DHAKA: Environmental impact assessment (EIA) report of proposed Akkuyu Nuclear power plant in Turkey gets approval from the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, removing one of  the biggest impediments in starting construction of the country’s first ever nuclear power

DHAKA: Police detained two schoolboys with 1000 pieces of Yaba tablets in Abdullapur area of Uttara in the city early Thursday. The detainees are Shuvo, 14, a class VII student of Khaskakua High School, son of Anwar Hossain, and Rubel, 10, a class V student of Delda Government Primary

DHAKA: Demanding the due salaries, the workers of two ready-made garments factories besieged Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building in the city on Wednesday. Witnesses said the workers of Sunadi Knitwear and Topaz Garments situated in Uttar Badda

DHAKA: A man was killed as a rashly driven truck knocked him down in Jurain area of the capital on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Kalam Sheikh, 60, hailed from Pirojpur district, was as a security guard at Salam Steel Mills.Mukul Mia, a colleague of Kalam, said that a

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday awarded death penalty to a man and life-term imprisonment to another person for their involvement in killing Milton Barua.The death convict is Alam alias Afsar and the life imprisonment awarded is Rubel.Rezaul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Commissioner M Sahabuddin Chuppu on Wednesday said there is no resemblance of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) survey with the reality.He made the observation while talking to journalists at ACC headquarters in reaction to

DHAKA: The state minister for power Nasrul Hamid Bipu on Wednesday said lack of load management caused blackout across the country on November 1.He made the assertion while addressing a press briefing Wednesday noon at secretariat in city.On November 1, people across the country faced

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court on Wednesday granted three-day remand for Daud Merchant, an aide of India’s top terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.Magistrate of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court Nuru Miah passed the order in response to a seven-day remand plea of Detective Branch (DB) of

MANGLA (BAGERHAT): Bashundhara Group (BG), the leading business conglomerate of the country, has provided some 25 computers to BN (Bangladesh Navy) School & College at Mangla in a bid to strengthen the laboratory of the school.BG Managing Director Sayem Sobhan, as chief guest, handed

KURIGRAM: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived at Dashiarchhara, erstwhile enclave that was annexed to Bangladesh, in Kurigram Upazila on Thursday.She reached the ground of a proposed girls’ high school near Kalirhat Bazar around 11:00am.The premier will inaugurate power connection

FROM KUALALUMPUR: Bangladeshi girl Syeda Nuzhat Tahseen Pinak has been working with a Malaysian software company Wavlet Solutions as Operations Manager and efficiently serving clients of various ethnicities since 2010.She, however, has been residing in Malaysia for 10 years. After passing

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of police has produced Daud Merchant, an aide of India’s top terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court Wednesday noon. Moreover, the DB police filed a seven-day remand plea for interrogation. Daud was produced before

DHAKA: Daud Merchant, one of the aides of India’s top terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, has been nabbed again in city. Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) of police detained Daud early Wednesday, two days after his release from prison on bail. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) deputy-police

DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed January 14 next year to start hearing the appeal filed by convicted war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed. Wednesday was the day to begin hearing on the appeal. A five-member bench of SC’s Appellate

BARISAL: At least 30 students and three police personnel were injured in a clash at Institute of Health Technology (IHT) in the city on Wednesday.However, the clash took place in front of Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) on Banda Road around 10:30am.Witnesses

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 will deliver its verdict any day in war crime case against absconding former Jatiya party MP Abdul Jabbar as trial proceedings ended. The tribunal led by Justice M Enayetur Rahim kept the case waiting for verdict after both the prosecution and

DHAKA: Bangladesh has ranked the 14th place in the corruption perception index 2014 (CPI) of Berlin-based global civil society organization Transparency International – a two-place down from 2013. Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) made the disclosure at a press conference at

CHITTAGONG: Coast Guard personnel detained 36 Malaysia-bound people and seized a trawler on the river of Karnaphuli under Patenga Thana in the port city Tuesday night. The fortune seekers were held at 9:00pm in a drive conducted by Coast Guard during regular patrolling in the area.

DHAKA: An agreement and three others memorandum of understanding (MoU) have been signed between Bangladesh and Malaysia following a bilateral meeting between PM Sheikh Hasina and her counterpart Nazib Tun Abdul Razak.The signing ceremony was held at Perdana Square of Putrajaya in

MALAYSIA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh will soon be the investment destination among the Asian countries with the implementation of all development initiatives taken by her government. The Premier expressed the hope at the ‘Dialogue on Investment and Trade Opportunities