LAXMIPUR: Awami League-led 14-party candidate from Tarikat Federation Lion MA Awal won unofficially in the polls to Laxmipur-1 constituency on Thursday.  Awal bagged 49,888 votes in 81 while independent candidate Shafiqul Islam polled 21,790 votes, according to returning office at

DHAKA: Three people, including a lawyer, were injured as miscreants blasted three cocktails in Purana Paltan area in the city on Thursday evening. Sources said the miscreants blasted the cocktails near Darus Salam Market of Purana Paltan around 5:40pm, leaving them injured.Sub-Inspector

DHAKA: The diplomats from 50 countries and European Union on Wednesday urged the government to hold an urgent dialogue for holding a free, fair, credible and inclusive election as soon as possible. The plea came from a meeting with the foreign ministry at the ministry on Thursday

HABIGANJ: Some 40 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over previous conflict at Baniachang upazila of the district on Thursday.Witnesses said that the villagers of Ikram and North Sangar locked into a conflict over gambling in a village fair on Tuesday.Later,

DHAKA: Mollah Wahiduzzaman has been appointed as chairman of Privatization Commission with the status of state minister.A gazette notification was issued in this connection on Thursday.Prior to his new appointment, Wahiduzzaman served as secretary in food ministry and Prime Minister’s

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday passed an order declaring the Ashiyan City’s residential project in the capital’s Dakkhin Khan area illegal. Based on the opinion of majority, an HC bench comprising Justice AB Mahmudul Haque, Justice Kazi Reza-Ul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain

NETROKONA: A district court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to six robbers and fined TK 20,000 each for their involvement in killing of fellow robber Gaziur Rahman.Netrokona Additional Session Judge Abdul Hamid passed the verdict.The convicts are Abdul Barek, son of late Elahi Baks,

MYMENSINGH:  Five people were killed as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Beltoli under Gouripur upazila of the district on Thursday noon.Four deceased were identified as Rahimuddin, 45, Belal Uddin 35, Nizam Uddin 40 and Montu, 70 of Sherpur district.The passenger bus

DHAKA: The new cabinet on Thursday approved speech to be delivered by President Abdul Hamid at the first session of the 10th parliament starting on January 29.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the first meeting of the cabinet attended by ministers, state ministers, deputy ministers,

BAGERHAT: Two people, including a school girl, were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Badhalbazar under Kachua upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Farzana Akter, 13, a class-VIII student upazila’s BK high school and Alamin

MADARIPUR: A college student was burnt to death as a fire broke at their house at Purbapuali village under Kalkini upazila of the district early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Roni Hassan, 25, honors first year student of Kalkini Syed Abul Hossain College.Sources said that the

BOGRA: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by Local BNP unit, is underway in the Gabtoli upazila of the district on Thursday to resist voting in the Bogra-7 constituency.    The movement of vehicles remained stopped. Beside shops and markets were closed in the area. Following violence by

DHAKA: With Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, the first meeting of newly formed cabinet started on Thursday morning, breaking the general rule of holding cabinet meeting on Monday.Confirming the matter, deputy-chief Information officer AFM Aminul Islam told banglanews that the

DHAKA: Shahariar Alam, state minister for foreign affairs, is set to sit with the diplomats of different countries on Thursday afternoon for the first time after the new government took charge.State Minister will brief the foreign envoys about post-election situation of the country around

LONDON: Bangladesh issue is going to be discussed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom on Thursday like in the European parliament.Sources said that the discussion will be held ongoing politics, just-concluded election, formation of new government and attacks on minority communities in

DHAKA: The voting is counting on as it ended in seven postponed constituencies of the 10th parliamentary elections Thursday.   The voting started at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm without any break.  On January 5, the Election Commission (EC) postponed the voting in 392 polling

DHAKA: The European Parliament (EP) is scheduled to see a debate on recent Bangladesh elections at its debate chamber in Strasbourg France on Thursday.According to the European Parliament, the debate will focus on fundamental freedoms, human rights and democracy in general in

DHAKA: The rescheduled poll in two polling centres of Kurigram-4 constituency was postponed by an order of the High Court. Jatiya Party (JP) candidate Ruhul Amin bagged 30,544 votes while his nearest opponent Zakir Hossain of Awami League got 23,946 votes in 104 polling centres out of 106

DHAKA: Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich congratulates newly elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the confident victory in the recent General Parliaments Elections.External Publicity Wing of the Foreign Ministry made the disclosure in a

DHAKA: Director General of Environment Department Golam Rabbani was made acting secretary of Local Government and Rural Development Ministry.Public Administration Affairs Ministry issued a gazette notification to this effect on Wednesday.BDST: 1640 HRS, JAN 15, 2014Edited By: Shameem