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Nation remembers Bangabandhu: President, CA, 3 services chiefs at Tungipara
Staff Reporter
The nation yesterday observed National Mourning Day commemorating the 1975 assassination of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for the first time under a non-party caretaker government.
President Prof Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed paid their homages while army bugles played the last post at his grave at Tungipara, the village home of Sheikh Mujib in Gopalganj.
They stood in solemn silence for sometime after placing wreaths at the mausoleum as army, navy and air force contingents presented a guard of honour, joined by senior officials, including Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed.  |
Safe passage for Musharraf: Talks underway
AFP, Islamabad
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is ready to resign rather than face impeachment but is seeking immunity from prosecution and agreement on a safe place to live, coalition government officials said on Friday.
Speculation has been mounting that the former army chief Musharraf and firm U.S. ally would quit since the ruling coalition, led by the party of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, said last week it planned to impeach him. |
Power plant in private sector: New policy on cards Shamim Jahangir
The Government is likely to take a merchant power plant policy to encourage private sector investments in the country's power sector, power ministry sources indicated.
The power ministry has already asked the state-run Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) to prepare a draft of the policy and submit it to the power division immediately following the direction of Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed.
If the policy is taken up, the private investor will be able to set up power generation plants and sell electricity to the clients of their choices, the power ministry officials said. |
Foreign agency instigates political conflict Rafiqul Islam Azad
The Indian intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), is allegedly trying to control the political arena of Bangladesh to implement its own agenda, according to highly placed sources.
To this end, the RAW is resorting to tactics of creating an uncongenial atmosphere among the political parties and provocation for violence in disguise of well-wishers of a certain political party in the name of Indian secular policy.
If their interests are not protected it provides assistance to counter force to assault the certain political quarters. |
Regional tension: Rice in Tbilisi: Russia warns Poland of attack
AP, Tiblisi
Western leaders engaged in intense diplomacy Friday to persuade Russia to pull troops out of Georgia, but regional tensions soared after a top Russian general warned that Poland could face attack over its missile defense deal with the United States.
In his strongest declaration of support for Georgia, President Bush declared that America would stand by the Georgian people and that the staunch American ally's territorial integrity must be respected after last week's eruption of violence.
"We will not cast them aside," he said in Washington. |
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Internet Edition. August 16, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
