DHAKA: Experts on the north-east India say the death sentence awarded to United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) chief Paresh Barua and 13 others will have little impact on the outfit as both Barua and most of his cadres have already shifted base out of Bangladesh. They were handed

DHAKA: The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj, will begin on Friday on the banks of the Turag River at Tongi after Fazr prayer.    The first phase of Biswa Ijtema took at the same venue on January 24-26.  Sources said thousands of

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday filed a case against the mother-in-law of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman for not submitting wealth statement to it in time.ACC deputy director RK Majumdar filed the case against Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu with Ramna Thana in the

FENI: A Jubo Dal leader was killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police at Fazilpur union under Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Golam Sarwar, 32, son of late Nurul Haque at the same area. He was accused in several cases, including

DHAKA: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will submit the chargesheet of much-talked-about Rana Plaza Collapse case on February 19.Confirming the matter, senior assistant superintendent of police Bijoy Krishna Dhor told banglanews that the court directed them to file chargesheet by

DHAKA: The proposal for the establishment of a ‘Bangladesh Bhaban’ at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, has been under consideration between the authorities of Bangladesh and India.In pursuance to this effect, the Visva-Bharati University has now identified a

DHAKA: Some 11 renowned littérateurs of the country were nominated for the Bangla Academy Literature Award 2014.Director General of the academy Dr Shamsuzzaman Khan announced the names of 11 winners in nine categories at the Bangla Academy auditorium on Thursday afternoon.The awardees

KISHOREGANJ: A Kishoreganj court Thursday placed a seven-day remand to Habibur Rahman Sohel alias Yusuf Munsi and his brother Idris in a case filed for burgling Tk 16.40 crore from a branch of Sonali Bank in the district.Kishoreganj-1 Judicial Magistrate Hamidul Haque granted the

CHANDPUR: Two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident at Hajiganj upazila of the district on Thursday noon.The deceased were identified as Sumon Jomader, 30, son of one late Noab Ali, and Biplob Paul, 35, son of a late Prokash Paul, hailed from Chandpur Sadar

DHAKA: A Dhaka speedy tribunal on Thursday handed life sentences to eight people for murdering two brothers in Galachipa village under Kaliakair in Gazipur.The convicts were also fined TK 20,000 each and in default one more year imprisonment.Dhaka-4 speedy trial tribunal judge ABM Nizamul

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday scraped section 32 (Ka) of amended Anti-Corruption Commission law that curtailed its authority to sue government officials. The verdict declared the provision of curtailing the power of the ACC to sue government officials as ‘unconstitutional’.After

CHITTAGONG: Fourteen people including Jamaat-e-Islami leader Matiur Rahman Nizami and former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar were awarded death penalty in smuggling case in much-talked-about sensational 10-truck arms haul.  Judge SM Mojibur Rahman of Special Tribunal

DHAKA: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury nominated a 5-member panel Speaker conducting sessions in absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker at the first sitting of first session of the 10th parliament on Wednesday evening.The panel speakers are Abul Kalam Azad, Ashiqur Rahman,

DHAKA: Iyad Ameen Madani, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) congratulated the Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her re-election.In the message, he hoped that under her wise and far-sighted leadership, the people of Bangladesh will witness broad

DHAKA: Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and Advocate Fazle Rabbi Mia, MP were elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 10th Parliament respectively on Wednesday.On Tuesday, Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP) at a meeting nominated Dr Shirin Sharmin, who was elected Member of Parliament

CHITTAGONG: Special Tribunal Court of Chittagong Thursday would deliver the verdict in much-talked-about sensational 10-truck arms haul cases.  Special Tribunal-1 Judge SM Mojibur Rahman will pass the verdict.   On January 13, SM Mojibur Rahman fixed the date after hearing the closing

DHAKA: General Secretary of Dhaka Bar Association Khorshed Mia Alam on Wednesday said the election of Dhaka Bar for 2014-15 is scheduled to be held on February 26 and 27.An election commission has been formed comprising six election commissioners, 54 members and one chief election

DHAKA: President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai congratulated Sheikh Hasina on the assumption of the office of the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.The congratulations came from a message sent to External Publicity Wing of the Ministry of

DHAKA: President of the Republic of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. In a message sent to External Publicity Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.The President of

JESSORE: Three people were killed in a road accident at Srirampur village on Jessore-Norail road on Wednesday noon.  The dead were identified Rubel, 15, son of Mazed Sardar, Abdul Gafur, 17, son of Sirajuddin and Habibur Rahman, 12, son of Monser Molla of the village.Witnesses said Gafur