DHAKA: Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury commented that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will not work in empty stomach. The minister said in her speech on the development of agriculture in the second day of ‘Vision 2030: Framework for Economic Policy Making and

DHAKA: Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury commented that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will not work in empty stomach. The minister said in her speech on the development of agriculture in the second day of ‘Vision 2030: Framework for Economic Policy Making and

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 sent Mohammad Akram Hossain, accused for crimes against humanity during 1971. A three-member bench of ICT-1 led by Judge M Inayetur Rahim passed the order when the accused was produced before it on Sunday. Earlier on Friday, Rajshahi police

DHAKA: Bangladeshi workers in Iraq, if necessary, can take temporary shelter in Iran by crossing the border, said expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain. The minister told media after the ministry’s migration crisis observation committee

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said the visit of Sushma Swaraj, the External Affairs Minister of India, to Bangladesh will start a new horizon between the two nations. Abul Hassan said on Sunday Sushma will come to Bangladesh on Wednesday on three day official visit. 

DHAKA: There is some uncertainty in holding the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit of eight South Asian countries in Katmandu of Nepal in November. In the 35th meeting of the foreign ministers of the countries on February decided to hold the summit in Nepal.

DHAKA: A fire broke out at East-south plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhabhan on Wednesday morning. Sources said that the fire originated at commerce minister Tofail Ahmed’s office, housed at third floor of East-south plaza, around 8:32am. But the reason of fire origination could not be

BANDARBAN: A tense situation is prevailing at Naikkhangchari frontier of the district as Myanmar border Guard Police (BGP) once again fired mortar shell on Tuesday night. BGP fired at Jamchhari and Prottajhiri border line under Naikkhangchari upazila around 10:30pm. Local union parishad

DHAKA: In a latest development, some seven additional secretaries and 23 joint secretaries were reshuffled inside the administration. Separate orders were issued in this regard on Tuesday afternoon. BDST: 2130 HRS JUN 03, 2014

GAZIPUR: The railway communications between Chittagong and Dhaka has been restored after five hours of suspension following the derailment of a train in Pubail of the district. But, the rail communications between Dhaka and Sylhet is yet to be resumed, railway officials said to

DHAKA: The government has appointed five new Additional Deputy Commissioners (ADCs) to Rangamati, Brahmanbaria, Cox’s Bazar, Sirajganj and Gazipur district.  The Public Administration Affairs Ministry on Monday issued a gazette notification in this regard which was published on

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus received the prestigious Equitas Award for Human Rights in Montreal Canada on May 28. The Chair of Equitas Board, Director in Residence at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, Melissa Sonberg, presented the Award for

ASHULIA, SAVAR: A man was killed and at least 10 others were injured as a human hauler plunged into a roadside ditch at Ashulia, at the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Hossain Ahmed, 40, proprietor of Audik Source Buying House at Uttara in

NARANGANJ: Law enforcement agency arrested Jahagir Alam Ripon, a close associate of gruesome Naraynagaj seven-murder case prime accused Nur Hossain, from Siddirganjpool area of the city on Tuesday. Ripon, who reportedly controlled Nur’s waterway-extortion side, was detained in thana

DHAKA: Veteran journalist and former editor of Bhorer Kagoj, Benzeer Ahmed breathed his last early morning Tuesday at Ibn-Sina Hospital in the capital. Confirming the matter, family sources said that he had long been suffering from various complications. His body has been kept at BIRDEM

DHAKA: Detective Branch of Police nabbed 10 members of gold smugglers from different places of the capital on Monday night. Sources said that the law enforcers held 10-smuggler with 70 gold bars, Tk 35-lac and five thousands Saudi Riyal. Assistant Commissioner (Media and Public

DHAKA: The Jatiya Sangsad goes into budget session along with opposition party at 5 pm Tuesday. It is the 44th budget for Bangladesh. Earlier, President Abdul Hamid summoned the 2nd session of the new parliament, exercising the power bestowed upon him as per article 72 (1) of the

DHAKA: The fire which broke out at a residential building at Soarighat, situated in the old part of capital Dhaka on Tuesday morning is now under control. Five fire fighting units doused the fire after one and half hour long effort. The fire originated at 8:45am and reason behind the

DHAKA: A children who sustained injuries in a road accident at Ashulia on Monday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday late night. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Juel, 5, of Ashulia. Juel’s uncle Mostafa said that on Monday noon a passenger bus knocked Juel

LAXMIPUR: A terrorist was killed in a suspicious gunfight in Kathalia area of Sadar upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Khokhon, 38, son of late Ali Ahmed of Titarkandi village of the upazila and second-in-command of local terrorist gang ‘Didar Bahini’. Jillur