Bangladesh finally
joins Trans-Asian
railway network
Bangladesh has signed the inter-governmental agreement to join the proposed 80,900-kilometer regional railway network, originating from the Pacific seaboard of Asia and ending up on the doorstep of Europe, said officials...[ + ]
No consultant to
regulate edn
institutions
any more
The government will no longer appoint any consultancy firm to curb corruption in regulation of educational institutions under the education boards as such appointments in 2005 and 2006 have proven but ‘futile’, education ministry sources said...[ + ]
Voters’ registration in Dhaka deferred as EC
is now ‘headless’
Registration in 62 places begins today
Preparation of the voters’ roll with photographs and national identity cards in 62 areas across the country begins today, according to the Election Commission’s schedule...[ + ]
Hasina survived as grenade did not
explode: Bulbul
Harkat operative forgot to pull
the pin of grenade
Former premier and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina escaped unhurt from the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on the rally held on Bangabandhu Avenue because one of the grenades did not explode, a member of the banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul Jihad al Islami, Abul Kalam (Bulbul), told the task force while being interrogated...[ + ]
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