DHAKA: Stephen J Rapp, visiting US lawyer and the United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues in the Office of Global, on Tuesday said it should be tried an individual in stead of any organization. He also observed that the death penalty should be awarded to any person after

DHAKA: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel seized a large number of yaba tablets from the Sundarban Courier Service office at Motijheel in city on Tuesday afternoon. The drive conducted by RAB is underway till filing the report. Operation Officer of RAB-3 SP Robiul Islam

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her profound shock to learn about the catastrophic 6.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the Ludian Country in Yunnan province on August 3. “I am deeply saddened to learn about the catastrophic 6.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the Ludian

DHAKA: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan said three of his nieces were in Pinak-6, the launch that capsized in the Padma River near Mawa Ghat in Lauhajang upazila on Monday with over 200 people on board. The ruling Awami League lawmaker said this while visiting the spot on Tuesday. He

DHAKA: In a major reshuffle in the public administration, some 30 government officials, including secretaries and additional secretaries, have been transferred and given new postings. Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification to this effect on Tuesday. Among them,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Mohila Parishad Kendriya Committee Chairperson Ayesha Khanam on Tuesday said some 304 women were raped across the country in the last six months (January-June, 2014). She made the disclosure while addressing a press conference at National Press Club in the city. Ayesha

GAZIPUR: A man was crushed under the wheels of a train in Majhukhan area adjacent to Railway Bridge number 14 in the district on Tuesday noon.  The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Joydebpur Railway Police Station Assistant Sub-Inspector Dadan Mia said a train

DHAKA: A verbal plea was placed before the High Court on Tuesday seeking urgent directives over not to carry excessive passengers on board of launch during Eid. Barrister Manoj Kumar Bhowmik made the plea with a vacation bench of the HC comprising Justice Naima Hayder and Justice M Akram

DHAKA: The agitating workers of Tuba Group threatened the authorities concerned of enforcing hartal if their wages and bonuses are not paid by Wednesday. Leader of Tuba Group Shramik Sangram Committee Masud Karim Pathik made the forewarning while addressing besiege program of Bangladesh

DHAKA: Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday categorically said the government is going to make the validity of the passport 10 years in stead of five years. The planning minister made the disclosure while talking to journalists after a project meeting on Tuesday. He also said

DHAKA: Law enforcers Tuesday charged batons on the workers of Tuba Group as they tried to besiege the city’s BGMEA building as part of their prescheduled demonstration for getting wages and bonuses.The agitated workers tried to break police barricade at the main gate of the BGMEA

DHAKA: The bodies of two unidentified persons were found floating in the Meghna river at Haimchar of Chandpur district on Tuesday, a day after the launch had capsized in the Padma river near Mawa Ghat in Lauhajang upazila.  On Monday, two people died and scores of others were missing

DHAKA: At least three people were killed in separate accidents in the capital on Tuesday morning. Two of the deceased were identified as Junayed Hossain, 22 and Jesmin Akter, 18. At city’s Green Road area, Junayed was killed as a rashly driven truck rammed a human hauler carrying him

FROM MAWA JETTY: The rescue team has not been managed to trace out the any sign of the launch though 21 plush hours passed since a passenger launch with 200 more on board capsized in the Padma River on Monday morning. The list of missing people has also been increasing as the time

MANIKGANJ: At least three people were killed and 35 others injured as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Nabagram under Shibalaya upazila of the district on Monday.  The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Barongail Highway

DHAKA: In a latest reshuffle in police administration, some eight senior officials, including deputy inspector general (DIG), police have been transferred.  The home ministry issued an order in this regard on Monday afternoon.  According to the new arrangement Chittagong police’s

JESSORE: Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Sarupdah area under Sharsha upazila of the district on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahman, 60 and Tofazzal Sardar, 57. Sources said shallow engine-run vehicles, locally known as

DHAKA: The governmenton Monday formed two probe committees to look into the launch capsize in the river Padma near Mawa Ghat at Lauhajang upazila in Munshiganj district. The Ministry of Shipping formed a seven-member probe committee headed by its joint secretary Nurur Rahman while

COX’S BAZAR: At least twenty fortune seekers went missing in the Bay of Bengal after a Malaysia-bound trawler collapsed on Monday. The fishing trawler was found floating at the estuary of the Bay near Samity Para in the noon, said a spot account of the incident. At that time one

DHAKA: No Bangladeshi peacekeepers have been affected by recently alarming Ebola Virus. An ISPR (Inter Services Public Relations) press release on Monday said all the United Nation peacekeepers, including Bangladeshis, are out of Ebola Virus infection since its outbreak in West Africa.