KATHMANDU (NEPAL): Both the government and the opposition Nepal have agreed to make the 18th SAARC Summit successful. In this regard, both the party is considering the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, to be held on November 26-27, as a national festival of

DHAKA: The government is likely to introduce digital method in preparing and distributing the question papers for next primary teachers’ recruitment test, said authorities concerned. The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) has already formed a committee comprised of technology

THAKURGAON: At least three persons were killed and three others injured in a road crash on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Bhulli area under Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Montu, 22, Habib, 26, and Juran, 30. All of them hailed from Lauthupi village of

DHAKA: An eight-member parliamentary delegation met India’s West Bengal chief minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna Bhavan in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon, says a press release.Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan led the eight-member delegation while the others were 10th Parliament whip

JESSORE: Two persons succumbed to their injuries in two separate road accidents in Jessore on Saturday.The victims, Rais Uddin (75) and Abdul Majid (55), died at Jessore General Hospital in the noon.Earlier in the day, Rais Uddin, a resident of Dharmatala of Jessore Town, was injured

DHAKA: Country’s leading media group East West Media Group Limited (EWMGL) has begun digitalization of its press unit in a bid to boost the customer service.The installations of SAP software at its press unit will begin on Monday, said the EWMGL officials at EWMGL conference room in

COX’S BAZAR: A team of Detective Branch (DB) police, in a drive, rescued 18 people who were gathered to be sent to Malaysia illegally.They were rescued from the hotel Sea Heaven in Cox’s Bazar at 3:00pm on Saturday.Cox’s Bazar district DB police Officer-in-Charge Dewan Abul

KATHMONDU: Dhaka is keen to set up the main office here when SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) has decided to merge its four offices -- Forestry Centre, Disaster Management Centre, Coastal Zone Management Centre and Meteorological Research Centre. Dhaka has

DHAKA: The investors of Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort welcomed and encouraged everyone to work cooperatively for the wellbeing of the organization. A press meet held on November 18, 2014 at the Atrium Auditorium of East London where the NRB investors requested all to keep on their

DHAKA: Dhaka City Corporation (south) in cooperation with police administration evicted the flower shops in city’s Shahbagh area.The eviction drive was conducted at 11:00am on Saturday.The shop-owners claimed that they maintained a ‘mutual contract’ with the DCC officials to run

DHAKA: A human chain program was organized on Saturday demanding the immediate implementation of the eighth national pay scale.The government employees of the third-class organized the program in front of the National Press Club.Giving the government an ultimatum, the speakers said that

FROM KATHMANDU: Kathmandu police has taken all kinds of preventive measures against the traffic law violators on the eve of 18th SAARC Summit.They also have been using a machine ‘breed analyzer’ for checking whether the drivers of private cars are drunk.The security measures have

PIROJPUR: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the construction of much-awaited Padma Bridge is no longer a dream, it is real now.The minister was addressing a fresher reception and prize giving ceremony on the playground of Banga Mata Begum

KATHMANDU: The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit beginning on November 26 has already formulated various multi-dimensional approaches to enhance the regional connectivity that never surfaced so far since its inception. Meanwhile the Nepalese capital has

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will set up mobile courts to ensure safe road crossing through zebra crossing, over-bridge and underpass in the capital from November 25. DMP sources said, violators will face imprisonment and fine in this regard. Elaborating the matter in a press

DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ General Manager (Public Relations) Khan Mohammad Mosharraf has been removed from his post. The government removed the national carrier high official following recent media reports on involvement of Biman officials in gold smuggling, said sources.  

KATHMANDU: The Programming Committee (PC) meeting of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is underway at Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza in Kathmandu on Saturday. Maldives will handover the SAARC Chair to Nepal in the joint secretary-level PC meeting that started at 9:30am

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been awarded with the ‘South-South Cooperation Visionary Award' of the United Nations (UN). Prime Minister’s son, and also her ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy, on behalf of his mother, received the award on Friday. The award was handed over at

RAJBARI: Vice-Chairman of Pangsha Upazila Parishad Munshi Nader Hossain, also district Krishak League president, who sustained gunshot wounds in the chest, died at Faridpur Medical College and Hospital early Saturday. District Krishak League general secretary Nure Alam Siddiqui confirmed

DHAKA: US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal is set to visit Bangladesh on Thursday, said a Washington DC media note Friday night. The US Assistant Secretary will arrive in Bangladesh directly from Nepal after attending the 18th South