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UNB, Chittagong :Five people, including four members of a family, were killed in a road accident in front of the Toll Plaza of Shah Amanat Bridge at Karnaphuli in the city in the early hours of Sunday.Officer-in-Charge of Karnaphuli Police Station Rafiqul Islam said Sohel, 37, a resident of Karnaphuli area, was returning home along with his wife Bilkis, 32, their children Sharmin, 5, and Sabbir, 3, riding on CNG-run auto-rickshaw after attending a marriage ceremony in the city on...

bdnews24.com :A death row inmate at Gazipur’s Kashimpur jail has died.Ramzan alias Makbul was convicted in a 2013 murder in the district’s Tongi.The 55-year-old has been kept at the high security prison for one year.Prison authorities said he complained of chest pain after Sunday midnight.“He was rushed to the jail hospital before transferring to the medical college hospital in Gazipur where the doctors declared him dead,” Jail Superintendent Md Mijanur Rahman told bdnews24.com...

UNB, Dhaka :The United Nations has reiterated its position saying it wants to see free, fair and open elections everywhere including in Bangladesh.“And, as a matter of principle, we would like to see free and fair and open elections everywhere they are… they are held,” Spokesman for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said while briefing reporters at the UN headquarters on Monday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Myanmar government to ensure unfettered humanitarian access in Rakhine State. He...

BSS, Dhaka :Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods worth about Taka 566.76 crore from January to December last year across the country. The recovered drugs included 5,32,141 bottles of phensidyl, 10,82,548 yaba tablets, 1,83,442 bottles of foreign wine, 64,87 litres of locally produced wine, 5,438 kilograms of ganja, 34.781 KG heroin and 49,646 drug injections. In the last year, members of BGB arrested 11,966 people on charges of illegal movement and smuggling, a press release of BGB said.Of the...

UNB, Dhaka :The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) is moving ahead with a big plan to build an attractive satellite town close to the world’s longest beach Cox’s Bazar on approximately 1,000 bighas of land.The plan, according to REHAB leaders, has been chalked out to attract increased volume of tourists, both from home and abroad, with modern and safe recreational facilities for them.“We’ve already placed a proposal to the government to allocate land for us. We want...

Staff Reporter :Khaleda Zia’s lawyers have said a jail cannot be a court. Government’s decision to set up a court in the jail is an intentional and mala-fide decision.It is to be noted that the government has set up a temporary court at the old Dhaka central jail to hold the trial of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others in the Zia Charitable Trust case.Deputy Commissioner (DC, Prosecution) Anisur Rahman on Tuesday confirmed the development to the media.Judge Md...

UNB, Dhaka :Like the first three phases of Union Parishad elections, there are no BNP chairman candidates in 106 UPs out of total 725 that go to polls in the 4th phase election billed for May 7.The Election Commission on Tuesday revealed the statistics of the chairman candidates in the 4th phase polls as the deadline for withdrawal of candidature expired on Monday. As per the data, ruling Awami League has candidates in 724 UPs, while BNP in 619 UPs...

Staff Reporter :Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury on Wednesday said, there will be no gas crisis in the country from 2018 as supply may be increased by 37 percent.The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) of 1000mmcfd will be added to national gas link in two phases by 2018 aiming to ensure adequate gas supply in the industries, said the adviser while addressing the business leaders at Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MCCI’s) building yesterday.The business leader urged the PM’s...

UNB, Dhaka :State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday warned that stern action will be taken against those who will create anarchy during the hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami.“Law enforcers will remain alert to protect public life and property. Stern action will be taken against the troublemakers during the hartal,” the state minister told UNB.He said, additional police and RAB forces will be deployed across the country to check anarchic activities. “Besides, members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will also...