COX’S BAZAR: The scheduled biennial council of the district Chhatra League could not be held on Thursday night due to a clash between two factions in the unit of the pro-Awami League student organization. Witnesses and police said the trouble started at about 9:30pm just before the

Jhenidah: Local Awami League men allegedly kidnapped a fisherman here Thursday as he submitted tender to get lease of a ‘Jalmahal’ ignoring their dictate.   The victim, Moni Kumar, son of Sree Kesto of Kumaridaha village in Shailokupa upazila, was rescued by police on Thursday night

COX’S BAZAR: The biennial council of district Chhatra League could not be held on Thursday night due to a clash between two factions of the unit. The clash started at about 9:30pm just before the inauguration of the council at the District Cultural Center. Both groups locked into a

DHAKA: At least eight people were killed and nine injured in two terrible road accidents in Chittagong and Bogra districts Friday—in both the cases two vehicles colliding head-on.In Chittagong, at least five people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a

PABNA: Two road accidents Thursday left two people dead and 10 injured in Bera and Chatmohor upazilas in the district.Witnesses said a recklessly driven truck knocked a human hauler, locally called Nasiman, off the Pabna-Chatmahar highway into a roadside ditch at Railbazar at around

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Thursday alleged that an ill effort is being carried out for misleading the nation by making the party scapegoat for the sensitive issue of 1971.“All means are being tried to stop the Islamic movement in the country,” said the party Emir, Matiur

DHAKA: The High Court Thursday rejected the writ petition filed against the committee formed by the government to hold election to the Muktijoddha central command council.Justice Moinul Islam and Justice AKM Abdul Halim issued the order.Earlier, the government formed a five-member

SAVAR: A young garment worker was stabbed to death on Thursday noon in Chhayabithi area of the municipality.The deceased was identified as Alamgir, 26, of village Majhgaon in Sathia Thana of Pabna.Alamgir was a worker of Bandho Design, a readymade garment factory in Jamgara area of

DHAKA:  Leaders of country’s non-government primary schoolteachers Thursday issued an ultimatum giving the government until July 31 to meet their demands, including nationalization of their jobs, failing which they would go for a “greater movement”.Addressing a news conference at

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court Thursday rejected the bail petitions of Mahmudur Rahman, the acting editor of the recently closed Bengali daily Amar Desh, in connection with three cases.With permission of the court, Mahmudur Rahman spoke out in the court about what happened to him during

DHAKA: A group of boys got a dead girl admitted into the emergency ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and fled before the doctor could deem anything about her condition Wednesday.The deceased was registered as Shipa, 20, in the logbook of the hospital without any more

BARISAL: A trader was run over by a bus on the Dhaka-Barisal Highway at Kashipur here at dawn Thursday.The deceased was identified as Malek Howlader, 55, a laundry businessman. Family sources said a speeding bus knocked down Malek at about 5:30 near the Ansar-VDP Office while heading

DHAKA: Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Thursday said the government is working to build a ‘digital’ Bangladesh for establishing good governance ensuring transparency and accountability, empowering people, alleviating poverty and making government services accessible. “All the

Dhaka: Akhtar-ul Alam, a veteran journalist and diplomat, died of kidney complications at the United Hospital early Thursday. He was 71. Alam left behind his wife, two sons, a daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death. During his long professional life, Alam

DHAKA: The secretariat again saw a fire incident on Thursday afternoon, but the flames were soon doused before any damage done.Witnesses said a car of science and information technology ministry caught fire in front of 6 Number Building of the government’s administrative headquarters at

BENAPOLE: Export-import trade between Bangladesh and India through Benapole land port halted for six hours Thursday following transport strike against the arrest of a trucker by Indian police.Jessore District Truck Sramik Samannoy Parishad enforced the strike from 9:00am demanding the

DHAKA: A six-year-old boy, the only child of his parents, has been cruelly killed through strangulating in the city’s Nabadoy Housing area under Adabor Thana.     The deceased was identified as Khandaker Samiul Azam, 6, a student of a kindergarten school and son of KR Azam, a

DHAKA: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Thursday suggested Dhaka City Corporation to redesign its waste-management system to solve the problem with garbage that often litters streets in the capital.Saeda Makimoto, Senior Representative of JICA, at a seminar here said loads of

DHAKA: Government agencies will launch a coordinated cleansing drive on July 15 to drive all outworn vehicles off Dhaka’s streets as a measure to discipline the chaotic traffic in the capital.A meeting at the Communications Ministry Thursday made the decision, at a time when the

DHAKA: In a bid to woo tourists, Bangladesh will arrange photo exhibition in different countries from next year, Tourism Minister said. “We will collaborate with the Foreign Ministry and arrange photo exhibition from 2011 in different counties to attract tourists,” Civil Aviation and