RAJBARI: Two businessmen were killed in a road accident at Chandani in Rajbari district on Wednesday early morning.The victims were Aminul (40) and Ahadul (30), residents of Gangni upazila of Meherpur district.Pangsha Highway Thana sub-inspector (SI) Abdul Mannan said that the deceased

SIRAJGANJ: A mother and her daughter were crushed under train at Mulibari rail-crossing in Sirajganj district on Wednesday noon.The victims have been identified as Mukti Khatun (20), wife of Saiful Islam and their seven-month old daughter Sadia of Kol Gaila village of Sirajganj

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will start recruiting five lakhs registered workers from Bangladesh soon. The number will gradually increase to 14-lakh.Malaysia home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi disclosed the matter on Wednesday in a meeting with visiting Bangladesh expatriates’ welfare and

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said all law-enforcing agencies have been instructed to take 'zero tolerance' policy against human trafficking.She said that as recently human trafficking has increased at an alarming level, her government has taken the zero tolerance

DHAKA: For this year, fitra has been fixed at minimum Tk 60 per person in the country ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr festival.Islamic Foundation finalized the amount in a fitra fixing committee meeting at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in city on Wednesday.Dwini Dawat Department director of

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain reached Malaysia early Wednesday. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying him and his entourage, landed at Kuala Lumpur Airport at 2:10am (local time).Bangladesh High

DHAKA: 41 more Bangladeshis, who were trafficked into Thailand through sea route, are set to be brought back to Dhaka from Thailand on Wednesday evening. The trafficking victims will arrive home by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 7:30pm.Of them, 13 hail from Cox’s Bazar,

DHAKA: Finally, a flag meeting between Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is going to be held on Thursday over the repatriation of abducted Nayek Abdur Razzak. BGP has sent a letter to BGB on Tuesday afternoon, seeking list to Bangladesh delegation to

DHAKA: The first-ever Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between Bangladesh and Thailand will be held in Dhaka from June 24 to June 25 (Wednesday-Thursday).A nine-member Thai delegation led by Thailand Foreign Secretary Norachit Sinhaseni is set to arrive in city on Wednesday to

MADARIPUR:  Two people were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pick-up van in Kamaldi Bridge area under Rajoir Upazila of the district early Wednesday.Details of the deceased driver of the pick-up van and his helper could not be known immediately.

COMILLA: At least 10 people sustained burn injuries in a LPG (liquid petroleum gas) cylinder blast at a shop in Doudkandi Upazila of the district Tuesday night.However, the condition of two of the injured is critical, said hospital sources.Affected people said at least eight shops were

DHAKA: A newspaper hawker was killed in a road accident in city’s Chairmanbari area Tuesday evening.The victim has been identified as Mohammad Siam (18), son of Abdul Hannan, hailed from Ramganj Thana of Luxmipur district.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Dhaka Medical College and

DHAKA: Authorities concerned were asked not to ply any truck, lorry and covered van on highways from three days before and after upcoming Eid-ul Fitr.Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Qader made the announcement at an inter-ministry meeting at BIAM auditorium in city on

BOGRA: Two persons were killed as a sand-carrying truck and a pickup van collided head-on on Bogra-Rangpur highway in Baghopara area of the district on Tuesday.The victims have been identified as Asaduzzaman (25), driver of the pickup van and also a resident of Joypurhat district and

DHAKA: India will begin to supply up to 500 MW additional power to Bangladesh as soon as the work on SAARC grid is accomplished in the next one year or so. India’s Power System Operation Corporation Executive Director V K Agrawal disclosed the matter at a conference organised by the

DHAKA: Thousands of ticket-seekers thronged Kamalapur Railway Station from early Thursday as advance ticket sale ahead of Eid-ul Fitr has started there. Some are enjoying after getting much-desired tickets to travel sweet home for celebrating Eid-ul Fitr with dear and near ones while some

NOAKHALI: Three siblings were found dead on Tuesday noon after bank of Meghna River collapsed on them in Hatia uapzila.   The deceased were identified as Riaz, 10, Zia, 8 and Rahat, 7, son of Hasan Ali of Keringchar village.   Confirming the matter to banglanews, Office-in-Charge of

NOAKHALI: Three siblings were found dead on Tuesday noon after bank of Meghna River collapsed on them in Hatia uapzila. The deceased were identified as Riaz, 10, Zia, 8 and Rahat, 7, son of Hasan Ali of Keringchar village.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Office-in-Charge of Hatia

BACK FROM KUALA LUMPUR: The blacklisted Victoria International College, which is slapped with the ban in bringing foreign students, has now stopped taking classes.In last May, the authority took the signatures of the students as their attendance in advance for next one year.A Bangladeshi

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 67th founding anniversary of ruling Awami League (AL).The premier placed floral wreaths at his portrait at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi in the