DHAKA: Indian Power Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Thursday said India is set export electricity to Bangladesh under a power-transmission project starting October 5, 2013.The 25-year deal between NTPC 532555.BY +0.47% Vidyut Vyapar Nigam, the power-trading arm of India’s state-run

DHAKA: The government has claimed that the much-talked-about 1300-MW Rampal Coal-Fired Power Plant would not affect the Sundarbans as well as the environment.The assertion came from a press note on Thursday.  The news release said Rampal power plant is modern technology based and it

JESSORE: The Chairman of Singhajhuli Union Parishad was shot dead at Chaugachha Upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Zillur Rahman Mintu, 47, also former Chhatra League president of the district.Witnesses said Mintu attended a programme organized by

Tens of thousands of workers in Bangladesh’s garment factories have been protesting in recent days to demand an increase in the minimum wage for their industry, which the government last increased three years ago. The government has answered by ordering police to shoot tear gas and

SAVAR, DHAKA: Two people were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Baliarpur area of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Salam, 38 and Rahman, 40.Witnesses said a Dhaka-bound passenger bus knocked roadside dividers and

DHAKA: The High Court canceled the Contempt of Court Act-2013 terming it illegal and contradictory to the constitution.An HC bench comprising Justice Kazi Rezaul Haq and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order Thursday saying that eight provisions of the act might curtail the court

MOULVIBAZR: A Bangladeshi national was run over by a speedy private car in Abba area of Ta’if in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening.The deceased was identified as Syed Aktar Ali, 50, hailed from Raysree village of Akatuna Union under Sadar Upazila in Moulvibazar.Victim’s younger

SYLHET: Country’s first Snake photography exhibition is set to be held on Sunday at Orjuntola of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). Photos captured by snake researchers and photographers of Bangladesh, India and America will be showcased in the six day long

DHAKA: The chief of entertainment department of banglanews24.com Golam Rabbani was mugged in Baridhara DOHS area on Wednesday night.The incident took place at around 10:30pm while he was returning home from his workplace.Golam Rabbani said that he got into a rented microbus from Baridhara

DHAKA: At least 20 people were injured when police tried to disperse the workers from Dhaka-Tangail highway where they took position urging garment owners to reopen their factories.Witnesses said workers from 10 factories of Panishail area in Gazipur gathered in front of their respective

DHAKA: Ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New York, India Wednesday said it will make another attempt to get the Land Boundary Agreement Bill passed by Parliament on the first day of the winter session expected in

DINAJPUR: Three people died in three separate incidents in Birganj, Birol and Sadar upazilas of the district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Motindranath Roy, 45, Headmaster of Bhaboki Govt Primary School of Birganj, Atiur Rahman, 14, son of Shahidur Rahman and student of

SAVAR, DHAKA: German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Albrecht Conze visited the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar to know the condition of the victims of Rana Plaza building collapse in April 2013.CRP authority welcomed Dr Coenze when he reached here at 10.30am on

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus took part in a stimulating discussion with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the MDG Innovation Forum in New York at United Nations Secretariat Building. UN Secretary General invited leaders from the private and public sectors and

DHAKA: Ignoring the protests from people of all walks of life, the government is going to lay foundation stone of much-talked-about Rampal coal-fired power plant in the next month.The foundation stone of the 1300-MW power plant would be laid on October 22. Power, Energy and Mineral

PANCHAGARH: Four people were killed and one other injured as lightning struck them in Boshalopara upazila Atwari upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Mintu, 23, son of Islam, Paritosh Pal, 20, son of Chan Mia, Biren Singh, 35, son of Akalu Singh

GAZIPUR: Readymade garments workers attacked at a garment factory here and looted firearms from industrial police.The incident took place around 3:00pm on Wednesday.Sources said some agitating workers brought out a procession to press home their demand of hiking salary and allowance in

ASHULIA, DHAKA: Readymade garments workers of Ashulia and Gazipur on Tuesday staged protest by blocking Nabinagar-Kaliakoir highway demanding Tk 8,000 as minimum salary.At that time, more than 100 workers were injured as the protesters locked into a chase-counter chase with police.Sources

GAZIPUR: The government has set up a garment factory inside the jail to rehabilitate the prisoners. Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General (Retd) Ashraful Islam Khan inaugurated the factory at Kashimpur central jail at 12:00 noon Wednesday. Primarily, the factory started its

DHAKA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in United Nations with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday.During their talks, Wang said China and Bangladesh have been good neighbors for a long time, and added there are no problems between the two countries: only trust,