DHAKA: Illegal drugs are making inroad into the capital through newer and innovative tricks of the cross-border trade, according to latest findings. The drug traders become active again after a brief period in alert for administrative vigilance. As a result, the clandestine drug markets

SAVAR: As the country’s export industry went into a tailspin for labour unrest, the owners’ side Monday appealed for peace and held out a promise that the workers’ wages could be further raised in two years provided the gas-electricity situation improved. The assurance came from

DHAKA: Bangladesh Upazila Vice-Chairmen Parishad warned the government of movement for office charges by September 20. "Give us our office by issuing notification within stipulated time frame. Or else we will announce greater movement," said Mohammad Hossain Foku, president of the

DHAKA: The government on Monday made some minor changes in the public administration.  The Establishment Ministry issued two separate notifications in this effect. According to the notification, Member of Chittagong Range Tax Appellate Tribunal Quazi Emdadul Haque and Additional Tax

DHAKA: Over 40 percent deaths and injuries stemming from road accidents could be reduced by infrastructural development of roads and highways, according to a research.      Wide shoulders of roads, roadside and median divider, crossing facilities, footpaths, curtailing intersection

DHAKA: The route of the much-awaited Dhaka Elevated Expressway is going to be finalised within next week after getting the report from the consulting agency on the mega-project, meant for smooth channeling of the capital’s chaotic traffic.In the meantime, the consulting agency has been

DHAKA: The cabinet Monday approved the draft Sand Field and Soil Management Act-2010, with measures meant for checking indiscriminate quarrying of sand and soil.A meeting of the cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also asked the authorities concerned to examine matters

DHAKA: The High Court Monday ordered the government not to bar Jobo Dal president Moazzem Hossain Alal from going abroad. At the same time, the HC bench of Justice Mamnun Rahman and Justice Seyda Afsar Jahan issued a rule asking the government to explain why the restrictions imposed on

DHAKA: A day after labour representatives agreed to the newly announced wage structure for garment workers, massive unrest again rocked the export industrial zones in Savar and Narayanganj Monday. Witnesses and official sources said clashes between workers who stuck to their demand for

Savar : Centre for Disability and Development (CDD) Executive Director AHM Noman Khan has own Magsaysay award for the year 2010. Giving an instant reaction, Khan said, “I feel happy and honoured.” He also vowed to engage himself for the development of disabled people.   Earlier,

NARSINGDI: Five people, three of them members of a family, were killed as a recklessly running truck rammed into a tempo on the Dhaka-Monohordi highway at Kumradi in Shibpur upazila on Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Bedon Mia, 45, his wife Zahura Begum, 30, and their

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni left here for Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, to attend a special ministerial meeting on MDGs. A press release said Monday Dr. Dipu Moni left Dhaka at midnight Sunday. The meeting on the “Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Review in Asia and the

DHAKA: JobsA1.com, an online job portal, on Monday offered a daylong Career Festival at National Museum in the city. State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Ministry Md Motahar Hossain inaugurated the festival. Motahar Hossain said such festival was important for students to

DHAKA: War-crime hearing opened here Monday at a special tribunal with four top Jamaat leaders standing in the dock at the first go, but the court adjourned abruptly without fixing the next date.    The International Crimes Tribunal, formed to try ‘crimes against humanity’ during

DHAKA: Dhaka district administration with the assistance of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI) begins anti-adulteration drive Monday ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.“Two mobile courts will conduct drive on the first day while four mobile courts will be on the street

SAVAR: Three people were killed in two separate road accidents in Jamgara and Beron areas of Ashulia here on Sunday.Sources said the accident occurred when a pick-up van collided head on with a mixer-van for construction work on Bipile-Abdullahpur Road at Zirabo. The pick-up van driver

Dhaka: The four top Jamaat leaders accused of wartime crimes will be produced before the International Crimes Tribunal Monday to stand trial under a tight security cover.   Earlier on July 29, the tribunal summoned them to appear before it on August 2 for the trial of the offences

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda Sunday made it clear that the Election Commission is not authorized to ban a political party and that the authority lies with the government.“The Commission will not impose any ban on any party. It is the responsibility of the

DHAKA: A teenaged girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in city`s Dhaka Cantonment area Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nahida Islam, 18, daughter of Nurul Islam of Saudi Colony at Dhaka Cantonment. Nahida passed HSC examination this year. Delwar Hossain,

DHAKA: The High Court Sunday ordered the government not to bar former foreign secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, now a leader of the opposition BNP, from going abroad. At the same time, the HC bench of Justice Abdul Wahab Mia and Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque also issued a rule asking the