The Cabinet yesterday approved a proposal for amendments to the National Hajj and Umrah Policy-2016 (Hijri 1437) and Hajj Package 2016 (Hijri 1437) by doubling the number of hajj pilgrims to 10,000 under government management. However, under the revised policy and hajj package, the number of hajj pilgrims…

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday claimed that his party is not frustrated despite, what he claimed, the murder of more than 500 leaders and activists of the party and its front organisations and about 4.5 lakh others implicated in several thousand ‘false cases’.…

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday expressed dissatisfaction at they way Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is currently operating and blamed its depot managers for the dismal state. “Fund crisis is also crippling the institution (BRTC),” he said during…

A month-long Bangla New Year festival will begin in Kuakata on the Pahela Baishakh. Kuakata Hilsa Park is organising the food extravaganza for the tourists to celebrate the New Year. Sources said arrangements have been made to offer ‘Panta Ilish’ and many other Bengali cuisines to attract…

About 20 people were injured in a clash yesterday between the supporters of two chairman candidates contesting in polls in Sarisha Union in Iswarganj upazila. The election is scheduled to be held on  April 23. Quoting local people police said the clash ensued between supporters of Awami League…

A police constable was killed by a bullet fired accidentally from his own rifle at Kotchandpur Police Station in Kotchandpur upazila of  the district yesterday. Additional superintendent of police Jhenidah,  Azabahar Ali Sheikh said constable Solaiman Hossain, 23, of Sadar upazila in Jessore,…

The Supreme Court yesterday cancelled the bail granted by the High Court to BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar in the Fulgazi upazila parishad chairman Ekramul Haque killing case, reports UNB. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order after hearing…

Some 14 Indian horses were brought in through Benapole land port on Sunday. Benapole custom officer Nasir Uddin Bhuinyan said Bangladeshi company -- FS Trading – imported the horses from India for Bangladesh Police. Officer-in-Charge of Benapole Port Police Apurba said the horses were kept at…

Heat and high humidity continued to make life difficult in different parts of the country for the past five days with the mercury shooting up to 40.3 Degrees Celsius in the western Chuadanga, sizzling it for the second consecutive day yesterday. The  capital was experiencing heat that falls in…