DHAKA: The High Commission of India here introduced online submission of visa applications. Visa seekers to India may visit www.hcidhaka.org or www.ivacbd.com to register applications online, a press release of Indian High Commission here said on Sunday. However, online submission of visa

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel rescued a 15-year-old schoolgirl in the city’s Banasree area Saturday, 13 days after she had allegedly been abducted from Kushtia.The girl was identified as Alo Khatun, daughter of Mosharaf Hossain of Jugia Mathpara village and a class-ten

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni MP said Bangladesh will open a resident mission in Lisbon soon to serve the needs of the growing Bangladesh community in Portugal. “The community in Portugal is growing and they are contributing positively there,” she said as a Special Envoy of

DHAKA: The government will award 108 foreign nationals recognizing their contribution to the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.A national committee has prepared a preliminary list by evaluating the contribution of foreigners to the War of Liberation, official sources said.  ``Further

DHAKA: The government on Sunday extended the contracts of Bangladesh Tariff Commission Chairman Dr Mojibur Rahman for two years, a notification by the Establishment Ministry said. The government also made some changes in a number of positions in the civil bureaucracy.Deputy secretaries of

BAGERHAT: Two employees of Bagerhat Court were temporarily suspended on Sunday on charge of hunting 10 water ducks which are on the verge of extinction. Bagerhat District and Sessions Judge GM Salauddin issued the order suspending Md Abdul Hannan alias Moni and Sharoj Kumar Biswas.Court

NARSINGDI: Country’s tenuous electricity supply took a knock as a major unit of Ghorasal power hub tripped Sunday following a baffling fire incident. Official sources said the fire broke out at unit-6 at about 3pm and burnt the turbine rotor. The blaze halted generation of 210-megawatt

GOPALGANJ:  A court here on Sunday granted a three-day remand for quizzing Harkatul Jihad (HuJi) leader Mufti Hannan in Baniarchar bomb explosion case. Gopalganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Molla Saiful Alam passed the order as the investigation officer made a 10-day remand plea.The court

DHAKA: The High Court Sunday ordered the government to stop all kinds of encroachment, earth filling and construction of structures on the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong for next three months, as river gobbling goes on recklessly.It also issued a rule upon government to explain within

DINAJPUR: A Court here on Monday rejected bail petitions of 20 accused in BDR carnage of 40 Rifles Battalion of Phulbari thana in Dinajpur. The court has set August 31 for hearing the charges.The accused were produced before the court of District and Sessions Judge of Dinajpur Sarker

DHAKA: The appointment of two High Court judges to the International Crimes Tribunal for war-crime trial came under challenge put up through a writ petition filed with the High Court Sunday.On March 25, the government appointed Justice Nizamul Huq Nasim chairman of the tribunal and

DHKA: A Dhaka court Sunday fixed August 18 for reporting arrest of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat Rahman Koko on charge of tax evasion.  Acting Judge of Senior Special Judge Court’s of Dhaka Ismail Hossain fixed the schedule. Taherul Islam, a lawyer for

RAJSHAHI: Students led by Chhatra League Sunday observed a wildcat strike at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) to press home their seven-point demand. The demands include trial for police action on general students and trial of Shibir activists responsible for the

DHAKA: Police recovered the hanging body of a girl from a slum at Bhashantek under Kafrul thana in the capital on Saturday night.The dead was identified as Taslima,11, daughter of Mohammd Israfil.Israfil told banglanews24.com.bd that Taslima exchanged hot words with her mother Madina

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday gave directives for making import of rice, pulses, gram and sugar ahead of Ramadan, as a contingency measure to keep the market stable.During a meeting with government secretaries here in the afternoon, she also asked everybody to remain alert so

KISHOREGONJ: A Kishoregonj Court Sunday placed Major Ranjan Chowdhury, the leader of Indian separatist group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and his associate Pradip Marak on a three-day remand separately.Senior Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Ali Ahsan granted the remand after a

DHAKA: Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from Karwan Bazar in the capital early Sunday.  Tejgaon Police found the body, aged about 50, on the road near 83 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue at about 2:30 am. The body, bore several injury marks, was sent to Dhaka Medical College

RAJSHAHI: A schoolboy was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Arani in Bagha upazila on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Himel, a class VIII student of Rustampur High School. Witnesses said the sand-laden truck ran over Himel, leaving him seriously injured. He was died on way to

CHITTAGONG: Former Chittagong Mayor AMB Mohiuddin Chowdhury Sunday sued his successor M Manjur Alam for allegedly lying on oath to stand in the race for mayoral seat in the just-held Chittagong City Corporation elections. Mohiuddin filed the case with the Election Tribunal and first Joint

DHAKA: Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate Sunday left for Geneva to attend the third international conference of parliament speakers beginning in the Swiss city Monday.The speaker is heading a six-member parliamentary delegation for the meet. The other members of the team are Tofail Ahmed,