RAJSHAHI: At least 30 police personnel were injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Paba upazila of the district on Thursday night.Sources said a Chapainawabganj-bound a police bus plunged into roadside ditch at its driver lost control over steering while trying to avert head-on

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Thursday granted bail to three journalists of ‘Daily Inqilab’ in a case filed with Wari Thana under the Information and Communication Technology Act.     Metropolitan Magistrate MA Salam passed the order following bail petition filed by defense lawyer Advocate

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given a clarion call to infuse the spirit of the language movement among the new generation to face the enemies of independence and Ekushey.  On Thursday, she declared:  “Those who deny the spirit of the language movement and the four pillars of

PABNA: Miscreants vandalized a newly build Shaheed Minar in Boalmari School under Chatmohar Upazila of the district on Wednesday night.   Following the incident police officials and upazila administration officials visited the spot on Thursday noon.Confirming the matter Chatmohar Thana

DHAKA: The nation is all set to pay homage to the martyrs of the language movement one minute past midnight Thursday amid heightened security at and around the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka and elsewhere of the country on the occasion of Amar Ekushey.The President, Abdul Hamid, will

DHAKA: Elections to 74 upazila parishads will be held in the fifth phase on March 31.Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed announced the schedule for the fifth phase of the fourth upazila polls at the media centre of the EC secretariat on Thursday.      The last date for

DHAKA: The High Court ordered to settle the matter of Afil Uddin and Advocate Monirul Islam, winners in 10th JS elections from Jessore-1 and Jessore-2 constituency respectively, within two weeks.AN HC bench comprising Justices Mirza Hossain Haider and Muhammad Khurshidul Alam passed the

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 Thursday summoned journalist David Bergman to place his statement by appearing physically or by his counsel before it within March 6.      A three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the order after hearing a contempt of court

DHAKA: The High Court Thursday declared illegal a government decision which said Hajj pilgrims can fly to Saudi Arabia by two airlines for performing the holy Hajj.A bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice M Habibul Gani passed the verdict after hearing a rule in this

DHAKA: Secretary General of the Commonwealth Kamalesh Sharma invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to join in the working group of the Post-2015 Development Agenda to advance global inter-governmental negotiations in London.Following the Commonwealth summit in Colombo in November, 2013, a

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has taken three-tier security measures to ensure overall security of Central Shaheed Minar area on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.In a press conference at Shaheed Minar premises, RAB director general Mokhlesur Rahman came up with the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday handed over ‘Ekushey Padak’ to 15 noted poets, fiction and non-fiction writers and in various other sectors for their contribution in different sectors of country and society.The programme started at 11:00am at the Osmani Memorial

NARSINGDI: Four people were killed and 20 other injured in a road accident in Narayanpur bus stand area under Belabo upazila of the district early Thursday. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said a bus collided head-on with a microbus in the area on

DHAKA: Some four Awami League-backed and four BNP-backed candidates won in the first phase upazila elections after a daylong peaceful voting in 40 districts on Wednesday.Manikganj: At Daulatpur upazila, BNP-backed candidate Tojammel Haque Toja got 45,146 votes while his nearest candidate

DHAKA: Bashundhara City Shopping Mall has become a role model in South East Asia not only for its aesthetic beauty also in the field of fire prevention and extinguishing. So, the trainees of Fire Service & Civil Defense department are coming to the shopping mall for practical

TANGAIL: A Tangail court on Wednesday placed Rasel Bin Sattar on a 10-day remand on charge of his involvement with the circulation of audiovisual tape of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Tangail Shahadat Hossain passed the remand order after he

DHAKA: Architect Mohammed Rezwan is the founder of Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a not-for-profit development organization in Bangladesh. He invented “solar-powered floating school” to ensure access to year round and quality education in flood-prone regions. He developed, expanded,

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi delegation led by foreign secretary Shahidul Haque met with US assistant secretary of state Nisha Desai Biswal at her office on Tuesday.In the meeting, Nisha Biswal said she wanted to portray US- Bangladesh relations to the senate committee in a balanced manner within

DHAKA: Awami League-backed backed candidates won unofficially at Bajitpur and Nikla upazilas in Kishoreganj district in first phase polls on Wednesday.At Nikla upazila, AL candidate Karar Saiful Islam bagged 19,838 votes while his nearest BNP-backed candidate got 14,538 votes in all 32

DHAKA: Sammilito Islami Janata formed a human-chain in front of the National Press Club demanding to build a mosque by demolishing Jamuna Future Park as it was built on mosque and graveyard soil.             The organization demanded to build a mosque naming Jamuna Jame Mosque