Mymensingh: Four people were killed and another was seriously injured in two road mishaps in Mymensingh Sunday, triggering an angry protest.Police said a fatal accident occurred as a Dhaka-bound bus and a tempo collided at 11:30am on the Dhaka–Mymensingh Highway at Meherabari in Bhaluka

Dhaka: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in the capital Sunday saw a sudden blaze amid a boom in a locked air-conditioned chamber of an official shortly after the office opened for the day after the weekend. Controversial claims kept the incident clouded as employees and

Dhaka: The High Court Sunday rejected a writ petition challenging the government action in shutting down Channel 1, a private satellite television station owned by people in the opposition BNP camp.An HC bench comprising Justice Mahmud Hossain and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore passed the

DHAKA: The government has sent Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Air Commodore Sakeb Iqbal Khan Majlish back to the Air Force, as an international watchdog reportedly complained some irregularities during his stewardship.  Establishment Ministry Sunday issued

DHAKA: The laid-off employees of a project of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) Sunday staged a demonstration asking the government to reinstate them in the board jobs. Several hundred employees of the Palli Zibikayan Prokolpo formed a human chain in the National Press Club area

Chittagong: A bomb hoax terrorized the teachers and students of Chittagong Medical College Sunday, resulting in disruption of classes and administrative activities for a couple of hours.The bomb scare was spread by an anonymous phone-caller. On information, bomb specialists of the Special

Bandarban: Indigenous people here Sunday laid a siege to roads and waterways in the upcountry Ruma upazila demanding appointment of “permanent residents” to the posts of assistant teacher in government primary schools. The agitated tribal people took to the street in the morning and

Dhaka: The River Vessel Workers Federation Saturday finally called off a wildcat strike enforced to press the government for a further raise in their wages in the just-announced pay scale. The announcement came from a press briefing in the BIWTA conference room in the city.Shipping

Barisal: Two youths were killed as a speeding truck rammed into their motorcycle on the Barisal-Patuakhali road in Rupatoli Gas Turbine area in the small hours of the day Saturday. Police and witnesses said the truck knocked the bike coming from opposite direction at about 00:30am,

Dhaka: Dhaka University authorities decided to extend the service age of freedom fighter teachers and other employees by two more years.According the decision taken at a syndicate meeting Saturday, the service age of freedom fighter teachers and officers has been extended to 67 from 65

Dhaka: About a thousand students and as many guardians were eagerly waiting with hopes and anxieties on the premises of city’s traditional school, Ideal School and College, beside the capital’s business heartland Motijheel. It is about 12:30pm when Principal of the institution Dr

Dhaka: The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations were published Saturday with much higher pass percentage than last year’s.  Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid handed over the result books to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at noon at her

Kushtia: A minor girl bestially violated by her neighbour is struggling for life in Kushtia General Hospital. Police said the five-year-old girl of village Boaldaha in Sadar upazila was meted out the assault by Ashraf after tempting her into his home with chocolate while she was playing

DHAKA: The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations were published Saturday with fairly a high pass percentage of 79.98 – 9 steps up the previous year’s mark. The Education Ministry said the examinations took place under 10 educational boards of the

Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday left for Bangkok en route to Seoul on a five-day visit to South Korea and Malaysia with a mission of giving a shot in the arm of Bangladesh’s bilateral relations with the two newly industrialized Southeast Asian nations. A Thai Airways flight

Kushtia: A local commander of Gonobahini, Saydul Islam alias Sayed, 35, was killed in a gunfight on Friday night with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in Mirpur upazila of the crime-prone southwestern district, official sources said.Two LG guns, seven bullets and one knife were

Dhaka: A stray group of Dhaka University students Tuesday ransacked the first floor of BIRDEM Hospital in the city and confined its Director in his office chamber, kicking up turbulence in the busy heartland of the capital.    Witnesses said long traffic tailbacks on the

DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines workers will stage demonstrations Monday for a pay hike. The workers of the national flag carrier, under the banner of Sammilito Sangram Parishad, also demands immediate removal of salary discrimination between permanent and contractual staff members.

Dhaka: Four people, two of them children, were electrocuted in the capital city as they came in contact with live electric wires that tore down during summer storms that lashed some parts of the country on Friday night.  Three of the dead were identified as Sujon Mia, 10, son of Monu Mia

Dhaka: Two schoolboys drowned while swimming with friends to enjoy summer vacation in Hatirjheel waters in the capital on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as Tusher and Kaiser, both students of Magbazaar T&T High School.Friends of the victims said due to the SSC result the