The government has published the Representation of the People Order (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 in a gazette, making registration of political parties compulsory and banning their front organizations, reports bdnews24.com.

Staff Reporter

Chittagong port authorities on Thursday cautioned ships in the port's outer anchorage zone to maintain radio links to prevent further tragedies after the sinking of Sri Lankan flag carrier 'Badula Valley' on Wednesday.

Bid to tackle Dhaka gridlock

Staff Correspondent

The government Thursday decided to introduce a modern traffic control room in the capital which would, among other measures, take into consideration the timetable of educational institutions to mitigate the city's worsening jams.

Firms asked to pay

Staff Correspondent

Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait demonstrating over poor and irregular pay have returned to work after authorities asked the errant companies to clear the arrears, the foreign secretary said on Thursday.

Staff Correspondent

The National Board of Revenue chairman has said they have proposed to the government for expansion of the central tax administrator.

Graft Case

Staff Correspondent

The High Court on Thursday granted bail to former law minister Moudud Ahmed, former health minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain and former BNP lawmaker Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie in separate cases.

Perpretrators easily lure jobless people

Staff Correspondent

Foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury on Thursday said that human trafficking had become an alarming migration issue, with the perpetrators easily luring jobless people into being bought and sold.

The bail orders of 10 prominent figures were upheld by the Supreme Court Thursday, reports bdnews24.com.

UZ polls

Says Adviser

Staff Correspondent

Local government adviser Anwarul Iqbal Thursday said the government would not try to make the political parties to take part in the upazila elections.

At least 50 have been killed in double attack outside main weapons factory

Agencies

At least 50 people have died after two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gates of Pakistan's main weapons complex as the coalition government looked in danger of unravelling.

Staff Correspondent

A three-day long border conference of Bangladesh Rifles and India's Border Security Force began in Dhaka Thursday, with a view to discuss a number of unresolved issues between the neighbouring countries.

Oil prices jumped above $119 Thursday as rising antagonism with Russia underscored the possibility it could affect energy shipments from the world's second-largest oil producer, reports AP.

Submitting memo to CA

Desk Report

The police Thursday stopped the BNP-led four-party alliance submitting a memorandum to the chief adviser at his office in the capital.

Staff Correspondent

A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced Tariqur Rahman Prince, son-in-law of former caretaker government adviser Justice Fazlul Haque, to three years in prison for not submitting a wealth statement to the Anticorruption Commission.

Desk Report

The Awami League is observing the fourth anniversary of the 2004 grenade attack on a party rally in a limited way this year, under the ongoing state of emergency.

Bdnews24.com

Mongolia has appointed Nasreen Fatema Awal as its Honorary Consul for Bangladesh, a foreign ministry official said.

Aug 21 attacks

Staff Correspondent

The Awami League Thursday asked the caretaker government to launch a neutral enquiry into the grenade attack on a party rally on August 21, 2004.

Agency

The Anticorruption Commission on Thursday approved chargesheets against 16 people in six cases, most filed for concealing information and amassing illegal wealth, an official said.

Abul Hossain killing

A Dhaka court Tuesday handed down the death penalty to two men for the brutal murder of Liberation War commander Abul Hossain, while six others received life terms for their involvement, reports bdnews24.com.

Sprinter Sets World Record in 200 Meters

AP, BEIJING — The dramatic ascendance of Usain Bolt as the world's greatest sprinter continued Wednesday night at the Beijing Olympics as he left another group of elite runners far behind in setting a world record in the 200 meters and winning his second gold medal.

Having obliterated the world record in the 100 on Saturday, he is the first man to win the 100 and 200 at the same Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984.