DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would attend her office at Power and Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Sunday, likely with a set of directions to be handed down to the authorities dealing with the potential twin-sector. During her office time, the Prime Minister will be apprised

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni urged developed countries to come up with increased assistance to the developing and least developed countries in their bid to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). “We want to see political will and commitment from developed countries in

SIRAJGANJ: Highway robbers looted Tk 10 lakh from five cattle traders on Sirajganj-Hatikumrul-Bonpara road early Wednesday.  The traders said the traders in a truck were going back home in Rajshahi after selling cattle-heads at Gabtoli haat in the capital. As the truck reached at

DHAKA: Chairman of the Non-government Teacher Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) Kabir Uddin Ahmed was Wednesday made OSD in a latest round of reshuffle in the administration.Separate notifications of the Establishment Ministry Wednesday said Momtaj Ahmed, OSD under the

GOPALGANJ: Police held a female trafficker and rescued four teenaged girls from Chhitkibari village in Rajoir upazila early Wednesday.  Police said acting on a tip-off, a patrol team of police raided the house of one Promoth Biswas at early hours Wednesday and rescued the girls and the

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court Wednesday accepted the charge-sheet against Mahmdudur Rahman, the former Energy Adviser and acting Editor of the Daily Amar Desh, in a corruption case he is facing for not submitting his wealth statement. Acting Metropolitan Sessions Judge Ismail Hossain fixed

DHAKA: Mirpur Model thana police Wednesday detained a fake police officer in the capital.Mirpur police said Rajib Chowdhury, has been cheating commoners for long with fake identity of an Assistant Police Super of Special Branch.Police caught him from Kalyanpur area at 2pm Wednesday. A

DHAKA: A US$ 1 billion credit agreement will be signed during the upcoming visit of Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to Bangladesh next Saturday, officials said. Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had announced the credits for Bangladesh for a range of projects, including

DHAKA: Rebellious members of various departments, recording and Rifles Sports Board of the BDR headquarters were put to trial Wednesday on charges of involvement in the mass mutiny in the border force.   The special court-6 set up at Pilkhana started the trial proceedings, with BDR

DHAKA: The High Court Wednesday granted anticipatory bail for six months to former BNP lawmaker Mosaddek Ali Falu in a case of “misappropriating” CI sheets sanctioned for distributing as relief among the poor.   An HC bench comprising justice Syed Dastagir Hossain and justice AKM

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court on Wednesday accepted charge against Mahmdudur Rahman, the detained acting editor of the daily Amar Desh, in a corruption case filed for not submitting wealth statement to the ACC. Acting Metropolitan Sessions Judge Ismail Hossain passed the order and fixed September

SIRAJGANJ: A housewife was electrocuted at Bilgajaria village in Sadar upazila Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Chaina Begum, 25, wife of Abdul Momin of the village. Witnesses said China came in contact with a snapped electric wire while cutting banana leaves nearby her

DHAKA: A woman was seriously injured in one of two bomb explosions at Arambag Club Para under Motijheel thana in the city on Tuesday night.  The injured was Monoara Begum, 32, a sweeper of ‘Arambag Wonderers Club’. Both her legs were scorched from the blast.    Locals rushed her

DHAKA: The International War Crimes Tribunal Wednesday asked Dhaka Central Jail authorities to produce Delwar Hossain Sayedee, Nayeb-e-Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami, before it on August 10 when hearing on the war-crime cases against the detained top leaders of the party will resume. The

DHAKA: A Deformed body was found from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) bathroom on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Firoza Begum, 50, wife of Kabir Ahmed, hailed from Amangonda village of Chouddagram upazila in Comilla district. The hospital source told

KUSHTIA: An extortion case was filed against two journalists - Rashedul Islam Biplob, editor and publisher of the local newspaper “Arshinagar”, and Shamsul Alam Swapan, Kushtia Correspondent of the daily Amader Shomoy.  Khondakar Ariful Islam Ripon, a Kushtia Judge Court lawyer,

DHAKA: Two bombs exploded in Arambagh area of the city on Tuesday night that left a woman injured. According to police, one explosion occurred at about 9:30 pm in front of Wanderers Club while the second one blew off in front of a mosque in a close sequence.The critically injured woman,

DHAKA: The government decided Tuesday to appoint 20,000 parttime teachers for government primary schools across the country following the shortage of teachers.A government announcement said of the total, 40 teachers will be appointed for each upazila.Besides, one nightguard each will be

DHAKA: Leftwing protestors Tuesday alleged that the government is violating the constitution through the handover of power and energy sector to the private sector.  They said the government has to keep power and energy turfs under the public sector if it wants to abide by articles 7, 13,

DHAKA: The government is going to introduce online system for submitting government treasury challan and for visitors’ entry into the secretariat, as the nation goes digital. Officials said this move is part of the process of implementing ‘vision 2021’, which talks about building a