Dhaka: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Thursday said the government would change the new text curricula for technical education to give priority to labour-market demand for technically skilled manpower.   The topics that have no effect on practical life would be stricken off the

DHAKA: The government is actively considering constructing electric railway on the Dhaka-Chittagong route, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain told parliament Thursday.A master plan in this connection has already been made to convert important routes of the railway to power-run

DHAKA: An unidentified man was stabbed to death in the city’s airport area, police said Thursday.The dead body was recovered from the roadside of Kawla graveyard.SI Tawhid Ahmed of Airport Thana told banglanews24.com.bd that the man was beaten and stabbed to death on Wednesday night.

DHAKA: Country’s women leaders Thursday lamented that equal rights of women in Bangladesh still remained elusive, although both government and opposition sides are led by two ladies.  They say women, especially in rural areas, are deprived of all sorts of rights. Addressing a

DHAKA: Drafting the Coal Policy, focused on opencast mining, has been completed and it now lies at the Prime Minister’s disposal before getting cabinet approval, officials said.The proposed policy focuses on open-pit mining methodology, ministry concerned sources said.“The coal policy

DHAKA: The government has postponed the taskforce drive against illegal chemical storehouses and small industries in the capital for two months and asked businessmen to relocate their businesses outside residential areas. Industries Minister Dilip Barua Thursday announced the government

DHAKA: The government Thursday decided on use of Bengali exclusively in all government and private organizations, including offices, courts and banks. With this end in view, the cabinet rescinded the amendment to the ‘Bengali Language Usage Act 1987’ made by the last caretaker

DHAKA: The deal will be done by the December deadline and the government expects the first phase of the nearly US$ 2 billion Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) project to be completed by December 2013, the Communications Minister said Thursday, though the finance minister appeared a bit

DHAKA: The government is going to raise both age limit and salary for real researchers, as the discovery of jute genome by Bangladeshi researchers generated high hopes for advances in intellectual property of the nation.     Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury gave the announcement

SAVAR: Lightening kills a college student at Summire village of Birulia union here on Thursday.The deceased Minaru Islam, 18 was injured as the lightening struck him while playing football at around 12 noon. He was taken to Savar Enam Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared

DHAKA: Compensation package for death of UN peacekeepers has been raised 40 percent to around 70,000 US dollars or Tk 50 lakh per head, said an official announcement here Thursday.   A resolution to this effect was adopted unanimously at a meeting of the administrative and 5th budgetary

Savar: Eight shops were gutted in a fire at a Supermarket in Savar Thursday. At least 10 people were injured while dousing the fire that originated from electric short circuit at a shop of the market around 11 am and soon spread to adjacent shops, firefighters said.  On information, a

CHITTAGONG: Police held a ward councillor amid a brawl as the polling in the Chittagong City Corporation election began Thursday amid enthusiasm among the voters. Banglanews24.com.bd correspondent from the port city Ramen Das Gupta said the councillor of Ward 32, Jahar Lal Hajari, was

DHAKA: The Muktijoddha Central Command Council Thursday issued a warning to two of the candidates in its elections as they “violated” the electoral code of conduct. The council announced the action at a news conference Thursday in the conference room of the Press Information

Narsingdi: Officials of a jute mill here were assaulted, their bungalows ransacked and two cars torched in a massive midnight violence let loose by the workers on Wednesday night to press their demand for back pays, police and witnesses said.      A total of 30 people, including 30

DHAKA: Government`s efforts are on to rein in the remaining six fugitive killers of Bangabandhu before coming August 15 to execute fully the verdict of the murder case within “the shortest possible time”.Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Wednesday reaffirmed the government stance

Sirajganj: A housewife was killed and three other people were injured in lightning strikes at Char-Shailojan village in Chouhali upazila on Wednesday morning, as an inclement weather prevails across the country.The deceased was identified as Khamia, 35, wife of Alek Ali. Local sources

DHAKA: Bangladesh is going to construct direct trans-border road and rail links with China and ASEAN countries through the originally planned Cox`s Bazar route, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina informed parliament Wednesday.“The government has taken all necessary initiatives to establish

Dhaka: Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun Wednesday expressed apprehension that the main opposition party could create an anarchic situation ahead of their June 27 hartal.  “The government has ordered law enforcers to be on the alert for tackling any type of anarchy,” she said, as

DHAKA: The government exchequer counted a loss of around Tk 50 crore in operating the top-heavy national airlines, as auditors found out superfluous manpower crowding the aviation company.  Zakiul Islam, CEO of the national flag carrier, told banglanews24.com.bd that they had to