US oil company Chevron Bangladesh starts a three-dimensional seismic survey on eco-sensitive Lawachhera Reserve Forest next month for better understanding the reserves of the nearby Moulvibazar gas field amid concerns expressed by environmentalists.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf\'s allies conceded defeat yesterday after elections, leaving the party of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto and other opponents headed for a crushing win.
Pakistanis defied bombings and shootings yesterday to vote in critical parliamentary elections that will decide the political fate of key US anti-terrorist ally President Pervez Musharraf.
Intelligence agencies strongly suspect a large number of grenades are kept hidden in places across the country as they have made seizures of abandoned grenades or arrested militants with the bombs.
The country\'s poultry industry continues to be in grave peril with sales already halved due to panic among consumers in the wake of recent bird flu outbreaks, operators said.
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced three activists of the banned Jama\'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death on charges of killing eight people including two Udichi leaders by carrying out suicide bomb attacks at Udichi and Shata Dal Shilpi Goshthi offices in Netrakona in December 2005.
The culling of some 1.65 lakh chickens at a poultry farm at Badda in the capital began yesterday after the detection of deadly avian influenza virus, which the officials say is the biggest ever culling in the country so far.
A special court yesterday sentenced former state minister for shipping Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya to 13 years imprisonment for amassing wealth illegally and concealing wealth information.
