On the occasion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 97th birthday, prime minister and Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina paid respect to his portrait with flowers. This day is observed as national children’s day. Prime minister paid respect at Bangabandhu’s portrait infront of Bangabandhu Bhaban in Dhanmondi 32, at 7:00 this morning. She lays flowers first as the…

Nation’s father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 97th birthday is today. Bangladesh Awami League and their allied groups have arranged various programs on this occasion. At 10 o’ clock this morning, the president and prime minister will pay respect to Sheikh Mujib by laying  bouquet on his tomb, located at Tungipara. Then they will recite Surah Al Fatiha and take part in…

A bus hit a motorcycle today (16th march) at 4:15 am within Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area leaving one dead and two in critically injured condition. Name of the deceased is Riad(16) and the injured two are Akash(14) and Imon(16). Riad appeared for SSC examination from Roisbag High School at Kodomtoli. Akash was Riad’s nephew. He was studying in class 9 in the same school. Imon was…

Death warrant for convicted war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami has reached Kashimpur jail today (16th march) at around 9:30 am. With the option of seeking review of the judgment, the SC released full verdict of death penalty of Nizami yesterday. Earlier, chief justice S. K. Sinha with other three judges signed on the verdict. The other judges are Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique…

On making Banking and Financial Institution Division(BFID) secretary M. Aslam OSD,  the finance minister A M A Muhit said, one cannot escape from liability by virtue of high position. As he (Aslam) was the secretary of BFID, he should have known about the heist. The finance minister said this to the journalists on Wednesday. He also mentioned that the central bank needs reformation. The bank…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is said to bestow the Ekushey Padak award to the respective winners on Saturday morning at capital’s Osmani Memorial auditorium.    The ministry of Culture & Arts announced the names which include retired justice Kazi Ebadul Haque, literature professor Hayat Mahmud and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman’s former press secretary Toab Khan for their…

  A group of youth has taken an initiative to observe “No Car Day” at least once every month in the capital city Dhaka. They are urging the citizens of the city to not take their private cars out in the streets on that particular day. They aim to reduce traffic and save natural resources such as fuel by taking this initiative. The day is called upon to be observed from today, Thursday. …

A new immigration check point between India and Bangladesh is expected to boost trade and ties between the neighbours. The immigration centre would be inaugurated in Siliguri town tomorrow (February 18). The new check point has been set up after fervent protests by local businessmen, said a report by ANI The first immigration centre was opened in 1994 for trade between Bhutan and Bangladesh and in…

 A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against Adabor SI Ratan Kumar Howlader in a case filed for sexually harassing a female student of a private university. Dhaka Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal 4 Judge Saleh Uddin Ahmed passed the order after taking the probe report of the case into cognisance on Tuesday morning. Bench Assistant Forkan Miah said police officials concerned…

Pre-registration of the devotees who are willing to perform next hajj is all set to start on February 23 under a new system, sources conceded confirms. The issue had been decided at an inter-ministerial meeting on February 10 with acting secretary Md Abdul Jalil of the minister of religion affairs in the chair. Religion minister Matiur Rahman is expected to disclose details after his return from Saudi…

Three cases were filed against The Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam on Monday and Sunday night for publishing ‘confusing’ and ‘defamatory’ reports about Awami League president Sheikh Hasina during the 2007-2008 military-backed caretaker regime. The cases were filed in Pabna, Cox's Bazar and Barguna district. In Cox's Bazar, Maheshkhali Municipalty former mayor Sarwar Azam…

Several people have been injured while rushing out of the Twin Towers Concord Shopping Complex at Dhaka's Shantinagar after a fire broke out on the building's ninth floor. The fire on the 20-storey building's residential section started at around 1am on Wednesday, Fire Service control room official Bhajan Kumar Sarker said. Ten fire-fighting units put out the flames after an hour, he added.…

Dense fog disrupted flight operations at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital today.     Flights of Emirates and Turkish Airlines could not land due to low visibility because of impenetrable fogs.   Besides, flight operations were halted from 5am to 9am at the airport.