JHENAIDAH: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-6) held a smuggler with 24 gold bars after searching him from Jadobpur border area under Maheshpur upazila of the district on Monday.The detainee is Sarowar, 28 and resident of the area.RAB-6 sources said that, acting on a tip off, RAB personnel led

DHAKA: Director General of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Joan Miranda said the Padma Bridge is a necessity for Bangladesh but how it will be constructed and who will finance it, is not necessary.Miranda came up with the observation while briefing after a meeting with finance minister AMA

DHAKA: The government has appointed Shameem Ahsan NDC as consul general in New York consulate office.Foreign ministry sources said Ahsan is expected to join his office in the second week of April.A career diplomat, Shameem Ahsan joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service on April 1 in

DHAKA: The UK’s Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan arrived here Monday to check progress on health and safety standards in the garment industry.He also will check how such an important industry for Bangladesh’s economic and social development is supporting its

MADARIPUR: Three police personnel, including Officer-in-Charge of Madaripur Police Station, were withdrawn following allegations of negligence of their duty as an accused fled from the police station on Monday.Earlier in the morning, the accused—Akash--fled from the police station.The

DHAKA: Counting is going on after voting in 73 upazilas of 35 districts in fifth phase of elections on Monday amid stray incidents of violence.The counting of votes started immediately after the end of voting at 4:00pm.The voting began at 8:00am and continued for eight hours without any

DHAKA: A domestic help was found dead at the resident of a Crime Investigation Department (CID) officer in city’s Rampura area on Monday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Ambia Khatun, 16, daughter of Alim Uddin, hailed from Pabna district.The householder Jahangir Alam is an

DHAKA: The government has approved the proposal of forming foundation for poverty alleviation with the coordination of four projects implemented by Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC).The approval came from a regular cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh

DHAKA: The trainees of QuickBooks and Career Development course, organized by Center for Human Development (CHD-BD), were given certificates at Elmhurst Hospital in New York on Saturday.The organsiation also held the concluding ceremony of Free Workshop on English Language Basic Writing

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) urged acting Chief Election Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mobarak to seek apology to the nation for the remark on the party.Party’s Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the assertion while addressing a press conference at BNP

DHAKA: Standing committee for law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry has recommended for running evening court.According to the committee, around 26 lakh cases are pending in both higher and lower courts.The recommendation has come to solve the cases, said president of the JS

DHAKA: The trainees of QuickBooks and Career Development course, organized by Center for Human Development (CHD-BD), were given certificates at Elmhurst Hospital in New York on Saturday.The organsiation also held the concluding ceremony of Free Workshop on English Language Basic Writing

DHAKA: The Election Commission postponed voting to 8 poling centers on ground of snatching ballot papers and forcibly casting fake votes before the voting began on Monday.Of the centers, seven are of Amtali upazila of Barguna district – polling center no. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 39--

FENI: Miscreants stuffed a total of 1,800 ballot papers after creating panic by exploding crude bombs at Chhagalnaiya Primary School polling center of in the upazila early Sunday.Confirming the matter to banglanews, presiding officer of the center Ahamad Hossain said “Some 15 to 20

JESSORE: Two female jute mill workers were gang-raped in Kashipur Mandartala area of Manirampur of the district on Sunday night. Police detained three people in this connection.The detainees are Hafizur Rhaman, 28, son of Yunus Ali, Jahangir Hossain, 26, son of Aziz Morol, and Ripon

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police marked six mugging-prone areas as danger zones across the city and decided to boost security measures in a bid to curb stanching.Police sources said list of the areas include Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Ramna, Old Dhaka, Jatrabari and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.A total

DHAKA: The hearing was held on Monday in a defamation case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for allegedly distorting history of liberation war terming Ziaur Rahman first President of the country.The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin recorded the statement of

SIRAJGANJ: A policeman died of heart attack while performing polls-duty in Shajadpur upazila of the district on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman, an assistant sub-inspector of Rayganj Police Station of the district, also son of Abdur Rashid of Dowlatpur uazila of

BACK FROM DHAKA COLLEGE: At least four people were injured when two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League locked into clashes in Dhaka College (DC) early Monday over establishing supremacy.One of the injured was identified as Saiful Islam, a third year student of the college, while identity

DHAKA: The voting to 73 upazilas in 35 districts in the fifth phase elections is progressing on Monday of the fourth polls to this local government body amid tight security. Voters started casting their votes at 8:00am and continue till 4:00pm without any break.The upazilas are Birol,