Noakhali: At least 14 persons were killed and 50 injured in a fierce fighting between two rival gangs of pirates on a remote island under offshore Hatia Upazila, local sources said.The clash that ensued over the control of Charkalam in Jahajmara Union was on till the filing of the report.

Dhaka: Former Finance Adviser of Caretaker Government AB Mirza Azizul Islam Thursday said no more opportunity should be given for whitening black money by paying penalty and taxes.His advice came from a roundtable meeting on ‘Budget Proposals 2010’ organized by the Daily Vorer Kagoj

Dhaka: The government decided to import around 25,000 tonnes of sugar for keeping the price of the essential item reasonable during the month of Ramadan.“A proposal has already been approved by the Cabinet purchase committee to import the quantity of sugar,” disclosed Industry

DHAKA: Bangladesh will sign a deal with Russia to build two nuclear power plants at a cost of at least US$ 3 billion to be signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Moscow this coming September, official sources said. “The final agreements are likely to be signed in

Comilla: Police in south upazila of Comilla recovered the body of a housewife, who was brutally slaughtered, on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Amena Begum, 40, wife of Lalu Miah.On locals’ information at about 11:00 pm, police recovered her slaughtered body thrown on

Chittagong: Former Awami Leaguer M Manzur Alam submitted his nomination Thursday as BNP candidate for contesting the upcoming mayoral election on June 17, with the divisive local unit of the opposition party eventually throwing its full weight behind him.Under the BNP-backed ‘Chattagram

Dhaka: Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) formed a special committee to take activates to stop Eve teasing and the sexual harassment of women. Mir Abul Kashim, the additional police commissioner of DMP, formed the five members committee. Among them three members were female police

DHAKA: Garment-sector union leaders Thursday urged the government to reform the wage board dropping the Labour Representative appointed by the government in fixing the minimum wages for the garment workers.They reiterated the demand for increasing their minimum wages to Tk 5,000 from Tk

Dhaka: Cyclone Laila over the Bay of Bengal is likely to lash at Andhra Pradesh coast by Thursday afternoon, as the prognosis prompted Indian authorities to brace themselves with massive preparation for combating the oncoming calamity. Available reports say the government of India put

DHAKA: The High Court Thursday stayed for a month the reinstatement of 85 upazila election officers who were given their marching orders by the army-backed interim regime in 2007 amid troubles over electoral issues.An HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Delwar issued

Chittagong: Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury resigned and soon submitted his nomination papers Thursday to stand for a fourth straight term in the June 17 Chittagong City Corporation elections.Prior to submission of his nomination to the returning officer at Chittagong Election Commission

DHAKA: Karmojibi Nari, a platform of the working women, Thursday demanded of the government to enact strict and effective law and ensures its enforcement to eradicate the eve-teasing menace that caused at least 15 girls to commit suicide as the last resort to get out of the hell in recent

Dhaka: An accidental inferno burnt three motor garages at Koshaibari market in city’s Airport area Thursday, leaving one person wounded. Uttara thana sources said the injured, Jashim, a motor mechanic of the locality, was rescued by neighbours in critical condition. He was admitted into

Dhaka:  Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Wednesday said the War Crime Probe and the Advocacy Panel are not accountable to each other, as both will work together in trying the criminals.“Leaders of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and Crimes and Justice

Dinajpur: Four people, three of them young women of a family, were killed in lightning strikes in Kaharol upazila on Wednesday morning.Local sources said a thunderbolt struck on a house at Bergao village under No 2 Rasulpur union at about 9:30am, killing three women on the spot.The dead

Faridpur: A reckless truck killed a banker and severely injured one of his colleagues in front of the town’s Payra Chattar early Wednesday morning. Islami bank officer Faridul Haque, 36, died on the spot and senior principal officer of the same bank Shajahan Molla suffered critical

DHAKA: SAARC Agriculture Center (SAC) envisages five projects for building separate food bank for respective member-countries under an agreed recipe to ensure food security. The member-states will share technologies and cooperate with one another in tackling climate-change impacts through

DHAKA: North Bengal’s local representatives Wednesday lamented that the region kept lagging behind in development socially, economically and educationally being neglected since Bangladesh’s independence like the then East Pakistan. The disappointments were vented at a seminar on

DHAKA: Veteran politician and former BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan breathed his last on Tuesday midnight.Duty doctor at Square Hospital declared him dead at 12:01 on Tuesday night.The first Janaza for Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, also former LGRD minister, was held Wednesday at

Dhaka: Amid a tug-of-war over MPO distributions, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid wrote to Prime Minister’s education adviser Dr. Alauddin Ahmed requesting him to finalize the list of the Monthly Payment Order for non-government academic institutions within a week.PS to the