DHAKA: In a latest round of reshuffle, the government brought four changes in the administration through transfers and postings.According to separate Establishment Ministry notifications issued Tuesday, Dr. Mohammad Kawser, Chairman of the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training, was

DHAKA:  Senior journalist Shafiqul Kabir and four members of his woe-be-gone family were taken on a three-day remand Tuesday for interrogation over the tragic deaths of his daughter-in-law and her two children in Jurain. Detectives on Monday held Shafiqul Kabir and his wife Nur Banu,

JHENIDAH: An elderly man was run over by a truck on the Jhenidah-Magura highway near Hatgopalpur Bazar in the district Tuesday, triggering a violent protest.The deceased was identified as Bishnupada, 60, of Alamdanga under Chuadanga district.Police sources said Bishnupada was trying to

COMILLA: Two people were killed and three injured as a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sadar South upazila on Tuesday afternoon.Police said a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of ‘Padma Paribahan’ crashed into the three-wheeler in Laxmipur area at

DHAKA: Tensions built up at Dhaka University as police prevented the ousted opposition Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal student politicos from making their comeback on the campus Tuesday, a day after they were beaten out by their rivals. Members of the student arms of both the ruling Awami League

Jhenidah: One person was killed and 14 others were injured in a violent clash between the activists of ruling Awami League and their opponent BNP at Bhajanagar village in Moheshpur upazila Tuesday.The dead was identified as Lambu, 30.Moheshpur thana officer- in-charge Mamun-Or-Rashid said

NATORE: Six activists of the ruling Awami League were wounded in a fierce factional clash over submitting public-works tender on Tuesday noon. Officials said Tuesday was the last day for submitting a Tk 3 crore tender for public works under Local Government and Engineering

DHAKA: Chamber Judge SK Sinha Tuesday fixed July 15 for a full-bench hearing on a writ petition filed on behalf of the embroiled daily Amar Desh for lifting the stay order earlier given by the same justice on the paper’s publication permission. Acting Chairman of Amar Desh Limited

DHAKA: The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Tuesday demanded display of pictorial warnings alongside messages on the packages of all tobacco products, including ‘bidi’ and cigarettes, as a measure to cut down consumption of the harmful stuffs.The demand came from a discussion

DHAKA: Chamber Judge of the Supreme Court SK Sinha Tuesday ordered the postponement of the High Court order of stay on seven cases against opposition Chief Whip Joynal Abdin Farrukh.The High Court on May 18 had stayed all proceedings in seven out of some 25 cases pending against the BNP

DHAKA: Country`s first-ever Public-Private Partnership project got going as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday inaugurated the construction of the long-awaited Jatrabari-Gulistan flyover, aimed getting over one of the traffic impasses in the capital.  At the inaugural ceremony at

SAVAR: Thousands of laid-off workers ran amok and clashed with police as they found all the garment factories in the troubled Ashulia industrial belt shut on Tuesday morning, leaving over 50 people wounded, including cops and journalists.As the entire apparel industrial area plunged into

DHAKA: Charges against another 192 accused were red out in a special trial court at the second-day indictment hearing against 668 suspected mutineers of 24 Rifles Battalion at the BDR headquarters Tuesday. With this, charges were read out against 375 of the horde of mutiny suspects at

SAVAR: Over 50 people were injured, including cops and journalists, in a fresh clash in Ashulia industrial belt Tuesday morning.Hordes of workers vandalised 20-25 vehicles and set fire on one protesting the decision of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, BGMEA to

DHAKA: Food minister said the government would provide food assistance till April next to the flood-affected people at ‘haor’ areas in northeastern part of the country. ”Thousands of people were affected as flash flood damaged their ‘one and only’ crop badly. So, government

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two fugitive activists of banned outfit Harkatul Jihad (Huji) in separate raids in Comilla and Mymanshingh.The arrested Abul Kashem and Abdul Haque are among the 41 who were convicted of possessing illegal firearms and explosives, said the RAB

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday ordered gazette publication of the much-talked-about Detailed Area Plan (DAP) outlining the capital city with a new development paradigm.“She also advised the authorities concerned to publish the activities under DAP in detail on website for

BAGERHAT: Road transport owners and workers of 21 southwestern districts gave a combined called for an indefinite strike from June 24 to press their 16-point charter of demands.Southwestern Road Transport Owners-Workers Unity Council announced the programme from a press conference at the

KOLKATA: West Bengal`s baroque politics took a new turn as several organizations having faith in China`s late revolutionary leader Mao staged demonstrations in the state capital Monday against a mopping-up anti-Maoist operation in the backwoods.The protestors held a rally followed by a

SAVAR: Over 50 people were wounded, including 10 cops, in a fresh flare-up of violence in Ashulia industrial belt Monday as a standoff over a recommended pay hike took a turn for the worst crisis in the export industry.Hordes of workers ran riot vandalizing some garment factories. They