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Airlifting of urgent supplies begins: Two more US ships with 40 copters due shortly, 6 Pak choppers, 3rd Indian plane arrive
Shahidul Islam
The US Navy started airlifting urgently needed supplies of food and drinking water to thousands of survivors of the devastating cyclone in the coastal areas, while six huge military helicopters and a ship from Pakistan joined the relief operation and the third Indian airplane, carrying emergency supplies, arrived yesterday.
Two more US Navy ships-the USS Essex and the USS Tarawa, like the Kearsarge, anchored close to the southern coast, carrying helicopters, medical teams and with on board surgical facilities-were also due to arrive, said US Navy spokesperson Lieutenant Commander John Daniels in Washington, according to an AFP news dispatch.  |
Cyclone victims rush for relief: 3 killed, 200 injured in bridge collapse
Patuakhali Correspondent
At least three people died and more than 200 were injured in a bridge collapse at Kalapara, about 70km south of Patuakhali district headquarter, when some 400 cyclone victims were stampeding for relief yesterday afternoon.
Khalilur Rahman Howlader, 40, a rickshawpuller and son of Abdul Hamid Howlader of village Gandhapara under Chakmaiya union, died on the spot, while three others succumbed to their injuries later. They were identified as Delwar Hossain, 30, Sumon, 13, and Zakir Hossain, 35. |
REHAB Fair 2007 ends: Middle-class dream to buy flats still a far cry
Staff Reporter
The long-cherished dreams of middle-income group of people to buy a piece of land or apartment in the capital are yet to be fulfilled as they have found that the prices still remain beyond their affordability.
Visiting the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh fair at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel over the last five days, most of the visitors found that land or apartment prices were much beyond their reach. Real estate developers attribute the skyrocketing prices of apartments to abnormal rise in prices of land, construction materials, as well as the government's high registration charges. |
Nawaz returns home from exile today
Reuters, Islamabad
Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister deposed by President Pervez Musharraf in a coup eight years ago, will return to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia on Sunday, his brother Shahbaz Sharif told a Pakistani news channel.
General Musharraf, under intense criticism at home and abroad for imposing emergency rule three weeks ago, agreed to Sharif's return in discussions with Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh this week, according to a leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML).
Sharif met King Abdullah in Riyadh for a "farewell meeting" on Friday. |
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Internet Edition. November 25, 2007, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
