DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Sunday to mark the historic Homecoming Day of the great leader.The premier placed floral wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at

DHAKA: The three-day Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) is set to begin in Dhaka on Sunday (January 10).Bangladesh Navy will supervision the fifth edition of the program where navy chiefs, and its high-ups and maritime specialists of the Indian Ocean region will take part.An ISPR (Inter

DHAKA: At least 21 people, including son of land minister, were killed and 50 others, including policemen and fire fighters, injured in separate road accidents in the country on Saturday (January 9).The deceased included eight in Tangail, three in Chuadanga, two each in Dhaka, Chittagong

DHAKA: As many as 8,642 people were killed and 21,855 were injured in 6,581 road accidents in the country in 2015.Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh (PWAB) disclosed the matter while presenting ‘Bangladesh Road Accident Monitoring Report-2015’ in a press conference at

DHAKA: Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) authorities have sealed the tilted 4-storey house in city’s Mohammadpur area on Saturday (January 9).Confirming the matter to banglanews Rajuk authorized officer Engineer Asharaful Islam said they have not only sealed the house but also asked

GAZIPUR: At least five devotees have died at Bishwa Ijtema ground on the bank of river Turag in Tongi of Gazipur district in past three days.On Saturday (January 9), one Alauddin (70) from Sylhet suddenly fall ill in the congregation ground and died on the spot.Earlier around 1:00am, one

MANIKGANJ: The ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route resumed Saturday morning after more than 7-hour halt due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Due to dense fog, the authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) temporarily halted the ferry services on

Dhaka: Number of flights faced problem to land and many more delayed due to fog at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday morning.One more planes failed to land at the runway after several attempts. Meanwhile, flight of Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways were seen flying

DHAKA: At least thirteen people were killed and thirty-five others injured in separate road accidents in Tangail, Chuadanga, Joypuhat, Pabna and Chittagong districts on Saturday.Of the deceased, five were identified as Dulal, 30, Shanti Mia, 35 and Arash, 28, Belal Hossain, 42, Khetlal

TANGAIL: At least eight people, including son of land minister, were killed and 40 others, including policemen and fire fighters, injured in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge highway early hours of Saturday.Of the deceased, one was identified as Sherif Rana (45),

DHAKA: Two people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident in Joyrampur area in Damurhuda upazila of the district on Saturday.The identities of the deceased were not confirmed immediately. Damurhuda Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Liakat Hossain told banglanews after a

DHAKA: Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali put emphasis on collective role of international community to address Rohingya Muslim issue. The issue of plight of the Rohingyas in Myanmar came up in the discussion during a meeting with Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

BRAHMANBARIA: Two passengers were killed and scores reportedly injured after a Akhaura-bound commuter train ‘Titas’ derailed near the home signal of Narsingdi Railway Station on Friday night.The identities of the deceased could not be known yet while the injured have been rushed to

MANIKGANJ: Due to dense fog, the authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) temporarily halted the ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route since early hours of Saturday.BIWTC Paturia Ghat commercial department manager Salauddin told banglanews that the decision

GAZIPUR: Thousands of Muslims from home and abroad have offered the Juma’h prayer on Bishwa Ijtema ground, on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi upazila in Gazipur. Hafez Maulana Mohammad Zobayer of Dhaka Kakrail Mosque led the prayer. The prayer started at 1:40pm on Friday (January

GOPALGANJ: BNP chairperson Khaleda Khaleda should face trial for burning people in the name of movement, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.  She added, “BNP chairperson tried to overthrow the government by burning people, but failed and then appeared before court with disgraceful

GAZIPUR: Two more devotees died of heart attack at Bishwa Ijtema ground at the bank of Turag river in Tungi of Gazipur district on Friday night.The dead were identified as Joynal Abedin, 55, Golapganj upazila of Sylhet, Nurul Islam, 72, hailed from Ulipur upazila of Kurigram and Farid

DHAKA: Two persons were killed in road accidents in city’s Ramna and Shyampur areas early hours of Friday.The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, 22, son of Shafiqul Islam of Patuakhali and Faruk, 30, helper of a truck. Ramna Thana sub-inspector (SI) Anisur Rahman said that

DHAKA: Bangladesh senior diplomat Moushumi Rahman, from Pakistan, reached at her new work place in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday night.Sources from Foreign Ministry confirmed the matter to media.She will join the Bangladeshi embassy in Lisbon as councilor from next week.On January 5,

GAZIPUR: The three-day Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after the Hajj, has begun on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi upazila in Gazipur on Friday (January 8).With the participation of devotees from Bangladesh and the rest of the world, the congregation kicked