A court in Barisal Wednesday sentenced one outlawed Sarbahara activists to 17 years regours imprisonment in two separate sections of arms act for possessing illegal arms and ammunition. Habibur Rahman, judge of special judge court, handed down this verdict in…
One passenger was killed when he fell from a running Nasiman (mechanized van) in Fakirhat Upazila in the district on Tuesday The deceased was identified as Durbin Shaikh (32), son of one Elahi Box of village Tetulia in Satkhira district.…
Mayor candidates of Barisal City Corporation election -2013 have promised to transform Barisal into a child-friendly city. The candidates were attended in a programme of ‘face to face with children ‘ held at Ashwini Kumar Hall on Wednesday night. Shawkat…
The World Environment Day was observed at Bangladesh Agricultural University(BAU) campus on Wednesday. The World Environment Day was organized by Department of Environmental Science of BAU. A seminar on Environment Day held at the conference hall of BAU while Vice-Chancellor…
Vehicular movement on the busy Dhaka-Aricha highway was disrupted here for two and a half hours on Wednesday as workers from different garment factories blocked it in front of the collapsed Rana Plaza.
Opposition BNP on Wednesday protested the Foreign Minister’s remarks that its leader Tarique Rahman a fugitive and no longer a political figure, and threatened to give the ministers and other ruling party leaders a befitting reply at the appropriate time.…
At least 500 workers of a garment factory fell sick after having tap water at the factory in Bhogra area of the city on Wednesday.
United States Secretary of State John F Kerry would pay a short visit to Dhaka on June 25.
At least five Bangladeshis and four others were killed and seven others injured in a gas cylinder explosion at a pesticide factory in Sharjah of United Arab Emirates.
The visiting UK minister of state understands dialogue between the two major political parties in the current political standoff is ‘difficult’ but reminded them of the fundamental rules of democratic politics so that elections could be conducted.
Opposition MPs on Wednesday rejoined Parliament after walking out following an altercation between senior BNP lawmaker Moudud Ahmed and Jute and Textile Minister Abdul Latif Siddique.
Opposition BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and Mohammad Shahjahan, and Jubo Dal president Moazzem Hossain Alal were freed on bail on Wednesday evening.
Opposition BNP will not join the budget session on Thursday.
The national budget for the fiscal year 2013-2014 will be placed before the parliament on June 6.
An eight-month old ban on popular video sharing website YouTube in the country has been lifted, BTRC Chairman Sunil Kanti Bose told bdnews24.com on Wednesday.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give US$ 198 million in loan to help upgrade a critical regional highway and two land ports in Bangladesh for boosting connectivity and trade across South Asia.
Global smartphone shipments are forecast to grow by 18 percent a year to reach 1.5 billion units and to account for 73 percent of all mobile phone shipments in 2017, according to Canalys.
A mobile court sentenced a schoolboy to two years’ imprisonment on charge of harassing a college girl sexually in Ghatail upazila on Tuesday. The convict, Roni, 17, son of Minhaj Uddin, is a resident of Sadhuti village of the upazila.…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized huge contraband items worth Tk40 lakh from Tulsidanga area in Kolaroa upazila of the district on Thursday. Mujibur Rahman, Nayeb subedar of BGB 38 Jhaudanga BOP, said the border force…
Farmers in Jhalakathi are in a upbeat mood as they could achieve bumper production of boro paddy this year, exceeding all previous records. They could yield highest ever amount of boro despite onslaughts of the tropical storm Mahasen that buffeted…
A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing a minor boy. The convict was identified as Alam Hossain, 32, son of Asgor Ali, resident of Katagari village in Tarash upazila. Judge Omme Kulsum of…
A mango trader died after falling from a human hauler (Alam Shadu) near a petrol pump in Fakirhat upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Turfan Sheikh 34, son of Elahi Sheikh of Tentulia village of Satkhira district. Officer-in-charge…
A student of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) died after falling off the rooftop of a building in the city’s Mirabazar area early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Masum Ahmed, student of the 19th batch of the Faculty of Veterinary…
The transport workers in Rangpur division went on a 48-hour strike on Wednesday morning to press home their 14-point demand. Road communications on at least 54 routes of eight districts of the division with other parts of the country came…
32nd Martyrdom day of the President the woeful 30th May Ziaur Rahman. In the early hours of the morning of 30 May 1981, he was assassinated by a group ofdisgruntled army officers at the Chittagong Circuit House. Bangladesh Nationalist Party…
Voters of the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) have been passing their days amid extreme anxiety due to excessive presence of the outsiders in the city ahead of the election. Particularly the voters of the wards on the Bhairab River and…
Three candidates vying for the mayoral post in upcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) have expressed their commitment of development of the metropolis if they were elected. Facing the public and responding to their various questions they expressed their…
Zia Parishad, a front organisation of main opposition BNP, held human chain and rally protesting biasness of EC and administration in BCC election The rally was held in front of Ashwini Kumar Hall, during the meeting of Election Commissioner Muhammad…
Community policing festival was held in Chapainawabganj on Monday afternoon. Chapainawabganj police arranged a discussion meeting at Chapainawabganj Stadium on the occasion of the association of USA’s high commission office in Dhaka and Bangladesh Centre for Communication Programmes (BCCP) and…
Moulvibazar Executive Magistrate Suhana Islam conducted a mobile court and arrested three people with 10 grammes of heroin worth Tk 1 lakh from their possession at Hotel Mudubhan in Moulvibazar city on Tuesday. The arrestees are Ram Roy(38),JangirHoussin(50) Sumam Chakorvoty…