DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni left here for Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, to attend a special ministerial meeting on MDGs. A press release said Monday Dr. Dipu Moni left Dhaka at midnight Sunday. The meeting on the “Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Review in Asia and the

DHAKA: JobsA1.com, an online job portal, on Monday offered a daylong Career Festival at National Museum in the city. State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Ministry Md Motahar Hossain inaugurated the festival. Motahar Hossain said such festival was important for students to

DHAKA: War-crime hearing opened here Monday at a special tribunal with four top Jamaat leaders standing in the dock at the first go, but the court adjourned abruptly without fixing the next date.    The International Crimes Tribunal, formed to try ‘crimes against humanity’ during

DHAKA: Dhaka district administration with the assistance of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) begins anti-adulteration drive Monday ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.“Two mobile courts will conduct drive on the first day while four mobile courts will be on the street

SAVAR: Three people were killed in two separate road accidents in Jamgara and Beron areas of Ashulia here on Sunday.Sources said the accident occurred when a pick-up van collided head on with a mixer-van for construction work on Bipile-Abdullahpur Road at Zirabo. The pick-up van driver

Dhaka: The four top Jamaat leaders accused of wartime crimes will be produced before the International Crimes Tribunal Monday to stand trial under a tight security cover.   Earlier on July 29, the tribunal summoned them to appear before it on August 2 for the trial of the offences

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda Sunday made it clear that the Election Commission is not authorized to ban a political party and that the authority lies with the government.“The Commission will not impose any ban on any party. It is the responsibility of the

DHAKA: A teenaged girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in city`s Dhaka Cantonment area Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nahida Islam, 18, daughter of Nurul Islam of Saudi Colony at Dhaka Cantonment. Nahida passed HSC examination this year. Delwar Hossain,

DHAKA: The High Court Sunday ordered the government not to bar former foreign secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, now a leader of the opposition BNP, from going abroad. At the same time, the HC bench of Justice Abdul Wahab Mia and Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque also issued a rule asking the

SAVAR: Teachers, students and officials of Jahangirnagar University have urged the government to ban Jamaat-Shibir politics and demanded immediate trial of war criminals.The demand came from a human chain demo organized by the university administration at the foot of Shaheed Minar on the

SAVAR: Police and protestors swapped control of Ashulia industrial hub Sunday as the owners closed all the garment factories in the area amid massive unrest over an incendiary pay-hike issue.  Widespread clashes between the readymade garment workers and the law-enforcers for a third

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Sunday again placed Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat Delwar Hossain Sayedee on two days’ remand in a case filed for attempt to murder Prof Humayun Azad.Metropolitan Magistrate SK Tofael Hassan granted the two-day remand in the ‘attempt-to-murder’ case for the deadly

Dhaka: Pallabi Thana Police arrested a fugitive accused alongwith a revolver and six bullets in the city’s Mirpur area early Sunday.The arrested was identified as Mohammad Russell, 28.Officer-in-Charge of Pallabi Thana Iqbal Hossain said on suspicion, a patrol police team challenged 5/6

DHAKA: Opposition BNP leaders Khandaker Delwar Hossain, Shah Moazzem Hossain and Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mian were summoned to appear in Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court on August 25 in a sedition case filed against them Sunday for their threatening remarks against the Prime

DHAKA: Media specialists and academics at a meet Sunday underscored the need for a comprehensive national media policy to promote social advances, especially in the education sector wherein Bangladesh is lagging behind.They also demanded that the media play role not only in structural

DHAKA: Eight Bangladeshi youths have returned from Malaysia Saturday as their bid to seek job in New Zealand was smashed by brokers. The victims, aged between 25 and 35, are Nesar Uddin, Shanto Ghosh, Abul Kasem, Abu Al Rajin, Abdur Rahim, Ruhul Amin, Md Kamrul Islam, and Rashed Hossain.

CHITTAGONG: Rail communication between Chittagong and other parts of the country was restored Sunday morning after 15 hours of suspension due to accident.“The Subarna Express left Feni for Chittagong at about 9:58am,” said Railway East zone official Feroz Iftekhar to

MADARIPUR: Extremists shot dead a fruit trader at Ghunshi village in Sadar upazila Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Dulal Molla, 45, a fruit trader in Badamtoli area of capital Dhaka.Victim’s brother Shahjahan Molla said Dulal left home for Dhaka in the morning. “As he

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong University students Sunday morning staged demonstration in protest against the recent tuition-fee hike and demanding withdrawal of punishment against some students. Witnesses said the students gathered in Sholoshahar station area in the city at about 10am for

DHAKA: Suranjit Sengupta, co-chairman of the special committee on constitutional amendment, Saturday said those who do not believe in the constitution based on the mass upsurge of the ‘60s and the country’s liberation movement “are not the citizens of Bangladesh”. “The