DHAKA: Government agencies will launch a coordinated cleansing drive on July 15 to drive all outworn vehicles off Dhaka’s streets as a measure to discipline the chaotic traffic in the capital.A meeting at the Communications Ministry Thursday made the decision, at a time when the

DHAKA: In a bid to woo tourists, Bangladesh will arrange photo exhibition in different countries from next year, Tourism Minister said. “We will collaborate with the Foreign Ministry and arrange photo exhibition from 2011 in different counties to attract tourists,” Civil Aviation and

SIRAJGANJ: Two people were killed and two others injured as a rashly-driven bus ploughed through a rickshaw-van on Sirajganj-Pabna road in Ullapara upazila Wednesday night.The deceased were identified as Abdul Mannan, 40 and Fazar Ali, 45.Police and witnesses said the speeding bus rammed

SAVAR: Arrest of two garment workers on Wednesday night sparked fresh unrest in the trouble-prone apparel hub Ashulia Thursday morning. banglanews24.com.bd correspondent quoting witnesses and police said workers demonstrated in front of Ocean Gate Sweater Factory of Palli Bidyut Dendabor

DHAKA: Non-government primary school teachers Thursday demanded nationalisation of their jobs and other allowances removing what they said the “discrimination” between the teachers of government and non-government institutions. The demand came from a press conference organised by the

Comilla: Unknown assailants stabbed a local Chhatra League leader early Thursday in Dharmosagarpar area of Sadar upazila. Local sources told banglanews24.com.bd that a gang of 10/12 unidentified assailants attacked Ripon, former vice president of Comilla Polytechnic College Student

Manikganj: A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband at village Gopalkhali in Sadar upazila on Tuesday afternoon following family feuds.Meanwhile, police arrested the victim’s husband, Habibur Rahman, 56, Wednesday following a case filed by their son.Quoting family members, police

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected hijacker injured in a shootout at South Keraniganj in the city on Tuesday night.The arrested person is Mizanur Rahman, 28.RAB sources said Mizan was arrested from Muslimpara under East Chunkutia Thana of South Keraniganj with a

Dhaka: The government is going to set up legal aid centers in all bar association offices in the country to provide legal aid to the poor justice-seekers in an easy way.Law Minister Barrister Shafiq Ahmed informed this while addressing a discussion on Legal Aid Act 2000 organized by

PABNA: Lawyers here Wednesday started court boycott demanding withdrawal of senior judicial magistrate Parvej Shahriar.“As the judge did not behave like judges, so we have started boycotting the court,” said advocate Ahad Babu.Sources said Parvej Shahriar could not start judicial

DHAKA: Speakers at a meet Wednesday urged government to go for creating a special fund for the local-government bodies to get quick response in facing any future disaster.The demand came from a workshop titled ‘Disaster Management Law, Policy and Work Plan’ at the LGED

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday assured the aviation authority that any kind of legal barrier would be removed promptly to speedy implement the big projects.She gave the assurance while inaugurating the construction of Civil Aviation Authority’s headquarters building,

DHAKA: Experts and policymakers Wednesday urged the government to review the National Youth Policy-2003 in keeping with the national and global changes taking place in the present times.They also demanded more participation of youths in policymaking and allocation for them to ensure

DHAKA: As many as 60,000 anonymous workers were sued over Tuesdays massive violence in the Ashulia industrial belt after all the shut-down garment factories reopened on Wednesday morning in an atmosphere of uneasy calm.Ashulia Thana SI Ahmed Manzur Morshed filed the case as plaintiff on

DHAKA: The government is working to reduce the gap between urban and rural areas through boosting the rural economy, the Prime Minister told parliament Wednesday, citing a revised pro-poor development recipe.“The amended second poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) has already been

DHAKA: The government has a plan to establish IT park in all divisional headquarters, including the capital, Dhaka, as building a digital Bangladesh is its a flagship vision. In reply to a query of MP from Cox’s Bazar-3 constituency Lutfor Rahman, State Minister for Science and ICT

RAJSHAHI: Pro-government Chhatra League activists clashed with Chhatra Samaj, the student wing of Jatiya Party, on Rajshahi College campus Wednesday, leaving at least 10 injured, one critically.Critically injured CS activist Khokon was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.Campus

DHAKA:  Road transport owners and workers of southwestern districts Wednesday retracted their call for indefinite strike from June 24, after an urgent negotiation with the government side.Convenor of Southwestern Road Transport Owners-Workers Unity Council SM Shah Alam Mukul declared the

PABNA: A motorcycle rider died as his bike crashed into a tree in Sujanagar upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Khwaja Noor Hossain, 32. Witnesses said Noor Hossain, son of late Moynal Hossain of Shahjadpur, died instantly as he lost control and his

CHITTAGONG: A businessman was stabbed and robbed of Tk 5 lakh in a daring daylight attack by bandits just as he came out from a bank in the port city’s Pahartoli area Wednesday.“Three to four snatchers stabbed and snatched the money from businessman Musa just after he came out of the