Narayanganj City Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy is trying to protect someone by blaming the so-called 'godfathers' for the seven murders, local MP Shamim Osman has alleged. The Awami League leader also expressed doubt over the manner in which the bodies...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday asked the officials to ensure timely delivery of passports without any delay and harassment. “Make sure that the passport seekers get their passports in time. Don’t harass them,” she said while opening issuance of Machine...
The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published Wednesday. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will hand over the results to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban at 10am. Later,...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to arrive Dhaka on September 6 on a two-day official visit to which Japan is giving serious interest, said an official on Tuesday. However, there is no formal announcement yet from the Foreign...
The prosecution Tuesday declared one of its witnesses hostile halfway through his testimony against Viqarunnisa rape case accused Parimal Joydhar. During his deposition before a tribunal, Babul Kumar Karmaker, a teacher of Bashundhara branch of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College,...
The Supreme Court's chamber judge has forwarded the petition against shifting a government primary school at Dhaka's Baily Road to the full bench of the Appellate Division. The state moved to the court of chamber judge Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Aug 11: Famous artist SM Sultan's dreams have not yet been materialised at Masimdia under Narail municipality though he had passed away in 1994. Sources said the Shilpakala Academy Director General promised in the Sultan festival two years back...
US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed his willingness to visit Bangladesh at the earliest possible time. Secretary Kerry expressed the desire to visit Bangladesh during an informal meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahood Ali during the 21st Asean...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 11: Nazrul Islam of Bagha has invented a device to fetch water using pump from underground sources, charge battery driven three wheelers, move fans and light bulbs by using batteries. Nazrul Islam has named his innovation as Power...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Aug 11: Four persons were killed 30 were injured, 10 of them critically, in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal highway near Rakdi Bridge under Muksudpur Upazila in Gopalganj district Sunday. The deceased were identified as Sobahan Sheikh (30) of...
GAZIPUR, Aug 11 (UNB): A court here on Sunday afternoon convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 1996. The convict was identified as Akhil Chandra Sarkar, son of late Yogesh Chandra Sarkar...
FARIDPUR, Aug 11 (BSS): Cow-fattening, a practice developed for fetching high price by increasing the weight and size of a cow, has been popular in this district for last two decades. According to District Livestock department sources, generally this project...
RANGPUR, Aug 11 (BSS): Speakers at the monthly meeting of District Corruption Prevention Committee (DCPC) here on Sunday evening stressed launching an effective social movement involving every citizen to prevent corruption. They put emphasis on educating students of different educational...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 11 (BSS): A three day tree fair began on Phulbaria upazila parisad premises today with a view to plant more fruit bearing and other types of saplings to meet up the demand of nutrition and achieve economic benefit...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said no cattle market alongside roads and highways will allowed ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. He said this while inspecting the four-lane upgradation works on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj, according to a news...
Narayanganj city Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has said that the "godfathers of Narayanganj" were "directly and indirectly" involved in the sensational seven murders. She also demanded that the prime suspect of the seven murders Nur Hossain be brought back from...
The cabinet Monday approved a proposal for development of all land ports of the country to the level of international standard as part of establishing link with Asian Highway Network and Trans-Asia Railway Network.The approval was given in the regular...
Workers of a readymade garments factory have vandalised their workplace at Kashimpur in Gazipur, after failing to trace a colleague missing for two days. Industrial Police intervened and removed the angry workers from a road they had blocked at Noapara...
Japanese company ‘JB Networks’ will invest US$1.78 million in Comilla EPZ to establish a leather product plant. An agreement was signed between Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) and IB Networks Co Ltd at Bepza Complex at Dhanmondi in the...
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resumed indirect talks mediated by Egypt Monday on ending a month-old Gaza war, Egypt's state news agency said, after a new 72-hour truce appeared to be holding. The Israeli military said one rocket was launched at...
India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) will host a two-day business conclave in the city on August 23 and 24 in an effort to enhance connectivity in the region and boost trade between the two countries. “The conclave is...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 10 (BSS): Varendra Research Museum, the first museum established in erstwhile East Bengal in 1910, is a popular tourist attraction. The museum, located at the heart of the metropolis and maintained by Rajshahi University, houses the monuments that...
A Correspondent | 2014-08-11 00:00:00
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 10: International Indigenous Day-2014 was observed in a befitting manner in Chapainawabganj Saturday. A procession taken out in Chapainawabganj town on the occasion started from Power House Square in the town and after parading the main roads of...
India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) will host a two-day Business Conclave in the city on August 23-24 next in an effort to enhance connectivity in the region and boost trade between the two countries. “The conclave is set...
UNB report says: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a revolver, two rounds of bullet, 500 grams of heroin and 64 pieces of silk panjabi from Manoharpur border area in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj Saturday. Major Sheikh Mizanur Rahman,...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-08-11 00:00:00
Unemployment has turned into a big economic problem. The country is burdened with a staggering number of unemployed university graduates. Some have characterised it as structural unemployment - a case of unemployment that happens when too many applicants run after...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-11 00:00:00
JHENIDAH Aug 10: Plight of around 20 thousand of inhabitants of mainly five villages knows no bounds in absence of a bridge on the Chitra river at Isakhali ghat under Raygram union of Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah. Hundreds of students...
KUSHTIA, Aug 10 (BSS): Two persons including a woman were killed and five others injured in a road accident in Talbaria area on Kushtia-Veramara Road under Mirpur upazila of the district today. The deceased were identified as Kajol, 18, and...
NARAIL, Aug 10 (BSS): The 90th birth anniversary of globally reputed artist late S.M. Sultan was observed here through various programmes today. Sultan was born at Machhimdia village on August 10 in 1924. He died on October 10, 1994 at...
RANGPUR, Aug 10 (BSS): The farmers are expecting a bumper production of Aus rice this season as its harvest continues now everywhere in northern Bangladesh with excellent yield rate despite a little shortfall in the farming target. According to the...
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