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

FROM NATIONAL PARLIAMENT: State minister for home affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that a total of 430 foreign citizens are now in Bangladesh prisons.Among the arrestees, 237 prisoners are Myanmar nationals, the state minister said in a reply to Mohammad Mamunur Rashid at the National

DHAKA: State minister for women and children affairs Meher Afroze on Tuesday said minimum age of marriage will remain 18 for girls.She came up with the assertion after inaugurating a project on empowering the youth who married early at Spectra Convention Center in city in the morning.The

GAZIPUR: A man was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Hyderabad area of the town Tuesday morning.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Special Branch (SB) Inspector of Gazipur district police Sirajul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said

DHAKA: Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials detained four human traffickers with 1000 passports, huge fake Visas and forging instruments from Motijheel of the capital early Tuesday.CID Senior SP Fazlul Kabir confirmed the matter to banglanews.Details will be informed at a

DHAKA: Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar has agreed to return abducted Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member Nayek Abdur Razzaq “unconditionally”.Defence attaché of Bangladesh to Myanmar Brigadier General Md. Mahbubul Haque informed the matter to BGB director general Major General

DHAKA: At least five people were killed and seven others injured as a train knocked a human hauler with 16 passengers in it on a rail crossing at Pagla area of Narayanganj Monday night.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Dhaka Railway Thana Abdul

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar on Monday has given condition to return abducted Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member Nayek Abdur Razzaq.BGP said they would return the BGB member if Bangladesh accepts 555 migrants out of 727 rescued by Myanmar Navy from sea on May 29.

KUALA LUMPUR: Not only the ransom money is exacted from the trafficked people, their organs are also being traded. The blood of the trafficked people is tested first then the matched people are separated from others whose blood does not match as per demand. As per demand, kidneys, livers,

DHAKA: European Union (EU) ambassador Pierre Mayaudon commented that ‘connectivity’ is important for Bangladesh.The envoy posted in Dhaka made the comment at a program, organized by Diplomatic Correspondent Association of Bangladesh (DCAB) at a city hotel on Monday.Welcoming the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the iftar, organized by Armed Forces Division at Sena Kunja in Dhaka Cantonment on Monday.Earlier, PM’s security adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, chiefs of the three services and the PSO of the Armed Forces Division received the