BAGERHAT: Three persons including two women were killed as an elephant of a circus troupe attacked in several villages under Mollahat Upazila of the district Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Mizanur Rahman, 45, of Basabati, and Kusum Bishwas, 61, wife of Jatindranath of

MUNSHIGANJ: An Army Major was killed and three other officials injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Gazaria Upazila of the district Friday noon.The deceased was identified as Major Fazlul Qaium of Bangladesh Army. He was posted at Rangpur Cantonment.Gazaria Thana

DHAKA: The dry run of passenger-bus plying from Dhaka to Guwahati of Assam in India started on Friday with the view to increase the people to people connection of Bangladesh and India.Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj

MYMENSINGH: Two persons were killed in a rival clash over road construction work at Sheuly village in Gafargaon upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased were identified as Kalu Khan, 60, and Samad Khan, 55.Quoting locals, police said there was longstanding clash between Mir and Khan

NOAKHALI: A Bangladesh national was shot dead by local goons in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil on Thursday afternoon (local time) over extortion.The deceased was identified as Solaiman Patwari Dulal, 45, son of one Syed Ahmed, hailed from Fatepur village under Chatkhil municipality of

SIRAJGANJ: Two people were killed and two others injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch in Konabari Mafiz Mor under Kamarkhand Upazila of the district on Friday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Bangabandhu Bridge West Thana Sub-Inspector (SI) Ahsan

DHAKA: Gionee, One of the China’s largest mobile manufacturers companies, has officially been launched in Bangladesh for the first time. The opening ceremony was held in Eastern plaza shopping complex of the city on Thursday. Country Manager of Gionee Bangladesh Fidel and Managing

DHAKA: A worker was electrocuted in Railway Colony area under Shahjahanpur Thana of the city on Friday.The deceased was identified as M Sahed, 30, employee of a bedding store and son of Abu Naser oat Romapur village of Chatkhil Thana in Noakhali district.Shahkahanpur Thana Sub-Inspector

DHAKA: A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and no major damage was expected.Australian news website 9news.com.au reported on Friday morning.The quake hit at a depth of 19 kilometres,

PANCHAGAR: Six people including two women and a child were killed and another injured in a road accident in Charmile area under Sadar Upazila of the district Friday morning.One of the deceased was identified as Mostafizur Rahman, 35, auto-rickshaw driver, while details of other deceased

DHAKA: More than 123,000 Kiwi people have signed on for the 2015 40 Hour Famine including 740 school groups across the oceanic country New Zealanders to raise funds for large number of poor families in Bangladesh, reports news site Scoop.co.nz on Friday.New Zealand’s 40 Hour Famine

DHAKA: The Chief Justices of Bangladesh and Thailand Surendra Kumar Sinha and Direk Ingkaninanda agreed to exchange visits of the judges and trainee judges between the two countries with a view to sharing of best practices and technical capacity building in the delivery of justice.The

DHAKA: State minister for home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said the government is set to enhance efficiency of police department so that the department can perform in a more professional manner.The state minister also said the number of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel will

BANDARBAN: District transport owners and workers announced an indefinite transport strike protesting the vandalism and assaulting workers.Bandarban Paribahan Malik-Shramik Oikyo Parishad, an organization of transport owners and workers, general secretary Subrata Kanti Das made the

DHAKA: Bangladesh has expressed its intentions to help build houses especially for the earthquake-affected Nepalese.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed the intentions while talking to her Nepal counterpart Sushil Koirala in telephone conversation on Wednesday.Nepal premier also thanked

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her incumbent government is implementing the initiatives taken by father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.The premier made the assertion at a Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and industries (BCCI)-organized program at

DHAKA: Government has chalked out elaborate programs to mark the 116th birth anniversary of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.The main program will be held in Comilla from May 25.Culture ministry public relations officer (PRO) Mollah Ahmed Kutubuddin said this on Thursday.Theme of the

COXSBAZAR: Detective branch police arrested war crimes accused Zinnah Ali, Nurul Islam and Osman Goni from their houses in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday. Acting on tip-off, police teams detained them after raiding their houses in Moheshkhali upazila in the afternoon.District DB OC Dewan Abul

DHAKA: The government will give special security to ten noted individuals including Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) AAMS Arefin Siddique and Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, State Minister for Home Affairs, made the remark on Thursday, a day after a letter

PANCHAGARH: Lightning killed two women in Aloakhoya union of Atoari upazila in Panchagarh district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Budo Rani (50), wife of Palanu Chandra Singh and her neighbor Sabita Rani (30), wife of Ishwar Chandra.Witnesses said the women were busy in their