DHAKA: To the cheers of Amar Desh journalists, the Supreme Court Sunday endorsed the High Court verdict halting the cancellation of the declaration of the Bengali daily.Earlier, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division had issued an order of stay on the HC order that had stayed the

RAJSHAHI: The house tutors of 10 student dormitories at Rajshahi University mostly stay away from the halls at night, residents said, as they feel a little sense of insecurity. As a result of the truancy of their dorm guardians, students do not get help immediately from the house tutors

GOPALGANJ : Police Saturday night arrested two suspected members of a robbers gang with arms and ammunition from Chapailghat on the outskirts of the district town.On information, a special team of police, led by additional police super Sardar Rokonuzzaman, raided Chapailghat area at about

SATHKHIRA: Unknown assailants slaughtered the wife of a police constable in Mehedibagh area of the district town Sunday morning.The dead was identified as Mariyam Begum, 47, wife of constable Shamsur Rahman of Morelganj thana in Bagerhat district.Sathkhira Sadar thana OC Sahjahan Khan

DHAKA: Chittagong City Corporation’s newly elected mayor M Manjur Alam took oath Sunday morning. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at her office at 10am.   Manjur is scheduled to visit the grave of BNP founder President Ziaur Rahman at 4pm. He is likely to meet BNP

GAZIPUR: Six suspected members of a gang of dacoits were beaten to death in a lynch-mob reprisal in Enayetpur area of Kashimpur in Sadar upazila early Sunday after a daring double-dacoity.Three of the dead were identified as Kamal Hossain, 35, Shukkur Ali, 40, and Abdul Malek, 30.

DHAKA: Rukhsana Akhter, a young girl burned to death and five others were injured in a devastating fire that broke out at Déjà vu Café, a Chinese Restaurant in Gulshan Avenue in the capital on Saturday night.Ruksana was a student of 2nd year of BA in English, at city’s Titumir

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday placed Saidur Rahman, chief of the banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), on a three-day police remand in an antiterrorism case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Moazzem Hossain granted the remand in a case filed with Kadamtoli thana

DHAKA: Dhaka City Mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka is taking the lead in a major move against the government wooing in the city-corporation councilors on the issue of disappearance of councilor and BNP leader Chowdhury Alam.Alam has been missing since June 25 while the government said that he

KHULNA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit Aila affected areas in Koyra and Shyamnagar under Khulna and Sathkhira districts on July 23.During her visit, she is likely to inaugurate the Chaddaroshi Bridge in Sathkhira, Khulna Deputy Commissioner Jamsher Ahmed Khandaker

DHAKA: With the holy month of Ramadan just round the corner, the usual practice of profiteering casts its shadow before as an upturn in the prices of essentials in the city markets started hitting the commoners. Prices of sugar, ginger, garlic and onions witnessed a sharp rise while

CHITTAGONG: A college student was electrocuted in Khawja Road area under Chandgaon Thana of the port city Saturday, police said.The deceased was identified as Jafar Ahmed, 21, a first-year student of Bangla Department of Chittagong Govt. College and son of Nur Safa from Maichhpara village

DHAKA: A panel of economists will sit with the government Monday with the draft of the 6th five-year plan in the Planning Commission to design the country’s development recipe aimed at a faster growth. The 6th five-year plan for 2011-2015 period targets raise in the Gross Domestic

DHAKA: State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam said Jamaat-e-Islami politics would be banned on the basis of the court verdict declaring the Fifth Constitution Amendment illegal, once the government gets copy of the judgment in hand.“Politics of Jamaat would be proscribed as it has

CHITTAGONG:  A young man was killed and eight people were injured as a passenger bus turned turtle at Tiger pass intersection in the city Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Raju, 28, of Ahmed Para in North Patenga. Kotwali thana SI Golam Afsar told

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong City Corporation’s newly elected mayor M Manjur Alam will take oath on Sunday.  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will administer the oath at her office at 10am.   After taking oath, Manjur will visit the grave of BNP’s late President Ziaur Rahman at 4pm,

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion personnel arrested two trespassing leaders of the Indian separatist group United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in Laxmipur frontier area of Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district early Saturday. The arrested ULFA leaders were identified as Major Ranjan

NATORE: An octogenarian man was killed as a speeding bus knocked down him at Kandibhitua PTI crossing on the outskirts of the town Saturday morning. Natore Sadar Thana Sub-Inspector Jalaluddin said a Bogra-bound BRTC bus knocked down Jalil Mandal, 80, of Diarbhita area of the town, at

RAJSHAHI: A suspected regional leader of the banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was arrested in Ashulia of Savar on the outskirts of the capital early Saturday.Police said arrested Abul Hossain alias Abul Member was a close associate of Bangla Bhai, the

DHAKA: Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) is now up with a satellite town plan for Savar on the outskirts of the capital after its scheme in Gazipur stalled amid mass protests.     The plan for Savar satellite town has been submitted to the Ministry of Housing and Public Works for