DHAKA: Labour and Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain Wednesday asked recruiting agencies not to destroy the overseas labour market through cheating, as some nefarious scams came to light. "Some recruiting agencies are sending manpower on `jiarat visa`. As a result, the

DHAKA: Dhaka district administration with the assistance of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) begins anti-adulteration drive Monday ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.“Two mobile courts will conduct drive on the first day while four mobile courts will be on the street

DHAKA: Law Minister Barrister Shafiq Ahmed said the government cannot be cowed out from the trial of war criminals by issuing threats. “No one can stop the trial of war criminals by threat or coercion,” he told banglanews24.com.bd. His comment came in the wake of threat over email,

DHAKA: The government is bent on introducing Industrial Police at a cost of Tk 20.30 crore with around 3,000 members in the force to start with. A high-level meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office will finalise the new police unit’s formation and discuss its modus operandi, official

SIRAJGANJ: At least three people were killed and seven injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Naimuri under Salonga thana in Ullapara upazila on Wednesday evening. One of the deceased was identified as Sukumar Saha, 45, son of late Sushil Saha of Kalikapur village

GOPALGANJ: Commerce Minister Lt. Col. (rtd) Faruk Khan said the killings of the past will be tried and the killers would not be able to save their skin in hiding. “The trial will take place to establish rule of law...no one will go unpunished,” Khan said. The Minister was addressing

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for New York on September 18 to attend the 65th General Assembly of the United Nations, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. “Prime Minister will leave Dhaka on September 18 with an around 80-member delegation of government officials and

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Chased by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, a teenage Bangladeshi cattle trader jumped into the Mahananda for life and drowned in the brimming river along Bholahat border on Tuesday night, sources here said.The deceased was identified as Abdus Sabur,

DHAKA: With no exception ever, going home for Eid vacationing is bedeviled by sufferings, mental stresses and physical toil before the pleasure.This time, too, it makes little difference in the common scenario, as it has already been proved. Barely nine days left before the Eid vacation,

ASHUGANJ: A 20-member joint team of Bangladesh and India visited Ashuganj river port Wednesday to monitor the infrastructure-and road-development works for the transshipment centre in the making for freight transportation to India’s northeast.Additional secretary of Communications

CHITTAGONG: State Minister for Home Affairs Advocate Shamsul Haque Tuku Wednesday said the “illegal military rulers” introduced communal politics in the country after the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to serve their perverse purpose. “They (the military rulers)

DHAKA: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will investigate the incident of torture on a preteen boy in police custody in Mymensingh, as the watchdog begins to chase predators. A team of investigators goes to Mymensingh on September 5. Commission members Fouzia Karim and Aroma

COMILLA: The local administration Wednesday imposed section 144 in Daudkandi upazila to avert a possible clash between rival BNP and Shramik League as they arranged iftar mahfil at the same place and same time.Daudkandi Thana OC SM Kawsar Uddin Chowdhury told banglanews24.com.bd, “Both

CHITTAGONG: Country’s first case under cyber law has been registered in the port city against seven businessmen on charges of email-password piracy and server hacking. Captain Mohiuddin Abdul Kader, a marine businessman and managing director of Hareson International in Agrabad business

SHARIATPUR: Yet another custodial death was reported, now in this southwestern district, despite last July’s High Court directive for the government to punish such excesses following a number of deaths in custody in the capital.The deceased was identified as Mokhlesur Rahman, 40, of

SAVAR: The residential halls of the oft-troubled Janhangirnagar University will remain closed for seven days from September 8.The JU authorities took the decision Wednesday and asked students to vacate the dorms for the weeklong shutdown.   Under the decision, the residents were asked

DHAKA: At least three plastic factories and seven dwelling houses were gutted in a devastating fire in city`s Lalbagh area early Wednesday, leaving 10 people injured. According to fire service sources, the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shoe factory in Kamalbagh area

DHAKA: Dhaka’s main streets reverted amid a merry march on Wednesday afternoon as Janmashtami, marking the occasion of birth of Lord Sri Krishna, was celebrated across Bangladesh with euphoric street parties befitting Hindu religious fervors.  The day was a public holiday. President

DHAKA: An army Major has been given his marching orders from the force to serve in jail for a year for smuggling contraband drug phensidyl. “...(the) officer has been tried by Court Martial in Army for other offences where he is dismissed from the service with one-year rigorous

MOULVIBAZAR: Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured as a minibus crashed into their bike on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway Tuesday noon. The deceased were named as Belal, 21, and Emdad, 18.Sadar thana OC Amulya Kumar Chowdhury said the accident took place at around 11:45 am near