NARSINGDI: Country’s tenuous electricity supply took a knock as a major unit of Ghorasal power hub tripped Sunday following a baffling fire incident. Official sources said the fire broke out at unit-6 at about 3pm and burnt the turbine rotor. The blaze halted generation of 210-megawatt

GOPALGANJ:  A court here on Sunday granted a three-day remand for quizzing Harkatul Jihad (HuJi) leader Mufti Hannan in Baniarchar bomb explosion case. Gopalganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Molla Saiful Alam passed the order as the investigation officer made a 10-day remand plea.The court

DHAKA: The High Court Sunday ordered the government to stop all kinds of encroachment, earth filling and construction of structures on the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong for next three months, as river gobbling goes on recklessly.It also issued a rule upon government to explain within

DINAJPUR: A Court here on Monday rejected bail petitions of 20 accused in BDR carnage of 40 Rifles Battalion of Phulbari thana in Dinajpur. The court has set August 31 for hearing the charges.The accused were produced before the court of District and Sessions Judge of Dinajpur Sarker

DHAKA: The appointment of two High Court judges to the International Crimes Tribunal for war-crime trial came under challenge put up through a writ petition filed with the High Court Sunday.On March 25, the government appointed Justice Nizamul Huq Nasim chairman of the tribunal and

DHKA: A Dhaka court Sunday fixed August 18 for reporting arrest of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat Rahman Koko on charge of tax evasion.  Acting Judge of Senior Special Judge Court’s of Dhaka Ismail Hossain fixed the schedule. Taherul Islam, a lawyer for

RAJSHAHI: Students led by Chhatra League Sunday observed a wildcat strike at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) to press home their seven-point demand. The demands include trial for police action on general students and trial of Shibir activists responsible for the

DHAKA: Police recovered the hanging body of a girl from a slum at Bhashantek under Kafrul thana in the capital on Saturday night.The dead was identified as Taslima,11, daughter of Mohammd Israfil.Israfil told banglanews24.com.bd that Taslima exchanged hot words with her mother Madina

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday gave directives for making import of rice, pulses, gram and sugar ahead of Ramadan, as a contingency measure to keep the market stable.During a meeting with government secretaries here in the afternoon, she also asked everybody to remain alert so

KISHOREGONJ: A Kishoregonj Court Sunday placed Major Ranjan Chowdhury, the leader of Indian separatist group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and his associate Pradip Marak on a three-day remand separately.Senior Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Ali Ahsan granted the remand after a

DHAKA: Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Karwan Bazar in the capital early Sunday.  Tejgaon Police found the body, aged about 50, on the road near 83 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue at about 2:30 am. The body, bore several injury marks, was sent to Dhaka Medical College

RAJSHAHI: A schoolboy was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Arani in Bagha upazila on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Himel, a class VIII student of Rustampur High School. Witnesses said the sand-laden truck ran over Himel, leaving him seriously injured. He was died on way to

CHITTAGONG: Former Chittagong Mayor AMB Mohiuddin Chowdhury Sunday sued his successor M Manjur Alam for allegedly lying on oath to stand in the race for mayoral seat in the just-held Chittagong City Corporation elections. Mohiuddin filed the case with the Election Tribunal and first Joint

DHAKA: Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate Sunday left for Geneva to attend the third international conference of parliament speakers beginning in the Swiss city Monday.The speaker is heading a six-member parliamentary delegation for the meet. The other members of the team are Tofail Ahmed,

DHAKA: To the cheers of Amar Desh journalists, the Supreme Court Sunday endorsed the High Court verdict halting the cancellation of the declaration of the Bengali daily.Earlier, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division had issued an order of stay on the HC order that had stayed the

RAJSHAHI: The house tutors of 10 student dormitories at Rajshahi University mostly stay away from the halls at night, residents said, as they feel a little sense of insecurity. As a result of the truancy of their dorm guardians, students do not get help immediately from the house tutors

GOPALGANJ : Police Saturday night arrested two suspected members of a robbers gang with arms and ammunition from Chapailghat on the outskirts of the district town.On information, a special team of police, led by additional police super Sardar Rokonuzzaman, raided Chapailghat area at about

SATHKHIRA: Unknown assailants slaughtered the wife of a police constable in Mehedibagh area of the district town Sunday morning.The dead was identified as Mariyam Begum, 47, wife of constable Shamsur Rahman of Morelganj thana in Bagerhat district.Sathkhira Sadar thana OC Sahjahan Khan

DHAKA: Chittagong City Corporation’s newly elected mayor M Manjur Alam took oath Sunday morning. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at her office at 10am.   Manjur is scheduled to visit the grave of BNP founder President Ziaur Rahman at 4pm. He is likely to meet BNP

GAZIPUR: Six suspected members of a gang of dacoits were beaten to death in a lynch-mob reprisal in Enayetpur area of Kashimpur in Sadar upazila early Sunday after a daring double-dacoity.Three of the dead were identified as Kamal Hossain, 35, Shukkur Ali, 40, and Abdul Malek, 30.