DHAKA: Water Resources Minister of Bangladesh Anisul Islam Mahmud met his Dutch counterpart Ms. Melanie Schultz on Monday at the latter’s office in The HagueThe two leaders reached at a consensus for working towards a broad range of water related cooperation, says a press release issued

DHAKA: The certificate award ceremony of 98th Junior Command and Staff Course of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was held at Bangladesh Air Force Command and Staff Training Institute (CSTI) at BAF Base Bashar Wednesday.Seventeen officers from Bangladesh Air Force and one officer each from

FROM GABTOLI TERMINAL: Hundreds of commuters remained stranded as the transport owners and workers are enforcing strike in south-western districts.Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, the strike was imposed as a protest of arresting transport workers over a robbery in a Sohag Paribahan passenger

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against Sohel Rana, owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza, for not submitting wealth report within the given time.ACC deputy director M Mahbubul Alam filed the case (non-submission) with Ramna Model Thana of the city on Wednesday.ACC deputy

DHAKA: The newly appointed Ambassador of Germany to Bangladesh Dr. Thomas Prinz visited the coastal region of Bangladesh on Wednesday to get an insight of the German Development Cooperation’s activities, says a media release.The Ambassador opened a mock drill on cyclone preparedness in

COMILLA: A woman and her six-month old son were burnt to death at Sarkarpur village under Daudkandi upazila of the district on Wednesday.The victims were identified as Hasina Begum, 32, wife of Shahjahan Sikdar and their son Yasin of the village.Daudkandi Thana sub-inspector (SI) Anwar

DHAKA: A special tribunal in Dhaka exempted cricketer Rubel Hossain from a rape charge filed by film actress Naznin Akhtar Happy.Judge Tanjina Ismail of Dhaka’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 handed down the order Wednesday noon after completing the hearing in a

DHAKA: Hong Kong police smashed a syndicate that had been smuggling Bangladeshi workers illegally into the city over the past years.Hong Kong-based English news website EJ Insight reports on Wednesday.Quoting another local Apple Daily, EJ Insight said fourteen people aged between 25 and

LAXMIPUR: At least 10 people were injured as a group of robbers shot indiscriminately in Ramganj upazila of Laxmipur district.The incident took place on Tuesday night at Lamchar Bazar of the upazila.Lamchar Union Parishad member Abdul Kuddus said an enlisted robber Shah Alam and his aides

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday sentenced Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain Chutu to jail unto death for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.A three-member panel judge, led by ICT-2 chairman Justice Obaidul Hasan, handed down the verdict.The tribunal

DHAKA: Hundreds of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants have been rescued by fishermen off the coast of Indonesia, reports BBC.Local officials said more than 370 migrants, including at least 50 women and children, had been at sea for weeks and were starving and dehydrated.The latest rescue

MEHERPUR: A robber ringleader was killed and three lawpersons injured in a gunfight between police and a robber gang in Rajnagar area under Sadar Upazila of the district early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Kala Ganga alias Khokon Dakat, 42, son of Vanu Mandal of Shishu

DHAKA: Chapainawabganj razakars Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain Chutu have been taken to tribunal at 7:45am Wednesday as International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 set to pronounce verdict in war crimes cases against them.   Security measures have been tightened around the tribunal.Dhaka

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali received Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit-Pierre Laramee at his office in city on Tuesday.Moreover, the Canadian envoy handed over a letter from Canadian foreign minister Rob Nicholson.The letter said that Canada and

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday sent a notice to businessperson Moosa Bin Shamser’s manpower export office ‘DATCO’ asking him to submit his moveable and immoveable property report within seven working days.Confirming the matter, ACC high level sources told

DHAKA: UNHCR, OHCHR, IOM and SRSG issued a joint statement urging the leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to protect migrants and refugees stranded on vessels in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.They also urged to facilitate safe disembarkation and to give priority to saving

DHAKA: Holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed on June 2 as the moon of the holy month of Shaban was seen in country’s sky Tuesday.The National Moon Sighting Committee confirmed the matter after holding a meeting in the evening.BDST: 2005 HRS, MAY 19, 2015SR/RR/SMS

DHAKA: The government is set to impose property tax on land, house and flat instead of surcharge on them from 2015-16FY in a bid to discourage people from buying land, house or flat in excess of their need and to reduce the wealth-gap.National Board of Revenue (NBR) sources told

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained six fake detective branch (DB) of police officials from Badda area in city Tuesday morning.The detained are M Alauddin, 35, M Selim, 32, M Zahangir, 45, M Emdad, 32, Nikul, 27 and Masuma Akhter, 27.Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media

COX’S BAZAR: Fourteen Bangladeshis including 11 fortune seekers, who served in Myanmar jails for different terms, got released on Tuesday.Myanmar immigration department handed them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel around 10:00am after a two-hour flag meeting between BGB