DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why directives should not be given to protect country’s agricultural land.An HC bench comprising Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Habibul Gani passed the order after holding a primary

RAJSHAHI: A schoolgirl was electrocuted at Charghat upazila in the district on Tuesday.The deceased, Marufa Khatun, 14, student of class-VII of Holidagachhi Girls High School, was identified as a daughter of one Sadek Ali.Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman, In-charge of Rajshahi Medical College

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday issued a contempt of court rule against 14 people, including industries secretary, for not complying with its order over relocation of Hazaribagh tanneries.     An HC bench comprising Justice Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Ashraful Kalam issued the rule

DHAKA: The hearing on appeals challenging International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 verdict, which sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee to death, ended on Tuesday.          The court will also pass order on Wednesday of the petitions filed by both

GAZIPUR: Six people were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Kaliakoir and Tongi upazilas of the district on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Sobhan, 35, Jahangir Alam, 35, Abdul Khaleq, 35, Abdul Hakim, 40, and Khadija Begum, 20.Sources said that a truck

BAGERHAT: At least 35 prisoners of Bagerhat jail fallen sick due to food poisoning on Tuesday morning.  Of them, 19 were admitted to Bagerhat Sadar Hospital.  District Jail Superintendent M Amanullah said that 35 inmates of the jail fallen sick after taking regular meal in the morning.

GAZIPUR: The Mini-Bus Workers’ Union blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways on Tuesday protesting additional toll collection.The blockade left 30-kilomiter long traffic congestion on the both highways.Protesting workers have parked their vehicles randomly on the at Chandana

DHAKA: Four female construction workers were injured when a buried cocktail went off on Tilpapara road in Khilgaon area in city on Tuesday.The explosion occurred at 10:00am.The injured were identified as Ambia Akter, 35, Ratna, 30, Hironbasee, 35, and Selina, 52.The victims told

RAJBARI: Two teenage girls drowned in Padma River in Sadarchar area under Pangsha upazila of the district Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Swapna, 13, a class VII student of Habashpur Secondary Girls School, daughter of Kalam Matabbar, and Shahana, 14, a class VIII student of the

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a man with huge arms and ammunitions from Raozan of the district early Tuesday.Sources said that the law enforcers detained the man with four locally made guns, 24-round bullets from the area during a night-long drive.Mafijul Islam,

THAKURGAON: Some 80 houses of 24 families were burnt to ashes in separate fires at Rampur and Shaslapiyala villages under Sadar upazila of the district from late Monday to early Tuesday.Thakurgaon Fire Service and Civil Service station officer Azizul Haque told banglanews, “A fire

DHAKA: Police recovered a body from Sutrapur Thana area in the capital early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Indrajit, 45.Sources said that Sutrapur Thana Police recovered the body from a five-storied building at Paridas Road 26/1 in the area.Confirming the matter Sub-Inspector

DHAKA: Doctors at Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) Hospital announced a work abstention for indefinite time on Tuesday protesting assault on colleagues by relatives of a patient.A press brief from the doctors was

JHENAIDAH: At least ten people were injured in a clash between two groups of Awami League in Debtola village under Shailkupa upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The injured were sent to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital and Shailkupa Health Complex.Sources said that Awami League leader

DHAKA: American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) teacher Mohammad Nasir Uddin received Excellent Student Award of the IEEE Fukuoka Section for 2013.    He got the award for his presented paper title ‘Demonstration of resonance frequency enhancement effect by using split

DHAKA: Additional public prosecutor SM Zahid Hossain, also chief of state prosecutors in the much-talked-about Ramna Batamul bomb blast case filed a general diary feeling insecure to perform his duty for the state. Zahid filed the general diary (GD) with Kotwali thana and sent its copy to

DHAKA: Gonojagoron Mancha is going to raise their voices with new demands-- punishment of fake freedom fighters and heinous people, who are trying to distort history.  Under banner of Muktojoddha Sangsad Santan Command and Muktijoddha Projonmo, a mass signature campaign has already begun

GAZIPUR: At least five people were killed in a head on collision between a truck and a leguna (human hauler) in Chandra intersection area under Kaliakoir upazila of the district Tuesday at 8:00am.The deceased were identified as Sobhan, 26, Sadek, 40, Abdul Hakim, 45, Jahangir Alam, 35 and

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the countrymen on Monday and said New Year started by obliterating all rusts of the past.“New Year will bring joy in everyone’s life, this is my wish,” she added.The premier came up with the observations while top Awami League leaders went

SIRAJGANJ: Five police personnel, while accompanying the motorcade of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, were injured in a road accident in the Sadar upazila of the district on Monday noon.Quoting witnesses, police sources said, a police van that was deployed to ensure the