DHAKA: Eminent economist Professor Rehman Sobhan on Sunday said the role of journalists is very important in raising concerns and awareness on Bangladesh’s status and progress as regards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Post-2015 International Development Agenda. Sobhan

DHAKA: Leader of the Opposition Raushan Ershad made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at York Hotel in Singapore on Sunday.During the meeting, Raushan enquired about the health of the President, who is now in Singapore for a medical checkup. Raushan Ershad went to Singapore on

RAJSHAHI: Islamia College principal Humayan Ahmed was held and interrogated by Detective Branch (DB) of police on Sunday in connection with the killing of Professor AKM Shafiul Islam of sociology department of Rajshahi University.DB Police on suspicion held Humayan Ahmed from Binodpur

DHAKA: A group of muggers snatched Tk 10.20 lakh from a ‘bKash’ agent Faisal in city’s Jatrabari area at Sunday noon.The muggers hit the victim’s head by a pistol before snatching the money.Officer-in-Charge, Jatrabari Thana Prasenjit, confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 has fixed Monday as the date of presenting arguments against Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdus Subhan on legal points.A three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the order on Sunday. However, prosecutor Ziad Al Malum

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday granted four-week anticipatory bail to ex-MP of Jessore-5 Tipu Sultan and his wife Dr Jesmin Ara Begum in a case filed against them on allegation of killing of their daughter-in-law Dr Samaruk Mehjabeen.A HC bench comprising Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Haq

TANGAIL: Five people, including a child, were killed and 18 others injured in a road accident in Shalla area of Kalihati upazila of the district on Sunday. Of the deceased, four were identified as Haider Ali, 40, of Sundarganj upazila and Haider Ali, 45, of Kukdhala village in Gaibandha

DHAKA: A well-prepared detective team of Bangladesh police will assist India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) members, who will arrive here on Monday as part of Burdwan blast probe. State minister for home affairs Asaduzzaman Khan made the disclosure at Sunday noon while

DHAKA: Prosecution submitted formal charges at International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-2) against war crimes accused Mahidur Rahman and Afsar Hossain alias Chutu. Prosecutor Shahidur Rahman submitted the charge Sunday seeking the accused to be shown arrested in the war crimes cases.Mahidur

DHAKA: Detectives are running after the killers of Rajshahi University (RU) sociology teacher Dr AKM Shafiul Islam.The state minister for home affairs Asaduzzaman Khan made the disclosure at Sunday noon while answering to the reporters at the secretariat in city.The junior minister, at

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus met former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of Berlin Wall on November 9 in Berlin.BDST: 1337 HRS, NOV 16, 2014

KHAGRACHHARI: Two Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members were killed and five others injured as a grenade exploded accidentally during training at Khagrachhari cantonment on Sunday.The deceased were Nayek Subedar Abul Kashem and Sipahi M Hasan of Ramgar-16 BGB battalion.The blast

DHAKA: Humayun Sultan, son of former Awami League lawmaker Tipu Sultan, placed on 3-day remand in a case filed against him on allegation of killing wife doctor Mehjabin.Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Anwar Sadat passed the order when police produced him before the court

DHAKA: In a bid to create more skilled workers and to enter more foreign labor markets, the government has planned to setup language teaching centers at upazila level across country.The project has been taken to expertise the people, in foreign languages including Arabic, who want to

RAJSHAHI: With the killing of Professor Dr AKM Shafiul Islam of Sociology department of Rajshahi University, the death toll of teachers in the varsity has become three in ten years.New names have been included in the list of killings as the previous killers could not be punished,

RAJSHAHI: Ansar al Islam Bangladesh-2, a militant outfit, has admitted the guilt of killing of Rajshahi University (RU) Sociology teacher professor Dr AKM Shafiul Islam.The little known organization has taken the guilt on Saturday night within hours of Shafiul was killed. The

SAVAR: Some pieces of bones and a skull of human bodies were found in the debris of Rana Plaza in Savar on Saturday.Police sources said that local children found the bones while they were looking for rods under the rubbles.On information, police rushed to the place and recovered the

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation has called a 24-hour transport strike from Sunday morning in greater Chittagong.Federation’s eastern unit president Mrinal Chowdhury called the strike to materialize its 5-point demands including stopping the harassment of

DHAKA: The 37th Social Business Design Lab took place at the Grameen Bank Bhaban on 15 November. A total of 150 participants and observers from national and international organizations, including Dr Cecep Effendi Director General of Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and

JESSORE: Six people, including Public Works Department (PWD) officials, were injured as their vehicle was knocked down by a passenger bus at Shantala-Binodia intersection on Jessore-Jhenidah highway in the district on Saturday afternoon.Three of the injured were identified as the