Month: December 2012

banglanews24.com Detained BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP Monday filed a contempt of court petition with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 against Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed. Lawyers of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, detained for his alleged involvement in wartime crimes…

banglanews24.com LAXMIPUR: At least 20 people, including five cops received bullet injuries during a gunfight between two groups centering the vote of a merchant association in Duttapara Bazar of the district on Monday night. Locals and witnesses said a group…

banglanews24.com GOALONDA, RAJBARI: Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route have been suspended as thick fog blanketed the waterway on Sunday night. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Daulatdia Office Assistant Manager Md Abu Abdullah said, “As the waterways were blanketed beyond…

banglanews24.com DHAKA: Eleven children have been killed in China when the van taking them to school crashed, Chinese state media have reported. The children, aged between four and six years old, died when the van apparently plunged into a roadside…

banglanews24.com An Afghan policewoman has shot and killed a US security adviser in the Kabul police headquarters, NATO and local officials say. A senior police official told Al Jazeera that the shooting occurred at 10:15am local time (05:45 GMT) on…

banglanews24.com Police in Africa’s last absolute monarchy Swaziland have banned women from wearing miniskirts and midriff-revealing tops saying they provoke rape, local media reported on Monday. Offenders face a six-month jail term under the ban, which invokes a colonial criminal…

Banglanews24.com/cricinfo.com Jamaica: West Indies will host an ODI tri-series against India and Sri Lanka in Jamaica and Trinidad from June 28 to July 11, 2013. It will substitute for Sri Lanka`s limited-overs leg of their full tour of the Caribbean,…

banglanews24.com Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODI cricket on Sunday morning. The announcement comes as the selectors meet to select the team to play against Pakistan. Sachin played 463 ODI matches, scored 18,426 runs along with 49 centuries and…

bdnews24.com A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced five people to death in Ajit Karati murder case of Keraniganj. Judge A B M Sajedur Rahman of the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 also sentenced two others to 10-year rigorous imprisonment and fined…

bdnews24.com Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will announce nationalisation of around 26 thousands non-government primary schools on Jan 9. Primary and Mass Education Ministry Deputy Secretary Abul Kalam Azad told bdnews24.com that the Prime Minister would make the announcement at a…

bdnews24.com The Bangladesh Bank has asked other banks to distribute warm clothes and blankets to destitute people in remote villages immediately as part of their corporate social responsibility. A Bangladesh Bank Circular sent to the chief executives of all the…

bdnews24.com Irshad Hossain has been named as the President of the Gulshan Club for a year, according to a media release on Sunday. The announcement came at the club’s Annual General Meeting on Dec 22 when an election was held…

bdnews24.com A Dhaka court on Monday rejected the bail pleas of BNP’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in two separate shutdown violence cases. On completion of hearing on the bail petitions, vacation bench judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan…

bdnews24.com Bangladesh is going to introduce pneumococcal vaccine in its routine vaccination programme to prevent acute respiratory infections like pneumonia, which is one of the main reasons behind the death of babies in the country. Health minister A F M…

bdnews24.com India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has allegedly beaten up two Bangladeshi youths near Shivganj border in Chapainawabganj. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) 9 Battalion Deputy Commander Major Mizanur Rahmam told reporters a patrol team of 20 BSF Battalion reportedly beat…

banglanews24.com Russia and India have signed new defence deals worth $2.9bn during President Vladimir Putin’s day-long trip to India. Under the accords, India will buy 42 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets and 71 Mil Mi-17 helicopters. Putin held talks with Indian…

banglanews24.com DHAKA: Southeast Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with bkash, a mobile financial service provider of BRAC Bank, to facilitate rural people with banking service. After the MoU, customers will be able to receive hard cash of remittance…

banglanews24.com International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 issued a rule against Awami League advisory council member Suranjit Sengupta seeking clarification of his remarks over war crimes trial. A three-member ICT-2 led by Justice Obaidul Hasan issued the suo-moto rule on Monday. The…

banglanews24.com Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) held three accused, including Sonali Bank General Manager (GM), for their link to Hall-Mark scam, from Ramna area of the city on Sunday evening. The detainees are the General Manager of Shonali Bank (GM) Mir Mohidur…

banglanews24.com A businessman was shot dead by the miscreants in Jatrabari area of the city on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam. Officer-in-Charge of Jatrabari Thana Mizanur Rahman told banglnews that a group of armed terrorists opened…

banglanews24.com Egypt’s opposition coalition said on Sunday that it was moving towards forming a single political party to challenge Islamists, whose more disciplined ranks have dominated the ballot box since last year’s revolution. Members of the opposition National Salvation Front,…

bdnews24.com The defence lawyers of Jamaat-e-Islami have filed two more retrial petitions for their leaders accused of war crimes. The Jamaat defence team had filed an application for the retrial of the party’s former chief Ghulam Azam on Dec 19…

bdnews24.com Kolkata: A journalist was shot dead by police on the second day of the indefinite strike in Manipur called by a film body demanding the arrest of a Naga rebel leader who stands accused of molesting a Manipuri film…

bdnews24.com Bangladesh is shivering under the first cold wave this winter. Abul Kalam Mallik of Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told bdnews24.com that a mild cold wave is prevaling over Ishwardi, Jessore and Chuadanga districts on Saturday. Temperature over a large area…

bdnews24.com An apparently frustrated Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday criticised the domestic media for their way of covering economic news and expressed willingness to ‘teach journalists’ on how to report on the economy. He criticised the local media for…

bdnews24.com Three people accused of the murder of Biswajit Das, in Old Dhaka, gave ‘confessional statements’ before a Dhaka court on Sunday. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Erfan Ullah recorded the statements of Rafiqul Islam Shakil, GM Rasheduzzaman Shaon and Mahfuzur…

Greenwatch Report The Anti-Corruption Commission is yet to trace any of those accused in the case of “corruption conspiracy” in appointing a Canadian consultancy firm for the USD 2.9 billion Padma Bridge project in six days following filing of the…