DHAKA: Post and Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju Wednesday said every upazila, union and village of the country would be connected with internet network by 2012, making a major advance on the government’s digitizing recipe. "The `third-generation service (3-G)’ would

BENAPOLE: A slain man was found floating in the frontier river Ichhamoti in the upazila`s Putkhali area on Wednesday morning.      Putkhali BDR camp-in-charge Emdad Hossain said the body was floating on the waters of the Indian part of the river. His identity could not be known

DHAKA: The High Court prohibited holding all kinds of programmes on the main altar of Shaheed Minar excepting February functions on the historic Language Movement.Besides, the court gave directives for posting three security personnel at the Central Shaheed Minar for round-the-clock watch

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to publish advertisement in the newspapers for commencing trial in absentia of the fugitive BDR mutineers on charge of mass murders in the Pilkhana carnage.Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan Talukder passed the order for

CHITTAGONG: Despite authority’s initiative to create public awareness against mob justice, another woman on Tuesday night fell victim of a kidnap hoax that is going around in the city for last few days.Aged around 30, the woman was beaten to death by a mob in Boubazar area under Bakolia

DHAKA: The government Wednesday issued an instruction that wearing religious dresses in educational institutions cannot be made compulsory, three days after a court order forbidding forced use of veil.A circular issued to this effect by the Education Ministry said, “None can be forced

DHAKA: At least seven people, including an engineer, sustained severe burn injures in a boiler explosion at a steel mill in the city’s Shyampur area on Wednesday.Witnesses said a boiler of Hasan Steel Mills exploded with a big sound at about 11am, leaving the seven injured. They were

DHAKA: Two officials of the US Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday evening visited the office of banglanews24.com.bd, an online news portal and sister concern of East West Media group under Bashundhara Group. The two-member delegation led by US Embassy Political and Financial counselor Jon

DHAKA: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) interrogated Saiful Islam Duke, the nephew of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and son of former women and children affairs minister Khurshid Jahan Haque, over the 21st August grenade attack.ASP Adul Kahhar Akand, Investigation Officer

RAJSHAHI: A leader of an outlawed extremist group, Elahi Bax alias Mithu, 25, was killed in a shootout with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in Goalkandi area of Bagmara upazila early Wednesday. “Mithu was the regional commander of Chapainawabganj district Purba Banglar Communist

DHAKA: The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to Biman Bangladesh Airlines Chairman Air Vice-Marshal (retd) Jamal Uddin Ahmed for his recent comment carried in the media, taking a tug-of-war over contentious affairs of the national flag carrier to a

DHAKA: A number of officials of Deputy Secretary status have been given transfers and postings in a latest round of reshuffle in the administration.The Establishment Ministry issued separate notifications Tuesday to this effect.The notifications say Mohammad Waliur Rahman, Director of

DHAKA: Nearly 40,000 cases of smuggling, filed by BDR and Coast Guard forces, have been pending with different courts for lack of judges.      Court sources said the shortage of judges is the main cause of huge backlog of smuggling cases.According to a source in the Law Ministry, at

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council Tuesday approved five projects involving Tk 1,847 crore, including two big ones for giving new electricity connections in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Of the total project costs, the government will finance Tk 1,747 crore

DHAKA: Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia alleged again that the ruling government is executing repressive policy against the opposition instead of getting down to mitigating public sufferings.“The Government has failed to tackle utility crises on the one hand and

JHENIDAH: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the military commander of banned outfit Janajuddha, Mizanur Rahman alias Tak Mizan, from Sadar upazila on Monday night.Major Alvi Ferdous of RAB-6 said on information, a special team of RAB picked-up Mizan from Charkol Bazar at

DHAKA: Home Minister advocate Sahara Khatun claimed that Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko, sons of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, are physically well now following treatment abroad on parole.“Her sons have been undergoing treatment abroad for about two years, but she did not visit

DHAKA: The German Federal Home Ministry Tuesday donated Bangladesh police five Toyota hilux double-cabin vehicles to help maintain law and order in the country.German Ambassador Holger Michael handed over keys of the vehicles to Additional Inspector General of Police Dr Samsuddoha

CHITTAGONG: The third Karnaphuli Bridge is likely to open to the traffic by next month, as the Roads and Highways department is waiting to get the Prime Minister’s schedule for its inauguration. “The communication minister is expected to visit the project on Friday and announce the

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Rifles authorities have dismissed one more Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) on charge of violating BDR Act during the mutiny on February 25 and 26 last year at BDR Pilkhana Headquarters.Director of BDR Sadar Rifles Battalion Colonel Aziz told banglanews24.com.bd,