RAJSHAHI: Justice Mujammel Hossain Saturday said lawyers should uphold moral and ethical values to build up people’s trust in the judiciary. The Supreme Court judge made the comment at a seminar titled ‘Applying ADR in and quick disposal of criminal cases in Bangladesh.’ The Law

DHAKA: Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said the government is working to amend both the civil and criminal laws for introducing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) system of justice to get over a huge backlog of pending cases. He also said constitution is the supreme law of a land

BRAHMANBARIA: Urea fertilizer manufacturing at Ashuganj Zia Fertilizer Factory stopped for mechanical breakdown on Saturday morning, for a fourth time in less than three months.Factory sources said leakage in Top Asses Dom of High Pressure Carbonate Condenser (HPC) forced the suspension

JOYPURHAT: Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Allar Dal from Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district early Saturday.The arrested is named as Nurunnabi, 45, of Sadullapur upazila.Acting on a tip-off, a special team of Rab-5, led by DAD

BOGRA: Unidentified assailants shot and hacked two Sramik League leaders to death in Naruli area of Sadar upazila early Saturday.The deceased were identified as Satgram Bandar Sramik League president Hasanuzzaman Nasim, 35, and member Israfil Hossain Ranju, 38. Confirming their identities

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday morning left for New York to attend the 65th UN General Assembly and several other meets with world leaders. A special flight of Bangladesh Biman carrying the PM took off from Shahjalal International Airport at about 8:30 am.Sheikh Hasina is

DHAKA: Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate urged all to get an all-party unity against poverty to its ultimate goal through defeating the common foe with a synergy.   He made the call on Friday afternoon while presiding over an anti-poverty national campaign at the south plaza of the National

DHAKA: A top-level meeting between Bangladesh Rifles and the Indian Border Security Force begins in Pilkhana headquarters of the host border force at 10 am Thursday.BSF director-general Raman Srivastava will lead a 21-member delegation of India arrived on Wednesday afternoon to attend the

SIRAJGANJ: Four people died and another fell sick after drinking toxic alcohol in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj early Wednesday, as taking recourse to cheaper narcotic drinks continued to take its toll at different places.The deceased were identified as Tapan Roy, 48, Chandi Roy, 45,

DHAKA: The unfinished hearing on prosecution plea for arrest warrant against Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee on war-crime charges was deferred to October 12 as he was not produced before the International Crimes Tribunal Wednesday on health grounds.Tribunal Chairman Justice Nizamul

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the world community to build food security as a cardinal measure for attaining the UN-set Millennium Development Goals (MGDs), as the spectre of hunger often haunts the poorer nations.She also called upon the rich nations to stand beside the

JHENIDAH: A suspected outlawed party leader was killed in a ‘shootout’ between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion personnel at Chotkabaria village in Harinakundu upazila early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Mozammel Haque alias Mozam Sardar, 34, regional commander of

DHAKA: At least 15 people were killed, including three police personnel, and 43 injured in a road accident galore even on the weekend holiday Friday. Reports from banglanews correspondents in districts said four were killed in Tangail, three in Mymensingh, two in Kurigram and one each in

DHAKA: The newly framed education policy, incorporating comprehensive changes in the sector, will be placed in the next parliamentary session for its review before final adoption. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the announcement at a seminar Friday, three days before parliament

DHAKA: Championing a change in the centuries old mindset, new Inspector-General of Police Hasan Mahmud Khandaker announced maximum services of the police to be ensured for the people and also urged all to consider the cops as ‘friends’.“Be with police, consider them as friends, and

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves for the United States on Saturday morning to attend the 65th UN General Assembly of world leaders, who will make their deliberations on the universal good of humanity in the fast-changing milieu.A special flight of Bangladesh Biman, carrying the

DHAKA: The government has to enforce the existing law in eliminating child marriage apart from ensuring contraceptive security through universal access to reproductive health if to achieve the UN-designated millennium development goals (MDGs), says a research report.In the report the

DHAKA: The boycotting main opposition BNP conditionally offered their readiness to join the sixth session of Parliament, tagging some new conditions onto their existing package of demands.  Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farruk announced the latest position of the party at a press

DHAKA: Gopalganj, wherein lies Bangladesh’s founding father in eternal rest, will be connected with the railway network by constructing and reconstructing 135 kilometers of railroad.   Official sources said the government authorities have worked out a scheme for the Dhaka-Gopalganj

JESSORE: A police constable was killed as a bus crashed into his motorcycle at Monirampur bazar Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Mustafizur Rahman, 43, a constable of Detective Branch of Police. He hailed from Lohagara in Narail district.Jessore Kotwali Model Thana OC Moazzem