DHAKA: A speedy trial tribunal Monday sentenced a band of 22 leaders of the banned Freedom Party to seven years rigorous imprisonment in a case filed under the Arms Act in Mymensingh way back in 1990 following an armed attack on a crowd of cinemagoers.Party vice-chairman Major (retd)

KUSHTIA: One pedestrian was killed and another one injured in a road accident on Kushtia-Rajbari highway in Lahini Battala area in the district on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Hafiz, 41 and the injured is Fazlul Biswas, 60. Witnesses said a Daulotdia-bound bus hit a

FARIDPUR: Police held an army major as three bottles of phensidyl narcotic syrup was allegedly found in his bag during search on a bus Sunday night at Modhukhali rail gate in the district.He was identified as Shibbir Ahmed, an officer of East Bengal Regiment Center (Training Battalion) at

DHAKA: A member of a ‘kasida’ team, which sings religious songs to wake up Muslims during Sehri time, was beaten to death by his rivals in the city`s Hazaribagh area early Monday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Kalu Mia, 30, of Nimtoli under Hazaribagh thana. SI Kazi Mainul

DHAKA: The special-court hearing on charges against the rebel BDR members of 24 Rifles Battalion in the Pilkhana carnage case was adjourned till October 5 after the third day’s proceedings Monday that generated much heat amid war of words.During the hearing, the mutineers and the

DHAKA: The first namaj-e-janaza for eminent poet and Nazrul and Jibanananda researcher Abdul Mannan Syed was held at Green Road mosque of the city on Monday morning.His body was taken to Bangla Academy premises for the people to pay their last respects to the poet. He will be buried at

DHAKA: The case of planting a 76-kg bomb in Kotalipara under a plot to “kill” then opposition leader and present premier Sheikh Hasina in 2000 has been referred to the Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka.Considering the case as a sensational one and to ensure a fastest trial it was

DHAKA: Newly appointed Inspector-General of Police Hasan Mahmmud Khandaker Sunday ordered the police forces not to behave rudely with the commoners, indicating a change in the traditional mindset under his stewardship.“Police forces are not beyond criticism and faults. We have to build

DHAKA:  Awami League acting General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif Sunday clearly stated that they want to go ahead pursuing the ideology of Baksal, the system introduced by the post-independence AL government through the fourth amendment to the constitution."We conceive the ideology,

DHAKA: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan Sunday alleged that the last four-party alliance government had steered the shipping sector through a wrong course into perils using their muscle-power. "The then shipping minister, Col (retd) Akbor Hossain, led such acclivities," he said.     He

DHAKA: Newly appointed Director-General of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Mokhlesur Rahman wouldn’t like to see involvement of the elite force in any kind of extrajudicial killings.“RAB, which is carrying out its effort to establish a crime-free society, can never commit any illegal

DHAKA: Eminent poet and Nazrul and Jibanananda researcher Abdul Mannan Syed breathed his last shortly before iftar on Sunday evening. Relatives said he was rushed to the city’s Lab Aid Hospital when he suddenly felt sick. The duty doctor of the hospital declared him dead at 6:05pm after

DHAKA: The Election Commission has finalized the draft of a new rule providing for state financing of elections—a measure recommended by experts for curbing the influence of money in making public representatives.Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) Sakhawat Hossain Sunday

JESSORE: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Sunday announced that a new pay scale would be prepared for the teachers as the government is willing to see them highest-paid. “Modern technology will have to be provided within the reach of the mass people to advance the nation using

DHAKA: State Minister for Law Advocate Kamrul Islam Sunday said Awami League MP Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon is an offender under the Arms Act. A shot from the ruling-party lawmaker’s licensed pistol reportedly caused the death of his party colleague Ibrahim.The minister said, "Nobody can

DHAKA: The government Sunday issued red alert across the country amid the spread of anthrax as a measure to prevent the endemic disease from worsening into an epidemic.Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas told banglanews24.com.bd that the authorities concerned, including

DHAKA: Some 120,000 babies die within the first month of birth in the country and asphyxia contributes 21 percent to the neonatal deaths, according to a study finding.  "Affordable newborn resuscitation training materials and devices and improving the competence of birth attendants could

DHAKA:  The High Court asked the government to amend the labour law for preventing child-labour recruitment in bidi factories.In its four directives the HC directed the government to impose ban on bidi making by child labourers outside of the bidi factories at Haragachha in Rangpur,

DHAKA: A Labour Court Sunday issued an arrest warrant against Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi, Publisher and Editor of the Daily Desh Bangla, in a case of nonpayment of salary and bonus.Magistrate Mofizul Islam of the court ordered the arrest of Qureshi, who made name floating what used to be

DHAKA: The draft SAARC Charter of Democracy in South Asian countries was finalized Sunday, capping two days of inter-government meeting of the regional cooperation bloc in Dhaka.“To shield the democracies in the region from extra-constitutional takeovers is a major recommendation laid