TANGAIL: Awami League-backed Anupam Shahjahan, son of demise former lawmaker Shawkat Momen Shahjahan has been declared victorious in the Tangail-8 by-polls Wednesday.Anupam bagged 73,907 votes while his nearest aspirants AL rebel Abdul Malek got 73,056 votes. The announcement came after

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday issued a rule against Cultural Affairs Secretary and Director General of Archaeology department for their inaction in implementing directives of the court.The court also asked them to explain within two weeks why contempt rule should not be taken legal

DHAKA: US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena has expressed his content as the government has made huge progress in revamping the RMG industry during the last one year after the collapse of RanaHe also emphasized on the importance of smooth democratic process in Bangladesh and acknowledged

DHAKA: Mohammadpur Cyclists, a major cycling group of the capital, arranged a ride on Saturday celebrating its second anniversary. Hundreds of cyclists joined this celebration ride and roamed around the city with joys and cheers, says a press release on

FROM ICDDR,B (DHAKA): Some 672 people got admitted at International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) in last 24 hours as diarrhoea situation worsened in the capital due to extreme hot and humid weather. In a visit to the hospital, it was seen 282 people rushed

DHAKA: The authorities have decided to issue machine readable passports (MRPs) without police verification in the upcoming days, said competent sources at Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP).A high level meeting, held at the Prime Minister’s Office on February 12, discussed

DHAKA: State minister for ministry of power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid said that government is ready to subsidize renewable energy.Hamid said on Sunday while speaking as chief guest at a roundtable titled ‘Reserve Renewable Energy Policy’ at Bidyut Bhaban in the

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said there is no threat from any militant group of home or abroad in the country regarding celebration of Bengali New Year Pahela Baishakh. Moreover, security measures have been taken to the maximum level in the country to

RANGAMATI: A man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Boromath area of Vashainnadom union under Langdu upazila of the district early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 55, of Boromath Mymensingh area.Locals said that Shafiq was guarding his home on Saturday

DHAKA: The government should control bribe/corruption in power generation and supply sector instead of price hike.Moniruzzaman Monir came up with the suggestion taking part in public opinion program on ‘Power Price Hike’ arranged by banglanews. The conscious consumer of power said,

DHAKA: ICC full member Zimbabwe are chasing ICC Associate Membership holder Netherlands set 141-run target to win in the qualifying round of Group B of ICC World T20, 2014 on Wednesday afternoon.    Earlier, Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat at Sylhet Cricket Stadium.  

Dhaka: A bagger was run over by a speedy truck in Banani area of the city Tuesday night.The deceased, Babul Mian, 40, used to live in Korail Slum of Mohakhali area and was hailed from Sylhet.Witness Mofiz Mian said, Babul, a physically-challenged person, used to begging in Gulshan and

DHAKA: Election Working Group (EWG), a platform of non-party civil society’s organization, claimed that the third phase of the fourth upazila election was not held free and fair. The EWG came up with the disclosure in a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday.They claimed

CHANDPUR: Chandpur district unit Chhatra League Vice President Habibur Rahman Hitu was suspended for violating discipline of the party discipline on Tuesday.Central Executive body of Bangladesh Chhatra League suspended him.Chhatra League’s central office secretary Sheikh M Russel

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) issued a legal notice seeking wealth statement of former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan and his wife Syeda Hasina Sultana on Tuesday.The notice was issued asking him to submit the details of the fixed and liquid money

RANGPUR: Two men were killed in a road crash in Mirbagh area under Kaunia upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as driver of the trolley Sujan Kanto, 25 and helper Milon Mia, 27, residents of Singarkura Bahagili of the upazila.Police sources said that a

DHAKA: Boycotting of 342-day parliament working sessions out of 418-days by the then main opposition BNP has wasted worth Tk 4.87 crore.      They have created a record in the history of parliament remaining absent from businesses while they took all the financial benefits from

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will take an initiative to bring back the laundered money of BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain from abroad.      Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain acknowledged that he has around Tk 9.53 crore in United Kingdom’s bank but

MYMENSING: A Mymensingh court on Tuesday placed two members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 10-day remand for their alleged involvement in killing police constable and militant-snatching incident of Trishal upazila.The accused are JMB members Jakaria, 30, hailed from

DHAKA: Two Officers-in-Charge of Rampura Thana in the city have been closed on Tuesday with the allegation of mismanagement in gold bar recovery.They are Kripa Sindhu Bala, OC and Nasim Ahmed, OC (Investigate).Ashrafuzzaman, deputy-commissioner of Motijheel Zone, informed banglanews that