Bangladesh has fully completed construction of a high voltage transmission line to import 100 MW electricity from Palatana power plant in the Indian state of Tripura, reports UNB. The neighboring nation promised to export the 100 MW power as Bangladesh helped in build the 700 MW Palatana power plant…

Nepali police shot and killed a protester yesterday after fresh clashes erupted in the country's southern plains, deepening the crisis over a new constitution, reports AFP from Kathmandu. Police opened fire when a crowd of about 1,500 demonstrators started throwing stones and bottles at the district…

The mercury plunged to 7.4 degree Celsius in the north-eastern tea valley of Srimangal yesterday, making it the coldest day in the country this winter. Mild to moderate cold waves continued to sweep the country’s north, south and south west, with meteorologists warning that worse is in store ahead…

A Rangamati court yesterday sent four people, including a suspected leader of Myanmar insurgent group ‘Arakan Army’, to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in three separate cases filed with Rajasthali Police Station, reports UNB. Rangamati Judicial Magistrate Jhuma Sarkar passed the…

Awami League (AL) and democracy cannot go together, BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah alleged yesterday. He said the security forces are greater supporters of the government than the ruling party’s activists. “We fought the Liberation War because we wanted freedom from oppression…

The government has decided to introduce a health policy free of cost for those living below the poverty level in the country, while the entire population will get health facilities by 2032 under this project. “We hope the health policy will begin formally in January on a pilot project basis. Health…

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong city mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday said  the corporation will not tolerate any kind of irregularities, nepotism and above all political compromise in terms of development works undertaken by the corporation, reports BSS. “Anyone who tries to indulge in any kind of…

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman yesterday warned the financial institutions (FIs) that BB would take the tough legal action against corruption, saying that the FIs or their chief executive officers (CEOs) and directors should not flout the existing rules and regulations even to a minimal…

Day-long National Judicial Conference-2015 will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) on December 26, reports BSS. President Abdul Hamid is expected to open the conference as chief guest. Judges of the Supreme Court and officers of the judicial services at all levels will join…

Robbers killed a woman at her home at West Kacharipara in the district town and left with money and ornaments early yesterday. The victim has been identified as Aleya Begum, 45, wife of Sarwar Hossain, branch manager of Sonali Bank. Victim's husband said a gang of robbers entered her room at night…

Pabna: A former BNP leader was killed and two people were injured in an attack by some criminals following previous enmity at Paida village in Sadar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mirza Makbul Hossain alias Dulal Master, 52, former assistant organising secretary of district…

 A court in Laxmipur yesterday sent Jatiya Party Ramgati municipality mayoral candidate in a case filed in 2013. Laxmipur Senior Judicial Magistrate Monir Hossain pronounced the verdict against mayoral candidate Azaduddin Chowdhury. The court also jailed Ramgati upazila unit Awami League Organising…

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Detective Branch (DB) of police and RAB arrested four persons and recovered 477 bottles of phensidyl and 10-kg of hemp in separate raids. The arrested persons are identified as Shafiqul Islam, 35,  Belal Hossain, 48, Monirul Islam, 46, and Rafiqul Islam, 46, of Chapainawabganj…

A woman was strangled to death by miscreants at her flat in the city’s Kafrul area yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sabrina Sultana Runa, 40, daughter of late Dr. Nurul Haque of Narhotto in Kahalu upazila of Bogra district. Runa, who was divorced by her husband, used to live…

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said Awami League has an action plan to make sure that militancy and fundamentalism can never affect the country, reports UNB. “Both militancy and fundamentalism are our powerful opposition,” he said. The minister came up with the remarks while he was…