Chittagong: As the ensuing city election comes under spotlight as another important electoral case study under the new government, police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) joined forces to forestall any trouble that could overshadow its successful holding. Teamed up in six separate groups,

Dhaka: Opposition BNP alleged that the government is trying to undercut preparations for their much-vaunted Dhaka grand rally by refusing to give power supply to the Paltan Maidan venue, wherefrom their supreme leader is to call for a movement. Party standing committee member and chief

Dhaka: Police early Friday arrested three persons from Patuakhali coastal district in the case of double-murder of an engineer’s wife and daughter in the capital city’s Kadamtali area.Acting on a tip-off, a team of Dhaka metropolitan detective branch of police launched a drive and

Chittagong: Preparation for holding Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) election is being carried out as law enforcers Thursday started searching suspected individuals and vehicles setting up check posts in different points of the port city.Police sources said, they have already set up the

Natore: The chief judicial magistrate of Natore Mohammad Aktarujjaman passed an order Wednesday to arrest 19 persons including 12 policemen in the allegation of unlawful killing of a juvenile.The court sources said, on August 27 2009, Rajab Ali, inhabitant of Bamihal village of Singra

Bandorban: Students of Bandarban Government College here on Thursday formed a human chain to press home their demands in ensuring the quality of education.They demanded efficient teachers and suspension of the principal from the human chain and rally in front of the district press club in

Dhaka: Students of some departments of Jagannath University Thursday boycotted their classes and joined a demonstration demanding the scrapping of a predatory provision of the varsity law. At one stage of the protest procession, the mass students also joined in the demo, all calling for

Dhaka: A young man was caught in the act while allegedly robbing people of their belongings at the crowded Gabtali Bus Terminal in the capital on Thursday morning and beaten to death in a lynch-mob reprisal.The deceased was identified as Anawar Hossain.A source in Darus Salam police

Dhaka: Saudi Airlines cancelled Wednesday its two flights for fuel crunch as the ongoing river-transport strike cut off oil-supply line, competent sources said.They said the countrywide indefinite waterway strike is impeding transportation of necessary jet-fuel oil from Chittagong

Dhaka: All spadework done, the government is going to sign an agreement with Russia soon for establishing country’s first-ever nuclear power plant to generate much-needed electricity. A delegation led by State Minister for Science and ICT Yeafesh Osman will leave Dhaka on May 18 for

Dhaka: One of the suspects in SI Mizanur Rahaman murder was killed in a “gunfight” with plainclothes police on Tuesday night, in a resumption of anticrime action commonly called ‘crossfire’ after a relative pause. Police sources gave identity of the deceased as Rahat, the

Dhaka: The government should formulate the upcoming budget as responsive to the environment and create an Environment Cell in every ministry to monitor the issues, as environmental problems have become big concerns for the country as also the global community, green campaigners

Dhaka: Dhaka University employees Wednesday came out with a threat of waging a tougher movement if their demand for rehabilitation in Nilkhet staff-club area is not met within 15 days.The ultimatum from 3rd and 4th-calss employees came from a meeting of Dhaka University Staff Union held

Dhaka: The government formed a committee to examine a proposal from American Clean Coal Ltd company on a unique scheme for generating some 5,000mw power by extracting coal from Jamalganj coal-mine using underground coal gasification’ (UCG) method.Officials said the nine-member

Dhaka: The government has made it mandatory for district and upazila-level officials to join the national and international days’ functions amid allegations of their poor participation in the observance progammes. A notification issued by Cabinet Division on May 5 says officials have to

Dhaka: Two suspected criminals were killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) troubleshooters in the capital’s Gandaria area early Wednesday, after a recent pause in incidents better known as ‘crossfire’.The deceased were identified as Sumon, a “robber” hailed

Dhaka: Handlooms and power-looms in the country came to a grinding halt as the owners Wednesday called a nonstop strike to press for free import of yarns through Benapole land port--a plea opposed tooth and nail by spinning millers. Bangladesh Handloom and Powerloom Owners Association

DHAKA: Chief of Hiz-ut-Tahrir Professor Mahiuddin Ahmed was Tuesday taken on three days remand for quizzing over his Islamic outfits militant activities.A metropolitan Court granted the remand in two cases filed against him under under the Anti-Terrorism.Police prayed for 14 days’

Dhaka: Two rental power plants are going into generation by June and July to a little relief for the people suffering from electricity shortage.The plants will be capable of generating 100 MW electricity each. United Kingdom-based company, Agrico UK Limited, will set up the plants in

Chittagong: A court here on Tuesday sentenced four people to imprisonment for killing a shopkeeper. The additional metropolitan sessions judge court also fined the lifers Tk. 5,000 each in default, to serve five months more in jail. The lifers are Omar Faruque Rubel, 29, Shankar Dash, 29,