Staff Reporter
At least six persons were killed and 80 others injured being crushed under the wheels of a train near the rally site of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Soidabad under Ullahpara Upazila in Sirajganj at about 3 pm on Monday The train driver was lynched in a violence clash.According to the local sources, the [...]

Staff Reporter
A special court formed to deal with the 2009 BDR mutiny cases was adjourned yesterday till October 11 after the witness cross-examination proceedings of 24 Rifles Battalion at the Peelkhana headquarters.Earlier in the day, 22 accused cross-examined three witnesses– Lt Col SM Abdus Salam, Major Ishtiaq Ahmed and Lt Col Md Rezaul Karim– in [...]

bdnews24.com, Narayanganj
Locals have dubbed the Dhaka-Narayanganj link road as ‘marketplace for drugs,’ as dealers and users throng it even in broad daylight.Drugs are sold in every nook and corner of the closest city (some 15 kilometre) to the capital.The locals have complained that the police do nothing despite being well aware of the situation. Meanwhile, [...]

bdnews24.com, Dhaka
The fifth population census will be held from March 15 to March 19 next year, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has said. “The preliminary report of the census will be published in three months and the final national report in 15 months,” secretary of the bureau, Riti Ibrahim, on Thursday told a press conference.The report [...]

Rafiqul Islam Azad
The pourasabha (municipality) election is likely to be started from the third week of December this year and ended within five days. Election Commission (EC) has taken necessary preparation to hold the elections within five days, according to a source in the EC. The EC has chosen the timetable considering the [...]

bdnews24.com, Dhaka
The extended tax return deadline for individuals ends at 8pm on Thursday.Member of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Bashiruddin Ahmed has said the government may not extend the deadline to file the income tax return for individual taxpayers this year.“We have no plans to extend the deadline. We hope we are near the target. [...]

BSS, Dhaka
Labour and Employment Minister Engineer Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday came down heavily on the role of some Non- Government Organizations (NGOs) for their alleged involvement in instigating unrest in the country’s readymade garments (RMG) sector.The Minister while addressing at a BGMEA function said the government won’t sit with NGOs for discussing the rights [...]

BSS, Dhaka
The well marked low over West Central Bay and adjoining North Bay concentrated into a depression over the same area. It was centered at 3pm on Thursday about 955 KMs southwest of Chittagong Port, 915 KMs southwest of Cox’s Bazar port and 780 KMS southwest of Mongla Port, a Met office weather bulletin said [...]

Staff Reporter
The High Court yesterday exempted Election Commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussain from physical appearance before the court in a contempt of court petition filed against him.Sohul Hussain didn’t appear before the court room though he was present at his lawyer’s room in the Supreme Court. The HC bench of Justices AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury As the [...]

Mamunur Rashid
Though the government has taken various initiatives for curbing traffic congestion, no tangible sign of improvement is visible in almost all the important points in the capital Dhaka. The government’s efforts to ease the nagging traffic congestion have failed due to shortage of equipment and lack of coordination among the agencies, sources said.High officials [...]