DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday approved the time extension plea by the prosecution for further investigation into General Manzoor murder case and ordered to submit the report within July 15.The court also relieved former President and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad from personal

DHAKA: Four sea beach workers have been recruited and many initiatives have been taken at Saint Martin’s Island to alert and save the tourists on the island.Coast Guard official Lieutenant Kazi Harunur Rashid came up with the disclosure while answering a query of a participant of

FARIDPUR: A woman along with her son was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Kanaipur BSCIC Industrial Area of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Selina Akhter, 45, wife of Ohidul Sheikh and their son Sumon Sheikh, 21, student of Faridpur

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved five projects involving Tk 2072.53 crore.The approval came from a meeting held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.The

DHAKA: Banglalink, one of the leading mobile-phone operators in the country, with support from The Asia Foundation and the District Women’s Business Forums (DWBFs), has launched a new initiative to empower women throughout the country. The launching ceremony took place at the Nawab Ali

DHAKA: The government should take tight security measures to avert further tragic situation at Saint Martin’s Island in the Bay.Nayan Islam, a student of Jagannath University, made the observation in a ‘Public Opinion’ event organized by banglanews24.com on Tuesday afternoon.The

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed three cases against Expatriates’ Welfare Secretary Dr Khandaker Shawkat Hossain for his alleged involvement in irregularities in distributing plots.The cases were filed with Motijheel Thana in the afternoon.Deputy Director of ACC Jatan Kumar

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered to fix the fare of first two kilometers in new yellow taxicabs Tk 85 instead of Tk 100.Besides, passenger has to pay Tk 8.50 for every two minutes of halting of journey or for being trapped in traffic jam. Moreover, passenger has to pay one

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi University has warned the intern doctors of Rajshahi Medical College that it (RU) will not issue certificates if they continue to boycott classes and exams in the name of movement, disrupting Medicare at the hospital.“We have to think about that,” said RU Vice

DHAKA: Former President and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has been relieved from personal appearance in court during future hearing into General Manzur murder case.Additional district and sessions judge court of Dhaka passed the order following an application by the former military

DHAKA: A quinquagenarian man died of heatstroke in Mughda area of the city on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Mantaz Uddin, 50, who used to work as the caretaker of house in Maniknagar of the area.Neighbour Rakibuddin told banglanews: “Mantaz went to the 7-storied house’s roof

DHAKA: The Asia Internet Symposium-2014 will be held at Dhaka on April 26.Internet Society (ISOC) Dhaka chapter will organized the symposium in association with the ISOC Asia Pacific Bureau at Gold Water Convention Center of Bashundhara City Shopping Mall at Panthapath in the city.The

NEW YORK: Fire gutted at least 20 Bangladeshi shops at Jackson Heights Building.    Thousands of Bangladeshi Americans live in the Jackson Heights and 74 Street has most of the Bangladeshi grocery stores and clothing stores there.        The fire broke out at a Queens commercial

DHAKA: Three architects and a former star player have been granted bail in Dhanmondi ground intrusion case.They urged all to keep the people’s ground away from politics.The architects are Mobassher Hossain, Iqbal Habib and Begum Salma Shafi while the former star player is Kamrunnahar

DHAKA: A writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking its directives to stop construction works and evicting all illegal infrastructures from capital’s Dhanmondi playground.Architect Mobasser Hossain among six others jointly filed the petition as public interest litigation on

NARAYANGANJ: Fire broke out at a cotton and jhut (garments waste) godown in Dharmaganj area under Fatullah upazila of the district at 11:00am Tuesday.Four fire fighting units are trying to extinguish the flame while the reason of the fire could not be known immediately.BDST: 1253 HRS APR

DHAKA: Former President, also Prime Minster’s special envoy HM Ershad on Tuesday appeared before a Dhaka court in a hearing on much-talked-about Major General MA Manzoor murder case.Meanwhile, state prosecutors sought another three months for further investigation to submit report.

NARAYANGANJ: Police arrested Mehedi Mondol, prime accused of sensational school boy Arafat Rahman Siam Ahmed killing case in Fatulla of the district.He was arrested from Boktaboli area under Fatulla around   9:30am on Tuesday after five months of the murder.Fatulla Model Thana

NEW YORK: A fire broke out at a Queens commercial building in Jackson Heights of New York on Tuesday.Fire caught the four-story office building at 5:30pm on Monday local time at 74-09 37th Avenue. Fire fighters are on effort to extinguish the flame.For about two hours, flames and dark,

DHAKA: Police recovered body of an unidentified youth from Suhrawardy Udyan at Shahbagh in the capital early Tuesday.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Shahbagh Thana Officer-in-Charge Sirajul Islam said, “Police recovered the body at around 1:00am and sent it to Dhaka Medical College