UNB, Brahmanbaria
Power-hungry people ransacked power office in Sarail upazila headquarter Monday morning demanding uninterrupted power supply.Local sources said several hundred people gathered at the power office at 9am and ransacked it as there was no electricity in the upazila headquarters in the last two days.They blocked Sarail-Nasirnagar road by putting logs on the road at [...]

Special CorrespondentAlmost quietly the US president Barack Obama’s representative to the United Nations Arthur Cousin made a five-day visit to Bangladesh recently to know the country’s food security position and evaluate the US and UN funded projects.The silent but busy scheduled programme was arranged also reportedly in the wake of allegations of the uneven distribution [...]

BSS, Dhaka
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has proposed the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to raise multi- year tariff by 12 per cent to make up the huge subsidy in power sector.“We have submitted a proposal to the BERC to raise 12 percent power tariff at bulk level per year for next 3-years. However, [...]

Staff Reporter
Three policemen on-duty in Farmgate police box in the capital were closed yesterday for assaulting two reporters. The two journalists — Nikhil Bhadra of the daily Jaijai din and Amitosh Pal of Kaler Kantha - were the victims of the police assault. They came under police attack when they, boarded a [...]

Staff Reporter
Traffic jam in the capital Dhaka is mounting gradually in an endemic form, causing untold sufferings to hundreds of commuters from morning till late night in almost every working days.According to traffic police, hawkers, indiscriminate parking and illegal establishments have occupied vast areas of roads, resulting in increasing traffic congestion day by day. Preferring [...]

Staff Reporter
Panic-ridden people of Rupganj’s villages are not staying at their homes as at least two cases have been filed against some 8,000 unidentified people in connection with Saturday’s violence over the purchase of land by army officials and burning of the army camp and some vehicles. Elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday also [...]

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bdnews24.com, Dhaka
Four mutineers of Bangladesh Rifles has apologised before the Special Court-8 and begged for mercy, citing that they are the only earning members of their families.Accused soldier Sharif Jahangir Alam on Wednesday admitted his fault in the court at Peelkhana headquarters and said his father is deaf and he is the only earning person [...]

Sagar Biswas
Cattle smuggling from neighbouring India to Bangladesh continues unabated along the 4,096-km border, despite increased surveillance by the security forces in recent days. Official sources apprehended that it might be further increased in the wake of upcoming Eid-ul Azha. Cattle trafficking during darkness is a common feature in the bordering areas. Although the border [...]

Staff Reporter
The government has decided to give compensation to all the families of the victims who were killed over the Sirajganj train accident, source said. Director General of Bangladesh Railway T A Chowdhury yesterday told the reporters that the amount to be paid would be in accordance with the law.Earlier, The Bangladesh Railway, formed a [...]