DHAKA:  Former deputy-editor of Dainik Kaler Kantho Abdullah al Faruk, 50, was killed in a road accident in city’s Kakrail area early Sunday.Family sources said Abdullah Faruk sustained injuries after being hit by a truck while crossing the road adjacent to Rajmoni cinema hall in

MANIKGANJ: Ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route in the Padma River has been suspended since early hours of Sunday due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Mohiuddin Russel, assistant manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Paturia Ferry ghat told

Dhaka: The intending tourists to Malaysia are counting money six times higher than the fixed Tk 600, which is inscribed on the sticker.There are allegations that Malaysian high commission in Dhaka appointed the organization called Visa Luar Negar (VLN). It is taking Taka 2,500 per

MAWA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said they had started the construction work of Padma multipurpose bridge after forming government in 2009.According to her, the World Bank (WB) also extended its hand to support the government in the work.“Later, I announced

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ:  Five people went missing as a trawler with 40 passengers on board capsized in river Buriganga in Sadar upazila of Narayanganj district on Saturday.The incident took place in Kheya ghat area at Alir Tek union around 11:30am.The missing persons are — Selim Khan,

PABNA: A group of miscreants strangled a schoolboy to death for ransom in Ataikula upazila of Pabna district.The victim has been identified as Shakil Aktar (15), son of Belal Hossain and a student of class IX at Ataikula High School.Police recovered the body around 1:30pm on Saturday from

FROM PADMA BANK: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated piling work of main structure of the 6.15 km Padma Multipurpose Bridge, the biggest bridge in Bangladesh, on Saturday (December 12).Through unveiling the plaque of the piling work, the construction of main structure of Padma Bridge

DHAKA: Padma multipurpose bridge will remain in tact resisting earthquake and scouring of river bed. It will last unaffected for at least one hundred years.To keep the strength of the bridge in tact the pile will be placed in a curved way. The pillars will be dived into 400 meters deep to

FROM PADMA BANK: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the construction of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge was a big challenge for us.She made this comment while addressing a civic rally on the occasion of inaugurating river management program at Zajira point of Shariatpur district on Saturday

FROM PADMA BANK: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the river training work of Padma multipurpose bridge at Zajira point of Shariatpur district on Saturday (December 12).The premier reached the sites in a helicopter around 11:15am and later inaugurated the river training work for

MANIKGANJ: The ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route resumed Saturday morning after more than 10-hour halt due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Earlier, the authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) temporality halted the services on the route to avoid

CHITTAGONG:  Police, in overnight drives, arrested 55 wanted accused in different cases from different places of Chittagong district.Several teams of police conducted the drives between Friday night and Saturday dawn.District additional police super (Special branch) Kazi Abdul Awal told

KHULNA: Four members of a police official’s family sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Khalishpur area of Khulna city on Saturday morning.The incident took place at a house in Majguni residential area of Khalishpur around 7:30am.Among the inured, one was identified as

MANIKGANJ: Due to dense fog, the authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) temporarily halted the ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route since Friday night.BIWTC Paturia Ghat commercial department assistant manager Mohiudding Russel told banglanews that the

DHAKA: Prime Minister’s Information and Communication Technology affairs adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Friday called for national unity for the development of the country.He was addressing a meeting, organized by Suchinta Bangladesh, as chief guest at a city hotel.Joy said “We don’t

FENI: A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 65,000 pieces of yaba tablets, worth about Tk two-crore, from an orange carrying covered van on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Rampur area of Feni on Friday.Commander of RAB-7 Feni camp Major Mozammel disclosed the matter in a press

DHAKA: Bijoy Dibos Udjapon Jatiya Committee urged the countrymen to sing the National Anthem in unison in the afternoon on December 16 as a measure to fight radicalism.The committee is also set to organize a program in this regard at Suhrawardy Udyan in city where thousands are expected

PIROJPUR:  A leader of Krisak League, a front organisation of Awami League (AL), was killed and 13 others were injured in a road accident in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Hamid Munshi, 65, president of Bhandaria upazila unit Krisak

DHAKA: In 45 years’ history of Bangladesh, the largest project’s name is Padma Bridge. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the self-financed project of Bangladesh as a challenge. The construction of has been given the highest priority among other projects. Bridges minister Obaidul

BACK FROM MAWA (bank of Padma):  Vast construction works of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge are seen underway in full swing at bank of mighty river Padma.For the engineer-officers of the Padma Bridge project, many small houses have been made at the riverbank in the form of Shanghai,