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

DHAKA: The Danish government would give Tk 56 crore per annum to Bangladesh for distributing compact florescent lamp (CFL) bulbs meant for cutting down both power consumption and carbon emissions. “The money is being provided for reducing carbon emissions under carbon-trade

DHAKA: Senior BNP leader and ex-minister MK Anwar Wednesday threatened to launch an “oust-government movement” if any kind of rigging took place in Chittagong City Corporation elections Thursday.The BNP standing committee member sounded the note of warning while addressing a

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Wednesday vowed to ensure cent-percent literacy in the country by 2014, thereby fulfilling one of the millennium development goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations.“We will reach the goal building up the nation by ensuring modern and quality

Manikganj: At least eight people were killed and 35 injured as a rashly driven truck rammed a passenger bus off Dhaka-Aricha highway into a roadside ditch at Pakuria in Ghior upazila Thursday.   Three of the deceased were one woman and two children. Identity of the deceased could not be

DHAKA: A workshop on products of cane and bamboo was held in the capital Wednesday where the manufacturers lamented that they are not getting fair price of their handicrafts.The workshop was organized by Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) on the theme ‘ Problems and resolution

Jhenidah: Reckless driving took another life as a truck ran over a teacher at Barbazar Bus Terminal in Kaliganj upazila on Wednesday morning, triggering angry protests.The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam, 45, teacher of Belat-Daulatpur Alim Madrasa of Barbazaar. “While he was

RANGAMATI: Gunmen gunned down an activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity at Karbaripara in Rajsthali upazila on Wednesday morning, a day after the killing of a reformist breakaway, as the hills look restive again.The deceased was identified as Swapan Tonchaingya, 35, an

DHAKA: Eleven shops of saris and readymade garments burnt down as a fire wrecked Masjid market in South Keraniganj on Tuesday night, leaving 10 people wounded. Firefighters and locals assumed that the fire ignited from an electric short circuit in a shop of the market at 10 pm. Two fire

Dhaka: Just as the last whistle blew in the Brazil-North Korea World Cup match in the early hours of Wednesday, Brazil’s Bangladesh soccer fans burst out into jubilation in late-night bacchanals in different areas of the capital city waking up the sleeping sections of citizens.

Madaripur: Two people were killed in separate road mishaps at Shibchor and Rajoir Thana in the district Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Uzzal Mia, 25, and Jakir Sheikh, 27.Police and witnesses said banglanews24.com.bd “A bus and an ambulance collided head-on near

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa claim they have shrugged off opening day World Cup jitters and will be much more enterprising against Uruguay Wednesday. The players admitted in the wake of their 1-1 draw with Mexico in Friday`s first game of the tournament they were very nervous and fortunate

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday endorsed four development projects involving Tk 1,189 crore, including a major one under which eleven new government secondary schools and six colleges will be established in the capital. Of the total cost, Tk

DHAKA: Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) hailed the proposed budget 2010-2011 as pro-people, export-and trade-friendly but stopped to foretell that it might fuel further the rising inflation.  The apex trade body of the export sector said though the

MADARIPUR: Clashes between students of Najimiuddin University College and local bus workers over a dispute in the district headquarters Tuesday left at least 50 students and policemen injured.Police Super of Madaripur Sardar Tamizuddin Ahmed was among the injured as he tried to pacify the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday exonerated former Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil from a tax-evasion case filed against him last year by the National Board of Revenue.Judge FM Aminul Islam of Special Judge’s Court-1 issued the order after hearing the petition filed by the lawyer

Dhaka:  A street fight between police and garment workers in the capital’s Tejgaon industrial area Tuesday left at least 35 people injured, including nine cops. During the melee, police fired teargas shells and rubber bullets to quell the angry workers of Samahar Sweater Factory,

DHAKA: Production in the country’s lone offshore gas field Sangu came to a grinding halt Tuesday for technical breakdown, officials said. “The production in the field halted for problems in the generator that powers the mining field,” chairman of Petrobangla Prof Hossain Mansur

DHAKA: Chinese Vice-President Xi Jingping left Dhaka for Laos on Tuesday noon after two days’ official visit to Bangladesh that yielded some broad agreements on placing the bilateral ties on a higher trajectory.Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni saw him off at Hazrat Shahjalal International

DHAKA:  The first Hajj flight from Bangladesh will take off on October 10, Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism GM Quader said Tuesday, revealing government preparation in advance for the pilgrimage. This year 75 thousand Bangladeshi pilgrims will perform Hajj from the Muslim-majority