| Light rainfall : sigh of
relief for city dwellers |
Staff Correspondent
A caring mother is seen crossing road with her loving kid during shower. Photo : AUH Dulal
Chittagong city and its adjoining areas have experienced light rainfall accompanied by gusty winds on Friday which gave a welcome respite to the city residents who are reeling under excruciating hot spell.
The region experienced shower under the influence of well-marked low over t he east central Bay and adjoining northeast Bay and Myanmar coast that had been persisting for a couple of days.
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Leaser helps truckers defying bar
Heavy vehicles ply over
Shah Amanat Bridge |
Samir Kanti Barua
Defying the ban huge number of heavy vehicles are reportedly plying over the worn out Shah Amanat Bridge for months pushing the lone overpass that connects the port city with southern parts of Bangladesh again in great risk.
The trucks heavily laden with industrial materials and timber are plying at dead of night and before the tip of the nose of the law enforcers by uprooting the barrier that set up by the Roads and High Away Department for off limit the heavy transports.
The leaser of the bridge is allegedly extending support to the truckers to have more tolls for uninterrupted plying of heavy transports which are only allowed to cross the river Karnaphuli by the ferry , a number of eyewitnesses and residents of southern parts of the bridge alleged
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| BDR-smugglers gunfight
at Tekhnaf leaves 2 dead |
Nurul Haque from Teknaf
Two unidentified person were killed in a brief gunfight between Paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and armed smugglers on the bank of river Naaf in Teknaf boarder last evening.
Informed sources said that the BDR men led by Commander Sirajul Islam raided near sluice gate at about 7:00 p.m. and found some onboard unidentified persons at a boat.
Observing the suspicious movement of the guys, the BDR men started chasing the boat. At one stage, the unidentified goons started firing aiming the BDR men.
The BDR men also replied by opening gunshot to protect them from the attackers. After a brief exchange of gunshots, the attackers stepped back and disappeared within five minutes
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National News |
| Confusion persist over
high-profile arrests |
P View desk
Confusion persists over the arrest of high-profile "fugitive" accused in GATCO scam case as wanted leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami stayed in their residences till Friday evening, UNB reports from Dhaka.
A metropolitan court Thursday issued warrants of arrest against 12 'absconding' accused including former ministers of the 4-party alliance government M Saifur Rahman, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, MK Anwar, M Shamsul Islam, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Matiur Rahman Nizami.
There were reports that the warrant orders reached respective police stations on Thursday evening, but the officers-in-charge of Ramna, Gulshan and New Market police told UNB that they have not received the warrants of arrest till Friday evening
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| BNP unity before May 30 : Hannan |
P View desk
Leaders of both factions of BNP Friday expressed their firm resolve to unite the party before May 30 and said BNP wants to join the government-sponsored dialogue under Khaleda Zia's leadership, UNB reports from Dhaka.
BNP chairperson's adviser Brig Gen (retd) ASM Hannan Shah said the party's senior leaders reached consensus over telephone conversations. "Some formalities remain, unity is now a matter of time," he told reporters at his New DOHS residence
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| B Chy urges
govt to sit with
senior politicians |
P View desk
President of Bikalpadhara Bangladesh Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury Friday urged the government to sit with senior politicians for finding out effective solutions to the country's major problems, including the severe power crisis and food shortage, UNB reports from Dhaka.
"The power crisis has now taken a serious turn... the Chief Adviser's address to the nation should have contained the indication how it would be
solved," he told a press conference at his party office in the afternoon.
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