Now Situation Under Control
Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday told the House that rebel BDR members had returned to their barracks responding to the call of the prime minister. ...
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Picked deputy leader at Khaleda’s sake
BNP Chairperson and Leader of the Opposition in parliament Khaleda Zia will nominate deputy leader of the opposition at a convenient time, party Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain said yesterday. “Our parliamentary party has authorised the chairperson, and she will nominate someone as deputy leader at a suitable time,” he said. Delwar was speaking at a press briefing at the BNP chairperson's Gulsh ...
Read more ›Battle will continue until demands are met, mutineers say
“If the prime minister do not meet our demands, declare amnesty and withdraw army, our war will not end,” said a BDR jawan inside the BDR headquarters at Pilkhana. Talking to reporters, many BDR jawans uttered the same demands and urged the prime minister and home minister to come. “We want to tell them that we need freedom.” “Everybody knows how miserably we live. We cannot work independently. We don’t h ...
Read more ›U.S. Has No Plans For Military Base In Bangladesh
The U.S. Sunday said that it has no plan to set up a military base in Bangladesh though Washington expressed its willingness to assist that country in maritime patrol and secure its unprotected territorial sea lanes, media reports said. "I think there are some interests in maritime patrol so you can protect your sea areas better. We can help their (border security agencies') activities but the modalities wi ...
Read more ›Three Chinese sailors killed in Bangladesh port
Dhaka - Three Chinese crew of a Panama flag-carrier vessel were killed in Bangladesh's main Chittagong port when they fell into an oil tank of the vessel, port official said Saturday. The officials said that the Chinese national sailors identified as Tan Weifang, 37, the chief officer, Ju Liang Shang, 41, the third officer, and sailor Xu Jiang, 26 died of toxic gas of the tank. The crew of the edible oil-la ...
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