• Corporate
• Markets
• Info-Tech
• Marketing
• Money & Banking
• Agri-Biz & Commodities
• Industry & Economy
• Logistics
• Government
• Opinion
• Variety
• Corporate Results
• Columns
• States
• Web Extras
• Index

• Investment World
• eWorld
• Brand Line
• Mentor
• Life
• Brand Quest
• The New Manager
• BL Club
• Smartbuy

• Quotes
• SE Diary
• Scoreboard
• Open-End Mutual Fund

• Rates

• Ports

• Yesterday
• Datewise
• Resources
• In Focus
• In Depth
• Events 2007

Subscription

• Business Line

Group Sites

• The Hindu
• Business Line
• Sportstar
• Frontline
• The Hindu eBooks
• The Hindu Images

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Thursday condemned the string of attacks in Mumbai calling it a “mindless act'' as shocked citizens remained glued to television channels throughout the day to track the situation, which is gradually unfolding.

“Bangladesh stands firm with her friends in India at this hour of grief,'' President Iajuddin Ahmed said in a statement. In a letter to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President Iajuddin conveyed his deepest sympathies to the bereaved families in In dia.

Chief Adviser of the interim government Fakhruddin Ahmed in a message to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the terror attacks in Mumbai as “heinous crimes'' against humanity and expressed hope for an expeditious release of the hostages.

Earlier in the day, Foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury told PTI, “We condemn it in the strongest terms. Its an act of mindless terror ... terror serves no purpose.'' Chowdhury mourned the deaths saying “today our hearts are with so many innocent p eople, Indians and foreigners, who have been affected by these cowardly bombings''.

Leaders of the country's two major parties, Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League and Khaleda Zia of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) also issued statements condemning the terror attacks in India's commercial capital. Tens of thousands of avid Banglad eshis are glued to television channels to track the latest development in Mumbai. Immediately after the attacks, authorities ordered “highest security alert'' in foreign diplomatic zone and other sensitive areas.

“The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troops, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) alongside police have been kept on maximum alert,'' Home Secretary Abdul Karim told a press briefing. - PTI

Prev: Mumbai massacre has hallmarks of al-Qaeda: US experts
Next: Bush calls PM

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line