Ruling Awami League (AL) may seek an extension of time from the Election Commission (EC) to hold its central council to ratify the provisional changes made to its constitutions for registration.AL...

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) disconnected 159 electricity lines on the first day of its drive against illegal electricity connections, says a press release.A taskforce formed by the BPDB...

Muktijoddha Nou-Commando Bahumukhi Samobai Samity leaders yesterday condemned the mindless eviction of freedom fighters from their government-allotted land at Kafrul and demolition of the commando...

Speakers at a meeting yesterday urged the government to announce specific programmes for implementing the pledges made for youths in its election manifesto. They said the government must implement...

Commerce Minister Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan speaks at the launching ceremony of call centre and telecom solution of Inspire Communications Limited at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in...

Four people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj, Jhenidah and Gaibandha yesterday. Our correspondent in Manikganj reports: A woman and her son were killed in a...

Import of coal from India through four land stations in Sylhet division remained suspended since Thursday due to a government ban on import of coal containing over one percent sulphur.The ban was...

Three construction workers were injured as the roof of an underconstruction building of Kalkini Health Complex collapsed on them yesterday. The injured, identified as Zakir Hossain, 30, Akhter...

A young girl was killed and his younger brother injured as the roof of a shabby building collapsed on them at the Railway Colony in Narayanganj yesterday. The dead was identified as Nargis Akhter,...

Former lawmaker Nazim Kamran Choudhury, husband of former adviser to a caretaker government Geeteara Shafiya Choudhury, his brother and son-in-law were set free on bail yesterday 16 hours after their...

Railway communications between three northern districts remained suspended for the last 24 hours as a passenger train derailed at Harinarayanpur village in Thakurgaon on Thursday noon.Dinajpur...

A local Awami League leader was killed and five people were injured during a clash over control of a pond at Nanglu in Dhanut yesterday. The dead was identified as Abu Saim, 48, president of Nanglu...

Regulatory Reforms Commission Chairman Dr Akbar Ali Khan yesterday warned that one-third land of the country would go under water if effective measures are not taken to tackle the climate change...

A case has been filed against 30 suspected Rajakars in Morelganj on charges of killing 11 freedom fighters and looting houses during the War of Liberation in 1971.Morelganj police recorded the case...

A journalist was beaten to death by some unidentified criminals at Uttara in the city yesterday.The victim, Nurul Islam Rana, a reporter of the fortnightly magazine Mukta Mon, came under attack when...

The Right to Information Forum, a network of more than 30 organisations and individuals, has hailed the formation of the Information Commission headed by former secretary M Azizur Rahman.The RTI...

Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need to establish an expatriate welfare bank to help the Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) living and working abroad in sending remittance to the country...

The Indian government has approved payment of 239.39 million US dollars for setting up the South Asian University. The approval of the amount, which is about 79 percent of the total cost of the full...

A young man committed suicide being crushed under the wheels of a train yesterday after he had stabbed his father to death at Pirgachha upazila here on Thursday night.Pirgachha police identified the...

Benarasi saree weavers at Mirpur in the capital are passing a miserable life as the future of proposed Benarasi Estate at Bhashantek is hanging in balance even 25 years after the land allocation by...

Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) is awaiting the government's nod to set up automated teller machines (ATM) at the post offices across the country.BPO had applied for such services few months ago with a...

A villager who went to the Sundarbans to collect firewood was killed in an attack by a tiger at Kolmaria in Bara Keyakhali canal area in Satkhira yesterday.The victim was identified as Abdul Karim,...

The installation ceremony of the newly elected Executive Committee of Old Faujians' Association (OFA) Dhaka Chapter for the term 2009-2011 was held at OFA Secretariat at Mohakhali DOHS in the city...

Subimal Dewan, former adviser to late President Ziaur Rahman, passed away at his residence at College Gate in the town yesterday at the age of 93. He was also the president of Rangamati Pratibandhi...

Bangladesh is actively trying to eradicate hunger and poverty, end gender discrimination, increase endowment for primary education and support human development, Chief Whip M Abdus Shahid said at a...

(RTTNews) - Bangladesh authorities have arrested Abdur Rahim, alias Shahadat. He had operated for two-and-a-half-years in the border districts of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on the...

Dhaka, July 3 : Abdur Rahim alias Shahadat who played a key role in strengthening the banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in bordering districts of India's West...

CARLSBAD, CA, July 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On July 4, 2009, Amy Wasserman and Todd Burckin will embark on a two-week trip to participate in the Asian University for Women (AUW) faculty...

Dhaka, July 3 : Bangladesh's exporters have made common ca use with Indian importers to urge Dhaka to reduce taxes on the prized hilsa fish and place it on par with frozen shrimp and other marine...

Deputy Leader of the Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury said the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Agreement would be implemented following discussions with the indigenous people, which Awami League...

Bangladesh's former military ruler, Gen Hussein Muhammad Ershad, is recovering in hospital after a heart operation, doctors in Dhaka say."He is in a satisfactory condition following a successful...

BSF Maldah Sector Commander CS Sidhu receives BDR DG Major General Mainul Islam at zero point near Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj yesterday. They later held a meeting at Mahdipur BSF camp in...

A Dhaka court yesterday fixed August 4 to deliver judgment on the appeals filed against the lower court verdict that sentenced three Dhaka University (DU) teachers to two years' rigorous imprisonment...

Bangladesh and the United States are going to hold their first-ever bilateral talks in September to discuss entire range of issues between the two countries, local news agency UNB reported on...

Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation Bert Koenders and Vice Minister for Transport, Public Works and Water Management Tineke Huizinga will arrive here for a two-day official visit on July 5 and...

Thirty-two alleged collaborators of Pakistani occupation forces have been sued for killing, arson and looting in Satkhira, Moulvibazar and Gopalganj in 1971.In Satkhira, a petition case was filed...

DHAKA, July 2 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves surged to a record high of $7.47 billion at the end of June from $6.56 billion in May, the central bank said on Thursday. It...

DHAKA, July 2 - Bangladesh's state-run oil and gas authority said on Thursday it had approved a plan by U.S. energy firm Chevron to invest $52 million to augment natural gas...

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad has called for increasing the wages of workers and introducing other allowances for them. In a written statement yesterday he also urged the...

Heavy downpour for the last 2-3 days coupled with onrush of hill water has triggered flash flood in several areas of Khagrachhari while floodwater has submerged more low-lying areas in Netrakona....

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought enhanced assistance from the United Nations (UN) for improving child and maternal health as well as empowering the womenfolk in the country, as she...

Kalia police on Wednesday night arrested an outlaw and recovered pistol, pipe gun and bullets from his possession. Arrestee Alam alias Anu alias Maruf Hossain, 35, of Chacharpur Naldanga village in...

would be raised in IPO and pre-IPO sales, up from the 8.95 percent it had planned earlier. Experts said the Grameenphone IPO would shatter all records on Bangladesh's two bourses, as the...

ANALYSIS-Bangladesh struggles to tame violent militants --> By Anis Ahmed DHAKA, July 2 (Reuters) - Violent militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan get more attention, but militant groups also...

Tipaimukh Bandh Protirodh Andolan (dam resistance movement) yesterday submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through the acting deputy commissioner, urging her to immediately sit with...

India's Tipaimukh dam project, coming up in Manipur on the river Barak that flows into Bangladesh, will not harm that country as feared by its politicians and civil society, say officials here.'India...

Home Minister Sahara Khatun was successfully operated upon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore yesterday to heal her injured waist.She suffered waist injuries when she fell in the washroom of...

Christian Service Society (CSS), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has provided 23 sex workers with jobs to encourage them to return to normal life. The NGO has brought the sex workers under an...

Ten people were injured and about 25 vehicles owned by members of Bogra Transport Owners' Association were ransacked at Adamdighi in Bogra yesterday as cadres of Naogaon District Transport Owners...

G4S Bangladesh, a security service provider, signed an agreement with the embassy of the Netherlands on Wednesday to provide comprehensive security solutions, including access control, at the embassy...