DHAKA: The government is going to raise both age limit and salary for real researchers, as the discovery of jute genome by Bangladeshi researchers generated high hopes for advances in intellectual property of the nation.     Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury gave the announcement

SAVAR: Lightening kills a college student at Summire village of Birulia union here on Thursday.The deceased Minaru Islam, 18 was injured as the lightening struck him while playing football at around 12 noon. He was taken to Savar Enam Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared

DHAKA: Compensation package for death of UN peacekeepers has been raised 40 percent to around 70,000 US dollars or Tk 50 lakh per head, said an official announcement here Thursday.   A resolution to this effect was adopted unanimously at a meeting of the administrative and 5th budgetary

Savar: Eight shops were gutted in a fire at a Supermarket in Savar Thursday. At least 10 people were injured while dousing the fire that originated from electric short circuit at a shop of the market around 11 am and soon spread to adjacent shops, firefighters said.  On information, a

CHITTAGONG: Police held a ward councillor amid a brawl as the polling in the Chittagong City Corporation election began Thursday amid enthusiasm among the voters. Banglanews24.com.bd correspondent from the port city Ramen Das Gupta said the councillor of Ward 32, Jahar Lal Hajari, was

DHAKA: The Muktijoddha Central Command Council Thursday issued a warning to two of the candidates in its elections as they “violated” the electoral code of conduct. The council announced the action at a news conference Thursday in the conference room of the Press Information

Narsingdi: Officials of a jute mill here were assaulted, their bungalows ransacked and two cars torched in a massive midnight violence let loose by the workers on Wednesday night to press their demand for back pays, police and witnesses said.      A total of 30 people, including 30

DHAKA: Government`s efforts are on to rein in the remaining six fugitive killers of Bangabandhu before coming August 15 to execute fully the verdict of the murder case within “the shortest possible time”.Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Wednesday reaffirmed the government stance

Sirajganj: A housewife was killed and three other people were injured in lightning strikes at Char-Shailojan village in Chouhali upazila on Wednesday morning, as an inclement weather prevails across the country.The deceased was identified as Khamia, 35, wife of Alek Ali. Local sources

DHAKA: Bangladesh is going to construct direct trans-border road and rail links with China and ASEAN countries through the originally planned Cox`s Bazar route, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina informed parliament Wednesday.“The government has taken all necessary initiatives to establish

Dhaka: Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun Wednesday expressed apprehension that the main opposition party could create an anarchic situation ahead of their June 27 hartal.  “The government has ordered law enforcers to be on the alert for tackling any type of anarchy,” she said, as

DHAKA: The government exchequer counted a loss of around Tk 50 crore in operating the top-heavy national airlines, as auditors found out superfluous manpower crowding the aviation company.  Zakiul Islam, CEO of the national flag carrier, told banglanews24.com.bd that they had to

DHAKA: The Danish government would give Tk 56 crore per annum to Bangladesh for distributing compact florescent lamp (CFL) bulbs meant for cutting down both power consumption and carbon emissions. “The money is being provided for reducing carbon emissions under carbon-trade

DHAKA: Senior BNP leader and ex-minister MK Anwar Wednesday threatened to launch an “oust-government movement” if any kind of rigging took place in Chittagong City Corporation elections Thursday.The BNP standing committee member sounded the note of warning while addressing a

DHAKA: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Wednesday vowed to ensure cent-percent literacy in the country by 2014, thereby fulfilling one of the millennium development goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations.“We will reach the goal building up the nation by ensuring modern and quality

Manikganj: At least eight people were killed and 35 injured as a rashly driven truck rammed a passenger bus off Dhaka-Aricha highway into a roadside ditch at Pakuria in Ghior upazila Thursday.   Three of the deceased were one woman and two children. Identity of the deceased could not be

DHAKA: A workshop on products of cane and bamboo was held in the capital Wednesday where the manufacturers lamented that they are not getting fair price of their handicrafts.The workshop was organized by Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) on the theme ‘ Problems and resolution

Jhenidah: Reckless driving took another life as a truck ran over a teacher at Barbazar Bus Terminal in Kaliganj upazila on Wednesday morning, triggering angry protests.The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam, 45, teacher of Belat-Daulatpur Alim Madrasa of Barbazaar. “While he was

RANGAMATI: Gunmen gunned down an activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity at Karbaripara in Rajsthali upazila on Wednesday morning, a day after the killing of a reformist breakaway, as the hills look restive again.The deceased was identified as Swapan Tonchaingya, 35, an

DHAKA: Eleven shops of saris and readymade garments burnt down as a fire wrecked Masjid market in South Keraniganj on Tuesday night, leaving 10 people wounded. Firefighters and locals assumed that the fire ignited from an electric short circuit in a shop of the market at 10 pm. Two fire