DHAKA: The World Cup soccer which kicks off on June 11 will dedicate its first goal to the noble global cause of education for all, a UN-designated recipe that largely failed to catch up with the target time.    Organizers say the plan is to draw world leaders’ attention to the

Sirajganj: Police in a raid arrested an elderly man and his two sons as suspected outlaws along with firearms from a remote village in Belkuchi upazila on Saturday morning.A police team raided Masum village on the charland of the River Jamuna at about 6:30am and picked up Azizul Haq, 60,

DHAKA: Economists and women rights campaigners suggested the government to place a gender-responsive budget and ensure its effective implementation for the development of country’s womenfolk.  They also demanded bringing women into the mainstream giving special privileges and

DHAKA: Finance Adviser to the Prime Minister Mashiur Rahman Friday said Bangladesh would be benefited by allowing India to use Mongla Port.“Awami League as well as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina promised that Mongla port will be a regional port in this part of South Asia,” he said while

Dhaka: Detectives now arrested a man who had allegedly tried to impersonate a protocol officer to the Prime Minister to get his clients police jobs. Official sources said Biswajit Basu, a college teacher of Satkhira, was run in from the capital’s Goalnagar area under old Dhaka at around

Bagerhat: A boy was killed and his father injured as a bus rammed a passenger-service motorcycle they were riding on Bagerhat-Rupsha highway in Rahimababad area on Friday morning.Police said a Dhaka-bound tourist bus smashed the rented motorcycle, carrying the father and the son, in the

Dhaka: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) students staged a sit-in at Palashi intersection on Friday morning to press their demand for punishment of the killer bus driver who drove over their fellow-student Samrat and nipped a genius in the bud. The angry

Madaripur: A young expatriate was found dead in a residential hotel at Puran Bazar Karachi BD Road in the district town on Friday morning.Deceased Habibullah, 32, son of Mohammad Waliullah of Comilla district, used to live in Abu Dhabi.Sadar thana officer-in-charge Qayum Ali Sardar said

Dhaka: Hundreds of vehicles got stranded on both sides of the Daulatdia-Paturia river route Friday as incessant rain coupled with stormy weather on Thursday night had halted ferry service for nearly three hours.According to the office of the Deputy Director of BIWTC at Aricha ghat on the

Dhaka: Traffic mess now cut short the promising life of a meritorious student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) as he was crushed under the wheels of a recklessly driven bus in Azimpur area of the capital on Thursday morning.The death of Khandaker Khanjahan

DHAKA: Dhaka will not agree with New Delhi’s plan to deploy its special security force to guard the Indian High Commission here, a government high-up gave the broad hint.  “Indian authorities have requested us to deploy special security force and we have something different in our

DHAKA: Police barred holding a grand rally Thursday at city’s Institution of Engineers’ by hundreds of nurses who gathered there and demonstrated to press home their 36-point demand. Diploma Nurses Association (DNA) arranged the protest to press their demands, including extension of

DHAKA: A new private airline styled Regent Airways is expected to hit the country’s fast-growing passenger aviation market in June.Capt. Alimuzzaman, Flight Operation Director of Regent Airways, told banglanews24.com they are hopeful about the launch of flight operation within a very

Dhaka: A seven-year-old slum child was killed as a bus ran over him in the city’s Basila area under Mohammadpur Thana on Wednesday midnight.Witnesses said the accident took place while Arif incautiously went on the road near Basila Bridge and the recklessly driven bus ran over him. He

Chittagong: ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and M Manjur Alam, the two key mayoral candidates in the upcoming Chittagong City Corporation elections, are going to start their poll campaign tomorrow by using digital technology to reach 17 lakh voters within the given timeframe. The candidates will

Pabna: Vehicular movement came to a halt on Pabna-Chatmohar route after a driver and his helper were assaulted on Thursday morning. Police were deployed to ease the tensions over the incident of bashing the bus boys.Witnesses said around 10:00 am a Pabna-bound passenger bus styled

Dhaka: A rickshaw-puller was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants on Wednesday night in the capital’s Rampura area.The deceased was identified as Khokon. Locals found the body and informed police. Police recovered the body later in the night and sent to Dhaka Medical College

MADARIPUR: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four suspected traffickers with 17 deerskins from village Shatpar in neighboring Gopalganj district. The arrested persons are Pabitra Thakur, 45, of Shingra village of Gopalganj, Amar Mondol, 40, of Mahersherpury village of Khulna, Nishi

Dhaka: The door is shut on the cyber cafes so far freewheeling on bandwidth for internet service without taking license as the government regulatory body Thursday wrapped up the licensing opportunity.Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission or BTRC earlier had directed the

FARIDPUR: Three people were killed and 30 injured as a Dhaka-bound bus of Shakura Paribahan skidded off the Dhaka-Barisal highway into a ditch near Maligram in Bhanga upazila of the district early Thursday.The deceased were identified as Nasima Akter, 35,of Kishorganj, Nasima’s daughter