His resignation has spared Pakistan a drawn-out battle to impeach him

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He kept the suspense going until the very end. He had built schools, clinics, irrigation projects, he said. He was innocent, chaos threatened. But finally, he had decided to go.

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Some political parties in Bangladesh see the resignation of 'autocrat' Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf as the victory of the people of Pakistan and hoped democracy would strengthen in that country.

CA asks secretaries

Staff Correspondent

Chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed Monday asked top civil servants to defy all threats and fear and stick to their jobs in the general elections slated for December.

Invalid visas

Staff Correspondent

Eighty-two Bangladeshis, who were travelling to the United Arab Emirates as migrant workers, were sent back Monday as they could not present the proper visas at Dubai airport, an immigration official said.

Attack on mourning procession

Staff Reporter

Bangladesh Chhatra League held demonstrations on Chittagong University campus Sunday against an attack by Islami Chhatra Shibir supporters on a Bangabandhu mourning procession the previous day.

Says CEC

Staff Correspondent

Attack on doctor

Our Correspondent

Internee doctors at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital went on strike Sunday in protest at the assault of a doctor after the death of a patient, police said.

Trial resumes Monday

Desk Report

Trial of a Tk 3 crore extortion case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina resumed Monday, after the Supreme Court overrode a High Court ruling that had cancelled the case as illegally tried under emergency powers rules.

Desk Report

AP, NEW YORK  -- Crude prices dropped below $113 a barrel in volatile trading Monday as Tropical Storm Fay swirled toward Florida but appeared unlikely to disrupt oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico.

AP, LONDON -- The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies Monday morning in European trading. Gold prices rose.

At least 200 million people around the world risk their health daily by eating food grown using untreated waste water, some of which may be contaminated with heavy metals and raw sewage, according to major study of 53 world cities, reports The Guardian.

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Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Naim Ahmed stated on Monday that the Political Intelligence Office was not formed to harass politicians.

Dhaka, Aug 18 (bdnews24.com)—Sylhet mayor-elect Badruddin Ahmed Kamran returned to Sylhet jail Monday after being paroled for six hours to attend his mother's namaj-e-janaza and burial, a jail official said.

Dhaka, Aug 18 (bdnews24.com) – Trial of the extortion case filed by businessman Azam Jahangir Chowdhury against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina resumed Monday, after cancellation of the case by the High Court and its restoration by the Appellate Division on a government appeal.

Dhaka, Aug 18 (bdnews24.com) – The Awami League's acting president Zillur Rahman said on Monday AL would thwart any alleged move by the caretaker government to spy on political parties through the political intelligence office recently launched to purge the country's politics.

Kuwait, Aug 18 (bdnews24.com) – A small group of Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait went on strike from Sunday, still unhappy over low pay after demonstrations by overseas workers were quelled in the Gulf state in July.

Dhaka, Aug 18 (bdnews24.com)— Defeated Barisal mayoral candidate Shorder Sarfuddin Ahmed Santu accused the caretaker government Monday of stage-managing his defeat in the Aug 4 election.

Dhaka, Aug 18 (bdnews24.com) – Bangladesh wishes its beleaguered neighbour Pakistan well after its president Pervez Musharraf, under pressure over impending impeachment charges, resigned Monday.

DHAKA, Aug 18 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Bangladesh opening batsman Nazim Uddin has been ruled out of the one-day series in Australia starting this month due to a finger injury, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said on Monday.