DHAKA: With top leaders of the party now in the dock on war-crime charges, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami challenged some provisions of the tribunal law and appealed to the High Court for ordering a halt in the trial process.   Two of the detained top leaders of the party in the petition

DHAKA: A group of bicyclists in Kolkata have started rallying from Jadavpur Hospital premises towards Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Monday eyeing on cultural ties between the two next-door neighbours. The bicycle rally entitled ‘India-Bangladesh Friendship Cycle Rally’ is aimed at

DHAKA: The deadline set by the government for removing stockpiles of inflammable chemicals in factories and storehouses from the residential areas expires Tuesday, with no compliance in sight so far.  However, Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA)

DHAKA: As government authorities signaled off mobile-court operation, the High Court order resuming the drive and catching offenders under the stringent Special Powers Act for food faking and jacking up prices.The inspector-general of police (IGP) was directly directed to ensure the

DHAKA: The government will file another contempt-of-court charge against detained acting editor of the daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman Tuesday, as the apex court gave a direction Monday in this regard. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court asked deputy attorney-general M K Rahman

DHAKA: A Dhaka City Corporation official shot himself dead with his own licensed pistol at Banani in the capital on Monday morning for reasons not known yet.The deceased, Shahidur Rahman, 45, was terminal manager of DCC and resident of Banani area.Gulshan thana SI Mukul said Shahid fired

CHITTAGONG: A man was crushed under the wheels of a speedy truck in Ispahani gate area under Khulshi thana in the city Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Nurul Islam, 50.Sub-Inspector Mohammad Ali of Khulshi thana said a truck ran over Islam, a father of two sons, at around 9am

DHAKA: The High Court Monday issued a rule upon the government to show cause as to why the decision on Tk 15 crore block allocation for each Member of Parliament is not “illegal”. In the show-cause rule the government has been given four weeks to reply to an HC bench comprising

Sirajganj: The district Motor Workers Union has gone for a strike since Monday morning in demand to stop Shallow engine human hauler movement - Nasiman-Kariman and Bhotbhoti. Local sources informed banglanews24.com.bd that the Motor Workers Union leaders took position in different parts

MEHERPUR: A top leader of an outlawed extremist group was kidnapped and killed in Gangni upazila by his rivals. Police on Monday morning recovered the body from a road at Baniapukur in the upazila. The deceased, Atiar Rahman, 40, was a top leader of the banned underground outfit

KHULNA: Armed assailants shot dead a UP chairman in Fultala upazila headquarters Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Abu Sayed Badal, chairman of No 2 Damudar union in Fultala upazila. Badal was the brother of Fultala BNP president and upazila chairman Alauddin Mithu.Kazi Abu

MADARIPUR: While the flooding season is yet to be over, the ferry movement on the Kawrakandi-Mawa route was disrupted for hours on Sunday night and Monday after two ferries ran aground for an early loss of navigability in the mighty river Padma.     Playing ferries on this alternative

CHITTAGONG: Khulshi Thana police rescued six children from abductors in Tulatoli rail gate area of Nasirabad here on Sunday.The children were identified as -Sazzad Hossain, 12, Mohammad Solaiman, 7, Saddam, 7, Shuvo alias Rabbi, 6, Zakir Hossain, 7 and Noor Mohammad, 8.Police suspects

DHAKA: The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has vetoed appointment of two arbitrators for international arbitration on behalf of the Roads and Highways Department at a cost that amounts to a king’s ransom. Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Barrister

CHITTAGONG: An explosion took place in a scrap ship at a ship-breaking yard at Madam Bibir Hat in Sitakunda Sunday, leaving seven workers badly burnt. Police said the explosion took place at about 1:30pm while the workers of ZN Enterprise were cutting an oil tank of a scrap ship.The

TUNGIPARA: As the nation Sunday mourned for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country’s founding father sacrificed his life for the sake of economic emancipation of the have-nots.“We are now working to attain economic solvency of the people by

SHARIATPUR: Transport workers Sunday went on indefinite strike in the district following a clash with the students of Shariatpur Govt. College.A triangular clash Saturday following a brawl over bus fare left some 60 people wounded, including six policemen.The district Sarak Paribahan

DHAKA: At last, the National Press Club lowered the national flag at half-mast and hoisted black flag to mourn for country’s slain independence leader Sunday, under binding legal compulsion though.The national flag is hoisted at half-mast at the Press Club on other national days of

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni Sunday said the government has sent letters to different foreign governments asking their support for return of the “condemned killers” of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman“We have sent formal letters to the governments of the countries wherein

SYLHET: Power-hungry people of Lamabazar and Konapara in the city on Saturday night blockaded Bandar-Rikabi Bazar road to demand installation of a transformer as the old one blasted. Hundreds of residents of the areas took to the street at about 8pm and put up barricades on the road,