DHAKA: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday approved five development projects including the safe drinking water and sanitation facilities project involving Tk 615 crore.The approval came from ECNEC meeting at the capital’s Sher-e-Banglanagar with Prime

DHAKA: The election commission Tuesday announced the reschedule of elections of reserve seats for women of the 10th parliament.  Now, the election will be held on April 3, instead of March 29.  Election commission announced the reschedule on Tuesday evening.     The date for

DHAKA: Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali, ruling Awami League lawmaker, is going to take oath as foreign minister of the incumbent government.  President M Abdul Hamid will administer him as the minister on Wednesday.   A competent source from the ministry confirmed the matter to

SAVAR: The Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Heather Cruden and high officials of a Canadian company Loblaws Incorporation visited two rehabilitation projects of Rana Plaza victims on Tuesday.The Canadian government and the Canadian company are funding the ‘Centre for the

DHAKA: A youth was killed as a hearse hit him in front of the north gate of the national mosque Baitul Mokarram in city’s Paltan area on Tuesday noon.The deceased was identified as M Alamgir, 25, son of Syed Mohammad and a workshop worker, hailed from Bhola district.Police sources said

DHAKA: Serik Akhmetov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, has congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her appointment as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the third time.External Publicity Wing of the Foreign Ministry made the disclosure on Tuesday.          In a message, the Prime Minister

DHAKA: The relatives of slain army personnel of Pilkhana carnage met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday morning.The premier talked to the family members and relatives of killed army officials and handed over checque to them.Army Chief Lieutenant General

KHULNA: Two siblings were killed in a road crash in Sangram   intersection area under Koira upazila of the district on Tuesday noon.  The deceased were identified as Azmal Hossain and Kabir Hossain, sons of Ali Sardar of Sharishamut area under the upazila.Witnesses said a pickup van

DHAKA: Customs officials seized 40 gold bars weighing 4.5 kilograms from the air freight unit at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday.Assistant revenue officer Mahbub-e-Khuda of the airport customs confirmed the matter to banglanews.Mahbub said on information, officials

DHAKA: Customs officials seized 40 gold bars from a bathroom commode in abandoned condition at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday. Duty and Detective Commissioner Juyela Khatun told banglanews that they recovered the gold bars worth about Tk 1.60 crore at 11:00am.BDST: 1605

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to eight people, including three siblings, in the Ward Commissioner Abdul Alim murder case. The convicts are M Harun, M Siraj, M Shawkat, M Shiblu, M Kamal and Syed Ahmad and his two brothers Rashid Ahmad and Farid Ahmad.  Additional

TANGAIL: Police recovered fire arms and bombs from Garo Bazar area under Ghatail Upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.Sources said that after the prisoners’ hajcking, Madhupur and Ghatail Thana Police in a joint drive were trying to hold the escaped prisoners.Then police found an

JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY: The students of Jagannath University are continuing their protest program demanding the handover of the university’s occupied Tibet Hall.Witnesses said that hundreds of students formed human-chain at the university to press their four point-demands on Tuesday

DHAKA: A rickshaw puller was killed in a road accident in Jatrabari area of the city on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Ranju, 45.Sources said that a rashly driven truck rammed into the rickshaw puller around 5:30am in the area, leaving him critically injured. Local people

ISHWARDI: A seven-year child was slaughtered in Ishwardi upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Rahim, 7, son of Jaglu Shah, hailed from Maniknagar village of the upazila.Locals said the Rahim went to adjacent Litchi garden where a youth named Rasel

NARAYANGANJ: Two robbers were killed as angry mob beat them black and blue in Araihazar Upazila of the district on Monday night.The deceased were identified as Moktar Hossain, 36, son of one Zaikka Mia, and Al Amin alias Attu Mia, 38, son of one Shaheed Mia of the upazila.Sources said

DHAKA: People from all walks of life paid rich tributes to 74 victims, including 57 army officers, who were brutally killed at Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Pilkhana headquarters on February 25-26, 2009. BDR was subsequently renamed Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB).Representatives of the

RANGPUR: BNP-backed candidate Noor Mohammad Mondal won in upazila polls at Pirganj in Rangpur district on Monday.      According to the unofficial results, BNP-backed candidate Noor Mohammad Mondal bagged 74, 952 votes while Awami League candidate Shahadat Hossain Bakul got 70,877

DHAKA: Islami Chhatra Shibir, front organization of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, been ranked third among the `top ten most active non-state armed groups’ in 2013, according to a study.The disclosure came from a major defense and business risk think-tank HS Jane’s 2013 Global Terrorism

DHAKA: Three lakh people will sing the national anthem together on March 26 at the National Parade Ground on the occasion of the Independence Day of the country.The Ministry of Cultural Affairs took the decision in a meeting on Monday.   The decision was taken to get Bangladesh listed