DHAKA: Election Commission decided to uphold provision of its authority to cancel one’s candidature in general election for violating electoral laws. Election Commissioner Mohammad Shahnewaz came up with the disclosure while talking to reporters at EC secretariat in the city on

DHAKA: Power Division Secretary Monwar Islam said that pre-paid meter will be set countrywide to reduce electricity theft.He came up with the assertion while addressing a meeting on Performance Target Agreement-2013-14 of Rural Electrification Board on Thursday morning.Expressing

DHAKA: Life may have started on Mars before arriving on Earth, a major scientific conference has heard.New research supports an idea that the Red Planet was a better place to kick-start biology billions of years ago than the early Earth was.The evidence is based on how the first molecules

COMILLA: Rail communications on three routes connecting mainly Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet were halted after a compartment of a container train derailed in Comilla Thursday moring.Witnesses said four wheels of a compartment of a Chittagong-bound veered off the tracks in Comilla Sadar

DHAKA: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT -0.66% is planning to respond to questions from investors over its sourcing practices in Bangladesh during a briefing on Thursday, indicating that its shareholders have some concerns about a series of deadly disasters at overseas garment factories that make

DHAKA: Parents of Shafiqul Alam, Dhaka bureau chief of Agence France-Presse (AFP), passed away died on Tuesday.They were-- M Amirul Haque, 81, father of Shafiqul and mother Syeda Rashida Khatun, 71.The father of Shafiqul, also a member of Bangladesh Association of sports writing, died

DHAKA: Unidentified miscreants have shot dead former additional Police Superintendent Fazlul Karim, 67, in Rampura of the capital on Thursday morning.Witnesses said that miscreants shot him on head at his residence at 10:00am.He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the case filed against Jute and Textiles Minister Latif Siddiqui for asking to kill someone who will call hartal. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Hasibul Haq passed the order saying that the plaintiff doesn’t call hartal so he has no

DHAKA: Canada has successfully concluded a first-ever air transport agreement with Bangladesh, allowing direct scheduled air services between the two countries.Lisa Raitt, Canadian Minister of Transport, and Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, came up with the announced on August

SATKHIRA: India returned the body of a Bangladesh national on Wednesday night after four days of his death by electrocution.The victim was identified as Babar Ali, son of Mojid Ali of Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira district. He was electrocuted in India four days ago while he was returning

DHAKA: A team from Bangladesh Embassy, Riyadh is scheduled to visit Hafr Al-Batin to extend consular, welfare and remittance promotional services to the Bangladesh nationals, says a press release.The team will provide its services on Sept. 13 and 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (except prayer

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Embassy will hold job fairs in three cities, the embassy announced in Riyadh on Wednesday.A senior official from the Bangladesh Embassy said the fairs are to be held in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam.“We are working out the details and awaiting permission from

LAXMIPUR: Two dacoits were shot by police and later beaten to death by angry mob at Kazirchar village under Raipur Upazila of the district early Thursday.The identity of the dacoits could not be found immediately.Witnesses said a gang of armed robbers entered in Sharif Hossain and Mizanur

DHAKA: Malaysia will launch ‘biggest ever’ crackdown on an estimated half a million illegal foreign workers, as a crime wave focused the nation’s attention on security.Under the three-month operation to begin on Sunday, authorities would seek to deport some 500,000 foreigners,

DINAJPUR: Two teachers were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident on Dinajpur-Dhaka highway in Satmile area of Sadar upazila of the district.The deceased were identified as Faruk Ahmed, 50, Headmaster of Madanpur Primary School, Birganj and Abdur Razzak, 45, Lecturer of Pakerhat

DHAKA: An Engineer of Ekushey Television (ETV) was killed in a road accident in Karwan Bazar area of the city on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as KM Alimuzzaman, 36, an Engineer of the private satellite channel.Witnesses said a BRTC passenger bus rammed him while the

DHAKA: Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday said the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh would remain warm and very special since both the countries shared common religion, culture and history.  During a meeting with Bangladesh’s High

DHAKA: The Hindu community celebrated Shuva Janmashtami on Wednesday to mark the birthday of Lord Sri Krishna.According to the Hindu religion, Lord Vishnu incarnated in the universe as Lord Krishna in the prison of Raja Kangsa on this day, the eighth day of ‘Shukla Pakkha’ (bright

COX’S BAZAR: Two children went missing at Matamuhuri River as boat capsized in the river on Wednesday.The missing kids are Abdullah, son of Abul Hossain of Chakaria and Reshmin, daughter of Maksud Ahmed of Kakara Dakkhin Luthni area.Sources said a passenger boat capsized in Matamuhui

DHAKA: New Zealand has said that Fonterra products at the centre of a global contamination scare did not contain botulism-causing bacteria.The scare had triggered a recall and import bans from some countries.However, the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries said tests suggested the