Radiation leak poses new threat to Japan
Explosion at nuke plant

In this video image taken from NTV Japan via APTN, smoke raises from Fukushima Daiichi power plant’s Unit 1 in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture on Saturday. AP photo
News Desk
An explosion at a Japanese nuclear power station Saturday destroyed a building housing the reactor, but a radiation leak [...]

No united stand on  no-fly zone yet
US tightening noose on Gaddafi: Obama
News Desk
Rebels fighting to oust Moammar Gadhafi conceded Saturday that the regime had retaken a key oil port city and refinery and pushed the front line farther east, but they defiantly vowed to fight back as government forces gain strength.
The defeat at Ras Lanouf, [...]

Gaddafi vows to fight against no-fly zone
News Desk
Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi closed in on rebels in the western city of Zawiyah on Wednesday, surrounding them with tanks and snipers in the main square, a resident and a rebel fighter said.
A government spokesman said troops were mostly in control of Zawiyah, but there was [...]

‘Embassy in Libya didn’t help’
Returnees demand jobs, compensation
Staff Reporter
 
The leaders  of Libya Expatriates Welfare Association (LEWA) on Wednesday demanded  of the government  to give compensation to those expatriates who have returned home penniless from Libya without completing their stipulated period of employment.
Briefing  the press  at the National Press Club,  general secretary of LEWA Mominur Rahman [...]

Power outage crops up
Staff Reporter
 
Power crisis has intensified in the country as shortfall has reached an average 1500 megawatt per day in the current month.
On Wednesday, the country’s overall electricity generation was hovering around 3698 megawatts (MW), against the demand for 5,100 MW, and power deficit reached 1,502 MW on the day,” a high official [...]

Yunus’ writ verdict today
Staff Reporter
The High Court is going to decide today whether the Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus could stay behind the steering wheel of the global micro-credit giant Grameen Bank, as its managing director, or not.
Meanwhile, a series of protests, mainly by the small borrowers, staged across the country yesterday, a day [...]

356 more back from Libya
2 die along border: Tales of miseries
Azzizur Rahaman
Another 356 Bangladeshis, who returned home from Libya on Saturday, narrated stories of their miseries as they reportedly did not get any services from the Bangladesh mission in Tripoli.
Foreign Secretary Mohammed Mijarul Quayes at a briefing on Saturday said two Bangladeshi nationals, who fled [...]

Politicians, teachers, women leaders oppose Yunus’ removal
Staff Reporter
Leaders of different political parties, social and cultural organizations and some noted persons yesterday strongly protested the removal of Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank.
BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed criticised the government for removing Muhammad Yunus as the managing director of Grameen Bank and [...]

GB says he is still in-charge, prepares for legal battle: diplomatic row follows
Yunus served dismissal letter
Staff Reporter
Grameen Bank (GB) founder Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus will fight in the court against the government’s move to sack him from the post of managing director (MD) of the bank.
Grammen Bank sources said told The New Nation the [...]

Gaddafi warns US of bloody war
Launches offensive against rebels

Libyan leader Gaddafi addressing loyalists of his regime during a public rally in Tripoli. Gaddafi has vowed to fight an uprising against his 41-year rule. AFP photo
Reuters, Tripoli
Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday that Libyans would die in thousands if the United States or other foreign powers enter [...]