DHAKA: Over 200 senior leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, including ex-ameer Prof Golam Azam, are learnt to be under intelligence surveillance in connection with various contentious matters evolving after the arrest of the party’s three key men. Competent sources said acting ameer Makbul

SAVAR: Ruling Awami League MP Ilias Uddin Mollah was sued early Friday on charge of beating up a police sergeant in Ashulia area following traffic jam on his way.   Savar police sergeant Shariful Islam filed a case against him late Thursday night accusing the lawmaker of obstructing

DHAKA: The government on Thursday night suspended recruitment examination for Assistant Teacher of government high schools.Senior Information Officer of Education Ministry Subodh Chandra Dhali confirmed the decision.“The decision came following leakage of question papers in Gangchara of

DHAKA: The government on Thursday approved purchases of 12.54 lakh metric tonnes petroleum from Kuwait, the Philippines and Malaysia. The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchases approved the decision with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair, cabinet division Deputy Secretary

DHAKA: Bangladesh Communist Party (CPB) President Manzurul Ahsan Khan Thursday said any compromise on trial of war criminals will be suicidal for Awami League.   “If the government takes the path of compromise on trial of war criminals, it would be suicidal for the Awami League,” he

DHAKA: Supreme Court’s Appellate Division upheld a High Court order declaring “illegal” the charge taken from patients as Value Added Tax (VAT) on prescriptions and diagnostics. A full bench of the Appellate Division, led by chief justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim, rejected a government

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman and former Communications Minister Anwar Hossain Manju finally won the final battle for ownership of the oldest Bangla Daily Ittefaq.The High Court bench comprising Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Govinda Chandra Thakur granted the appeal from

DHAKA: Twenty-nine more applicants have received security clearances for setting up community radio stations in the country.“Government will issue the licenses to the applicants within a month”, source in the ministry of information told banglanews24.com.bd Thursday. Aminul Islam, a

DHAKA: The government plans taking punitive actions against several hundred civil, military and police officials of the administration on various charges of offence. Officials are accused of patronizing militants, obstructing development initiatives of the government and having their

DHAKA: A parliamentary panel Thursday recommended summoning the Anti-Corruption Commission to show cause of an inordinate delay in settling a case of monetary bungling by government transport contractors. The decision came from the 31st meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on

CHITTAGONG: Newly elected Chittagong City Corporation mayor Manjur Alam Manju backtracked to his city home following a close call in a road accident on his way to Dhaka for paying tributes to Zia’s grave on Thursday morningThe BNP newcomer’s tribute trip to the late party founder’s

DHAKA: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the D-8 countries to stimulate cooperation in development sectors removing the barriers  for active trade and economic cooperation among the member states.“Bangladesh is examining the Multilateral Agreement among D-8 member

CHUADANGA: Rapid Action Battalion personnel seized two powerful bombs and five bullets during a drive in the frontier district on Thursday morning.Captain Rasaduzzam Rajib of RAB said that on information at around 8am, a joint team raided Bujrukgargari village and searched out the bombs

BAGERHAT: A limestone-loaded cargo vessel capsized into Kumarkhali river in Rampal upazila on Thursday noon as an oil tanker rammed into it. The accident halted waterway transportation on Mongla-Rampal route for the jamming of the channel. BIWTA sources told banglanews24.com.bd

DHAKA:  A section of officials and employees of Dhaka City Corporation are impeding conversion of its cars to gas usage that could cut down fuel costs, DCC sources said.Several officials, wishing not to be named, said some officials and drivers of DCC are preventing conversion of a fleet

DHAKA: Mahmudur Rahman, the acting editor of the recently closed daily Amar Desh, Thursday denied before the Supreme Court the contempt-of-court charge brought against him for publishing news insinuating into the apex court’s stay jurisdiction. “And I will not beg any pardon,” said

Dhaka: Samiul Azim was killed by his mother’s boy friend Shamsuzzaman Bakku alias Arif, Police said.  “Police did not find Ayesha’s involvement in the murder,” Deputy Commissioner of Tejgaon Division Chowdhury Manzurul Kabir told a press briefing at Adabar Thana Wednesday.He also

DHAKA: Several changes have been made to the census questionnaire on ethnic groups for the National Census 2011 to get the real picture of the indigenous people in the country.  The new questionnaire has given importance to the ethnic groups and disabled people—as both deserve special

DHAKA: A parliamentary sub-committee has been formed to probe into the matters of alleged tender manipulation and corruption in the mismanaged Dhaka zoo.The parliamentary standing committee on Fisheries and Livestock Ministry took the decision in Its 12th meeting at the parliament bhaban

CHITTAGONG: A group of 78 BDR jawans of Baitul Ijjat training center in Satkania upazila were Wednesday arrested and sent to jail on court order for their trial on charge of involvement in last year’s massive mutiny.A special court ordered their arrest. The four-member special court-4,