COX’S BAZAR: Coast Guard and Navy personnel detained 221 people and seized two trawlers from East-South estuary of Bay of Bengal near to Saint Martin’s Island of Teknaf of the district early Tuesday.   Acting on tip off, the law enforcers conducted drive in the area and picked up

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh will soon sign a Memorandum-of-Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their mutual cooperation in various functions in the health sector.The decision to draft a MOU was taken on Sunday during a meeting held here between Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah

DHAKA: Border Security Force (BSF) will deploy women constables by mid February along the 856 km long Indo-Bangla border area to stop smuggling by the women from other side of the border. BSF DIG BS Rawat said, "A contingent of 27 women constables have already arrived here two weeks back

DHAKA: The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is set to hold a hearing on the prospects for democratic reconciliation and workers` rights in Bangladesh on Tuesday night.According to its website, the hearing, to be presided over by Chairman of US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu on Monday said some 19 newspapers of the country implemented the 8th Wage Board.The newspapers are The Ittefaq, The Bonik Barta, The Prothom Alo, The Financial Express, The Bangladesh Today, The News Today, The Daily Star, The New Age, The New

DHAKA: The prize giving ceremony for the online photo contest “Click For Her Rights” on prevention of child marriage, adolescent pregnancy and violence against women was held at a city hotel on Monday.  Addressing the event, Argentina Matavel Piccin, UNFPA Representative, Bangladesh

DHAKA: The government will appoint some 200 inspectors for industrial sectors in the country with a view to fulfilling condition getting back ‘Generalized System of Preference (GSP)’ in readymade garments sector.The appointees will be selected from the candidates who passed Bangladesh

TANGAIL: A woman along with her daughter was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway under Mirzapur upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Kamla Begum, 27, wife of Rubel Mia and their two-year old daughter Rozina, residents of the

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained some 20 fraudulent police men and seized firearms, microbuses, police uniforms, wireless sets and handcuffs from Rampura and Keraniganj areas of the city on Sunday night.Joint Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Police Monirul Islam made the disclosure

CHUADANA: A Chuadanga court on Monday sentenced two people to life-time imprisonment in a sensational and much-talked-about Sahanara killing case.The convicts are Milon, 35, son of Chotoburo and Ahad Ali, 43, son of Rois Uddin, hailed from Sadar upazila.Two other accused--Azizul and

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday issued a rule against Awami League leader ASM Firoz seeking explanation of retaining him lawmaker for his alleged involvement in loan defaulting. An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice M Habibul Gani issued the rule after a primary

DHAKA: The High Court ordered on Monday to withdraw human haulers—locally known as Nosimon, Korimon and Bhatbhati -- from highways within a week.  HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Mohammad Habibul Gani passed the order in a public interest litigation. The HC also

DHAKA: The government on Monday fused Post and Telecommunications and Ministry of Information and Communication Technology into one.The new ministry was named as Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.In a press note issued on Monday, the government said,

DHAKA: The government is ready to launch ‘Switching and Access Network’ in the country’s seven divisional cities shortly as part of its agenda to build a ‘Digital Bangladesh’. China has given technological and financial aid to Bangladesh in making the dream come into

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday sent Tazrin Fashion owner Delwar Hossain to jail rejecting his bail plea and granted bail to his wife Mahmuda.Senior Chief Judicial Magistrate Ismail Hossain passed the order after bail plea hearing of Tazrin fire case that killed some 111 readymade garment

DHAKA: Senior Deputy Managing Director of Bashundhara Group, Belayet Hossain, has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the daily Jugantor Nurul Islam Babul, who is also chairman of Jamuna Group, for publishing fabricated news. The case was filed in the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate

DHAKA: The Dhaka Additional District and session Judge Court fixed February 27 to hear the fresh argument in the case of General Manzur murder case.The newly-appointed judge Khandaker Hasan Mahmud Firoz on Monday passed the order. On January 22, the court fixed February 10 for

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday canceled bail of Jesmin Islam, the chairman of Halmark group, that granted by the High Court.   A five-member Appellate Division bench led-by chief justice Mozzammel Haque passed the order. Barrister Rafiqul Haq moved for the

SAVAR: A motorcyclist was killed and another injured in a road accident in Hemayetpur bus stand area under Savar upazila, on the outskirt of Dhaka, on Monday.The deceased was identified as Mujibar Rahman alias Azibur, 30, Son of Abdul Hye and hailed from Kurigram district.Witnesses said

BARISAL: A top terror was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion personnel in Chalker pool area of the district Monday morning.The deceased was identified Faruk Ahmed alias Panama, now known as leader of Juba League, youth wing of Awami League,Barisal RAB-8 officer captain