DHAKA: A ministerial panel has advised the government to lift a ban on the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers.“Recruitment from Bangladesh will resume on a gradual basis, beginning with house servants such as maids and drivers,” a source said.Mokammel Hossain, Bangladesh consul for

Dear readers, we are delighted to announce that banglanews24.com is now more dynamic and faster as its server has just been upgraded.At the same time we apologise for the temporary inconvenience in getting access to the website during the change.On Thursday night, banglanews24.com web and

DHAKA: Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation ROSATOM has plans to construct 24 new nuclear power units equipped with VVER reactors by 2030 in several countries including Bangladesh.ROSATOM subsidiary Rusatom Overseas vice president Jukka Laaksonen disclosed this at the 2nd European

ASHULIA, SAVAR: A readymade garment worker was killed in a road accident in Jamgaor area of Ashulia under Savar upazila on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sabuj, 24, a worker of ‘Dress-up’ garment factory.Witnesses said a passenger bus knocked Sabuj down in the area

JESSORE: Local Awami League called indefinite hartal at Chaugachha upazila in the district from evening demanding arrest of the killers of Singhajhuli union parishad chairman Zillur Rahman Mintu.Upazila Awami League president Shajahan Kabir announced the hartal on Thursday afternoon.The

DHAKA: Indian Power Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Thursday said India is set export electricity to Bangladesh under a power-transmission project starting October 5, 2013.The 25-year deal between NTPC 532555.BY +0.47% Vidyut Vyapar Nigam, the power-trading arm of India’s state-run

DHAKA: The government has claimed that the much-talked-about 1300-MW Rampal Coal-Fired Power Plant would not affect the Sundarbans as well as the environment.The assertion came from a press note on Thursday.  The news release said Rampal power plant is modern technology based and it

JESSORE: The Chairman of Singhajhuli Union Parishad was shot dead at Chaugachha Upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Zillur Rahman Mintu, 47, also former Chhatra League president of the district.Witnesses said Mintu attended a programme organized by

Tens of thousands of workers in Bangladesh’s garment factories have been protesting in recent days to demand an increase in the minimum wage for their industry, which the government last increased three years ago. The government has answered by ordering police to shoot tear gas and

SAVAR, DHAKA: Two people were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Baliarpur area of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Salam, 38 and Rahman, 40.Witnesses said a Dhaka-bound passenger bus knocked roadside dividers and

DHAKA: The High Court canceled the Contempt of Court Act-2013 terming it illegal and contradictory to the constitution.An HC bench comprising Justice Kazi Rezaul Haq and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order Thursday saying that eight provisions of the act might curtail the court

MOULVIBAZR: A Bangladeshi national was run over by a speedy private car in Abba area of Ta’if in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening.The deceased was identified as Syed Aktar Ali, 50, hailed from Raysree village of Akatuna Union under Sadar Upazila in Moulvibazar.Victim’s younger

SYLHET: Country’s first Snake photography exhibition is set to be held on Sunday at Orjuntola of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). Photos captured by snake researchers and photographers of Bangladesh, India and America will be showcased in the six day long

DHAKA: The chief of entertainment department of banglanews24.com Golam Rabbani was mugged in Baridhara DOHS area on Wednesday night.The incident took place at around 10:30pm while he was returning home from his workplace.Golam Rabbani said that he got into a rented microbus from Baridhara

DHAKA: At least 20 people were injured when police tried to disperse the workers from Dhaka-Tangail highway where they took position urging garment owners to reopen their factories.Witnesses said workers from 10 factories of Panishail area in Gazipur gathered in front of their respective

DHAKA: Ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New York, India Wednesday said it will make another attempt to get the Land Boundary Agreement Bill passed by Parliament on the first day of the winter session expected in

DINAJPUR: Three people died in three separate incidents in Birganj, Birol and Sadar upazilas of the district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Motindranath Roy, 45, Headmaster of Bhaboki Govt Primary School of Birganj, Atiur Rahman, 14, son of Shahidur Rahman and student of

SAVAR, DHAKA: German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Albrecht Conze visited the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar to know the condition of the victims of Rana Plaza building collapse in April 2013.CRP authority welcomed Dr Coenze when he reached here at 10.30am on

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus took part in a stimulating discussion with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the MDG Innovation Forum in New York at United Nations Secretariat Building. UN Secretary General invited leaders from the private and public sectors and

DHAKA: Ignoring the protests from people of all walks of life, the government is going to lay foundation stone of much-talked-about Rampal coal-fired power plant in the next month.The foundation stone of the 1300-MW power plant would be laid on October 22. Power, Energy and Mineral