DHAKA: A two-day long workshop on Vision 2020 began in the city on Monday, marking the World Sight Day.Professor Deen Mohd. Noorul Huq, Director General of Health Services (DGHS), was present at the inaugural session as the chief guest and Dr Abu Raihan, Co-chair for South East Asia

GAZIPUR: Two people were killed in a road accident at Sreepur on Rajendrapur-Kapasia road of the district on Monday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said the a rashly driven truck crushed into a motorbike in front of Rajabari in the afternoon,

DHAKA: The government has decided to appoint 157 andidates of the 33rd special batch of Bangladesh Civil Service in several sectors.The Ministry of Public Administration issued an order to this effect on Monday as per recommendations from Bangladesh Public Service Commission.However,

NATORE: At least 33 people were killed and 40 others injured as two passenger buses collided head-on on Banpara-Hatikumrul road at Baraigram upazila in the district on Monday afternoon.Of the deceased, some 29 were identified as Gurudaspur upazila civil engineer Hafizur Rahman, 50,

DHAKA: There is no official barrier in transmitting Bangladeshi channels in India, said the country officials.But, private Indian cable operators were unwilling to broadcast them for commercial reasons, reports the ABP Live on Sunday.They disclosed the information following a rule by the

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Monday fixed November 5 for the hearing on charge against three war crimes suspects of Bagerhat district in eight charges. A two member tribunal led-by Justice M Inayetur Rahim fixed the date for next hearing. Meanwhile, Justice

DHAKA: Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) on Monday demanded to stop planning construction of 16 more barrages on Ganga River by India and removal of other structures from trans-boundary from all rivers.BAPA made the demand at a press conference, organized by BAPA and Bangladesh

NETROKONA: A district court on Monday awarded life-time imprisonment to two people in a freedom fighter (FF) murder case in the district.The convicts are Ruhul Amin, son of Jalil Shah Fakir of Mendipur village of Khaliajuri upazila and Rafiqul Islam, son of Abdul Gani of Garaunda

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court framed charges against BNP Standing Committee member MK Anwar under the ICT Act after holding a hearing Monday morning.Senior Special Judge M Jahurul Haque also fixed November 23 as the deposition date in presence of the defendant MK Anwar.On May 6, 2013, MK Anwar,

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday ordered the concerned authorities to take steps to identify Ebola virus carrying people at all the ports including the international airports of the country.An HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice M Jahangir issued the order after

DHAKA: A Dhaka court issued another arrest warrant against Abdul Latif Siddique, recently removed as minister for Telecommunications, for hurting religious sentiment.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Meher Nigar issued the arrest warrant against him on Monday. Earlier, on October 15, Dhaka

NEW YORK: Bangladeshi citizen Rajib Ahmed Sizar admitted to bribing a former agent of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to get personal and secret information of a top Bangladeshi politician stored to US law enforcing agency.US Department of Justice confirmed the matter.Rajib,

DHAKA: The Education Ministry has been thinking the alternative to university admission test to save time, money and harassments of students.The ministry gave argument that if the admission tests are withdrawn, the students can admit themselves with their preferred subject.Now, the

RANGPUR: District Pickup Owners’ Association called an indefinite transport strike on Monday which halted the road link of the district with four neighboring routes. Sources said that miscreants vandalized bus stand and set fire to the office of Pickup Owners’ Association, leaving

DHAKA: Renowned journalist Al-Amin passed away on Monday morning. He was 46. He breathed his last breath around 5:00am in city’s Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute due cardiac arrest. Family sources said that on Wednesday, he felt severe pain at his chest and ignored it.

    GOPALGANJ: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-8 personnel detained a fired man of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) from Chandibardi village under Muksudpur Upazila of the district on Sunday night. The detainees is – Nazrul Islam, 48, so of Samsul Islam. Confirming the matter RAB-8

DHAKA: A court ordered Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate against 10 people including assistant police commissioner (AC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch (West) in a murder case. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court of Ali Masud

THAKURGAON: Border Security Force (BSF) of India detained two Bangladeshis from Dabri frontier under Haripur upazila on Sunday night.The detainees were identified as Enamul Haque, 25, son of one Nur Islam, and Hasan Ali, 18, son of one Ismail Ali, residents of Kathaldangi village of

DHAKA: The government has appointed Nazimuddin Chowdhury, additional secretary of energy and mineral resources department, as the chairman of Petrobangla.He will serve as chairman of Petrobangla in addition of his current duty.The ministry issued an order in this regards on Sunday.The

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Sunday said there are at least 740 illegal Bangladeshi intruders in Thailand and they would be brought back to the home soon, He made the disclosure while addressing the press on the just-concluded Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in