Three suspected dacoits were killed in a ‘shootout’ with members of the elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the Sundarbans in Shaymnagar upazila on Thursday morning. Two of the deceased were identified as Amjad, ringleader of ‘Amjad Bahini’, and…
The attestation parade of 80th recruit batch of Artillery Regiment of Bangladesh Army was held at Artillery Centre and School (AC&S) here on Wednesday.
Returning Office has taken a decision for re-polling in a center of election to Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) after a fault in Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) had been detected on June 15 RCC election. The polling in Teachers Training College…
New Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Huseyin Muftuoglu on Tuesday made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and discussed matters of mutual interests.
GAZIPUR – A total of two mayoral candidates, one councilor for reserved woman seat and 35 general councilors withdrew their candidatures for the upcoming city corporation election in Gazipur (GCC). They stayed away from the city corporation election race today,…
A two-day skill-development training course of the assistant editors and journalists of different newspapers and electronic media began Tuesday at Circuit House auditorium in the city. Bangladesh Press Institute (PIB) has been organising the training course being participated by 45…
A total of Taka 74,72,54,000 has allocated for development work in the district under Improved Rural Infrastructure Development project (IRIDP) during the 2010-2013. The project is being implemented by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED). According to LGED office, Tk.…
A total of 3,810 poor people of ten upazilas in the district were given Taka 2.80 crore under “one house, one farm project” of the government for purchasing milk cows, CIsheets, poultry birds, vegetable seeds and saplings for improving their…
Narail Sadar thana police recovered a foreign made pistol, one round bullet, a shutter gun, four round bullets of it and arrested three youngmen in this connection from Dighalia village under sadar upazila of the district on Sunday June 16.…
To press a 13-ponit demand a section of Bangladesh Transport Workers Union enforced an indefinite strike in Khulna Division since Monday morning. Five main demands are increasing workers’ salary and festival allowance, ensuing their security, end to extortion and harassment…
A man was killed in an attack by miscreants in Cemetery Road area of the city on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain Dilu, 55, former president of Dumuria unit BNP. Witnesses said a group of miscreants…
A union parishad (UP) chairman was killed in an attack by unidentified miscreants in the town on Sunday night. The deceased identified as Ruhul Biswas, 48, son of Golam Ali Biswas of Bagutia in sadar upazila was the chairman of…
Ten people, including two women, were arrested while they were allegedly trying to enter India illegally through Jululi and Jadabpur borders in Maheshpur upazila on Friday. The arrestees hail from different areas of Rajbari, Manikganj and Jessore districts. Nayek Subeder…
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Saturday said the government is set to formulate a policy on broadband internet, tax on telecommunications and spectrum for the development of telecommunications sector.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has suspended four of its officials for alleged procedural lapses in connection with the killing of two suspected Bangladeshi cattle smugglers along the border in West Bengal earlier this week. The officials removed from active…
Two cases have been filed against 417 Jamaat-e-Islami men in connection with violence in Ullapara upazila during Monday’s nationwide daylong hartal. Sub-inspector Asaduzzaman of Ullapara Police Station filed a case against 32 identified and 150 unidentified Jamaat men on Monday…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday framed charges against 61 Shibir men including Shibir president Delwar Hossain in a speedy trial case filed with Motijheel Police Station for cocktail explosion, vandalism and creating panic in the minds of the people.
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent BNP joint secretary general Amanullah Aman and advisor to the BNP chairperson, Dr AZM Zahid Hossain to jail rejecting their bail petitions and remand pleas in two cases. The hearing on the remand and…
Bomb blasts and vandalism marked the nationwide daylong hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance on Sunday demanding the restoration of caretaker government system, release of its arrested leaders and activists and withdrawal of ban on meetings and processions. No…
DHAKA: Two of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, Bangladesh and Brazil, today shared the biennial UN-Sasakawa Award which was presented to the laureates by the Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, in the presence of…
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 29 leaders of BNP-led 18-party alliance, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed for explosion of bombs at the secretariat on April…
A Dhaka court on Monday placed Sohel Rana,owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, on a fresh remand for five days’ in the case filed under the Building Construction Act.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Wednesday urged the government to start the process of appointing new chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission immediately.
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 has issued arrest warrant against Jatiya Party (JP) former lawmaker Syed Muhammad Kaiser alleging committing crimes against humanity during Liberation War in 1971.
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will re-interrogate three people in connection with their alleged involvement in the much-talked-about Padma Bridge graft. ACC deputy director and investigation officer of Padma graft case Mirza Zahidul Alam on Monday served notices to them asking…
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 41 opposition leaders and activists including Barrister Moudud Ahmed until June 3 in a case filed about violence in the capital on March 6.
A Dhaka court on Monday rejected a remand petition of Paltan Thana Police seeking 10 days’ fresh remand of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal president Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal after he was produced before the court on completion of earlier granted four…
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday night rescued two Bangladeshis, including a child, while they were being trafficked to the country through Daudpur border of Birampur upazila.
The BNP-led 18-party alliance is going to enforce countrywide daylong shutdowns on Wednesday and Thursday protesting the killing of unarmed Alems (Islamic scholars) in a crackdown on Hefajat-e-Islami’s sit-in at Shapla Chattar early Monday.
Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh is set to stage its ‘Dhaka Siege’ programme on Sunday and vowed to make it a complete success despite repeated requests by the government to withdraw the demonstration programme.