The nation is mourning the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sunday, amid louder calls for executing the court verdict on his fugitive killers and realizing the leader’s dream of a prosperous and progressive Bangladesh. With the government leaders reaffirming their vow

DINAJPUR: Barapukuria coalmine resumes extraction on Sunday after a three-month suspension following an accident in the mine that left two people killed and over a dozen injured.The coal extraction is going to resume as the ‘diagreement over operations’ with the Chinese contractor XMC

DHAKA: Paying glowing tributes to the slain independence leader on the eve of the National Mourning Day, the President and the Prime Minister said the remaining condemned fugitives would be brought back and the court verdict against them executed for the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh

DHAKA: A group of students of Dhaka University formed a human chain on Saturday on the campus at the foot of Aparajeyo Bangla to protest the occupation and damage of a temple in the old Dhaka. They also brought out a procession that marched through the campus.   Some local people on

JAMALPUR: Land Minister Rezaul Karim Hira Saturday said the government would resolve the complexities over vested property soon."The government would take necessary initiatives to reclaim government land from grabbers," Hira said while inaugurating a newly constructed land office at Sadar

CHITTAGONG: Students of Chittagong University Saturday brought out a procession carrying black flags and staged a rally protesting police action on the demonstrating students on August 2.The procession started in the morning from in front of the central Shaheed Minar and terminated at the

KISHOREGANJ: Two persons, including a woman, were killed and two others wounded as a tank lorry ran over them while they were on a wait at a bus station in Katiadi upaizla Saturday morning.The victims were identified as Rina Khatun,35, wife of Giasuddin of Gilakandi village, and

NARAYANGANJ: Forty people were wounded as police fought with workers of a textile mills to hold them back from blocking Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Rupganj on Saturday morning.Witnesses said the angry workers of the textile mills named ACS in Rupshi area put barricades on the highway

DHAKA: The University of Dhaka eventually withdrew the expulsion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after 61 years, when the country’s independence leader is no more. A special Syndicate meeting of the university Saturday took the decision unanimously, DU officials said. Prior to the

DHAKA: A traffic sergeant in city died at Apollo Hospital sustaining bullet injuries from his own service pistol early Saturday, confirmed airport thana police.The deceased was identified as Oajed Mahmud, hailed from Habiganj.Airport thana OC Samsuddin Saleh Chowdhury said that Oajed

DHAKA: A housewife at Bangshal in the city set fire to her body over a trifling family dispute on Friday evening.The victim is Afrina Akhter, 27, of Abul Hasnat road under Bangshal thana. Afrina’s husband Nur Mohammad Rony, 32, was also burnt severely while trying to save her.The both

DHAKA: A group of students of Dhaka University formed a human chain on Saturday on the campus at the foot of Aparajeyo Bangla to protest the occupation and damage of a temple in the old Dhaka. They also brought out a procession that marched through the campus.   Some local people on

SAVAR: A college teacher was beaten to death allegedly by his in-laws in Savar on the outskirts of the capital Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Shah Alam Shaheen, a teacher of Computer Science at Jahangirnagar University School and college. Quoting victim’s family members,

BENAPOLE: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni said India, Nepal and Bhutan can use Mongla and Chittagong seaports as transit in the future, as regional connectivity is being tossed as a forward-looking concept of the day. “Economic advances of the country are possible letting neighboring

DHAKA: A leader of the ruling Awami League and probable councilor candidate for Dhaka City Ward No 56 was shot dead on Friday evening in the capital’s Segunbagicha area, police and locals said. Shahbagh police officer-in-charge Rezaul Karim said Ibrahim Ahmed, 40, an Awami League leader

DHAKA: A team of Rapid Action Battalion on early Friday arrested five drug peddlers alongwith a firearm and Yaba tablets from different areas in the capital.The arrested were identified as Sahadat Hossain Munna alias Joy, 29, Manjur Hossain, 25, Salimuddin Salim, 24, Jamal Hossain Ripon,

THAKURGAON: A bus hit a parked van and killed the van puller on the spot in Baliadangi town of Thakurgaon Friday morning.Witnesses said that a Dhaka bound bus of Babul Enterprise from Ranisangkoil hit the parked van, killing its puller Rafiqul on the spot at around 9 am.Boliadangi thana

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested two activists of banned Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir while pasting posters at Badsha Mia road in the city Friday.Arrested Anwar Parvez Shikdar, 22, and Mohammad Habibullah alias Habib alias Hafiz, 22, are the third year students of Electrical Engineering dept

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Friday granted a 4-day remand for the stand-in chief of the banned militant outfit JMB, Anwar Alam alias ‘Bhagne’ Shahid, in a case filed for the attempt to murder Dr Humayun Azad.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate AKM Emdadul Haque issued the order after CID

CHITTAGONG: The laid-off Raozan and Shikalbaha thermal power plants resumed operation generating 200 megawatts of electricity with the gas diverted from Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (KAFCO) Friday.On Thursday, the government suspended gas supply to KAFCO, the last