DHAKA: India will start the process of verification of people living in 51 border enclaves, to be handed over to Bangladesh as per the Land Boundary Agreement, on July 6.During the intensive exercise, government officials will ask people living in the enclaves whether they would like to

BANDARBAN: Members of an intelligence agency detained a Buddhist monk with 3,000 pieces of yaba tablets in Bandarban.The detainee has been identified as Wanasara (33), son of Thui Shai Waar of Gazlia union of Lama upazila of the district.National Security Intelligence (NSI) deputy

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Metropolitan Police detained 14 people, including eight robbers and six criminals, from Badda and Shyampur areas of the city on Tuesday night.Detectives revealed the information in a press conference held at Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) media center in

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested a youth with 1,900 pieces of yaba tablets from Baklira Thana near Shah Amanat Bridge of Chittagong city.The arrestee has been identified as Mohammad Anwar Hossain (24), son of Mohammad Alam of Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.Bakalia Thana

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said that country’s poverty rate has been reduced to 22.7 percent.Moreover, the rate of ultra-poverty has decreased to 7.9, she added.The premier made the assertion in her speech after signing an agreement on annual work-plan at the PMO

DHAKA: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is taking new initiative of recordings voice of the witnesses, dismantling the traditional method of taking depositions.Initially, an experimental project will be implemented soon in 20 courts of Sylhet aiming to launch the system,

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) Wednesday ordered government to form an independent authority for controlling house rent. An HC Bench led by Justice Bazlur Rahman passed the order.Cabinet secretary asked to form a 7-member commission which will be led by a law expert, nominated by Law Ministry

DHAKA: Malaysian police arrested nine suspected human traffickers, including two Bangladeshis, from Kedah region of the country on Tuesday.Of the arrestees, seven were Myanmar nationals.Malaysia police Inspector-General Tan Seri Khalid Abu Bakar said that they have arrested the people on

GAZIPUR: Two people, including a minor girl, were crushed under wheels of a train in Joydebpur in Dhaka-Mymensingh rail route on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as A Motaleb, 70, of Sreepur in Gazipur. Hawa Akter, 12, daughter of Moslem Uddin, hailed from Maymensingh.Witnesses

CHITTAGONG: Flight Lieutenant Rumman Tahmid Chowdhury remains missing after his fighter aircraft F-7 crashed into the Bay of Bengal near Patenga sea beach on Monday morning.Bangladesh Air Force, Navy and Coast guards found pieces of debris of the jet on Monday and have continued search

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: The government of India is set to return 75 Bangladeshi women and children trafficked to India through the Travel Permit.Petropole immigration police will hand over them to Benapole immigration police on Thursday afternoon.Later, Benapole police station in two NGOs --

DHAKA:  Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested six people for their alleged involvement in killing Rubel in Rampura and snatching Tk  33-lakh  in Maghbazar.In separate drives on Tuesday night, they were arrested from different parts of the city.Confirming the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations and also Bangladesh Ambassador AK Abdul Momen has been elected chair of the Asia-Pacific Group of UN.The information was revealed in a statement sent to the media on Tuesday.According to the release, he was elected as

DINAJPUR: Two alleged smugglers were killed in a gunfight with Border Guard Bangladesh members in Birampur Railway Station area of the district on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Shahin, son of Shukur Dafadar and Sultan Ali, son of Abdur Rashid at Jagannathpur village of Birampur

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid signed the national budget for 2015-16 FY, soon after the lawmakers passed it at Jatiya Sangsad.The president signed the budget, of Tk 295,100-crore, on Tuesday afternoon, Sangsad secretariat informed the media.Earlier in the day, the budget bill was passed by

DHAKA: Bangladesh will open Deputy High Commission in India state Assam city of Guwahati as its fifth diplomatic representation in the country.India government has conveyed its concurrence to the request made by Bangladesh government to open a Deputy High Commission at Guwahati.The

CHITTAGONG: A district court placed a five-day remand for Khan Jahan Ali Limited officer Golam Mustafa Sohel over brining cocaine with imported sunflower oil through Chittagong port.The court of Chittagong Metropolitan Judge Farid Alam passed the order on Tuesday.Moreover, law enforcers

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) Tuesday asked to examine the imported Brazilian wheat and submit report within 72 hours on whether those are edible or not.An HC bench of Justice Kazi Reza Ul Haque and Justice Abu Taher M Saifur Rahman passed the order following a writ petition.Advocate Pavel

DHAKA: The so-called racing of two passenger buses on a city road at Mahakhali area left a bus helper dead on Tuesday noon.The deceased was identified as Parvez (25), helper of a passenger bus (Dhaka Metro Ja 112973) of Gazipur-Azimpur route.Passengers said that two busses, one of Alam

DHAKA: The government Tuesday signed a deal with a Chinese company for construction of 4 km tunnel underneath the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong with a cost of 705 million US Dollar.A Bangladesh delegation led by Roads Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inked China