DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith Tuesday said civic amenities alike urban society must be ensured in the villages if to halt rural-to-urban internal migration that appears to have assumed a crisis proportion. “People from villages are rushing towards the cities because we failed to

DHAKA: A visiting Danish energy expert suggested that Bangladesh should go for renewable energy sources to tackle existing power shortage in the country.Prof Arne Remmen, a faculty of Planning and Development of Alborg University in Denmark also said that the Danish government might

DHAKA: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted Tuesday charge sheet accusing 808 persons of possessing and using explosives and firearms during the mutiny at the Pilkhana headquarters of the border force.Police Inspector SM Idris Ali on behalf of the investigation officer of

DHAKA: When all is set for devout Muslims to celebrate Shab-e-Barat or the night of fortunes Tuesday praying a change of luck for the best, beggars are on the move to make the most out of the bounties of the occasion.   According to Islamic rituals, Muslims will not only pray but also

DHAKA: A separate area plan has been designed for Barisal that envisages the divisional headquarters as a planned one which will be implemented in three phases, the planners said.  Engineering and Planning Consultant Limited (EPCL) has designed the plan for Barishal city’s development

DHAKA: The condition of ailing former BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan deteriorated further on Tuesday which physicians termed “very critical”.Bhuiyan’s personal physicians are in doubt about his recovery. “Possibility of his recovery is very thin as his condition

DHAKA: Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain on Tuesday denied to speak to journalists after having a meeting with the deputy commissioners as there was no television camera other than the state-run BTV.Irked by the absence, he refrained from making any comment to journalists of

Separate adjudication for children, teens, he says  DHAKA: Dispelling controversies, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Tuesday said High Court justices have been appointed judges of the International Crimes Tribunal abiding by the constitution.

SAVAR: A total of 750 workers were sued and eight arrested on charge of ransacking their factory here in a violent reaction over the death of their one colleague.Vertex Group authorities also shut down their garment factory Dress World Ltd for indefinite period from Tuesday amid unrest,

DHAKA: Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen Tuesday asked the deputy commissioners to ensure water supply in full flush for the farmers to irrigate their croplands during dry-season farming. The minister gave the directives on the concluding day of a 3-day conference of the deputy

DHAKA: The High Court Tuesday rejected a writ petition challenging the appointment of justices Nizamul Haque and ATM Fazle Rabbi as chairman and member respectively of the International Crimes Tribunal set up for trying the war criminals of 1971.An HC bench comprising Justice Mamnoon

DHAKA: Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader Tuesday said the government has nothing to do about the lands already occupied illegally on the seashore in Cox’s Bazar rather the challenge is to protect the rest.“We have nothing to do about the occupied lands but we have to work

DHAKA: Bangladesh Tuesday sought financial and technical assistance from the donors for capacity building first to go by the Intellectual Property Act, as the country is now struggling to provide people with their bare necessities.  “We’re now working with the fundamental issues like

MADARIPUR: Assailants beat a bank officer to death at Amgram in Rajoir upazila Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Khabiruddin Madbar, 50, an officer in the Madaripur branch of Sonali bank.Victim’s brother Kamruzzaman Madbar said Khabiruddin left his home at Amgram Telikandi

Dhaka: Fire broke out at the Head office of Brac Bank at Gulshan Link road in the city’s Tejgoan industrial area Tuesday morning.Bank sources said the fire broke out on the fourth floor of the bank at around 11:45am. But within half-an-hour efforts, the bank’s security personnel

DHAKA:  Locals are still haunted by the horror of ULFA hunt for 68 Arges grenades missing from their armory. In the middle of 2004, the Arges grenades were found missing from their Garo Hill haven and they held the indigenous youths responsible for the heist. The Indian separatists held

SAVAR: At least 200 workers of a garment factory fell sick from food poisoning at Jamgara in Ashulia Monday night.  Of them, 45 workers were admitted to different clinics and hospitals in critical condition.Garment sources said the night shift workers of Meddler Apparels were given

DHAKA : The holy Shab-e-Barat or the night of fortunes will be observed across the country Tuesday night with devotees seeking divine blessings for the wellbeing of mankind as well the Muslim Ummah. President Zillur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Opposition in

DHAKA: Bangladesh Monday signed a deal with India for constructing cross-border supply pipeline to import electricity from the neighbouring country, realizing the accord reached by their premiers. Officials said the agreement was signed between Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) and

DHAKA: Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Monday asked the deputy commissioners to take measures against piracy and screening of obscene movies in the cinema halls across the country. The minister gave the directives on Monday on the second day of the 3-day conference of the deputy