DHAKA: City mayor Annisul Huq warned the people concerned saying that the billboards should be removed from city skyline by September 30.The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor made this warning at a press conference at his office Sunday morning.‘The corporation will take legal

MUNSHIJANG: A woman and her minor granddaughter were killed as a bus knocked them down in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district on Sunday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Salma Begum (38) and Jisan (4).Locals said that a bus rammed into them while the woman was crossing the

DHAKA: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq remarked that the corporation has gifted a clean Dhaka to the city dwellers by removing garbage of sacrificial animals within 27 hours.The mayor came up with this assertion at a press conference in DNCC office around 11:00am

DHAKA: An unidentified youth was crashed under the wheel of a train near Sainik Club in city’s Banani area.The accident took place around 8:00am.Dhaka Railway Thana sub-inspector (SI) Mohammad Rafiqul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said that the body was sent to Dhaka

GAZIPUR: Police detained two young boys for allegedly killing their friend over trifling matter in Choto Latifpur area under Kaliakoir upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Masud Rana, 20, son of Nurul Islam Nabi of the area. Shahidul Islam, Sub-Inspector (SI) of

DHAKA: A new initiative launched by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and funded by Swedish government is set to enhance workplace rights and industrial relations in the Bangladesh Readymade Garment (RMG) sector.An agreement to launch the project was signed in New York on 26

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the ICT Sustainable Development Award from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Saturday evening.ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao handed over the ICT Award to her at a programme at UN headquarters in recognition to contribution to

DHAKA: The 25-year-old daughter of a joint secretary was found dead at a Ramna building in city early Sunday.Promiti Rahman, daughter of Mahbubur Rahman, was the student of Chittagong University. Her mother Alam Ara Begum is a joint secretary of primary and mass education ministry.On

DHAKA: At least six members of a family suffered burn injuries in a gas leak fire in a tin-shed house at Kafrul in city on early Sunday. The explosion took place in Senpara Parbata area of Mirpur-14 at Kafrul around 1:30am while someone was smoking near the gas pipe, leaving six of

Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric, the grand mufti, has said the stampede at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca on Thursday was beyond human control.He told the interior minister, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, that he was not to blame for the tragedy.Iran and several other countries

Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric, the grand mufti, has said Thursday's stampede that killed more than 700 people at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca was beyond human control.He told the interior minister, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, that he was not to blame for the tragedy.Iran

Taking lead among South Asian countries, Bangladesh on Friday submitted its national 'climate action plan' to a UN body on climate change, promising to cut the country's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 'unconditionally' by 5% from 'business as usual' (BAU) levels by 2030 based on its

COX’S BAZAR: Two children drowned in the Bay of Bengal while having a bath at Kolatali point of the beach in Cox’s Bazar Saturday noon.A child is also under medical treatment in critical condition.The deceased were identified as Tasnim Akhtar (10), daughter of Lokman Hakim of Jinglaj

DHAKA: Seven people, six of a family, were killed and one critically injured as a microbus and an auto-rickshaw collided head-on in Gopalganj district on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Khokon Sikdar (45), his wife China Begum (38), daughters Anne (16) and Chandni (8),

CHUADANGA: Two people were killed and one injured as a truck and human-hauler collided head-on in Chuadanga district on Saturday morning.The accident took place on Chuadanga-Jhenaidah road in Subdia area of sadar upazila.The deceased were identified as Shafi (35), the human-hauler driver

DHAKA: The sacrifice of animals is continuing on the second day of Eid-ul-Azha in city on Saturday.But the number of sacrificing animals is remarkably lower than the first day of the eid festival.Some devotees sacrificed their cattle in city’s Badda, Rampura, Malibagh, Moghbazar,

DHAKA: Tulip Siddiq has been made state minister for culture, media and sports in Labour Party shadow cabinet.Newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbin included Bangladesh-origin British MP Tulip as a junior member in the cabinet.Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s special

GOPALGANJ: At least six people were killed as a microbus and a human-hauler made head-on collision at Shibpur on Gopalganj-Kotalipara road in Gopalganj district on Saturday morning.Four other people were injured in the accident that took place around 10:15am.Gopalganj sadar fire service

DHAKA: Police recovered three bodies including a woman from separate places in city’s Shahbagh area on early Saturday.Bodies of two unknown people were found from the gate of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) and Central Shahid Minar areas in wee hours of Saturday.Later early in

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vowed that child-marriage will be eliminated in Bangladesh before 2041.She made this assertion in her ‘Girls Lead the Way’ speech at Colombia University in New York on September 25.The PM is currently staying in the USA to attend United Nations