KUSHTIA: A father and his 12-year-old son were killed as a train knocked them down near Poradah railway junction in Mirpur upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased were identified as Badsha, 40, and Hridoy hailed from Simultola village in the upazila.GRP thana police said a

CHITTAGONG: A top-listed terrorist was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and law enforcers at Paindong village in Fatikchhari upazila of the district early Friday. The deceased was identified as Shawkat alias Sheakat, second-in-command of the outlawed ‘Osman-Bahini’. He was

SATKHIRA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday said the government wouldn’t let the Aila-affected people remain in misery and they would be provided with all supports until they are rehabilitated, as the super-cyclone has rendered many of them climate refugees.The premier held out the

DHAKA: The planned constitutional changeover canceling the 5th amendment and taking the country back to the 1972 constitution will take place without scrapping ‘Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim’.Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina Thursday gave the decision in a

DHAKA: The budget session of parliament ended Thursday with the prorogation order from the President, after a long run since June 2. Deputy speaker Shawkat Ali, who was in the chair, read out the prorogation order after the valedictory speech made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina capping

CHITTAGONG: The Dock-Port workers’ federation called 18 hours of strike staggered over six days from July 26 at Chittagong Seaport to press home their four-point demand. The work-stoppage programme was announced through a press release of the labour coalition on Thursday evening,

DHAKA: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defense on Thursday decided to allot flats instead of plots for the army personnel.The decision came from the 12th meeting of the committee with its Chairman M Idris Ali in the chair.The committee recommended that realistic steps should be taken

DHAKA: In a latest move, the government Thursday made significant changes to the public administration through 10 Deputy Secretary- level transfers and postings.  According to an Establishment Ministry notification, Shishir Kumar Roy, Deputy Director of Sylhet Youth Development

PABNA: Police arrested two persons from Sujanagar and Bera areas of the district early Thursday for their alleged involvement in the killing of three cops.The arrested were identified as Nader Pramanik, 42 and Wahed Ali, 42Bera thana OC Sheikh Jillur Rahman said a special team, led by

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court on Thursday granted bail to four journalists and an employee of the Bengali daily Amar Desh in a case that was filed for obstructing police duty. They were: Chief Reporter Syed Abdal Ahmed, chief assistant editor Sanjib Chowdhury, city editor Jahed Chowdhury, senior

DHAKA: The probe report on question paper leakage of secondary school assistant teacher recruitment examination has been finalized without identifying the ringleaders of the crime.The report will be submitted to the Establishment Ministry on Sunday, a competent source close to the

Bogra: A Bogra court on Thursday placed detained JMB leader Vagne Shahid on a three-day remand in a case filed under the Arms Act. Bogra Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Hassanuzzaman passed the order as police produced him before the court with a seven-day remand plea. Earlier, he was

DHAKA: Gabtali cattle market, the lone permanent cattle market in the city has turned into a death trap for lack of renovation and maintenance works. The age old corrugated sheets of its nine tin-sheds stretching on 30 bighas of land are hanging all over the place in a dilapidated

DHAKA: Diplomatic theorists at a seminar Thursday suggested that Bangladesh, India and China work unitedly in solving tripartite problems in the changing geopolitical perspectives.“Water management of Brahmaputra River is an existing concern for both Bangladesh and India and negotiation

DHAKA: The government gave seniority to 192 officers of different cadre services in a big push.Establishment ministry Thursday issued a notification on their elevation, up to Joint Secretary level.Among the 192 officials, 84 have been promoted to Joint Secretary and the rest to Deputy

KHULNA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit the Aila-affected areas in Koyra upazila in Khulna and Shyamnagar in Satkhira Friday on a daylong trip, as thousands of victims of the super-cyclone remained in abject misery.The Prime Minister would inaugurate distribution of grants

DHAKA: Two destitute people were killed and four wounded as a truck mounted over them while sleeping on a footpath near Pir Jongi Mazar in city’s Motijheel area early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Babu, 25, and Tota Mia, 28, and the injured are Mofiz, 30, Abumal, 48,

CHITTAGONG: A fire gutted 13 shops on Thursday morning at Chaktai in the port city. Fire service unit of Agrabad said on information, four units of fire service rushed in and brought the flames under control within two and a half hours of hectic efforts.The fire originated at about 6:30

KUSHTIA: At least 50 people were wounded, including the assistant proctor of the Islamic University, as police charged baton to quell demonstrations against an attack on varsity vehicles by Chhatra League supporters Thursday, campus sources said.   Witnesses said police clubbed the

DHAKA: The government decided to lift the ban on movement of 25-year-old trucks in the city, backtracking on a cleansing drive to drive rundown vehicles off the streets.Apparently under pressure from truck owner-workers’ nexus, the decision came from a meeting of Bangladesh Truck,