BSS, Dhaka
The 64th birthday of Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will be celebrated in the country today.On this day in 1947, Sheikh Hasina was born at Tungipara, a remote village under Gopalganj district, which is also the birthplace of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The chief of the country’s [...]

Ehsanul Haque Jasim
The main opposition BNP wants to retain the post of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor by nominating a suitable candidate who is less controversial among the party people. The issue is being discussed in the party policy-making level strongly after the CEC’s recent announcement to hold DCC poll by December. Former President [...]

Staff Reporter
Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) leaders yesterday demanded review of the just passed Real Estate Development and Management Bill-2009 to omit the scope of criminal procedure.Addressing a press conference at a city hotel REHAB acting president Sultana Shaheda Islam urged the government to change the discriminatory provisions of the law.She advocated [...]

Chittagong Bureau
A rickshaw puller alleged to have stolen an energy-saving bulb has died in police custody. Md Idris, 35-year old father of two children died on Sunday. He had been picked up on Sep 14 and taken to Bayozid Police Station, according to his mother. Nurjahan Begum, the mother, said the police had called her [...]

Staff Reporter
The people who were killed by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in the border areas were criminals, BSF Director General (DG) Raman Srivastava said yesterday. The BSF DG made the remarks at a press briefing after the concluding session of a six-day-long top-level BDR-BSF conference held at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters at [...]

JU Correspondent
A rival group of Chhatra League of Jahangirnagar University unit again has begun their activities led by Asgar-Parvez on the campus holding a rally on the campus under the shelter of the university administration yesterday (Monday).The group brought out a procession on the campus chanting agitating slogans against president and secretary of JU unit [...]

Staff Reporter
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni told the House that a total of 2,449 Bangladesh nationals are in the prisons of 32 countries at present and the government is trying to bring them back home through diplomatic efforts.In her written statement in the house the FM, mentioned that of those ill-fated Bangladeshi citizens, some [...]

Mamunur Rashid
At least 50 top leaders and activists of different separatist groups of India, nabbed by Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies, have been handed over to India since Awami League assumed power in 2009.Bangladesh handed over 16 Indian separatists along with their family members to Indian authorities over the weekend, officials said yesterday.The rebels, of the [...]

Talha Bin Habib
In spite of different measures taken by the government, the possibility of improving power supply in the county is very thin since some power plants are yet to get required gas supply.The dismal scenario of power may prolong because of insufficient supply of gas to the power houses following the diversion [...]

Staff Reporter
A war crimes investigation team yesterday reached Chittagong to probe crimes so committed by BNP leader Salahuddin Quader chowdhury MP, his brother Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat leaders Maulana Shamsul Islam MP and Mir Kashem Ali.The six-member team of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today will physically visit different spots of war crime incidents [...]