DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed on Sunday said the Election Commission (EC) is yet to fix the date for announcing schedule of the 10th parliamentary polls.“No meeting of the election commission was held regarding the issue and any decision was not taken.

COMILLA: A woman BNP leader was killed and four others were injured in a road accident at Gazipur of Daudkandi upazila of the district on Sunday noon.The deceased was identified as Shahnaz Begum, 40, vice-president of Daudkandi municipality Mohila Dal and president of Ward No-4 Mohila

DHAKA: The government has formed a permanent pay and service commission with a view to fixing the salary and allowance of government employees.Former Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Dr Farash Uddin has been made the chairman of the 17-member commission The permanent pay commission was

DHAKA: In spite of denying of secretary-level meeting, the government admitted that the meeting between Ruling Awami League general secretary and opposition BNP acting secretary general held for discussing prevailing political crisis.Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu made the

DHAKA: The first meeting of newly constituted cabinet will be held on Monday.Deputy Chief Information Officer of Press Information Department (PID) AFM Aminul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday.It will be the first meeting after sworn of ministers and adviser on November

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (Manju) Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju has been made adviser to the Prime Minister.Cabinet Division issued an order in this regard on Sunday. Secretary of the cabinet division Abdul Wadud said Manju was appointed adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.A total of 11

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-1 fixed December 18 to decide about framing charge(s) against Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdus Subhan for his role during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. The two-member ICT-1 led-by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir on Sunday fixed the date after

DHAKA: A writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking its direction to dissolve the Jatiya Sangsad before announcement of 10th parliament elections’ schedule.Supreme Court lawyer Dr M Yunus Ali Akand filed the writ on Sunday morning.After filing the writ, he said, “Prime

SYLHET: At least 30 shops were gutted in a devastating fire at Kazir Bazar of the metropolitan city early Sunday.Sources said that seeing the fire in a shop at around 3:00am, the night guards of the area shouted and locals rushed to the spot.Later, five fire fighting units rushed to the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, returned home from Saudi Arabia early Sunday after performing Umrah.A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage landed at Shahjalal International Airport around

MADINAH: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Madinah for home on Saturday afternoon after a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia to perform the holy Umrah. A special flight of Bangladesh Biman Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and members of her entourage took off the Prince Mohammad Bin

DHAKA: A seven-member delegation is set to take part at the second Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) between Bangladesh and South Africa in Pretoria on November 25-26.Ambassador Mustafa Kamal, Secretary (Bilateral), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is leading the delegation.External Publicity

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad on Saturday categorically said presidium member Kazi Zafar Ahmed has no right of giving statements, the way he has given one.He also claimed that he violated the discipline of the party.The chief of the party came up with the assertion in a 

DHAKA: The 23rd South Asian Teaching Session (SATS) on international humanitarian law (IHL) this year is going to be held in Bangladesh on November 24-29.The six-day training course, jointly organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh and the International

BANDARBAN: A businessman was killed and three others injured in a road accident in Baslan Para area in Ruma Upazila of the district on Saturday noon.The deceased was identified as Mustak Ahmed, 35.Confirming the matter, Officer-in-Charge of Ruma Thana Zakir Hossain told banglanews that a

DHAKA: A joint survey of the boundary line between India and Bangladesh has begun at Katigorah border area in Cachar district of Assam.The survey covering 32-km of the international border in Cachar district began on Friday (November 22) in the presence of the representatives of both the

NEW YORK: Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) of Bangladesh, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Yunus held a meeting at Capitol Hill of New York on November 20 (Wednesday).They met on the day when a hearing on the ongoing political situation

DHAKA: A college student was killed in a road accident in front of Gausul Azam market in Nilkhet area of the capital on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sajedul Islam alias Saddam, a HSC University Laboratory School and College, son of Rafiqul Islam hails from

DHAKA: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Saturday categorically said there is still scope for holding dialogue to resolve the prevailing political crisis of the country.“The main two political parties—Awami League and BNP--should sit in unconditional dialogue in this regard,”

GAZIPUR: Cracks were detected in a seven-storey factory building in Tongi area of the district on Saturday morning.Workers of Fame Sweater and SS Sweater in Dorail area traced the cracks around 10:00am, sources said.After the cracks were found at the factory building, workers of the two