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| Poll panel bar on Ershad sparks anger |
| Angry protesters attacked government offices and damaged vehicles in northern Bangladesh today after authorities rejected applications by former army ruler and Jatiya Party chief Hossain Mohammad Ershad to contest next month’s elections.
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| Pak to fence Afghan border |
| Pakistan said yesterday it would fence and mine parts of its border with Afghanistan to prevent Taliban rebels from crossing over and waging their growing rebellion.
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| Plane scare |
| British Airways blamed poor lighting at Miami airport for a safety scare involving a jumbo jet carrying Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family.
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| Space probe to hunt planets |
| European scientists launched a satellite today to seek out new Earth-like planets beyond the solar system and to explore the interior of stars, the European Space Agency (ESA
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| Ex-President Ford dead |
| Former President Gerald Ford, who took office after the Watergate scandal and later stunned the nation by pardoning a disgraced Richard Nixon, has died at his home in Califor
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Carlos Ortiz (left) and his children Francisco, 10, and Natalie, 7, watch as a rocket takes off in Gainesville, Florida, on Tuesday. The launch of th ... | Read
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