Dhaka: The Govt will set free 1074 prisoners from country’s jails Thursday under an amnesty on the occasion of holy Ramadan and Eid-ul-fitr, official sources said.According to the sources, the convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment and served a certain period of the sentences

DHAKA: Reckless irregularities were detected in rationing rice through the Open Market Sale (OMS), an emergency market intervention by the government to provide essentials to the poor, especially in this Islamic religious month of Ramadan. Organised gangs were buying the rice of OMS

BANDARBAN: A court in the district Wednesday imposed a temporary ban on tobacco cultivation in Bandarban, as national and multinational companies found a farming bonanza in the hills. District joint-judge Shamsuddin Khaled passed the order, asking the district and upazila administrations,

RAJSHAHI: A Rajshahi court Wednesday summoned Rajshahi University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Abdus Sobhan and Registrar Professor MA Bari for contempt of court.Rajshahi Sadar senior Judge Court issued the order as the accused did not comply with a court order. Court sources said,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) balked at government decision fixing immigration cost for labourers and made a plea for an extra 80 percent raise on top of the rate set by the regulator.  The government has fixed Tk 84,000 as total cost for a

DHAKA: Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Wednesday recommended for stern measure against the vehicles, which were over 20 years old.   The government earlier prohibited plying of buses, minibuses and trucks in the capital, which were over 20 years old in its bid to resolving

GAZIPUR: Garment workers blockaded the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway and vandalized vehicles in a violent protest after a fellow worker was killed in a road accident on Wednesday morning.Police said Sujan Mia, 30, knitting operator of World Fashion garment factory, was run over by a bus in

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): Customs department suspended four of its staffs including two officials of Benapole Checkposts’ customs cargo branch. Benapole Customs Commissioner Dr. Abdul Mannan Sikder issued the suspension order accusing Assistant Revenue Officer (Inspector) of Customs Cargo

NARAYANGANJ: At least 15 small garment factories were gutted Wednesday in a devastating fire in Railgate-2 area in the town, leaving at least 10 people injured.Huge clothes stored in the factories were damaged in the blaze, witnesses said.They said the fire originated from a short circuit

BAGERHAT: Harkatul Jihad (HuJi) leader Mufti Hannan was produced before a court here on Wednesday in the sensational case of bomb attack on a meeting of Sheikh Helal Uddin MP, a cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Mufti Hannan was brought to the district jail from Dhaka central jail on

DHAKA:  State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury Wednesday urged mass media to play a vital role along with the government to prevent oppression against women.     “Government alone cannot stop repression against women and ensure their rights. A

DHAKA: The CMM Court of Dhaka Wednesday recorded confessional statement of Anwar Alam alias Bhagne Shahid, the stand-in chief of the banned militant outfit JMB, in the case of attempt to murder Dr Humayun Azad.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate AKM Emdadul Haque recorded the statement under

DHAKA: A suspected mugger was shot dead during a shootout after a woman was mugged in the capital’s posh Gulshan area in broad daylight Wednesday, police and witnesses said.During the exchange of fire, a bullet holed into the car of Awami League leader and former minister Abdur Razzak

DHAKA: Some workers of the ruling Awami League and its youth front Juba League swooped on police in Nikunja area under city’s Khilkhet thana on Tuesday night during an eve-teasing incident, leaving four policepersons injured.  The attackers also snatched away the pistol of a

DHAKA: Awami League MP Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon was Wednesday sued for the killing of party leader Ibrahim Ahmed in the capital.Victim’s brother Masum Ahmed filed a murder case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court implicating the ruling-party lawmaker as the main accused.Delwar

Dhaka: A woman was killed in a road accident in the city’s Farmgate area under Tejgaon thana on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Mahmuda Begum, 56. Duty Officer of Tejgaon thana ASI Mohammad Lokman told banglanews24.com.bd a bus crashed into a motorcycle, on which

GAZIPUR: Garment workers blockaded the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway and vandalized vehicles in a violent protest after a fellow worker was killed in a road accident on Wednesday morning.Police said Sujan Mia, 30, knitting operator of World Fashion garment factory, was run over by a bus in

PIROJPUR: The investigation team of the International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday morning began investigation on two cases filed against detained Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee in Pirojpur. The team has already started quizzing plaintiffs, witnesses and people concerned

SYLHET:  Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)  held four arms traders alongwith arms and ammunition after trading fire with the gang in  South Surma upazila early Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB-9 in the guise of buyers went  to the arms traders near Humayun Rashid

DHAKA: Market monitoring team of the Commerce Ministry has fined 11 businessmen of four markets in the city for over pricing the goods.The teams realised Tk 3 lakh from the drives conducted in Hatirpul Bazar, New Market, Karwanbazar and Kalmilata markets.Director general of National