Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has decided not to include hilsa in her menu for celebrating Pahela Baishakh this time, aiming to save the national fish during its breeding season.According to a press release signed by PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim,…
Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Asaduzaman Miah on Monday said all necessary steps have been taken to ensure foolproof security for the celebrations of Pahela Baishakh across the capital.Nine observation towers will be set up at the main venues…
Dhaka-Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in 608 union parishads, out of the total 721 where polls are set to be held on March 22.
A Bangladeshi national was allegedly shot to death and another injured by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Mohommadpur Dangerpara area of Daulatpur upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Mamun, 25, son of Moho Ali, a…
Forest guards of Sharankhola Range in the Eastern Division of Sundarban forest raided 2 separate places and seized 900 CFT cut band Sundari and Gewa wood worth Tk.5 lakh was seized.It is learnt from ACF and Ranger of Sharankhola that…
Honorable prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked civil servants to ensure quick implementation of the government’s development programmes and thus steer the country towards prosperity.She made the directive while addressing the fifth founding anniversary of the BCS Women Network…
Dhaka – The flight operation of United Airways remained suspended from Thursday, inflicting sufferings on its passengers.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday awarded death penalty to Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni for crimes against humanity in 1971 in Netrakona.The three-member ICT, headed by its chairman Justice Anwarul Haque, passed the order in presence of…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will sit on Monday with public university teachers who are protesting against what they call ‘discrepancies’ in the Eighth National Pay Scale in a bid to break the deadlock.The prime minister will host the leaders of…
Jessore – Three condemned killers of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) founder president Kazi Aref Ahmed and four other party men were hanged at Jessore Central Jail on Thursday night.
The Supreme Court has cleared the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami who was earlier awarded the sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Liberation.A four-member top appeals court bench led by Chief Justice…
RAB says it has gunned down two ‘militants’ in a raid at Bhogrha in Gazipur.The elite police unit busted what it says was a ‘militant hideout’ tucked away into an abandoned house at Jogitola near Gazipur-Chittagong bypass on Sunday midnight.RAB…
Detectives in a drive arrested three suspected members of the banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and seized huge arms, bomb making substance and 12 sets of army uniforms from Aman Bazar area of city.The drive began on Saturday morning…
Police arrested a young man in possession of fake currency notes amounting to Tk 75,000 from Gopalpur in Shibganj upazila on Friday.The arrestee was identified as Shafiullah, 23, son of Mansur of the village.
Local Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) activists allegedly went on rampage and ransacked the house of BNP-backed mayoral candidate Roman Hossain Patowary of Ramganj municipality on Friday.Roman Hossain Patowary said a group of 10-15 members of BCL activists stormed into his…
Christmas Day, the biggest religious festival of the Christians community marking the birth of Jesus Christ, was celebrated in the port city as elsewhere in the country with huge festivity and fanfare.Churches and adjoining areas were decorated with colorful tiny…
A man was killed in a blast while exploding bomb in a mosque of Ahmadia community at Bagmara upazila in Rajshahi during Jumaa prayers on Friday.Many people, members of 15-16 families of Ahmadia community in the Syedpur Bokpara neighbourhood, were…
Farmers of Panchagarh district cultivated mustard on 16,039 hectares of land this year with the production target of 18,055 tons of mustard.District Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said five varieties of mustard seeds like BARI-9,BINA-5,BINA-8,BARI-15, BARI-14 were distributed among the…
Police and RAB personnel have started a raid on a house at Dhaka’s Mirpur, on information that it was used as a hideout by militants of the Jamaat’ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesperson Jahangir Alam told bdnews24.com that the…
Police in a drive seized a truck, which was hijacked in Pubail area of Gazipur district on Friday, from a restaurant in Kumargoan area of the city on Sunday evening.On a secret information police conducted drive in the area around…
A man was stabbed to death by his elder brother at Bhatialpur village in Ramganj upazila on Sunday night over a trifling matter.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Alam, 30, son of late Syed Ahmed, a resident of the village.
India is considering using drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-UAV) on its frontier with Bangladesh, a top official in India’s home ministry said on Monday.“UAVs are being used along the Western Sector to stop infiltration from across the border with Pakistan. Similarly,…
The nation is paying homage to the intellectuals who were assassinated by Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators in the last days of the 1971 Liberation War.Bangladesh observes December 14 as the Martyred Intellectuals Day in memory of those…
The government on Monday lifted the temporary restriction on all mobile messaging and calling apps as well as social networking sites, including Viber, WhatsApp, Skype, Twitter and Imo.”We’ve withdrawn temporary restriction on all social networking sites as well as calling…
A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash over a land-related dispute at Maldanga village of Mogolbasa union in Sadar upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Akhter Hossain, 40, son of Ahmmed Hossain, a resident…
Ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route was suspended for 11 hours on Saturday morning due to dense fog.Mahiuddin Russel, manager of BIWTA Aricha, said suddenly the area was enveloped in thick fog, forcing them to suspend the ferry services at…
A court here on Friday sent forest officer Yusuf Alam, who was arrested from Bagerhat on Wednesday night for his alleged involvement in war crimes during the liberation war in 1971, to jail.Senior Judical Magistrate M Sirajul Islam Gazi ordered to…
A Bangladeshi national was tortured to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Jahurpur border area in Sadar upazila early Friday.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman Sentu, 33, son of Shish Mohammad, a resident of Binpara village in…
A suspected robber was beaten to death by a mob at Khanpukur Moupukur village in Birampur upazila early yesterday.The deceased was identified as Nazmul,50, son of Jahir Uddin of Bochaganj upazila.
Verdict on the appeal hearing on death penalty of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami wil be delivered on 6 January. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed the verdict date closing the appeal hearing on the death penalty…