Dhaka: Bangladesh and Russia are ready to sign an initial agreement on setting up nuclear power plant in the South Asian country when Foreign Minister Dipu Moni goes to Moscow at the end of this month. “During her visit to Russia, the foreign minister-level agreement may be signed

Dhaka: A defamation suit was filed against 15 journalists of the private satellite channel NTV, including the Chief News Editor, the producer and the reporter, for a broadcast in the crime-based programme ‘Crime Watch’.Golam Ali Emam Bhuiyan, a resident of Gobindapur of Shonir-Akhra

Dhaka: Registered primary school teachers Sunday urged the government to nationalize their institutions ensuring all facilities.The call came from a press conference organized by the Registered Primary School Samity at Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital. Aminul Islam, president of the

Dhaka: The High Court Sunday granted former Awami League lawmaker Mockbul Hossain bail hours after a special court sent him to jail in a corruption case.An HC bench of justice Shamsul Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddique issued the bail order.Mockbul was earlier convicted in the corruption

Dhaka: A man died falling off the roof of a Mosque in the city’s Jigatala area under Hazaribagh thana Sunday.The deceased was identified as Shahidul, 28, son of Abdul Kader, hailed from Masuakhali area of Gusaerhat under Shariatpur district. He was a residence of a mess at Gabtala

Mymensingh: Four people were killed and another was seriously injured in two road mishaps in Mymensingh Sunday, triggering an angry protest.Police said a fatal accident occurred as a Dhaka-bound bus and a tempo collided at 11:30am on the Dhaka–Mymensingh Highway at Meherabari in Bhaluka

Dhaka: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in the capital Sunday saw a sudden blaze amid a boom in a locked air-conditioned chamber of an official shortly after the office opened for the day after the weekend. Controversial claims kept the incident clouded as employees and

Dhaka: The High Court Sunday rejected a writ petition challenging the government action in shutting down Channel 1, a private satellite television station owned by people in the opposition BNP camp.An HC bench comprising Justice Mahmud Hossain and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore passed the

DHAKA: The government has sent Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Air Commodore Sakeb Iqbal Khan Majlish back to the Air Force, as an international watchdog reportedly complained some irregularities during his stewardship.  Establishment Ministry Sunday issued

DHAKA: The laid-off employees of a project of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) Sunday staged a demonstration asking the government to reinstate them in the board jobs. Several hundred employees of the Palli Zibikayan Prokolpo formed a human chain in the National Press Club area

Chittagong: A bomb hoax terrorized the teachers and students of Chittagong Medical College Sunday, resulting in disruption of classes and administrative activities for a couple of hours.The bomb scare was spread by an anonymous phone-caller. On information, bomb specialists of the Special

Bandarban: Indigenous people here Sunday laid a siege to roads and waterways in the upcountry Ruma upazila demanding appointment of “permanent residents” to the posts of assistant teacher in government primary schools. The agitated tribal people took to the street in the morning and

Dhaka: The River Vessel Workers Federation Saturday finally called off a wildcat strike enforced to press the government for a further raise in their wages in the just-announced pay scale. The announcement came from a press briefing in the BIWTA conference room in the city.Shipping

Barisal: Two youths were killed as a speeding truck rammed into their motorcycle on the Barisal-Patuakhali road in Rupatoli Gas Turbine area in the small hours of the day Saturday. Police and witnesses said the truck knocked the bike coming from opposite direction at about 00:30am,

Dhaka: Dhaka University authorities decided to extend the service age of freedom fighter teachers and other employees by two more years.According the decision taken at a syndicate meeting Saturday, the service age of freedom fighter teachers and officers has been extended to 67 from 65

Dhaka: About a thousand students and as many guardians were eagerly waiting with hopes and anxieties on the premises of city’s traditional school, Ideal School and College, beside the capital’s business heartland Motijheel. It is about 12:30pm when Principal of the institution Dr

Dhaka: The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations were published Saturday with much higher pass percentage than last year’s.  Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the result books to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at noon at her

Kushtia: A minor girl bestially violated by her neighbour is struggling for life in Kushtia General Hospital. Police said the five-year-old girl of village Boaldaha in Sadar upazila was meted out the assault by Ashraf after tempting her into his home with chocolate while she was playing

DHAKA: The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations were published Saturday with fairly a high pass percentage of 79.98 – 9 steps up the previous year’s mark. The Education Ministry said the examinations took place under 10 educational boards of the

Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday left for Bangkok en route to Seoul on a five-day visit to South Korea and Malaysia with a mission of giving a shot in the arm of Bangladesh’s bilateral relations with the two newly industrialized Southeast Asian nations. A Thai Airways flight