ASHUGANJ: A 20-member joint team of Bangladesh and India visited Ashuganj river port Wednesday to monitor the infrastructure-and road-development works for the transshipment centre in the making for freight transportation to India’s northeast.Additional secretary of Communications

CHITTAGONG: State Minister for Home Affairs Advocate Shamsul Haque Tuku Wednesday said the “illegal military rulers” introduced communal politics in the country after the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to serve their perverse purpose. “They (the military rulers)

DHAKA: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will investigate the incident of torture on a preteen boy in police custody in Mymensingh, as the watchdog begins to chase predators. A team of investigators goes to Mymensingh on September 5. Commission members Fouzia Karim and Aroma

COMILLA: The local administration Wednesday imposed section 144 in Daudkandi upazila to avert a possible clash between rival BNP and Shramik League as they arranged iftar mahfil at the same place and same time.Daudkandi Thana OC SM Kawsar Uddin Chowdhury told banglanews24.com.bd, “Both

CHITTAGONG: Country’s first case under cyber law has been registered in the port city against seven businessmen on charges of email-password piracy and server hacking. Captain Mohiuddin Abdul Kader, a marine businessman and managing director of Hareson International in Agrabad business

SHARIATPUR: Yet another custodial death was reported, now in this southwestern district, despite last July’s High Court directive for the government to punish such excesses following a number of deaths in custody in the capital.The deceased was identified as Mokhlesur Rahman, 40, of

SAVAR: The residential halls of the oft-troubled Janhangirnagar University will remain closed for seven days from September 8.The JU authorities took the decision Wednesday and asked students to vacate the dorms for the weeklong shutdown.   Under the decision, the residents were asked

DHAKA: At least three plastic factories and seven dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating fire in city`s Lalbagh area early Wednesday, leaving 10 people injured. According to fire service sources, the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shoe factory in Kamalbagh area

DHAKA: Dhaka’s main streets reverted amid a merry march on Wednesday afternoon as Janmashtami, marking the occasion of birth of Lord Sri Krishna, was celebrated across Bangladesh with euphoric street parties befitting Hindu religious fervors.  The day was a public holiday. President

DHAKA: An army Major has been given his marching orders from the force to serve in jail for a year for smuggling contraband drug phensidyl. “...(the) officer has been tried by Court Martial in Army for other offences where he is dismissed from the service with one-year rigorous

MOULVIBAZAR: Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured as a minibus crashed into their bike on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway Tuesday noon. The deceased were named as Belal, 21, and Emdad, 18.Sadar thana OC Amulya Kumar Chowdhury said the accident took place at around 11:45 am near

DHAKA: The government decided to award two offshore blocks in the disputed deep-sea areas of the Bay of Bengal to US company ConocoPhillips for exploring oil and gas. However, the company will not be able to work in the blocks 10 and 11 in the deep sea unless the disputes with Myanmar and

DHAKA: The government has decided to construct cross dam at Urir Char in Noakhali with the object of reclamation around 600 kilometers land. “A Tk 37.40 crore project has been taken up to recover the land of Urir Char,” State Minister for Environment Dr. Hasan Mahmud said after ending

DHAKA: Janmashtami, also known as Gokulashtami, marking the occasion of birth of Lord Sri Krishna will be celebrated Wednesday. Sri Krishna was born in the `Rohini` nakshatram (star) to King Vasudeva and Devaki Devi on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Sravana. Sri

DHAKA:  The government has issued a directive for the use of solar-based light-emitting diodes (LED) lights for lighting urban streets to reduce pressure on the bumping national grid. Officials said the government order has been sent to all the city corporation and pourasava executives.

NILPHAMARI: A court here Tuesday sentenced eight local-level commanders of the banned Islamist outfit Jamatul Mujahedin Bangladesh to double life imprisonment in a twin-case of possessing arms and explosives. Judge Abdur Rashid Mia of the special tribunal-3 of Joint District and Sessions

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafiq Ahmed Tuesday said the people who apply the state power do the corruption, not the farmers and labourers. “Around 95 percent people of the country are farmer and labourer and they do not do the corruption. It is

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday warned that stern action would be taken against those who gave shelter to Shibir and Chhatra Dal members in Chhatra League, as the suspected infiltrators are blamed by the ruling party’s leaders for misdeeds.“We have collected lists of those

DHAKA: Illiteracy-free Kawamara village of Jamalpur district will be brought under the purview of Information Technology (IT) by the year of 2011.In order to offer different government services, a Pingna Paira Community Resource Center is underway to be built by Dhaka Ahsania Mission

RANGAMATI: Security personnel held three members of the rebel group of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) from Karalyachhari area in Langadu upazila on Tuesday morning, a day after the arrest of four leaders-activists of two associate organizations of UPDF.Officer-in-charge