LGRD Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said Faridpur will be declared as a new division within a month or two.   The minister came up with this disclosure while addressing at the installation ceremony of the newly formed Faridpur Journalists Foundation (FJF) at the Jatiya Press Club. The headquarters of the proposed division will be in Faridpur district and steps have been…

SINGAPORE: Eight Bangladeshi men working in Singapore who were planning to stage terror attacks back home have been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA), the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Tuesday (May 3).   The men, aged between 26 and 34, called their group the Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB) and intended to join terror group ISIS as foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq.  …

SINGAPORE: Members of the so-called Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB) that was formed in Singapore in March had identified several possible targets in Bangladesh that include members of Parliament, ministers, and media personnel, a kill-list released by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday (May 3) showed.   In a document titled "We Need for Jihad Fight", the group, set-up by S-Pass…

The holy Shab-e-Miraj will be observed in the country on Wednesday night (May 4) with due religious fervour.   The National Moon Sighting Committee took the decision on April 8 at a meeting after reviewing reports received from different parts of the country.   Different Islamic organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes, including milad mahfils, on the occasion.   On 27th…

The Supreme Court today will hear the review petition filed by condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami challenging its verdict that upheld the International Crimes Tribunal judgment sentencing him to death. The review petition has been kept on fourth of the Appellate Division cause list for Tuesday for hearing at the full-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar…

The State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Monday said the biometric mobile SIM card registration will help the law enforcement agencies to identify the real criminals.   "The biometric verification of the mobile phone SIM has created an opportunity to verify the real owner of the mobile SIM with the information of his own National Identity (NID) and the system would…

In a bid to improve the overall security system of the country, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Monday ordered his fellows to remain alert and active to ensure the safety of public life and property, and maintain the law and order across the country.   He came up with this direction while addressing the quarterly crime review conference at the Police Headquarters.  …

The country's readymade garment sector (RMG) could create more and better jobs, with implementing effective initiatives to improve productivity, product quality and reliability, and enforcing better safety conditions and other compliance policies, a World Bank report said. The World Bank with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) launched the report here today (Monday) that focused…

The results of this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on May 11.   The decision was made public by education secretary Sohrab Hossain on Monday.   Around 16.51 lakh students under 10 education boards appeared for this year’s SSC and equivalent exams that began on 1 February and ended on 14 March.   Beginning on February…

According to several media reports, workers of a garment factory staged demonstration in Auchpara area of Tongi in Sadar upazila of Gazipur district on Monday morning protesting against a factory shutdown without any prior consultation.   Quoting locals news agency UNB said the authorities of ‘Mars Stitch Limited’ made an announcement of the shutdown in a notice on Sunday afternoon.…

The government has set revised office hours for the upcoming Ramadan from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm with a 15-minute prayer break from 1:15pm to 1:30 pm for all the government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions.   The Cabinet at its regular weekly meeting, held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Monday, set the new office timing.   Cabinet Secretary Mohammad…

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is set to deliver its verdicts against five alleged war criminals of Karimganj in Kishoreganj district on Tuesday. The ICT led by its Chairman Justice M Anwarul Haque on Monday fixed tomorrow for delivering the verdict. Earlier on April 11, the three-member International Crimes Tribunal kept the case on CAV (curia advisory vault) after closing the law-point…

Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Annisul Huq today said that the wholesale market of Karwan Bazar would be shifted to Jatrabari and Gabtoli within several months. The DNCC mayor came up with the statement while talking to reporters near Hasina Market, which was almost fully burnt out due to a devastating fire on Sunday night. At least 178 various types of whole shops were gutted in the…