DHAKA: A special court established at Pilkhana Tuesday set October 24-25 for framing charges against 448 suspected mutineers from the BDR headquarters for their alleged involvement in last year’s mass mutiny.After the hearing, the court-6 led by BDR Director-General Major-General

DHAKA: Much-trumpeted initiatives taken one after another for citizens’ safety by Dhaka Metropolitan Police appear to have failed to bring any result for a lack of effective implementation, according to sources concerned. Police officials observed that most of the initiatives have a

CHITTAGONG: In a poetic justice, a suspected dacoit was beaten to death after a gang shot dead an old man during a robbery in Deputyghona area of Chambol union under Bashkhali upazila early Tuesday.The deceased villager was identified as Md Abul Hossain, 70, and the dacoit as Abu Sayeed,

DHAKA: Nine more garment workers were arrested on charges of ransacking factories, and looting wireless and bullet-loaded arms from police in Ashulia area. Police picked them up from different workers’ colonies at Jamgora in Ashulia in a raid from Monday midnight to Tuesday morning. The

DHAKA:  A juxtaposed jumble of mechanized and non-mechanized vehicles triggers most tailbacks on the capital’s streets, killing millions of working hours of the busy city-dwellers.All sections of people blame manually driven rickshaws as the main culprit for the nagging jams.Now—like

Bogra: A special tribunal here Tuesday sentenced five members of the outlawed Jama’atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) to life imprisonment for their part in the countrywide serial bombings on August 17, 2005.Judge Nitai Chandra Saha of the Special Tribunal-4 handed down the judgment at

DHAKA: A court here Tuesday deferred the charge-framing hearing against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and his businessman friend Giasuddin Al Mamun in a money-laundering case.Judge Ismail Hossain of Metropolitan session judge`s court set September 27 for the indictment hearing

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday rejected bail petition of four top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, who are now facing trial in the war-crime tribunal, in a case of obstructing police duty and vandalizing vehicles.The bail petition was moved when Jamaat Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary-General

GOPALGANJ: Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Sadar upazilla Tuesday.One of the dead was identified as Dipak Bala, 60, a shopkeeper who hailed from Satpar village.Sadar thana Officer-in-Charge Borhan Uddin told banglanews24.com.bd a pick-up van ploughed through a

DHAKA: Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of the four top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders now facing trial on war-crime charges, was not produced before the international crimes tribunal Tuesday for his illness. He will be produced before the tribunal on August 24 as the tribunal adjourned hearing on

DHAKA: State-run Petrobangla became first government organization to publish a special supplement online on banglanews24.com.bd’s portal. The organization Monday published the supplement to mark the National Energy Safety Day.     Finance Minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the online

DHAKA: Opposition leader Khaleda Zia Monday asked the government to scrap the latest US$ 1 billion credit agreement with India which she likened to a `bond of slavery`.   “BNP never served interest of other countries with people’s hard-earned money. BNP will wage movement after

DHAKA: The government is set to amend the labour law allowing trade union in the country’s garment industry, as the plea came up loudly following recent spells of rioting in the export-oriented sector.       A high-powered committee will be formed within a week for amending the

DHAKA: The government Monday decided to observe August 9 as the National Energy Security Day every year, highlighting development and proper management of the country’s energy sector, particularly gas mining. To this effect, the Cabinet took a decision at its regular meeting at the

DHAKA: The High Court Monday directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) to take a decision by October 3 about the 30th BCS preliminary exam, allegedly marred by question errors. An HC division bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain

ASHUGANJ: Workers and employees of Ashuganj Power Station on Monday called a four-day agitation programme to press home their demand for implementing the government-announced new pay scale.Ashuganj Power Station Workers and Employees Union announced the programme at a press conference

DHAKA: In a rare reciprocity between the two political archrivals, Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Khaleda Zia Monday invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to her iftar party on August 17.Khaleda’s PS Saleh Ahmed and APS Suratuzzaman handed over the invitation letter to Selina

DHAKA: Detective police arrested six women garment workers, including their leaders, on charge of their involvement in the July 30 labour rioting in the capital’s Tejgaon-Gulshan area.The suspects are Sahnaj alias Sanu, Asma Begum, Parul, Sahnaj Begum, Rupa and Parvin. All of them are

DHAKA: A fire broke out in a readymade garment factory in the city’s Tejgaon industrial belt Monday, burning some apparel products and yearns.Fire brigade sources said the fire sparked at about 1:15 pm at the Focus Garment factory located near the Nabisco crossing.“A total of 14

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the authorities concerned to take quick initiative to resolve the existing power crisis across the country, as outages showed little signs of a letup.The Prime Minister gave the directives at the regular cabinet meeting Monday when three ministers