DHAKA: A private car ran over and killed a paramedical student at Banani in the city Wednesday night.The dead was Hafizur Rahman from Pabna, 18, a first year student of Mohakhali Institute of Health and Technology. He was a resident of Sharif Mohammad Hall of the institute.Witnesses and

DHAKA: Apparel owners conditionally agreed to a 7-grade wage structure for the workers with Tk 3000 fixed as the minimum take-home pay. The wage structure was determined Tuesday at the final meeting of the wage board for the workers formed by the government. The labour side of the

DHAKA: The foundation stone for a 100MW rental power plant was laid at Keraniganj in the city Wednesday. State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud laid the foundation stone saying the government was encouraging the private sector to generate electricity. “The country

DHAKA: The government deploys armed police battalion members instead of industrial police for ensuring security of readymade garment industries in Ashulia. The government move is aimed at averting untoward situation that might stem from declaration of minimum wages. Competent sources

KUSHTIA: A head-on collision between two trucks left two dead on the Kushtia-Pabna highway near Bahalbaria Sugarcane Centre in the district on Wednesday morning.   One of the deceased was identified as Azizul Mia, 35, the driver of one of the trucks, hailed from Avaynagar Upazila of

KOLKATA: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will pay a visit to Bangladesh in October, official sources in Delhi said.   “Both New Delhi and Dhaka are working on his two-day official visit,” said one source.  The issues of militancy will also be discussed during the official

SHARIATPUR: Two people of a same family were beaten to death at Pachali village of Rambhadrapur union under Bhedorganj upazila of Shariatpur Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Rani Bala, 65, and Archana, 25, wife of Gautam Kabiraj.Bhedorganj Thana officer-in-Charge Abdul Qaiyum

DHAKA: A shoe-factory worker was killed in Gulistan Bangabazar area of the city early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Sumon, 20, a labourer of a shoe factory in Siddikbazar area.Police arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in the killing.  They are

NARSINGDI: Veteran politician and former BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan will be buried at his village Dhanua of Sibpur Upazila here. Earlier it was announced that he would be buried at his village Masimpur in the family graveyard. The preparation of burial has been completed

DHAKA: Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan was born in 1943 at Masimpur village in Shibpur upazila of Narsinghdi district. He passed the Matriculation from Shibpur High School in 1958 and HSC from Narsingdi College in 1961.He obtained BA (honours) degree from Dhaka University in 1964 and MA in 1965.The

DHAKA: Veteran politician, freedom fighter and former BNP Secretary-General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan breathed his last on Tuesday midnight in the capital’s Square Hospital at the age of 67.After four largely attended janaza prayers for him—two in the capital and another two at his

DHAKA: The Supreme Court Tuesday unveiled its historic judgment canceling the Constitution 5th Amendment and restoring all the four fundamental state principles stipulated in the country’s original 1972 Constitution with modifications.However, ‘Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim’ introduced

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith Tuesday said civic amenities alike urban society must be ensured in the villages if to halt rural-to-urban internal migration that appears to have assumed a crisis proportion. “People from villages are rushing towards the cities because we failed to

DHAKA: A visiting Danish energy expert suggested that Bangladesh should go for renewable energy sources to tackle existing power shortage in the country.Prof Arne Remmen, a faculty of Planning and Development of Alborg University in Denmark also said that the Danish government might

DHAKA: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted Tuesday charge sheet accusing 808 persons of possessing and using explosives and firearms during the mutiny at the Pilkhana headquarters of the border force.Police Inspector SM Idris Ali on behalf of the investigation officer of

DHAKA: When all is set for devout Muslims to celebrate Shab-e-Barat or the night of fortunes Tuesday praying a change of luck for the best, beggars are on the move to make the most out of the bounties of the occasion.   According to Islamic rituals, Muslims will not only pray but also

DHAKA: A separate area plan has been designed for Barisal that envisages the divisional headquarters as a planned one which will be implemented in three phases, the planners said.  Engineering and Planning Consultant Limited (EPCL) has designed the plan for Barishal city’s development

DHAKA: The condition of ailing former BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan deteriorated further on Tuesday which physicians termed “very critical”.Bhuiyan’s personal physicians are in doubt about his recovery. “Possibility of his recovery is very thin as his condition

DHAKA: Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain on Tuesday denied to speak to journalists after having a meeting with the deputy commissioners as there was no television camera other than the state-run BTV.Irked by the absence, he refrained from making any comment to journalists of

Separate adjudication for children, teens, he says  DHAKA: Dispelling controversies, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Tuesday said High Court justices have been appointed judges of the International Crimes Tribunal abiding by the constitution.