DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated another gas-fired power plant at Shikalbaha in Chittagong .  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in the port city  in the morning to inaugurate three other installations including the 3rd Karnaphuli bridge, Karnaphuli Gas

CHITTAGONG: Prisoners are being released randomly from the jail on bail here ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, according to official figures. Earlier, 50 to 70 inmates used to be freed per day, but, in the last one week, 120 to 150 inmates came out per day on bail, said a competent

RAJSHAHI: Fourteen out of 20 death-row convicts of the sensational Gama Killing case were freed from jails under a presidential amnesty on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Ten of them were set free from Dhaka Central Jail on Monday midnight and four freed from Rajshahi Central Jail on

SARIATPUR: A minor boy went missing as an overcrowded trawler capsized in the Padma River in Jajira upazila Tuesday morning.The missing was identified as Nahid, 8, son of Shahed Fakir of Bilashpur village in the upazila.Witnesses said, the trawler, carrying hundreds of passengers,

DHAKA: A diploma engineer has been run in Dhaka from a northern backwoods for his alleged involvement in engineering e-mail threats to the government and law enforcers for the release of the top Jamaat leaders, now facing war crimes trial.The arrested person was identified as Maruf

DHAKA: The University of Dhaka opened a separate website on admission so applicants can do the process online for getting admitted into the country’s premier varsity averting toils of the complaint-ridden old system. Vice-chancellor of the university Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique

DHAKA: At least 17 people were killed and another 45 injured in fatal road accidents in eight districts Tuesday, amid a pre-eid rush. In Sirajganj, a recklessly driven truck crashed into a car on the highway on the western side of Bangabandhu bridge Tuesday, leaving five people dead--four

ASHULIA: A storehouse of garment wastage was gutted in a devastating fire in Ashulia’s  Jamgara area early Tuesday, leaving at least five people, including three fire fighters injured. Officer- in-charge of Ashulia police station Sirajul Islam said, “The fire might have originated

DINAJPUR: Trans-border trade through Hili Land Port halted Tuesday for a strike enforced across India to protest price hike of essentials, including fuels.Hakimpur Banglahili Customs C&F Agents Association President Ferdous Rahman told banglanews24.com.bd that the export-import trade

MANIKGANJ: Shipping Minister Shahjahan khan Tuesday said special preparation has been taken in terminal areas to ensure hassle-free journey of the homebound people ahead of Eid, as people by their thousand started heading for native places to celebrate the festival.He listed the

DHAKA: Poet Abdul Mannan Syed was buried at Azimpur graveyard at about 3 pm after a second janaza at Dhaka University Central Mosque after Johr prayers.  The first namaj-e-janaza for the eminent poet and Nazrul and Jibanananda researcher was held at Green Road mosque of the city in the

DHAKA: A 39-member Bangladesh medical team comprising doctors and nurses Monday left for Karachi to conduct medical campaign for the affected people of recent devastating floods in Pakistan, a competent source said.  The medical team led by Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad would stay in Pakistan

DHAKA: Twenty convicts with death panalty freed from jails under presidential amnesty on the occasion of Eid-ul-fitr, official sources said. Ten convicts would be set free from Dhaka Central Jail and as many from Rajshahi Central Jail following an order from President Zillur Rahman.

DHAKA: Health and Family Welfare Minister AFM Ruhal Haque Monday said there is nothing to get panicked about anthrax, an easily curable disease, as the government put all concerned on red alert to prevent the spread of the cattle-borne scourge.He came up with the word of hope while

DHAKA: The Home Ministry formed a monitoring cell to ensure public security across the country ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, as the biggest Muslim festival is now close by. “The monitoring cell would work to stop mugging, extortion, robbery and the black-marketing of tickets,” says the

DHAKA: A new industrial policy framed by the present government focused on assistance for sick industries, development of both public and private sectors and government control over the economy for a planned economic advance of the country.With these cardinal objectives in the focus the

DHAKA: The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and equivalent examinations under all the education boards will begin on November 4.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at a press conference Monday apprised reporters of the schedule for the Junior School Certificate (JSC) Examination under the

GAZIPUR: An elderly person and his five-year-old grandson were crushed under the wheels of a train in Kaliakoir upazila on Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Shamsul Islam, 70, and his grandson Shihab, hailed from Goalbathan village.Local businessman Mozzamal Haq said

DHAKA: Detained Harkatul Jihad leader Mufti Moinuddin alias Abu Jandal alias Masum Billah was Monday remanded for five days for grilling in one of the August 21 grenade attack cases.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ali Hossain passed the order as Special Police Super of

DHAKA: Lailatul Qadr, the most auspicious night for the Muslims, will be observed on Monday night through offering special prayers for wellbeing here and hereafter. The holy Quran was revealed on this night to show the mankind the path of worldly and eternal emancipation. Muslim