DHAKA: At least 10 people were killed and 51 injured in road accidents in different districts Saturday, as fatal fallouts from bad driving continued to take its toll every passing day. Reports from banglanews correspondents said two were killed in Laxmipur and Gaibandha and one each in

LAXMIPUR: Al least 25 people including women and children have been affected by suspected anthrax in Chorbasu area of Kamalnagar upazilaDr. Shahadat Hossain, the upazila Livestock officer has confirmed ithis as anthrax.Health Department is providing treatment to the affected people from

HABIGANJ: Miscreants looted huge quantum of fishes, worth about Tk 10 lakh, from a fish enclosure in Madhabpur upazila on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway early Saturday.Meanwhile, police held a man --Harinanda Das—while selling the looted fish at Kuliarchar bazar in neighbouring Kishoreganj

DHAKA: Even scholarship programmes for the country’s primary and mass education—the very stage of innocence in a student’s life—allegedly got desecrated due to dishonest practices. An international watchdog, the Berlin-based Transparency International—came up with the

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong University authorities postponed their previous decision to increase tuition fees, amid strong student protests that continued even after a long closure of the varsity.The decision was taken in a meeting of the Deans Committee Saturday with acting VC and Pro-VC Dr.

RAJSHAHI: Justice Mujammel Hossain Saturday said lawyers should uphold moral and ethical values to build up people’s trust in the judiciary. The Supreme Court judge made the comment at a seminar titled ‘Applying ADR in and quick disposal of criminal cases in Bangladesh.’ The Law

DHAKA: Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said the government is working to amend both the civil and criminal laws for introducing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) system of justice to get over a huge backlog of pending cases. He also said constitution is the supreme law of a land

BRAHMANBARIA: Urea fertilizer manufacturing at Ashuganj Zia Fertilizer Factory stopped for mechanical breakdown on Saturday morning, for a fourth time in less than three months.Factory sources said leakage in Top Asses Dom of High Pressure Carbonate Condenser (HPC) forced the suspension

JOYPURHAT: Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Allar Dal from Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district early Saturday.The arrested is named as Nurunnabi, 45, of Sadullapur upazila.Acting on a tip-off, a special team of Rab-5, led by DAD

BOGRA: Unidentified assailants shot and hacked two Sramik League leaders to death in Naruli area of Sadar upazila early Saturday.The deceased were identified as Satgram Bandar Sramik League president Hasanuzzaman Nasim, 35, and member Israfil Hossain Ranju, 38. Confirming their identities

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday morning left for New York to attend the 65th UN General Assembly and several other meets with world leaders. A special flight of Bangladesh Biman carrying the PM took off from Shahjalal International Airport at about 8:30 am.Sheikh Hasina is

DHAKA: Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate urged all to get an all-party unity against poverty to its ultimate goal through defeating the common foe with a synergy.   He made the call on Friday afternoon while presiding over an anti-poverty national campaign at the south plaza of the National

DHAKA: A top-level meeting between Bangladesh Rifles and the Indian Border Security Force begins in Pilkhana headquarters of the host border force at 10 am Thursday.BSF director-general Raman Srivastava will lead a 21-member delegation of India arrived on Wednesday afternoon to attend the

SIRAJGANJ: Four people died and another fell sick after drinking toxic alcohol in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj early Wednesday, as taking recourse to cheaper narcotic drinks continued to take its toll at different places.The deceased were identified as Tapan Roy, 48, Chandi Roy, 45,

DHAKA: The unfinished hearing on prosecution plea for arrest warrant against Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee on war-crime charges was deferred to October 12 as he was not produced before the International Crimes Tribunal Wednesday on health grounds.Tribunal Chairman Justice Nizamul

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the world community to build food security as a cardinal measure for attaining the UN-set Millennium Development Goals (MGDs), as the spectre of hunger often haunts the poorer nations.She also called upon the rich nations to stand beside the

JHENIDAH: A suspected outlawed party leader was killed in a ‘shootout’ between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion personnel at Chotkabaria village in Harinakundu upazila early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Mozammel Haque alias Mozam Sardar, 34, regional commander of

DHAKA: At least 15 people were killed, including three police personnel, and 43 injured in a road accident galore even on the weekend holiday Friday. Reports from banglanews correspondents in districts said four were killed in Tangail, three in Mymensingh, two in Kurigram and one each in

DHAKA: The newly framed education policy, incorporating comprehensive changes in the sector, will be placed in the next parliamentary session for its review before final adoption. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the announcement at a seminar Friday, three days before parliament

DHAKA: Championing a change in the centuries old mindset, new Inspector-General of Police Hasan Mahmud Khandaker announced maximum services of the police to be ensured for the people and also urged all to consider the cops as ‘friends’.“Be with police, consider them as friends, and