DHAKA: The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Saturday handed over a Bangladeshi girl who was trafficked to India five years ago.The trafficked girl is Afroza, 12.BSF special Director General BD Sharma handed over Afroza to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Major General Aziz

DHAKA: A six member delegation from the UK, all members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Bangladesh, attended a sharing meeting with the Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) officials at the FSCD Training Complex at Mirpur on September 12. They also observed an earthquake response

DHAKA: The Unnayan Onneshan, an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, in its August issue of Bangladesh Economic Update divulges that the growth rate of per capita debt burden is increasing at a higher rate than that of per capita GDP growth, resulting in increased accumulation of

DHAKA: Sazzad Hossain Shahin and FHM Humayan Kabir have been reelected as president and general secretary of the executive committee of Journalism Alumni forum of Rajshahi University (JAFRU), an association of former students of Mass Communication and Journalism department of Rajshahi

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 in a drive recovered huge illegal VoIP equipments and held two businessmen from Shampur area of the city on Friday night.The detainees are Ashikul Islam, 35 and Sabuj Ahamed, 28.RAB-2 Deputy Director Rakibul Amin confirmed the matter to

KISHOREGANJ: President Abdul Hamid is set to arrive here on his maiden visit Saturday afternoon after taking office as President.He will be accorded a grand reception at town’s old stadium at around 3:20pm During his two-day visit, Government GuruDoyal College and district Lawyer Somity

FARIDPUR: Three people of a family among four were killed and 22 others injured as a bus collided head on with a truck in Faridpur town early Saturday.The deceased were identified as Asaduzzaman Mitu, 32, his wife Reshma Begum, 28, his daughter 5, hailed from Satkhira and bus driver

DHAKA: There are three top questions I always ask a new client when we meet.One is, "How is your water consumption?" The answer I hear from many: "I could drink more," or "I hate water," or "Does coffee count?" Hearing this every day is still a shock to me — which is why I want to talk

GAZIPUR: Centering the Sunday’s visit of Sajeeb Wazed joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, thousands of people of the district are waiting to welcome him.District Awami League organizing Secretary Iqbal Hossain Sabuj, also Sreepur Upazila Parisad chairman, said that all sorts of

DHAKA: The committee to compile books on Architecture of Dhaka will publish its exploratory report titled ‘Lost Inscriptions of Dhaka’ at 10:30am Saturday at Senate building of Dhaka University.Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University AAMS Arefin Siddique, also the chairman of the

DHAKA: BSF Jawan Amioyo Ghosh, accused of killing a Bangladeshi girl on the border in 2011, will face a fresh trial after being acquitted by a General Security Force Court earlier this month.The Competent Authority in the case, which is an Additional Director General rank officer of the

DHAKA: Rushanara Ali, the Bangladeshi-born British MP, said that Bangladesh itself has to take initiative to solve political crisis through dialogues.She came up with the assertion while addressing a press conference at a city hotel on Friday noon.About Rana plaza collapse, Rushanara said

NEWYORK: Young Bangladeshi-origin politician to New York Monzur Chowdhury elected as judicial delegate of Queens County in New York, United States.On September 10 Tuesday, he was elected in New York City primary election for the second time.Earlier in 2010, he was also elected on the same

DHAKA: The Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington DC Thursday organized the screening of a documentary titled The Ultimate Jihad by Shahriar Kabir, noted author, film-maker and human rights activist of Bangladesh. The screening took place in the Bangabandhu Auditorium of the Embassy in

DHAKA: Dacoits shot to death a youth in capital’s north Jatrabari area early Friday.The deceased was identified as Bakhtiar Latif, 20, son of Jahid-Al-Latif of the area.Family sources claimed that it was a preplanned killing because two pet dogs were senseless and no valuables were lost

DHAKA: International clothing makers have failed to reach a deal on the creation of a compensation fund for victims of two Bangladeshi factory disasters.Only a third of the retailers who used the factories turned up for a two-day meeting on the issue in Geneva.Only Primark was reported as

SYLHET: Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Model Thana Ahmed Nasir Uddin Mohammad has been withdrawn for his failure to maintain law and order.Metropolitan police commissioner (SMP) Nibhas Chandra Majhi in a letter confirmed the matter on Thursday.Shahporan Thana Officer-in-Charge Akter Hossain

DHAKA: India`s secretary of border management, Gauri Kumar says integrated check-post at Indo Bangladesh Border in Tripura is going to be functional by November.A high-level Indian delegation led by the Secretary Border Management reviewed the Integrated Check Posts under construction at

DHAKA: Primark has pledged to pay three months more emergency aid to the victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse which killed over 1,100 people.More than 1,100 people were killed and more than 2,500 injured after the eight-storey Rana Plaza factory building near Dhaka, Bangladesh

DHAKA: The first Namaz-e-Janaza of bangla film legend Anwar Hossain (82) is set to be held at Jatiya Masque Baitul Mukarram after Juma prayers.Later, the second Janaza will be held at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) at around 3:00pm.After completing the Janazas, he will be