elderly man died at Basupara under Sonadanga thana when he stood for over an hour under scorching heat in a long queue for buying rice under the open market sale (OMS) programme at about 11am yeste... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736103&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 16:08:53 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736103&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Closure of brickfield beside school recommended Following orders from the higher authorities, the local administration yesterday visited Samannopara Primary School and recommended closing the brickfield adjacent to the school in Santhia upazila. Ea... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736104&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 16:08:53 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736104&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Timely election a must for democracy Speakers at a citizens' dialogue in Sylhet yesterday said free, fair and acceptable elections with people's participation must be held in time so that the nation can have the end of undemocratic regim... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736109&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 16:08:54 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736109&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Two held with 14 bombs in C Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two persons with fourteen bombs from Ibrahimpur Mollrtola village in Islampur union of Chapainawabgonj Sadar upazila yesterday. The arrestes are Dulal, 26, of Ibr... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736105&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 16:08:53 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736105&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d One beaten dead in Sirajganj An elderly man was beaten to death by a group of miscreants over previous enmity at Kakilamari village in Shahzadpur upazila yesterday morning, police said. The victim is Shahid Pramanik, 65, of the s... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736102&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 16:08:52 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14736102&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Violent clash leaves 100 including 50 cops injured: Students asked to vacate dormitories Police lobbed tear-gas shells at the students afterthe students hurled brickbats at the members of lawenforcing agency during a violent clash at Dhaka PolytechnicInstitute at Tejgaon on Saturday. Focu... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14735452&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 14:41:58 -0400 The New Nation http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14735452&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Oman And Bangladesh Sign Agreement Muscat, May. 10 (bna) -- Oman And Bangladesh Signed Today A Memorandum Of Understanding On Human Power And An Agreement On Avoiding Dual Taxation Between Both Sides. http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14733691&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Sat, 10 May 2008 11:14:26 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14733691&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh food aid set for Burma A plane carrying UN relief aid from Bangladesh to cyclone victims in Burma has landed in the capital, Rangoon. Aid agencies say the cargo was impounded on arrival after the World Food Programme won... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14724341&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 20:40:52 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14724341&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Govt urged to formulate pro-people jute policy Agriculturalists, politicians and civil society members yesterday urged the caretaker government to formulate a pro-people jute policy and reject the prescriptions of World Bank and IMF for safeguardi... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722408&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722408&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Enforcement of Blood Transfusion Act a must for safety Though Safe Blood Transfusion Act was enacted in 2002 to ensure blood safety, innumerable blood banks are operating in the country without being monitored and posing serious threats of transmitting th... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722409&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722409&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Adivasi students demand more quotas Adivasi Students' Association of Rajshahi University (ASARU), an organisation of indigenous students, at a meeting yesterday called on the caretaker government and University Grants Commission (UGC) t... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722402&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:39 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722402&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Take steps to hold free, fair polls soon Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said formulation of the National Women Development Policy 2008 hurriedly proves that the caretaker government is trying to remain busy with things that are beyond it... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722406&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722406&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Umbrella Act goes against autonomy of universities Teachers of different public universities yesterday alleged that the government is trying to impose institutional control over the public universities by implementing the Umbrella Act, prepared by the... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722407&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722407&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Nine killed in road accidents Nine people were killed and 39 others injured in separate road accidents across the country in the last two days. Our correspondent in Sirajganj reports: Three people were killed and 15 others injured... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722404&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:39 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722404&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d RMG workers of Ctg factory refrain from work for 4 hrs Workers of a garment factory of Azim Group in Chittagong refrained from work for four hours yesterday saying the authorities of the factory did not keep their commitment to raise their allowances and ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722401&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722401&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bulb factory gutted in city A devastating fire gutted most of the tools and machinery of a wood-made three-storied bulb factory at Nazimuddin Road in the city yesterday morning.Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) officials sai... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722405&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:39 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722405&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Training for child journalists held A total of 44 child-journalists received a one-day advanced training on feature writing and creative reports on Thursday, says a press release. Children's Expression, a project of Mass-line Media Cent... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722399&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722399&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d BBC Bangladesh sanglap today The 37th edition of the BBC Bangladesh Sanglap will be held at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city today.Former adviser to the caretaker government Maj Gen (retd) Moinul Hoss... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722397&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722397&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Engineering Staff College opens in Munshiganj Housing, Public Works and Communications Adviser Maj Gen (retd) Ghulam Quader yesterday called for developing skilled manpower based on modern technology for accelerating the overall uplift of the cou... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722400&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:37:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14722400&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bush administration wants open elections in Bangladesh Bangladesh's military-backed government should lift emergency rule to facilitate open elections that it has promised to hold by the end of the year, a State Department official said Friday. Richard A... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14718679&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:11:08 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14718679&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d RBI to start Forex facility along Bangladesh border SHILLONG: RBI would soon set up banks with foreign exchange facility along the Bangladesh border to help Indian exporters and check circulation of counterfeit Indian currency. http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14720592&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 17:09:01 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14720592&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Ex-BNP MP among 11 charge-sheeted in Ullapara Former BNP lawmaker M Akbar Ali and ten other party men in Ullapara were chargesheeted yesterday in a case for attacking and looting the house of another party man. The officer-in-charge of Ullapara p... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715660&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 14:54:08 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715660&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Combing operation against outlaws soon in Rajshahi A massive combing operation will be launched in outlaw infested areas in Rajshahi 'within days' to nab the criminals. The special operation is being launched against the backdrop of the May 2 attack o... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715663&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 14:54:08 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715663&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Livelihood crisis in CHT forces jhum farming on 3 lakh acres At least three lakh acres of hilly lands is used for jhum cultivation every year, adding to massive soil erosion, depletion of forests including reserved ones and extinction of wildlife in Chittagong ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715662&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 14:54:08 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715662&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d RU newsmen protest new rules set by authorities The working journalists of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday demanded immediate withdrawal of the new rules and regulations imposed by the university authorities for doing journalism on the campus.Th... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715657&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 14:54:07 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715657&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Local body polls before national election Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) advisor Md Anwarul Iqbal yesterday said the government is seriously considering to hold Upazila and Zila Parishad elections before parliamentary election.... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715658&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 14:54:07 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715658&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d 110MW Khulna power plant silent again The 110MW power plant of Khulna Power Station (KPS) went out of order as the tape of control slab of ID fan tore off on Thursday afternoon.The incident in 24-year old power plant is second of its kind... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715655&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 14:54:07 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715655&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d US hopes for democratic government in Bangladesh early next year Dhaka - A top State Department official said Friday the United States wanted to see a democratically-elected government running Bangladesh from 2009 following the completion of a general election by t... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715849&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 13:23:55 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715849&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh Jamaat chief to be charged for the first time Motiur Rahman Nizami is to be charged along with former prime minister Khaleda Zia, her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and 22 others, including six ministers in the Zia government, for illegally award... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715847&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 13:23:54 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715847&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh trade deficit swells as food imports soar 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715848&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 13:23:52 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14715848&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d US diplomat says Washington wants open elections in Bangladesh, not under emergency rule DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh's military-backed government should lift emergency rule to facilitate open elections that it has promised to hold by the end of the year, a senior U.S. State Department ... http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14711403&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 09:27:13 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14711403&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh to play two Tests, three ODIs in South Africa 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14703317&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 01:28:24 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14703317&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh bans rice exports till year-end in latest battle on prices 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14703318&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Fri, 09 May 2008 01:28:23 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14703318&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Seven firms bid to drill for gas off Bangladesh 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14697280&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 20:32:48 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14697280&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Try war criminals to establish justice 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696498&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696498&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Six held in murder case 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696496&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696496&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Prince Richard visits Sidr-hit Patuakhali 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696493&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696493&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Anti-corruption rally begins at Patia tomorrow 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696489&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696489&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Plant two palm trees at home 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696491&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696491&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Explosion at oil mill kills 1 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696488&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696488&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Two shot in city 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696494&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696494&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Robbers stab husband, wife at Araihazar 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696490&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:01 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696490&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Dumb girl raped in N 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696486&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696486&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Five villages inundated as dam collapses in Khulna 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://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696487&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.bangladeshnews.net/?rid=14696487&cat=ba01aa42514dc37d