DHAKA: A new industrial policy framed by the present government focused on assistance for sick industries, development of both public and private sectors and government control over the economy for a planned economic advance of the country.With these cardinal objectives in the focus the

DHAKA: The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and equivalent examinations under all the education boards will begin on November 4.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at a press conference Monday apprised reporters of the schedule for the Junior School Certificate (JSC) Examination under the

GAZIPUR: An elderly person and his five-year-old grandson were crushed under the wheels of a train in Kaliakoir upazila on Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Shamsul Islam, 70, and his grandson Shihab, hailed from Goalbathan village.Local businessman Mozzamal Haq said

DHAKA: Detained Harkatul Jihad leader Mufti Moinuddin alias Abu Jandal alias Masum Billah was Monday remanded for five days for grilling in one of the August 21 grenade attack cases.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ali Hossain passed the order as Special Police Super of

DHAKA: Lailatul Qadr, the most auspicious night for the Muslims, will be observed on Monday night through offering special prayers for wellbeing here and hereafter. The holy Quran was revealed on this night to show the mankind the path of worldly and eternal emancipation. Muslim

DHAKA: A speedy trial tribunal Monday sentenced a band of 22 leaders of the banned Freedom Party to seven years rigorous imprisonment in a case filed under the Arms Act in Mymensingh way back in 1990 following an armed attack on a crowd of cinemagoers.Party vice-chairman Major (retd)

KUSHTIA: One pedestrian was killed and another one injured in a road accident on Kushtia-Rajbari highway in Lahini Battala area in the district on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Hafiz, 41 and the injured is Fazlul Biswas, 60. Witnesses said a Daulotdia-bound bus hit a

FARIDPUR: Police held an army major as three bottles of phensidyl narcotic syrup was allegedly found in his bag during search on a bus Sunday night at Modhukhali rail gate in the district.He was identified as Shibbir Ahmed, an officer of East Bengal Regiment Center (Training Battalion) at

DHAKA: A member of a ‘kasida’ team, which sings religious songs to wake up Muslims during Sehri time, was beaten to death by his rivals in the city`s Hazaribagh area early Monday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Kalu Mia, 30, of Nimtoli under Hazaribagh thana. SI Kazi Mainul

DHAKA: The special-court hearing on charges against the rebel BDR members of 24 Rifles Battalion in the Pilkhana carnage case was adjourned till October 5 after the third day’s proceedings Monday that generated much heat amid war of words.During the hearing, the mutineers and the

DHAKA: The first namaj-e-janaza for eminent poet and Nazrul and Jibanananda researcher Abdul Mannan Syed was held at Green Road mosque of the city on Monday morning.His body was taken to Bangla Academy premises for the people to pay their last respects to the poet. He will be buried at

DHAKA: The case of planting a 76-kg bomb in Kotalipara under a plot to “kill” then opposition leader and present premier Sheikh Hasina in 2000 has been referred to the Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka.Considering the case as a sensational one and to ensure a fastest trial it was

DHAKA: Newly appointed Inspector-General of Police Hasan Mahmmud Khandaker Sunday ordered the police forces not to behave rudely with the commoners, indicating a change in the traditional mindset under his stewardship.“Police forces are not beyond criticism and faults. We have to build

DHAKA:  Awami League acting General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif Sunday clearly stated that they want to go ahead pursuing the ideology of Baksal, the system introduced by the post-independence AL government through the fourth amendment to the constitution."We conceive the ideology,

DHAKA: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan Sunday alleged that the last four-party alliance government had steered the shipping sector through a wrong course into perils using their muscle-power. "The then shipping minister, Col (retd) Akbor Hossain, led such acclivities," he said.     He

DHAKA: Newly appointed Director-General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Mokhlesur Rahman wouldn’t like to see involvement of the elite force in any kind of extrajudicial killings.“RAB, which is carrying out its effort to establish a crime-free society, can never commit any illegal

DHAKA: Eminent poet and Nazrul and Jibanananda researcher Abdul Mannan Syed breathed his last shortly before iftar on Sunday evening. Relatives said he was rushed to the city’s Lab Aid Hospital when he suddenly felt sick. The duty doctor of the hospital declared him dead at 6:05pm after

DHAKA: The Election Commission has finalized the draft of a new rule providing for state financing of elections—a measure recommended by experts for curbing the influence of money in making public representatives.Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) Sakhawat Hossain Sunday

JESSORE: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Sunday announced that a new pay scale would be prepared for the teachers as the government is willing to see them highest-paid. “Modern technology will have to be provided within the reach of the mass people to advance the nation using

DHAKA: State Minister for Law Advocate Kamrul Islam Sunday said Awami League MP Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon is an offender under the Arms Act. A shot from the ruling-party lawmaker’s licensed pistol reportedly caused the death of his party colleague Ibrahim.The minister said, "Nobody can