DHAKA: The government reduced court fees to some extent following protests by leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association, now dominated by opposition BNP faithful. “A government notification has been issued to this effect,” said Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister

SAVAR: Army troops moved out in the field here to deal with a much-orchestrated anthrax endemic, amid prevailing apprehensions among the commoners in different districts of the country about the cattle-borne disease.A team of the 9th battalion of the army already started operation

New York: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the US lawmakers to make a new law with provision for Bangladesh’s duty-and quota-free access to the US market, as Dhaka’s long effort for this facility in order to lift a little its poor standing in world trade is yet to yield

DHAKA: A member of the elite-force Rapid Action Battelion (RAB) reportedly comitted suicide by shooting him down with his own gun during duty in the city’s Badda area on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Milon Sarker, 30, nayek of RAB-1 stationed at Uttara.RAB sources

DHAKA: A huge amount of money is going to be invested in a scheme for expansion of the state-sector mobile-phone service based on latest technology. The project is already underway, involving about Tk 1,447 crore, equivalent to 211 million US dollars, official sources said. The EXIM Bank

DHAKA: A top-level border conference between Bangladesh Rifles and the Indian Border Security Force began at the BDR headquarters in the capital Thursday for resolving a wide range of issues to maintain a secure and peaceful common frontier that stretches over 4,500 kilometres.  BSF

CHITTAGONG: An air-force training aircraft crashed into the Karnaphuli River while the lone pilot parachuted to safety, officials said. Flight Lt. Mohammad Sanjeed, sensing an imminent danger, jumped out of the F-7 fighter jet with the parachute and dropped into the river waters at about

BARISAL: Some unidentified miscreants stabbed Awami League lawmaker Monirul Islam Moni at the divisional headquarters early Thursday.The legislator from Barisal-2 (Ujirpur-Banaripara) constituency was rushed to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.Moni told banglanews that some 4 to 5

DHAKA: The special parliamentary committee formed to recast the national constitution is holding its fifth meeting at national parliament house. The meeting, began at 11:00 am with Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury in the chair taking opinions of constitution experts for amendments. The committee

UNITED NATIONS: US President Barack Obama called Wednesday for greater urgency in the fight against the world`s social ills as a UN poverty summit ended with tens of billions of dollars of pledges but lingering pessimism about the impact.Obama unveiled a new "big-hearted but also

DHAKA: Acting Secretary-General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ATM Azharul Islam asked the government to give the calculation of killings during the liberation war while raising the question what the role of Pakistani soldiers was at the time if all the murders were committed by the six

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner Dr. ATM Shamsul Huda Wednesday disclosed the poll timings for Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), municipalties and countrywide union parishads, starting off in December. While talking to journalists at his office, the CEC said DCC and municipal polls will be

DHAKA: Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Wednesday said anyone who committed crimes against humanity, mass killings and rapes during the liberation war in 1971 would be put to trial under the International Crimes Act. “Not only Golam Azam, if witnesses could prove anyone’s

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Wednesday fixed November 2 for taking statement of former President Hussein Mohammad Ershad on the charge of corruption in buying radar during his rule.Acting Divisional Sessions Judge SM Aminul Islam fixed the date.HM Ershad, the main accused of the case, Sultan

DHAKA: The government is going to start selling rice under Open Market Sale (OMS) programme again Thursday to keep the food-grain price within tolerable levels for low-income people in the lean season.Sources said the fair-price sale would be conducted through a total of 100 trucks in the

DHAKA: A total of 210,686 posts of officers and employees in public service remained vacant, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam informed parliament Wednesday.“The process of recruitment for the vacant posts continues as per rule of

DHAKA: Legal experts at the special parliamentary committee meeting Thursday suggested amending the national constitution on the basis of consensus of all political parties for a durable change.After Thursday’s consultation with the experts, the committee decided to take opinions of the

DHAKA: It was a war between India and Pakistan, a defence lawyer said before the war-crime tribunal, triggering an outcry from the prosecutors who said he should be banished from Bangladesh.            Bashing the comment of Jamaat-hired lawyer, Barrister Fakhrul Islam, with

DHAKA: Police arrested the suspected kingpin of foreign currency counterfeiters and terror financiers and aide to JMB leader Saidur Rahman.The arreste+d person was identified as Solaiman Majumder, 33, hailed from Dhanaitari of Comilla.  Sources said a police squad led by assistant

DHAKA: Ruling-party leader Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir lost his parliament membership as the Election Commission Wednesday formally declared Chandpur-1 seat vacant for electoral anomalies and called a fresh vote. The Election Commission announced its decision to hold by-lection in the