DHAKA: State-owned tourism organisation Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) made a Tk 19.47 lakh profit in the 2009-10 fiscal.  In a press release on Tuesday, the BPC disclosed the profit. The organization kept on losing for the last four fiscal years.        “Skilled

DHAKA: Negligence, irregularities and corrupt practices by officials and employees under the Land Ministry have been blamed for the grabbing of land-property worth over Tk 100 crore only in a single instance in the capital. Now the Land Ministry has taken a decision to reclaim the public

DHAKA: State Minister for Forest and Environment Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the US government will provide Tk 210 crore to combating the challenges of climate change. The support is a part of US government’s grand `Support Services for Low Emission Development` project under which 18

HABIGANJ: A septuagenarian expatriate died and 14 others of his family members fell sick in food poisoning at Gobdevpur village in Nabiganj upazila Monday night, hours after their arrival in the homeland. The deceased was identified as Nur Mia Chowdhury, 70.Nur Mia’s wife Selina Begum,

GAZIPUR: At least six people were injured as garment workers went on the rampage again in Gazipur factories Tuesday to press home their demand for weekend holiday and a fixed date for monthly payments.Earlier in the morning, the garment workers of a factory in East Chandana area observed

DHAKA: A non-government platform on Tuesday said the people of country’s coastal belt have been living in intolerable situation for the last 20 months after Sidr and 14 months after Aila. They recommended that the government declare the area as ‘disaster prone Zone’ and stop

DHAKA: Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas said the government has been formulating an environment-friendly national shrimp policy that will ensure production of quality shrimp and increase shrimp exports. “The work for drafting the police is underway,” said the

RAJSHAHI: The Rajshahi University has introduced cluster question instead of separate question papers for different subjects for undergraduate admission tests beginning 2010-11 sessions.Moreover, the candidates may apply for the admission test through mobile SMS. Professor M Abdus Sobhan,

RAJSHAHI: A BRAC officials has been missing here for the last two days, police said.  Quoting family members, police said Lutfor Rahman left home for office on Monday but went missing. His colleague Project Officer of BRAC Jahangir Hossain filed a general diary with Bagmara thana.

DHAKA:  Eden college students staged a human chain demo on Tuesday morning at the college gate demanding trial of the killing of Mohsina Rabbani Menoka, a final year student of its Bengali Department.  Family members of Menoka also joined the demo. Wearing black badges, over three

DHAKA: Garment workers staged demonstration and vandalized some vehicles in Mirpur-1 to press their demand for pay hike Tuesday morning.Officer-in-Charge of Mirpur model thana Kazi Wazed Ali told banglanews24.com.bd the workers of Meridian Fashion at Mirpur-1 Circle demonstrated over pay

JHENIDAH: Two Bangladeshis were killed in firing by Indian border troops early hours Tuesday as they reportedly crossed the border to bring cattle. BDR sources said the deceased were Obaidul Islam, 32, son of Abul Kashem of Paddapukur village, and Akba Ali, 30, son of Nurul Islam of the

Dhaka: An old woman was killed in a road accident in the city’s Nolgola area under Kotwali thana Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Kafirun Nesa, 65. Operation Officer of Kotwali thana Gazi Ataur Rahman told banglanews24.com.bd that Kafirun was crushed under the wheels of a

DHAKA: Academic activities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) will resume on Saturday after one-month closure following student unrest.However, the student dormitories will open on July 22, campus sources said.Shah Alam, public administration officer of BUET,

DINAJPUR:  A raucous siege to Barapukuri Coalmine coupled with road-rail barricades came to an end early Tuesday following “successful” negotiations between the protestors and the authorities over compensation payments to the affected locals. Jiban and Sampad Rakkha Committee

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel raided the den of land-grabbers in Jangal Salimpur hills in Sitakunda upazila on Tuesday morning and arrested 16 persons of the gang, including the ringleader, along with a cache of arms.Chief of Chittagong RAB Lt. Col. Sajjad Hossain

DHAKA: The expansion of the network of government-operated mobile-phone company Teletalk has been stalled for three months for want of power.A total of 116 Based on Transfer and Receiver Stations (BTS) were built across the country but it was not possible to run them for lack of power

BOGRA: The stand-in chief of the banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Anwar Alam alias ‘Bhagne’ Shahid, reportedly confessed that he along with his cohorts had attacked eminent writer and Dhaka University teacher Dr Humayun Azad in 2004. Inspector Abdur Rashid

NARSINGDI: Power generation from Ghorashal Thermal Power station has halved after Sunday`s fire, Tamal Karmaker, Chief Engineer of the plant said.The 950MW power station is now generating only 415MW MW, he said.      The unit 6 of Ghorashal that generates 210-megawatt power was shut

MYMENSINGH: Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League Monday went on the rampage vandalizing the Polytechnic Institute here failing to get party activists admitted under special arrangement.  Police and institute sources said the first-year admission test at the college is