NATORE: Police arrested eight members of Jamaat-e-Islami in a drive in the district Wednesday. The arrested include former district secretary Abdul Awal and City unit’s chief Sadekur Rahman. Earlier on Tuesday, Jamaat top brass Matiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and

DHAKA: President Md Zillur Rahman returned home on Tuesday evening after receiving treatment in the United Kingdom. Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury and Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni received him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.The Dean of Diplomatic Corps, the British

DHAKA: In a latest major development, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a corruption case on Tuesday night against Mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka and a dozen other officials of Dhaka City Corporation.The others sued on the graft charge are Saifuddin Ahmed, Alamgir Hossain Khan, Mehedi Ali

DHAKA: Kurigram, Habiganj, Comilla, Sirajganj, SunamganjFlash flood caused by heavy rainfall marooned a large portion of and Jamalpur districts. Thousands of people of these areas were caught by sudden flood, local administrations said.The local authorities have already demanded relief

BARISAL: The district Bus owners’ Association on Tuesday evening called off their indefinite strike enforced in the morning on 10 local routes in protest against the launch of a bus service in Uzirpur upazila.As the Association withdrew the strike with intervention of the district

GOPALGANJ: State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate M Qamrul Islam Tuesday reiterated that the trial of war criminals would be completed within the tenure of the present government, may what come.“Jamaat-BNP allies are trying to save the war criminals creating

DHAKA: Reinstatement of 85 sacked election officers got stalled as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed for six weeks the Administrative Appellate Tribunal order that declared illegal the termination of their jobs.Chamber judge SK Sinha of the Appellate Division also

DHAKA: The Securities and Exchange Commission, the regulating body of the share markets, decided to raise the renewal fee of beneficiary owners (BO) accounts from Tk 300 to 500 with effect from July 1.Officials said the decision was taken Tuesday at a commission meeting.Executive Director

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for Nigeria on July 7 on a three-day visit to attend the seventh D-8 Summit. “The PM will take part in the summit as a multilateral participant,” Saida Muna Tasneem, Director-General of the External Publicity Wing in the Foreign Office,

DHAKA: Garment workers staged agitation in the city’s Mirpur area Tuesday to press their demands, including dues.The agitated workers of Outright Fashion took to the street at Sheorapara at about 3pm and later blockaded the busy Mirpur-Farmgate route.Meanwhile, police rushed to the spot

DHAKA: Jamaat leaders Moulana Matiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Delwar Hossain Sayedee and Rafiqul Islam Khan were arrested Tuesday, hours after an arrest warrant was issued against the top brass of the Islamic party for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.Bangladesh

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NATORE: The death sentence of a dowry-greedy husband was executed in Rajshahi Central jail on Wednesday night, official sources said.The convict was Abu Bakkar, son of late Khair Uddin of village Paikpara under Lalpur upazila of the district. According to the case statement, Bakkar

CHITTAGONG: A top terror and robber was killed in a gunfight between Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members and his cohorts in city’s Dhumkhali Beribadh area under Mirsorai Thana on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Akteruzzaman Khushbu, top-listed terror and local robber.

DHAKA: At least two people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in capital’s Khilgaon and Mirpur on Wednesday night. Senior Correspondent reports: One was killed and five others injured in a road accident in capital’s Khilgaon flyover on Wednesday night.The

DHAKA: At least two persons were killed and five others injured in two separate road accidents in the city on Wednesday night.A passenger bus turned turtle while crossing the Khilgaon flyover at around 10pm leaving one person dead and other five injured. The deceased was identified as

DHAKA: Four condemned convicts were hanged in Sylhet, Rajshahi and Faridpur jails on a single night Wednesday—three for killing their wives following dowry disputes and one for murdering his neighbour for land. Banglanews Sylhet correspondent reported that “for the first time since

NARSINGDI: Two units of Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant tripped Sunday for a sudden fire in their transmission lines and technical glitch, halting generation of 210-megawatt electricity.Official sources said number-5 and-6 transmission lines went afire at about 12:45pm. On information,

DHAKA : The first death anniversary of `Baul Samrat` Shah Abdul Karim, whose folk-songs have an appeal for all generations, was observed Sunday.The legendary folk-artiste died of old-age complications at a Sylhet hospital on September 12 last year. Abdul Karim was born in 1916 at Ujandhol

LAXMIPUR: A clash between two groups of ruling Awami League-backed Chhatra League and Jubo League over holding raffle draw in an Eid fair in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning left 21 people injured. According to police and witnesses, the leaders of BCL and Jubo League locked in a clash at