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Suicide blasts near Pak arms factory: 63 killed
AFP, Islamabad
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main military arms factory Thursday, killing 63 people and piling new pressure on the shaky coalition government to tackle militancy.
The attackers struck almost simultaneously as a crowd of workers was streaming out of the huge factory complex in the northern town of Wah, near Islamabad. It is one of the country's most sensitive installations.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, the second to rock Pakistan since Pervez Musharraf resigned as president on Monday, and warned of further blasts if army operations near the Afghan border are not stopped.  |
Police foils four-party road-march program: Memo seeking Khaleda’s release can’t be submitted
Staff Reporter
The BNP-led four-party alliance's submission of a memorandum to the Chief Adviser at his office was spoiled due to impediment created by the police yesterday.
Contingents of police hemmed in the alliance leaders and activist gathered on the NAM flats premises in the city from morning to 1:00pm and spoiled its defiant road march towards the Chief Adviser's office by putting up barricades all around.
They chanted slogans for the release of Khaleda. Platoons of policemen took position in front of the accesses to the flats. |
August 21 carnage: AL for re-investigation thru spl commission
Staff Reporter
The central leaders of Awami League (AL) yesterday demanded neutral re-investigation through a special commission' of the grenade attack on the AL rally in Dhaka on August 21,2004 to bring the masterminds of the attack to justice.
The dastardly attack killed 24 people including its women's affairs secretary Ivy Rahman, and paralysed more than 200 seriously.
They made the demand while addressing the leaders and activists of the party at a protest meeting to mark the fourth anniversary of the grenade attack. |
Abdullah Al Mamun passes away
Staff Reporter
Noted playwright, actor, director and filmmaker Abdullah Al Mamun died at 11:25am at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the BIRDEM Hospital in the city yesterday after prolonged illness. He was 66.
He had been suffering from diabetes, kidney complaints and heart disease since long. He was admitted to Square Hospital before being moved to the BIRDEM Hospital with his condition getting worse. He was admitted to the Square Hospital on July 10 after suffering brain haemorrhage. He underwent a brain surgery on July 13. A medical board was formed on that day. |
Gen Moeen says: Bangladesh can be middle-income country by 2020
BSS, Noakhali
Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed on Thursday said Bangladesh could be a middle-income country by 2020, provided people from all strata of society work collectively.
"Collective efforts of the countrymen can act as the key for country's development," he said while addressing a meeting at Hajipur village under Begumganj upazila in the district.
He said if the local rich could create employment for youths in their respective areas through building cooperatives, unemployment would not exist any more across the country. |
Jamuna rises up danger level
BSS, Dhaka
A rising Jamuna shot up its danger level (DL) at Aricha at 6 AM on Thursday and was poised to cross DL at Sirajganj by next 12 hours, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said.
But Jamuna's rate of rise will start slowing for the next 2-3 days, FFWC said on Thursday in its river position summary.
Another mighty river, the Ganges-Padma, maintained its rise but at a slower pace, flowing above its DL at Pankha, where it enters Bangladesh. |
Missions instructed to help migrant workers: Iftekhar
BSS, Dhaka
Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury on Thursday said the ministry has instructed all missions abroad to work closely with the government to help migrant workers, particularly trafficking victims.
"I have instructed all our missions to protect and promote the interests of our migrant workers and to work closely with the host governments to help trafficking victims, in the event they are detained or await deportation" he said as the chief guest at a discussion. |
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Internet Edition. August 22, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
