DHAKA: Two officials of the US Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday evening visited the office of banglanews24.com.bd, an online news portal and sister concern of East West Media group under Bashundhara Group. The two-member delegation led by US Embassy Political and Financial counselor Jon

DHAKA: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) interrogated Saiful Islam Duke, the nephew of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and son of former women and children affairs minister Khurshid Jahan Haque, over the 21st August grenade attack.ASP Adul Kahhar Akand, Investigation Officer

RAJSHAHI: A leader of an outlawed extremist group, Elahi Bax alias Mithu, 25, was killed in a shootout with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in Goalkandi area of Bagmara upazila early Wednesday. “Mithu was the regional commander of Chapainawabganj district Purba Banglar Communist

DHAKA: The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to Biman Bangladesh Airlines Chairman Air Vice-Marshal (retd) Jamal Uddin Ahmed for his recent comment carried in the media, taking a tug-of-war over contentious affairs of the national flag carrier to a

DHAKA: A number of officials of Deputy Secretary status have been given transfers and postings in a latest round of reshuffle in the administration.The Establishment Ministry issued separate notifications Tuesday to this effect.The notifications say Mohammad Waliur Rahman, Director of

DHAKA: Nearly 40,000 cases of smuggling, filed by BDR and Coast Guard forces, have been pending with different courts for lack of judges.      Court sources said the shortage of judges is the main cause of huge backlog of smuggling cases.According to a source in the Law Ministry, at

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council Tuesday approved five projects involving Tk 1,847 crore, including two big ones for giving new electricity connections in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Of the total project costs, the government will finance Tk 1,747 crore

DHAKA: Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia alleged again that the ruling government is executing repressive policy against the opposition instead of getting down to mitigating public sufferings.“The Government has failed to tackle utility crises on the one hand and

JHENIDAH: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the military commander of banned outfit Janajuddha, Mizanur Rahman alias Tak Mizan, from Sadar upazila on Monday night.Major Alvi Ferdous of RAB-6 said on information, a special team of RAB picked-up Mizan from Charkol Bazar at

DHAKA: Home Minister advocate Sahara Khatun claimed that Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko, sons of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, are physically well now following treatment abroad on parole.“Her sons have been undergoing treatment abroad for about two years, but she did not visit

DHAKA: The German Federal Home Ministry Tuesday donated Bangladesh police five Toyota hilux double-cabin vehicles to help maintain law and order in the country.German Ambassador Holger Michael handed over keys of the vehicles to Additional Inspector General of Police Dr Samsuddoha

CHITTAGONG: The third Karnaphuli Bridge is likely to open to the traffic by next month, as the Roads and Highways department is waiting to get the Prime Minister’s schedule for its inauguration. “The communication minister is expected to visit the project on Friday and announce the

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Rifles authorities have dismissed one more Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) on charge of violating BDR Act during the mutiny on February 25 and 26 last year at BDR Pilkhana Headquarters.Director of BDR Sadar Rifles Battalion Colonel Aziz told banglanews24.com.bd,

DHAKA: The parliamentary special committee for constitutional amendment has already done the preparatory work and will hold brainstorming meetings early September to finalise the amendment proposals incorporating major changes in the country’s basic laws and principles.Competent sources

DHAKA: In a major reversal of the post-1/11 actions of the emergency regime, the High Court Tuesday asked the government to return a hefty amount of Tk 297 crore seized from two big businesses amid a massive anti-graft drive. An HC bench comprising Justice Mamnun Rahman and Justice Sayeda

DHAKA: Two working brothers fell off the 18th floor of a building in the capital’s Motijheel area while painting the high-rise Tuesday and died a terrible death.   The deceased are identified as Mohammad Abbas, 30, and Mohammad Swapan, 28, the two poor brothers hailed from a backwater

DHAKA: Detained Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee will be produced before the international crimes tribunal (ICT) on September 21 when the war-crime-trial proceedings will resume.“The tribunal again directed the prison authorities to produce the detained Sayedee

DHAKA: No war-crime suspects would be allowed to perform Hajj this year, Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun said Tuesday following a government decision, as the trial of war criminals is now underway in the country. “The persons allegedly involved in crimes against humanity during

DHAKA: The Supreme Court set October 11 as the next date of hearing on a contempt of court charge against detained acting editor of the Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman.A six-member full bench, headed by chief justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim adjourned the hearing till the date Tuesday as Mahmudur

DHAKA: The sixth death anniversary of Awami League leader Ivy Rahman will be observed Tuesday.Ivy Rahman, wife of President Zillur Rahman, was severely injured in the August 21 gruesome grenade attack on an AL rally in 2004 and died on August 24. Ivy Rahman served as the Awami League