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Thousands join funeral procession in Larkana: Benazir buried beside father’s grave: Pakistan in turmoil: Banks ransacked: Trains, buses and cars burned: Dozens killed in violence a
Reuters, Naudero
Benazir Bhutto was buried on Friday in her family mausoleum after the opposition leader's assassination plunged Pakistan into crisis and triggered violent protests across her native Sindh province.
Tens of thousands of mourners wept and beat their heads as Bhutto, killed by a suicide attacker at an election rally on Thursday, was carried from her ancestral home in Sindh, in the south of the country, to the domed mausoleum.
The death of the 54-year-old Bhutto stoked fears that a January 8 election meant to return Pakistan to civilian rule could be put off, although caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro said there was no change in timing for now.  |
27 pieces of stolen idols recovered: Culprits involved in theft identified: RAB DG
Staff Reporter
As many as 27 pieces of the two 1,500-year-old stolen black and white statues of Hindu god Vishnu were retrieved from a garbage dumping ground near Aminbazar in Savar yesterday.
Under the supervision of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-1, some 150 conservancy workers of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Fire Service and Civil Defence retrieved 27 broken pieces of the two statues-one black and another white--from Boliapur garbage dumping ground, adjacent to the eastern side of Modhumoti Model Town and beside the Dhaka-Aricha highway after carrying out searches in the garbage yesterday morning. |
Expats vow to contribute to national economy
Staff Reporter
Members of the Non-Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) urged for diplomatic support from the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) to enact the New Partnership for Development Act -2007 (NPDA), which is under process in US Congress.
US Congressman Jim McDermott formally proposed the bill, which is likely to help Bangladesh with a partial duty free access for a number of products, including Readymade Garments (RMGs), in exports to the US, said members of the NBR.
"But a group of pro-African lobby is strongly opposing the bill, which needs to be diplomatically tackled by the Bangladesh government," they expressed. |
Khastgir Girls School centenary: Home of female luminaries
Staff Reporter
This is the classroom where Priti, who later became an anti-British freedom fighter and turned into a symbol of the women revolutionary, Birkanya Pritilata Waddedar, took her seat on a bench as a student.
This is the lush green campus where among the footsteps of other children the footsteps of celebrities like Maitreo Devi, who wrote the popular novel 'N Honnete,' Kalpana Dutta, Umurtul Fazal, Jawshan Ara Rahman, sculptor Novera Ahmed, Tagore artiste Maya Sen, Taleya Rahman, politician Sazeda Chowdhury and Ivy Rahman resonate in the air. |
Security beefed up at diplomatic zone after Benazir killing
Staff Reporter
Security has been tightened at the diplomatic zone of the city, including the High Commission of Pakistan at Gulshan following the tragic killing of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in a suicide attack in garrison city of Rawalpindi in Pakistan on Thursday afternoon.
As part of the three-day official mourning declared by the Pakistan government, the national flag of Pakistan has been kept half-mast at the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka.
However, the condolence book was not open at the Pakistan High Commission yesterday (Friday) as the day was a weekly holiday in Bangladesh. |
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Internet Edition. December 29, 2007, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
