DHAKA: A special court in Dhaka on Tuesday awarded death penalty to 152 jawans for their involvement in 2009 mutiny in border force.Besides, the court awarded life term in jail to 160 members under section 302 of the penal code and 10 years more in jail under section 382 of penal code.The

DHAKA: A special court in Dhaka on Tuesday awarded death penalty to 152 jawans for their involvement in 2009 mutiny in border force.Besides, the court awarded life term in jail to 160 members under section 302 of the penal code and 10 years more in jail under section 382 of penal code.The

GAZIPUR: The authorities concerned declared 20 readymade garments factories of Konabari, Kaliakoir, Ashulia and Sataish closed due to workers unrest on Tuesday.Sources said hundreds of workers of some garment factories blockaded Baroipara-Jalsuka road and staged protest around 10:00am

DHAKA: A special court in Dhaka on Tuesday sentenced 204 jawans to different jail-term up to 17 years for their involvement in 2009 mutiny in border force. While 271 were acquitted from the charge as their involvement was not proved.Third Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Dr M

NARAYANGANJ: Two workers of readymade garments were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Lolati area under Sonargaon Upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Selina Begum, 27,  operator of Supreme Sweater of Adamjee EPZ and Bahar Hossain,

CHITTAGONG: Two journalists were injured in a cocktail explosion while capturing photos of a pro-hartal procession in port city’s station road area on Tuesday morning, the second day of 18-party’s 60-hour hartal.The injured were identified as Shamsul Alam Babu, 35, cameraperson of

BOGRA: At least 25 people were injured as hartal supporters threw cocktails and brick-chips at a mail train at Bogra railway station on Tuesday morning, the second day of 18-party’s 60-hour hartal.The incident took place at around 8:15am when the Lalmonirhat-bound Padmarag mail train

RIYADH: Inspection squads from the ministries of labor and interior on Monday started massive raids across the Kingdom to catch labor and residency law violators following the end of the amnesty period.Sources concerned said thousands of illegals were arrested in various regions of the

DHAKA: A special court set up at Bakshibazar Government Alia madrasa ground is reading out the verdict of sensational Pilkhana carnage case on Tuesday.Third additional metropolitan session Judge Dr M Akhtaruzzaman started reading out the judgment at 12:35pm. Earlier in the morning, the

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: Awami League advisory council member Suranjit Sengupta, also minister without portfolio, proposed to hold talks over all-party government with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.The lawmaker came up with the proposal while addressing the parliament in point

FROM PARLIAMENT: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Ministry submitted much-talked-about Grameen Bank Bill-2013 by keeping the provision to appoint chairman and managing director of the bank by the government after approval of central bank.Chairman of the Committee Lotus Kamal

KUSTIA: Two minors drown in a pond near Naokhadamipur area under Mirpur upazila of the district on Monday noon.The deceased were identified as Nazmul Islam, 7, son of Mujibur Rahaman Sarker and his cousin Jisan, 7, son of Ekramul Haque Sarker.  Locals and family sources said that the

DHAKA: The cabinet approved the draft of ‘Formalin Control Act-2013’ in a bid to stop mishandling of formalin with provisions for a maximum 10 years and minimum two years imprisonment and Tk 500,000 fine for violations.The approval came from a regular meeting of the cabinet held at

CHITTAGONG: A readymade garments official was killed in an accident as pickets chased a vehicle in the port city on Monday.The deceased was identified as M Zakir, son of Ali Hossain of Khulshi Dampara. He was a commercial manager of readymade garments of the city.Sources said pickets

DHAKA: The government has given approval the draft of the ‘Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust-2013’.The approval came from a regular meeting of the cabinet held at Secretariet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.After the meeting, cabinet secretary M Mosharraf Hossain

DHAKA: Pickets blasted two cocktails at Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) and Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court yards on Monday afternoon.The incident took place at 2:45pm, the first day of 60-hour nonstop hartal called by BNP-led 18-party alliance.Sources said hartal supporters

RIYADH: The law enforcement agency of Saudi Arabia arrested five Bangladeshi expatriates working at hotel Hilton in Madinah as the validity of their visa was over.Sources said Saudi authority arrested them when they were going to their workplace hotel Hilton. However, hotel Hilton

DHAKA: Election Commissioner M Shahnewaz on Monday categorically said army would be deployed in the next general elections to maintain law-and-order situation.The election commissioner came up with the disclosure while talking to journalists at his Election Commission Secretariat office

DHAKA: Some 157 bodies were identified after testing DNA of the unidentified 322 people died in Rana Plaza collapse at Savar.National DNA Profile Laboratory of Dhaka Medical College Hospital made the tests.Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Mikail Shipar made the

DHAKA: A critically burnt passenger of CNG-run auto-rickshaw, which was blazed by hartal supporters Sunday night, died in the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Mostafizur Rahman, 35, purchase officer of Biswas Synthetic