CHITTAGONG: Fair ballot is possible even under a political government if the Election Commission intends, said opposition BNP stalwart Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP, citing the just-held Chittagong City Corporation election as a glaring example.The powerful politician from the port city,

DHAKA: A fire broke out at a garment factory and two electronics shops in city’s Tejgaon industrial area on Saturday midnight, burning off huge valuables and commodities.Fire Brigade sources said the fire broke out at Hong Kong Fashion, housed on the 2nd floor of the three-storey

Narayanganj: Vexed by long-running gas shortages, people by the thousand blockaded the Dhaka-Narayanganj Highway on Sunday morning to demand uninterrupted gas supply in the district, an industrial heartland.Witnesses said thousands of agitated people took to street at about 8am and put up

CHITTAGONG: Three people, including two siblings, were electrocuted and two others sustained injuries in Baluchar area under Bayzid Bostami thana in the port city on Saturday night.  The deceased were identified as Mithun Mohajan, 25, a student of Chittagong Government College, his

DHAKA: Six people, including two medical professors, were killed and five other doctors injured in separate road accidents in Dinajpur and Sirajganj districts Saturday due mainly to rash driving, sources said.In Dinajpur, two physicians of Dinajpur Medical College Hospital and their micro

DHAKA: Leaders of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) Saturday said the proposed budget for 2010-2011 FY is positive and it would generate hope for a prosperous future of the people.    “Agriculture, power, energy and communications sectors have been given priority in the proposed

DHAKA: The government has decided to form an independent Human Rights Commission within this month. “The Commission will comprise six members, including a chairman,” said law minister barrister Shafique Ahmed at a seminar Saturday.Rangpur-Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS), a

DHAKA: Counting votes began as the election to the country’s apex trade body Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBBCI) ended Saturday amid an air of festivity.Voting for the biennial elections started at 9am and continued till 5pm in the city`s Motijheel

DHAKA: In a bid to avert possible clashes among students over the craze-packed FIFA World Cup soccer, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) was Saturday closed for an indefinite period.   Male students were asked to vacate dormitories by 8:30 pm Saturday while the

SAVAR: More than 100 people, including 10 cops, were injured in running battles between garment workers and law-enforcers in Ashulia industrial belt Saturday, as a standoff over a recommended pay hike took a turn for a new crisis in the export industry. Hordes of workers ran riot

DHAKA: The government Saturday started distributing compact florescent lamp (CFL) bulbs to house owners for free under a countrywide operation as a measure for healing a nagging power crisis.To start with, the government set a target of handing out some 55 lakh of the energy-saving bulbs

LALMONIRHAT: Low-lying areas in four upazilas of the frontier district were submerged by floodwaters amid incessant rain for the last few days and onrush of hill waters, leaving about 20,000 people virtually marooned.Standing crops on a vast tract of land in Hatibandha, Kaliganj, Aditmari

NARAYANGANJ: A loaded trawler carrying jackfruits sank in the Shitalakhya River near Godnail Padma depot of Siddhirganj on Saturday morning, leaving a passenger missing.The passenger, Habi, 55, was an inhabitant of Moulvibazar village under Kalkini thana of Madaripur district, Siddhirganj

DHAKA: Two Pakistani citizens were held at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday night on suspicion that they might be Taliban militants, but were set free after cursory quizzing, official sources said. The two suspects--Humayun Kabir and his brother Nasir Ullah—went into

Dhaka: Journalists, cutting across the divide along their apparent political lines, staged a solidarity rally in front of the Central Shahid Minar Saturday to press their demand for immediate resumption of the embroiled Jamuna TV channel’s operation.They said government “interference

DHAKA: President Zillur Rahman left for London on Saturday morning for medical checkup at Bupa Cromwell Hospital.A flight of the Emirates Airline carrying the President and his entourage left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:20am. He will have a stopover in Dubai at night,

DHAKA: At least 15 people were injured in a clash between truckers and students of Haradey Glass Factory Polytechnic Institute in Satrasta truck-terminal area of Tejgaon on Friday night.Four students amongst the injured--Moniruzzaman Tuhin, Razab, Dulal and Sajal Chowdhury--were admitted

NOAKHALI: Two people drowned as a mechanized boat capsized in the Bamni River in Companiganj upazila on Saturday morning.The deceased are Nur Mawla, 40, and Sekandar Ahmed, 55.Companiganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Amjad Hossain said the trawler with 40-45 passengers aboard overturned at

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Saturday emphasized the need for technical and vocational education for the youths for building a modern Bangladesh by 2021, as envisioned by the Grand Alliance government.  “This is a top priority area for the government in the new education

DINAJPUR: Two physicians of Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, among three, were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a microbus in Ghoraghat area on Dinajpur-Rajshahi Highway Saturday.The deceased are Professor Toyebuddin Ahmed, 55, and Professor