DHAKA: The Jail Killing Day, commemorating the assassination of four national leaders inside Dhaka Central Jail, is being observed Sunday across the country in a solemn manner.Awami League and its associate organizations have chalked out various programmes marking the day including grand

DHAKA: The results of admission-test under ‘Gha’ unit of Dhaka University’s undergraduate programme for the session of 2013-14 are set to be published on Sunday noon.University Vice-Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique will publish the result formally at his administrative building

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League is set to stage a grand rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Sunday afternoon marking the Jail Killing Day.Patrol Inspector (PI) Anwar told banglanews, “Following the rally security measures have been beefed up in the area. Police men are patrolling

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 is set to pronounce the verdict on Sunday in the cases against Jamaat leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan for their alleged involvement in killing of intellectuals during 1971 liberation war. Earlier On October 31, the three-member

I find it incredible that in this age of alleged enlightenment there are still debates in play about corporal punishment (CP) in schools, especially in the USA.What’s preventing God-given instincts or moral conscience from kicking-in and simply affirming it’s WRONG?Why isn’t it

DHAKA: Khelafat-e-Islami Bangladesh Amir Maulana Abul Hasanat Amini, also vice chairman of Islami Oikya Jote urged the government to arrest the prime mover of anti-Islamic activities within the country Nurul Islam Babul, chairman of Jamuna Group.Otherwise, they will be compelled to

COX’S BAZAR: Sea robbers abducted 30 fishermen, including eight trawlers from various estuaries of the Bay of Bengal in two days from Friday.During the time, a fisherman sustained bullet injuries.The bullet-wounded is Abdul Haque, a trawlerman.Organizing Secretary of Cox’s Bazar

GAZIPUR: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Saturday observed that solving the current political crisis would be possible through talks.“We are even moving towards talks. So, I am hopeful that ongoing political crisis will be dissolved through talks between the ruling and the

GAZIPUR: Readymade garment workers blockaded Dhaka-Tangail highway demanding minimum wage Tk 8,000 as salary.The blockade programme was started 2:30pm and continued till 3:15pm on Saturday.Witnesses said thousands workers blockaded Dhaka-Tangail highway in Konabari area to meet their

DHAKA: A fire broke out in some shops in Bawnia embankment area adjacent to C-Block of Section-11 at Mirpur in the city on Saturday afternoon.The cause and origination of the fire could not be known immediately.Mobilizing Officer of Fulbaria Fire Station Nilufer Yasmin told banglanews

HABIGANJ: A person was killed and some 30 others were injured in a clash over land property in Amrita village under Bahubal upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Siraj Mia, 25, son of Mokhles Mia, hailed from Amrita village.The injured were admitted to Bahbal

DHAKA: Two Supreme Court lawyers filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of making public the phone conversation between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.Advocate Faruk Hossain amd Advocate Abdullah Al Baki filed the petition with

DHAKA: Beating the internationally popular site Yahoo.com in Bangladesh, Dhaka-based news portal banglanews24.com has achieved the fifth position, according to the International Online Ranking Institution Alexa.com.If we think about the popularity with others online media in Bangladesh

COMILLA: Rail communications on Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes restored after a three and half-an-hour halt due to derailment on Saturday. Earlier, four wheels of a compartment of the Chittagong-bound train from Sylhet veered off the tracks in Brahmanpara Upazila at around

JESSORE: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Redwan Siddique Bobby, son of Sheikh Rehana are set to visit Jessore on Saturday afternoon.They are scheduled to hold views-exchange meetings with local Members of Parliament, presidents and general secretaries of

RAJBARI: Ruling Awami League president, also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Pangsha of Rajbari on Saturday afternoon.A helicopter carrying the premier will land at George High School ground at 2:00pm.She will inaugurate some development projects here and will address a mass

GAZIPUR: Following the death of fellow worker in a road accident, at least 10 workers of Readymade Garment were injured in a clash with police on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Barobari area of the district on Saturday morning.Sources said that a readymade garments worker was killed in a

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel held 36 more people from Inani sea beach under Ukhia Upazila of the district on Friday night while trying to go to Malaysia illegally through sea route.Confirming the matter, Ukhia Thana Officer-in-Charge Gias Uddin Mia told

BOGRA: A Mother and her infant were killed as a train crushed them near Altafnagar rail station area of Dupchachia upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Sapna Rani, 30, wife of Niranjan Pramanik of Nandigram upazila under the district and her son

SATKHIRA: Two people of a family died in a septic tank at Komorpur village of Kaliganj upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased were identified as Liakat Ali Kochi, 46 and his nephew Ershad Ali, 28.Sources said Liakat fell into septic tank unconsciously while he was cleaning