DHAKA: A total of 60 Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials said. Officials in Abu Dhabi Bangladesh Mission confirmed the arrests, saying that the expatriates were arrested for ‘overstay’ in the oil-rich gulf

KISHORGANJ: A minor boy drowned in a pond at Kodalia village in Pakundia upazila Friday.The victim was identified as Rana Mia, 5, son of Rokonuddin of the village.Family sources said Rana drowned in the pond near his house while having a bath at about 11 am. “Villagers saw Rana floating

DHAKA: Aggrieved bharatias Friday forwarded a 16-point charter of demands, including introduction of monthly rent memo, cessation of taking advance money as security deposit and an amended regulation controlling house-rent.Leaders of Jatiya Bharatia Parishad came up with the demands at a

DHAKA: The breakdown-ridden Bangura gas-field will take one more week to resume operation after completion the replacement work on the 100-meter pipeline from the anchor point to the processing plant.Multinational company Tullow, the operator of the gas mine, has sought the time, said

DHAKA: Garment workers under the banner of a federation will march on parliament on June 24 to press their demands that boil down to one: higher pay and perks.National Garment Workers Federation Friday announced the fresh programme of ‘road march’ on their demands for budgetary

Chittagong: Opposition consensus candidate Manjur Alam was Friday unofficially declared elected Mayor of Chittagong, country’s commercial capital and a stronghold of the ruling Awami League, as his former boss was overwhelmingly voted down after three consecutive terms.Returning Officer

NATORE: A bus rammed into a private car at Palidah in Lalpur upazila on Friday morning, killing a prominent ghazal singer of the northern region and his car driver both.   The deceased were identified as singer Ainuddin-al-Azad and his driver Aslam Sheikh, 40. Police sources said the

Dhaka: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Thursday said the government would change the new text curricula for technical education to give priority to labour-market demand for technically skilled manpower.   The topics that have no effect on practical life would be stricken off the

DHAKA: The government is actively considering constructing electric railway on the Dhaka-Chittagong route, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain told parliament Thursday.A master plan in this connection has already been made to convert important routes of the railway to power-run

DHAKA: An unidentified man was stabbed to death in the city’s airport area, police said Thursday.The dead body was recovered from the roadside of Kawla graveyard.SI Tawhid Ahmed of Airport Thana told banglanews24.com.bd that the man was beaten and stabbed to death on Wednesday night.

DHAKA: Country’s women leaders Thursday lamented that equal rights of women in Bangladesh still remained elusive, although both government and opposition sides are led by two ladies.  They say women, especially in rural areas, are deprived of all sorts of rights. Addressing a

DHAKA: Drafting the Coal Policy, focused on opencast mining, has been completed and it now lies at the Prime Minister’s disposal before getting cabinet approval, officials said.The proposed policy focuses on open-pit mining methodology, ministry concerned sources said.“The coal policy

DHAKA: The government has postponed the taskforce drive against illegal chemical storehouses and small industries in the capital for two months and asked businessmen to relocate their businesses outside residential areas. Industries Minister Dilip Barua Thursday announced the government

DHAKA: The government Thursday decided on use of Bengali exclusively in all government and private organizations, including offices, courts and banks. With this end in view, the cabinet rescinded the amendment to the ‘Bengali Language Usage Act 1987’ made by the last caretaker

DHAKA: The deal will be done by the December deadline and the government expects the first phase of the nearly US$ 2 billion Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) project to be completed by December 2013, the Communications Minister said Thursday, though the finance minister appeared a bit

DHAKA: The government is going to raise both age limit and salary for real researchers, as the discovery of jute genome by Bangladeshi researchers generated high hopes for advances in intellectual property of the nation.     Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury gave the announcement

SAVAR: Lightening kills a college student at Summire village of Birulia union here on Thursday.The deceased Minaru Islam, 18 was injured as the lightening struck him while playing football at around 12 noon. He was taken to Savar Enam Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared

DHAKA: Compensation package for death of UN peacekeepers has been raised 40 percent to around 70,000 US dollars or Tk 50 lakh per head, said an official announcement here Thursday.   A resolution to this effect was adopted unanimously at a meeting of the administrative and 5th budgetary

Savar: Eight shops were gutted in a fire at a Supermarket in Savar Thursday. At least 10 people were injured while dousing the fire that originated from electric short circuit at a shop of the market around 11 am and soon spread to adjacent shops, firefighters said.  On information, a

CHITTAGONG: Police held a ward councillor amid a brawl as the polling in the Chittagong City Corporation election began Thursday amid enthusiasm among the voters. Banglanews24.com.bd correspondent from the port city Ramen Das Gupta said the councillor of Ward 32, Jahar Lal Hajari, was