DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) has decided to deploy Army in the upcoming upazila polls for five days as part of extra security measure in spite of having no fear of violence.Election Commissioner Shahnewaz made the disclosure while talking to reporters at his office on Tuesday

DHAKA: Criticizing remarks of BNP over financing to much-talked-about Padma Bridge from the reserve money, Finance Minister AMA Muhith responded saying, saying “I don’t agree with them”.“I don’t agree with them, It’s my business not them,” he said over the funding from

DHAKA: The Dhaka International Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition (DTG 2014), is set to begin from Wednesday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital.The eleventh edition of Bangladesh’s leading international fair of textiles and garment technology,

DHAKA: Senior secretary of public administration Abdus Sobhan Sikder has been appointed as principal secretary of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Sikder is being replaced of Shaikh Md. Wahid-uz-Zaman.The public administration ministry issued an order on Tuesday in this regard.Newly

DHAKA: A fire broke out at slum in Mirpur section-1 in the capital on Tuesday noon.The fire originated at a shanty from an electric short circuit around 12:30pm and soon engulfed adjacent ones said a spot account.On information, six fire fighting units rushed to the spot and trying to

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that said that Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national carrier of the country, grows phenomenally whenever her party comes to power. Hasina, who is also Awami League president, made the remarks after inaugurating the newly added Boeing

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated Sushil Koirala, the newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal.In a message, the Bangladesh premier expressed that Nepal would complete proliferation of constitution at the earliest possible time under the leadership of Sushil Koirala.Sheikh

DHAKA: A motorcyclist was killed as a passenger bus rammed into his bike on Hanif Flyover in the capital Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Shamim Reza, 28. Witness CNG-run Auto-rickshaw driver Ruhul Amin said critically injured Shamim Reza was recovered from under a passenger

COX’S BAZAR: Coast Guard and Navy personnel detained 221 people and seized two trawlers from East-South estuary of Bay of Bengal near to Saint Martin’s Island of Teknaf of the district early Tuesday.   Acting on tip off, the law enforcers conducted drive in the area and picked up

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh will soon sign a Memorandum-of-Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their mutual cooperation in various functions in the health sector.The decision to draft a MOU was taken on Sunday during a meeting held here between Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah

DHAKA: Border Security Force (BSF) will deploy women constables by mid February along the 856 km long Indo-Bangla border area to stop smuggling by the women from other side of the border. BSF DIG BS Rawat said, "A contingent of 27 women constables have already arrived here two weeks back

DHAKA: The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is set to hold a hearing on the prospects for democratic reconciliation and workers` rights in Bangladesh on Tuesday night.According to its website, the hearing, to be presided over by Chairman of US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu on Monday said some 19 newspapers of the country implemented the 8th Wage Board.The newspapers are The Ittefaq, The Bonik Barta, The Prothom Alo, The Financial Express, The Bangladesh Today, The News Today, The Daily Star, The New Age, The New

DHAKA: The prize giving ceremony for the online photo contest “Click For Her Rights” on prevention of child marriage, adolescent pregnancy and violence against women was held at a city hotel on Monday.  Addressing the event, Argentina Matavel Piccin, UNFPA Representative, Bangladesh

DHAKA: The government will appoint some 200 inspectors for industrial sectors in the country with a view to fulfilling condition getting back ‘Generalized System of Preference (GSP)’ in readymade garments sector.The appointees will be selected from the candidates who passed Bangladesh

TANGAIL: A woman along with her daughter was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway under Mirzapur upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Kamla Begum, 27, wife of Rubel Mia and their two-year old daughter Rozina, residents of the

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained some 20 fraudulent police men and seized firearms, microbuses, police uniforms, wireless sets and handcuffs from Rampura and Keraniganj areas of the city on Sunday night.Joint Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of Police Monirul Islam made the disclosure

CHUADANA: A Chuadanga court on Monday sentenced two people to life-time imprisonment in a sensational and much-talked-about Sahanara killing case.The convicts are Milon, 35, son of Chotoburo and Ahad Ali, 43, son of Rois Uddin, hailed from Sadar upazila.Two other accused--Azizul and

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday issued a rule against Awami League leader ASM Firoz seeking explanation of retaining him lawmaker for his alleged involvement in loan defaulting. An HC bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice M Habibul Gani issued the rule after a primary

DHAKA: The High Court ordered on Monday to withdraw human haulers—locally known as Nosimon, Korimon and Bhatbhati -- from highways within a week.  HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Mohammad Habibul Gani passed the order in a public interest litigation. The HC also