Jamalpur: A portion of Pathorshi-Kulkandi flood-control dam collapsed Tuesday under the pressure of gushing water of the rain-fed Jamuna River, submerging some 20 villages in Islampur upazila.Incessant rain and onrush of hill water from across the border for last few days deteriorated the

DHAKA: State Minister for Land Mustafizur Rahman Tuesday stressed the need for formulating an up-to-date Land Acquisition and Resettlement Policy to ensure realistic compensation in rehabilitating land-acquisition victims.  “The existing Land Acquisition Ordinance has weaknesses in

SIRAJGANJ: Country’s east-west road communications crossing over Bangabandhu Bridge across the Jamuna halted for two hours as lightning struck down its computerized traffic-operation systems at both ends on Tuesday morning, officials said.They said the close-circuit cameras and

SIRAJGANJ: Lightening strikes killed two people at Choyra village in Ullapara upazila on Tuesday morning, as inclement weather continued to persist over the country.The deceased were identified as Barat Ali, 25, of Choyra village and Tojam Uddin, 27, of Baniahor village, in the

DHAKA: A disabled girl was allegedly raped at a rickshaw garage in Meradia area of the capital. Khilgaon police said, “As she is a physically handicapped girl, the exact time and date of the incident were not clear. But the incident might have taken place Saturday or Sunday.” Owner of

DHAKA: Home Minister advocate Sahara Khatun visited the policemen wounded during Sunday’s hartal at city’s Rajarbag police hospital on Tuesday noon. The police personnel received wounds while performing their duties during the down-to-dusk hartal enforced by the main opposition BNP on

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday issued arrest warrants against Jamaat-e-Islami’s four top leaders, including its Amir Moulana Matiur Rahman Nizami, in a case filed against them for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.The other accused are Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad

DHAKA: Bangladesh has been elected member of the UN Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for a second time.Twelve countries, out of 21 in the race, were elected members of the CEDAW Committee to the 2011-14 term in the elections held in the UN

CHUADANGA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two people alongwith seven bottles of snake venom, worth about Tk 1 crore, from Damurhuda border area in the district Monday night. Acting on a tip off, members of the elite force went to the house of one Ghani Mia at Aramdanga

CHITTAGONG: A truck rammed into a CNG-run baby-taxi in the city’s Dampara area early Tuesday, leaving a police sub-inspector dead and two constables injured.The deceased was SI Mohammad Ferdous Ahmed, 32, hailed from Laksam upazlia in Comilla district.Injured constables Mohammad

DHAKA: A three-wheeler driver was killed following police baton charge Monday night at capital`s Noyatola area.   Ramna Police said they arrested CNG-run three-wheeler driver Babor Ali alias Babu, 40, Monday night from Noyatola.     “When he was brought to the Ramna police

DHAKA: A three-wheeler driver was killed following police baton charge Monday night at capital’s Noyatola area.Ramna Police said they arrested CNG-run three-wheeler driver Babor Ali alias Babu, 40, Monday night from Noyatola.  “When he was brought to the Ramna police station, he

DHAKA: The retirement age of government employees extends from 57 to 60 years as Parliament Monday passed a law for enactment to this effect.Labour and Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain placed the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Bill 2010 providing for extension of the

NARAYANGANJ: Workers of a garment factory came under attack by a gang of hooligans at Nayabari in Kachpur Monday that left 15 labourers injured, police and workers said.Following the incident, the garment workers vandalized their own factory- Ananta Denim Technology – to protest attack

NATORE: Internal fight over domination between two rival groups of ruling Awami League left at least 10 people injured, including a woman, on Monday at Halsa bazar in Sadar upazila.Witnesses and police said the shopkeepers in the bazar closed around 100 shops as soon as the fight began

NARAYANGANJ: Police recovered body of an unidentified young girl from Chashara area Monday.Police suspects unknown assailants strangulated her to death and dumped the body on Nawab Salimullah Road.Fatulla police recovered the body and sent to Narayanganj General Hospital for

SYLHET: The suspended BDR mutiny trial of Sunamganj-8 rifle battalion began in Sylhet on Monday.Formation of allegations against 14 BDR soldiers were worked out as the trial began at the Special Court-3 at BDR Sector Headquarters here with Director General of BDR Rafiqul Islam as the

KURIGRAM : Onrush of hill waters across the border and incessant rain for last few days submerged a vast land in 12 unions of  five upazilas, leaving about 20,000 people virtually marooned.Rain-fed 16 rivers, including Brahmaputra, Dharala, Teesta and Dudhkumor marked a sharp rise on

DHAKA: Police Monday took BNP Vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury on a day’s remand for grilling in connection with troubles during Sunday’s hartal enforced by the opposition party.Shamsher Mobin, also ex-foreign secretary, is held on charges of obstructing police from discharging

DHAKA: Former journalists of the Bengali daily Jai Jai Din formed a human chain in front of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity on Monday for dues.At least 20 ex-journalists of the daily took part in the agitation, who later brought out a procession.Many journalists were sacked while many resigned