DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been spending Tk 40 lakh each month for six additional pilots who have no planes to fly in the emaciating fleet of the national flag carrier. The pilots, appointed on contract, receive around US$ 57,000 a month – US$ 9500 each.  A board meeting of

DHAKA: Bangladesh Sunday signed four accords with Yunnan Province of China to facilitate cooperation in agriculture, energy, education and tourism sectors. The memorandums of understanding were signed at Hotel Sonargaon between the officials concerned of the two sides following talks on

DHAKA: Leaders of RMG workers Sunday urged the foreign buyers and international community to ensure fair price for Bangladeshi products.They also called for ensuring fundamental human rights of the workers."We are calling upon the buyers and international community to ensure fair price

ASHUGANJ: At least 50 people including policemen were injured in a clash between two rival groups over collection of lease money at Anandabazar in the district Sunday.Police fired 25 rounds of tear shell canisters and 20 rounds of rubber bullets to tame down the fighting groups. The law

DHAKA: The University of Dhaka will go for Eid-ul-Fitr vacation on Monday. However, the examinations scheduled till September 6 will go on as usual while the offices will remain open till September 5.Director of DU Public Relations section Ashraf Ali Khan told banglanews24.com.bd that the

DHAKA: The Governor of Yunnan province in China, Qin Guan Grong, arrived here Sunday on a two-day official visit for consultation with Bangladesh leaders on ways of strengthening bilateral ties, including establishing cross-border communications networks. Communications Minister Syed Abul

DHAKA: An elderly person was killed as a train ran over him on the Malibagh rail crossing in the city on Sunday Morning.The deceased was identified as Chan Mian, 70, a banana vendor hailed from Karimganj in Kishorganj district.Sub-Inspector of Government Railway Police (GRP) thana Abul

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission Sunday sued Sarika Sadeque, daughter of Dhaka City Corporation Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, on a graft charge as a long-pending notice seeking an account of her wealth went unheeded.Assistant Director of the anti-graft watchdog body Md Shamsul Alam

DHAKA: Jatiya Parity chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad had a parley with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office Sunday, in the wake of some important developments related to the former military ruler. Sunil Shubha Roy, Press Secretary to the ex-President and JP chief, confirmed

KUSHTIA:  Two suspected kidnappers were killed in mob beatings and another was held with bomb and explosive materials from Poradaho Hat of the district Sunday.One of the deceased was identified as Samir Uddin, 38, while the identity of the other could not be known immediately. Police

JHENIDAH: Six people were killed, including a baby, while 30 injured as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Moheshpur Upazila Sunday.Moheshpur thana officer-in-charge Mamunur Rashid said that the bus driver lost his control trying to overtake a van on the Kaliganj-Jibannagar

NARSINGDI: High-speed Internet service with multimedia facility would be introduced under the state-sector telecommunications from next year. Post and Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju unveiled the plan here Saturday, saying that satellite television service would be

GOPALGANJ: At least 37 people were injured, seven by air-gun bullet, in a clash between two groups of villagers in the district on Saturday morning, police said. Among the bullet-wounded are Miraj Mollah, 42, Monir Mollah, 36, Farhad Mollah, 33, and Osman Sheikh. They were rushed to

DHAKA: Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday made a clarion call for like-minded parties and people to get ready for movement against what she said government’s misrule. “Stand united against government misdeeds, including killings, repression, filing ‘false’

KURIGRAM:  Erosion by the River Dudhkumor has taken a serious turn in Bhurungamari upazila for last few days, threatening Sonahat Railway Bridge and Bhrungamari-Kochakata road. Bhurungamari Upazila chairman Abdul Hai Master said a stretch of 160 km, out of 170 km, on the west side of the

SATKHIRA: Two motorcyclists were crushed under the wheels of a recklessly driven bus in the district’s Shyam Nagar upazila on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as Habibur Rahman, 25, son of Abul Kasim of village Koikhali, and Johor Ali Mallik, 28, son of Abdul Hamid of same

KOLKATA: A prestigious award introduced after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the architect of independent Bangladesh, was given to three persons on behalf of ‘Chokh’, a Bengali magazine of Kolkata.The award was handed over on Saturday afternoon at Bangla Academy auditorium in the

DHAKA: Detective police held eight Myanmar citizens and a suspected trafficker from a hotel in the city’s Segun Bagicha area on Friday night.Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch (south) Md Monirul Islam said a team of DB police raided Nazma Hotel at around 11:15 pm and arrested

KOLKATA: The Indian central government has proposed to the state government of West Bengal to construct a flyover on the Teen Bigha corridor, which connects two cut-off localities of Bangladesh.With the construction, maintaining communications between the mainland of Bangladesh and its

DHAKA: Internet service providers said full removal of overhead cables is not possible within November 30, the government-set deadline, as the construction of underground ducts is yet to be completed. “We will remove overhead cables within the quickest possible time after constructing