DHAKA: Speaker of Islamic Parliament of Iran Ali Larijani has invited Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to attend The Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States conference.Iranian Ambassador to Bangladesh Mohammad Beheshti Monfared handed over the invitation letter to the Speaker on a

DHAKA: The first session of the 10th parliament is set to resume on Tuesday after a five-day recess.The session will resume around 4.30pm with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.Earlier, President M Abdul Hamid convened the inaugural session of the new parliament on January

GOPALGONJ: A man was killed and five others injured in a road accident in Gerakhola Bridge area under Moksedpur Upazila of the district on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as ABM Ehasanul Kabir, 68, a retired bank officer, hailed from Shyamali in Dhaka. Sources said, the victim,

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday directed home secretary and inspector general of police (IGP) to handover the case over Sonali Bank robbery in Kishoreganj to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) within 48-hour.An HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Monday quizzed BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed at Kashimpur Jail gate in a case filed against him for allegedly capturing a government abandoned house.     He was interrogated for grabbing a land worth Tk 300 crore in

FARIDPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Mashaujan area of Dangi Union under Nagarkanda Upazila of the district on Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Sabuj and Nasir.Witnesses said that a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of Sakura Paribahan rammed them in the

DHAKA: An elderly man was killed in a road accident at Darus Salam Technical intersection of the city on Monday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Sources said that the victim was critically injured as a speedy vehicle rammed him at around 6:00am. On

DHAKA: Miscreants shot a businessman for extortion in Uttor Basabo area under Sabujbagh Thana of the capital on Sunday night.The victim was identified as Mujibur Rahman, 50, a flex load trader.Family sources said two youths came to Mujibur’s shop and demanded Tk 20,000 as extortion

DHAKA: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) urged the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to avoid such matters like the recent inauguration of projects by its chief.TIB executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said, in a statement on Sunday, inauguration of bridges and joining political

DHAKA: Some seven doctors were suspended for absence at their work stations at several hospitals under Narshingdi district on Sunday.The suspended doctors are Shibpur Upazila Health Complex medical officer Dr Rajib Mahmud, Dr Ashfaque Nabi, Jessore Upasasthya Kendro assistant surgeon Dr M

GOPALGANJ: Two persons were killed and two others injured in two different road accidents on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Muksudpur upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Khadeja Begum, 50, hailed from Ramchandrapur village and Arif Gazi, 15, hailed from

DHAKA: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resource Ministry Nasrul Hamid categorically said the government would ensure coal and energy policy soon as it had became the prime concern of the ministry. He made the comments while addressing a discussion with officials of

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: Newly elected executive committee members of Jahangirnagar University Teachers’ Association took charge on Sunday morning.President Professor Farid Ahmed and general secretary Professor Muhammad Quamrul Ahsan took charge from the previous president and general

DHAKA: Mohammed Salim, FCMA has been elected as President of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) for the year 2014.  The decision was taken in the 1st meeting of the 15th Council of ICMAB held on 30 January, says a press release.      The council

DHAKA: President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hasan Rouhani congratulated Sheikh Hasina for her re-election as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.External Publicity Wing of Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed the matter in a press release on Sunday.In the message, the Iranian President

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: Three platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members were deployed on Rajshahi University campus and a syndicate meeting was called on Sunday evening amid the unrest of agitated students.Sources said that three-platoon BGB members were deployed around 4:00pm

DHAKA: Three more devotees, injured in a road accident in Turag Thana area, died at National Institute of Traumatology Orthipedic on Sunday afternoon.They were injured as bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Rustam area under Turag Thana around 11:00am while they were returning home from

KISHOREGANJ: A Kishoreganj court on Sunday placed Abu Bakar Siddique, a fourth-class employee of Sonali Bank of Nikli Upazila Branch, on a three-day remand in a case of looting the bank.Senior Judicial Magistrate M Hamidul Islam passed the remand order after police produced him before the

DHAKA: A bus helper was killed in a road accident in Malibagh area of the city on Sunday afternoon.  The deceased was identified as Yeasin, 35.Police sources said a bus ran over Yeasin while he was taking fares from passengers on the street in the area around 3:00pm, leaving him dead on

DHAKA: The government has given approval to appoint some 392 executive magistrates to maintain law-and-order in the upcoming upazila elections.  Public Administration Ministry gave the approval in response to request of the election commission (EC).  As per the government order, a total