Monday, 23 Dec, 2024

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RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway following colleagueÔÇÖs death

GAZIPUR: Garment workers blockaded the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway and vandalized vehicles in a violent protest after a fellow worker was killed in a road accident on Wednesday morning.Police said Sujan Mia, 30, knitting operator of World Fashion garment factory, was run over by a bus in

War crimes investigators starts investigation in Pirojpur

PIROJPUR: The investigation team of the International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday morning began investigation on two cases filed against detained Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee in Pirojpur. The team has already started quizzing plaintiffs, witnesses and people concerned

4 arms traders held with arms in Sylhet

SYLHET:  Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)  held four arms traders alongwith arms and ammunition after trading fire with the gang in  South Surma upazila early Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB-9 in the guise of buyers went  to the arms traders near Humayun Rashid

Monitoring team fines 11 businessmen for price manipulation

DHAKA: Market monitoring team of the Commerce Ministry has fined 11 businessmen of four markets in the city for over pricing the goods.The teams realised Tk 3 lakh from the drives conducted in Hatirpul Bazar, New Market, Karwanbazar and Kalmilata markets.Director general of National

Minor died as wall collapses in DU

DHAKA: A minor schoolboy was killed when a wall collapsed on him at TSC of Dhaka University campus on Tuesday.The victim Jakaria Hossain, 11, was student of Class III of Neelkhet School. His father is a Class III staff of the university and lives near TSC. Shahbag Thana source said the

Online filing of GD in police stations yet to get popularity

DHAKA:  Police stations in the capital did not get expected responses in filing the general diaries (GDs) online even after five months of launching the service. Senior police officials blamed poor publicity for such responses.The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) introduced the modern

Hasina to complete BangabandhuÔÇÖs incomplete tasks: Commerce Minister

GAZIPUR: Commerce Minister Col. (retd) Faruk Khan Tuesday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would complete Bangabandhu`s incomplete tasks as the father of the nation could not complete those for conspirators.    "Bangabandhu’s dream was that the Bengali nation would be the number one

War trial investigators arrives Pirojpur

PIROJPUR : An investigation team of the International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday night arrived here to probe into the allegations of war crimes against detained Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee. A source said ASP Helaluddin is leading the four-member investigation team. The

Hearing petition against IntÔÇÖl Tribunal Act Sunday: AG to explain its legality

DHAKA: The High Court set August 22 for hearing the petition filed by Jamaat challenging the legality of some provisions of the International Crimes Tribunal Act and the first amendment to the constitution, hence the trial of its leaders on war-crime charges.  An HC bench comprising

First Southeast Asia fish museum at BAU

MYMENSINGH: The first-ever fish museum of Southeast Asia styled Fish Museum and Biodiversity Center is going to open at Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) Wednesday.This is the first example of setting up an exclusive fish museum among the Southeast Asian countries although a few

Civil Aviation plum jobs

DHAKA: Now ‘regionalism’ outweighs nepotism in recruitment of manpower for the Civil Aviation Authority, informed sources said, as one district made the most out of the job cake.  The Authority recently recruited 82 people on contract basis, and among them, 48 came from Gopalganj,

Govt. to appoint Labour councilors in 6 countries

DHAKA: The Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment is set to appoint labour councilors in six countries. The countries are Korea, Japan, England, Russia, Egypt and South Africa, according to official sources. The appointment is expected to help Bangladesh to expand its

SC issues fresh contempt-of-court rule against Mahmudur

DHAKA: The Supreme Court issued another contempt-of-court rule against detained acting editor of the Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman and its publisher Hashmat Ali Tuesday for publishing a commentary in the Bengali daily.In the rule the apex court gave them up to August 24 to explain why they

Indictment hearing on tax case against Babar deferred

DHAKA: A Dhaka court for the fifth time deferred the date for the hearing on charge framing in a tax-evasion case against former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar till October 10. Mojammel Hossain, acting judge of Dhaka Special Judges` Court-3, issued the order after Babar’s

Manjur pleas for scrapping case

CHITTAGONG : Port city Mayor M Manjur Alam Tuesday appealed to the court for repealing the case filed by former Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury for concealing information and submitting wrong affidavit to the retuning officer.   The Mayor made the appeal through his lawyer to the Election

Culprits behind Aug 17 serial blasts to be brought to justice: PM

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the masterminds behind the August 17 countrywide serial bombings in 2005, at the height of militancy, would be brought to justice in the process of stamping out the menace.Hasina squarely blamed the then ruling BNP-led four-party alliance for the

Huge ammo haul: 6 grenades, 682 bullets found in Bogra

BOGRA: Workers dug up a cache of six grenades and 682 bullets in a chance find in the Eidgah field of Sutrapur in the district Tuesday.    Police said construction workers found the grenades and bullets dumped in a pot under the soil while they were working at the house of Dr Gazi

Intl Crimes Tribunal visits Mirpur killing field

DHAKA: A team of investigators and prosecutors of the International Crimes Tribunal Tuesday visited suburban Alokdi locality under the capital’s Pallabi police station to observe firsthand the killing ground where hundreds of innocent Bangladeshis were slaughtered by the Pakistani junta

Commercialization of education: PM pillories teachers, guardians, student leaders for moral rot

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday bitterly criticised country’s teachers, guardians and student leaders for a lack of ideals, their mean mentality and commercial approach that apparently caused a setback on the educational front. “Teaching was a noble profession in the

Writ-propaganda can never halt war crimes trial: Law Minister

CHITTAGONG: Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said the proceedings of war crimes trial are being interrupted through conspiracy at home and abroad, backing up his observation with the latest legal challenge.“But the trial process cannot be impeded ether by carrying out propaganda