DHAKA: Pay Commission submitted its report recommending a payment of highest Tk 75,000 and lowest Tk 8,250 as salary of government officials.Finance Minister AMA Muhith made the disclosure on Wednesday.He said cabinet secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan submitted the report in the morning

DHAKA: The United States, the European Union and France condemned the killing of writer/blogger Ananta Bijoy Das in Sylhet, the latest attack against writers and bloggers in Bangladesh.Acting Deputy Spokesperson Jeff Rathke of U.S. Department of State, in daily press briefings on Tuesday,

DHAKA: Cost of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project has increased by around Tk 8,286.35 crore and deadline of completion extended by two more years.The bridge project would now cost Tk 28,793.38 crore as government has allocated the additional money for the mega project once again.Now,

DHAKA: Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh condemned the brutal assault and killing of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das of Sylhet.The EU Bangladesh office in its Facebook statement said, ‘Das is already the third blogger murdered this year in Bangladesh’.‘The EU reiterates its

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Wednesday took into cognizance the formal charges brought against five razakars of Kirshoreganj for their alleged crimes against humanity in 1971. Later, the three-member of ICT-1 led by its chairman Enayetur Rahim fixed May 31 for the hearing

SYLHET: A case has been filed with Sylhet Airport Thana against four unnamed people over killing of Blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.His elder brother Rateshwar Das filed the case on Tuesday night, confirmed Officer-in-Charge Gousul Hossain.Police raided several places on last night, but failed

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-1 Wednesday ordered the government to form monitoring cell to monitor the arrest of accused in cases for crimes against humanity.Three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Enayetur Rahim, passed the suo-moto order.The order will be eligible for all

CHITTAGONG: A training helicopter of Bangladesh Air force (BAF) crashed at Shah Amanat Airport injuring three including pilot on Wednesday morning.Airport authority halted flight operations from 11:10am.Additional Deputy Commissioner (immigration) Tarek Ahmed confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: The United States condemns the brutal murder of writer/blogger Ananta Bijoy Das in Bangladesh, the latest in a recent string of attacks against writers and bloggers in Bangladesh.Acting Deputy Spokesperson Jeff Rathke of U.S. Department of State, in daily press briefings on

DHAKA: Malaysia is pressing for an urgent discussion with Myanmar and Bangladesh over the large number of illegal immigrants coming to Langkawi, reports The Star Online.According to Malaysia’s Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Alwi Ibrahim, they had found elements of human

DHAKA: Two people were killed in separate road mishaps at different places in the city on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Masud, 18, son of Abul Hossain, a resident of Arambagh areas of the city, and Asadullah alias Telu, 50, slum dweller of Dhalpur in Jatrabari area   of

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel detained four Nigerian nationals in city for their alleged illegal entrance to the country.The foreign nationals were held from city’s Uttara and Gulshan areas on Tuesday noon.RAB headquarters assistant director Major Maqsudul Alam confirmed

COX’S BAZAR: Coast Guard personnel on Tuesday detained 116 passengers, who were attempting to go to Malaysia illegally, from deep sea, at the south of Saint Martin’s islands.Confirming the matter, coast guard public relations officer (PRO) Lieutenant Commander Durul Huda told

DHAKA: A three-day workshop on Bay of Bengal Oceanography is underway in Dhaka University (DU) from May 11.DU vice-chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique presided over the inaugural ceremony of the workshop, jointly organized by the DU’s oceanography department and India’s

DHAKA: Law enforcers have detected some of the sexual harassers involved with the incident at Pahela Baishakh in city’s TSC area.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (detective) joint commissioner Monirul Islam told banglanews that they have detected some perpetrators after scrutinizing the

NILPHAMARI: A district court sentenced eight people to life imprisonment and fined Tk 1 lakh each for killing an elderly woman.The life-timers were—Golam Mostofa, Abdul Mannan, Abdul Hannan, Abdus Salam, Abdul Mazid, Nur Islam, Akbar Ali and Yakub Ali.District and Session Judge Mahmudul

DHAKA: The British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson condemned the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.He also asked for space for free speech in Bangladesh.Following the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das, the high commissioner tweeted, “Shocked by and condemn the brutal

DHAKA: A ban on vessel movement through river Shela route in the Sundarbans will come into effect from June after the Mongla-Ghashia channel’s full-swing opening.Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan disclosed the matter to the journalists at a press conference on vessel movement in

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday awarded death penalty to two persons and life-term jail to one for killing an elderly couple in Faridpur.Judge of Dhaka-4 Speedy Trial Tribunal ABM Nizamul Haq passed the order nearly two years after the murder.The death row convicts were—Nazrul Islam and

GAZIPUR: Law enforcers detained six fake DB police with handcuffs and walkie-talkie in their possession in Gazipur city.A special police team nabbed the criminals at 10:45am on Monday.Identities of the detainees could not be known.Besides, police also seized a microbus, several pieces of