CHITTAGONG: A young man was burnt to death and 29 shops were gutted as a devastating fire broke out in the port city’s Agrabad area on Friday night.The deceased was identified Mursalin, 20, hailed from Barisal.The fire originated from explosion of gas cylinder around 9:45pm.Agrabad fire

FROM BBIN RALLY: Love of Agartala residents for Bangladeshis a little bit higher than others. Bengali language people of the Indian province of Tripura accorded reception to Bangladeshis.Even a person expressed his love to Bangladeshis saying that they always feel Bangladesh. Many showed

DHAKA: Freedom fighters will get monthly Tk 10000 allowance from now on, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the announcement on Saturday morning.She was addressing a program occasion of Armed Forces Day at Dhaka Cantonment.The premier also urged the countrymen to stay united for fighting

DHAKA: To avert any sabotage, security beefed up across the capital city. Members of different law enforcement agencies, including police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), have remained vigilant at different points of the city. The scenarios were seen between Saturday dawn and 9:45am

DHAKA: Nuclear scientist Dr Chowdhury Sajjadul (CS) Karim, also former advisor to a caretaker government, has died at city hospital on Friday night. He was 67.  Syed Minhas, nephew of CS Karim, said his uncle breathed his last around 10:45pm at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital at

DHAKA: Two sons, Hummam Quader Chowdhury and Faiaz Quader Chowdhury, of death row convict war criminal BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury came to meet him at Dhaka Central Jail on Friday night.They said that their father, convicted Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, wanted to talk to them

DHAKA: Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Tarik Ahsan paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, at the latter’s government residence, Temple Trees, in Colombo on Friday.Bangladesh High Commission in Sri Lanka issued a press release on Friday

SATKHIRA: Mother and daughter were killed in a road accident on Satkhira-Jessore road at Chhoyghoria area of the sadar upazila Friday evening.The deceased were identified as Rashida, 40, wife of one Rafiqul Islam, hailed from Bagabari area of Satkhira municipality and her daughter Sumi,

DHAKA: The family members of death row convict war criminal Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mujahid will address a press conference about the condition after the upheld of verdict by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.The conference will be held at the Supreme Court auditorium at 12:00pm

DHAKA: Two defense lawyers went back Friday evening after they had waited at the gate of Dhaka Central Jail for four hours to meet death row convict war criminal BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.The lawyers -- Advocate Huzzatul Islam Khan Al Fesani and Advocate Zakaria Islam --

DHAKA: Two defense lawyers have been waiting at the gate of Dhaka Central Jail since Friday afternoon to meet death row convict war criminal BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.The lawyers -- Advocate Huzzatul Islam Khan Al Fesani and Advocate Zakaria Islam -- went to the gate around

DHAKA: US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat expressed her government’s eagerness to assist Bangladesh airport security boosting.The envoy made this disclosure to the media after a meeting with civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon at the secretariat

DHAKA: Home secretary Dr Mohammad Mozammel Haque categorically said that there is no India separatist in Bangladesh soil.He made this assertion while briefing the media after the Bangladesh-India home secretary level meeting in Dhaka on Tuesday.However, the two-day secretary level talks

DHAKA: Home ministry senior secretary Dr Mozammel Haque Khan on Tuesday said that Bangladesh and India have reached in a consensus about sharing information to fight terrorism.He further said that both the countries also agreed to decrease the number of killing in border areas.The senior

DHAKA: Four men sentenced to death for killing a class-9 girl after rape in Faridpur three years back.Dhaka-4 Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Abdur Rahman passed the order on Tuesday. One other was acquitted as found not guilty.The death convicts are—Shamim Mondol, Babul Hossain, Jahidul

HABIGANJ:  A lawyer and his younger brother were hacked in Inanabad area of Habiganj town early hours of Wednesday.The injured are lawyer Enamul Haque Enam, 38, and Shahidul haque, 28.Enamul was admitted to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in critical condition.Besides, Shahidul and

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon fire service and civil defense officials to discharge their duties with sincerity, patriotism and highest professionalism for the welfare of people.Remembering their contribution during BNP-Jamaat’s valance following the national

DHAKA: The namaz-e-janaza of noted Islamic scholar Faqihul Millat Mufti Abdur Rahman was held at Bashundhara central mosque around 10:00am Wednesday. Mufti Arshad Rahmani, eldest son of mufti Abdur Rahman, conducted the namaz-e-janaza.Hundreds of people started thronging Bashundhara

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit France in two phases in November to join UNESCO conference and Climate summit.Foreign ministry source informed banglanews about the development on Tuesday. The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) will

DHAKA: Noted Islamic scholar Faqihul Millat Mufti Abdur Rahman died at Bashundhara Islamic research center in the city on Tuesday night. He was 91. His namaz-e-janaza is set to be held at Bashundhara central mosque around 10:00am Wednesday and then he will be buried at Bashundhara new