MANAMA: A Bangladeshi worker was killed while he was working in a construction building in Jufer of Bahrain on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Alam Mia, 35, son of Asar Uddin of Bankari village of Manikganj district. Witnesses and his fellow worker said a piece of brick fell on

BOGRA: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Shakpala Park area at Shahjahanpur upazila of the district on Sunday evening.The deceased were identified as Ibrahim, 60, son of Garibullah, and Tanvir, 17, son of Abu Saleq.Sources said a rashly driven vehicle crushed into

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the history of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) is the history of Bangladesh. She came up with the assertion in a mass rally marking national mourning day organized by ruling Awami League’s student wing BCL at Suhrawardy Udyan in city on

DHAKA: Dr Hasan Mahmud, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on environment and forests ministry, categorically on Sunday said all brick fields were ordered to maintain environment friendly mechanism from October. The ruling Awami League lawmaker came up with the assertion

HABIGANJ: Two minor cousin sisters drowned in a pond at Faridpur village in Bahubal upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Niha, 8, daughter of Ekhlas Mia and Saki, 7, daughter of Abdul Ahad of the area. Locals said both the girls fell into a pond

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to give indemnity to the accused without submitting charge sheet over the Padma Bridge scam. ACC submitted the investigation report on Sunday afternoon before the commission also set to acquit the accused seven people, i+ncluding former

SUNAMGANJ: A six-year-old girl drowned in a pond of Sunamganj Government College in the district on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as Tamanna Aktar Akhi, daughter of one Sohel Mia.  Police said that the victim with her cousin was playing on the bank of the pond around 1:00pm.

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: Around 2,000 people have been marooned due to downpour and water logging in 12 villages of Tarab union at Rupganj upazila of the district. Local people complained that the water logging created due to insufficient drainage system, no pump machine to remove water as

NARAYANGANJ: Another Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) member gave a confessional statement before a court on Sunday over the Narayanganj gruesome 7-murder case. The RAB man, Habilder Arif Hossain, gave confessional statement before the court of Narayanganj Senior Judicial Magistrate HM

DHAKA: Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) chief Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, also former President of the country, on Monday categorically said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has to be accountable for murders and kidnappings in the country. The politician came with the forewarning while

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday categorically said Nur Hossain, the prime accused of Narayanjganj gruesome 7-murder case, would be brought back home soon.  The state minister came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at his secretariat

DHAKA: After one-hour effort, fire fighting team doused the fire at a garment factory in Mirpur Section-1 area of the capital on Sunday evening.  The blaze started around 5:35pm in the factory’s 5th floor ‘Cordial Design’ at Salimuddin Market. Being informed, some 13 units of

DHAKA: A man was electrocuted in Gendaria area of the city on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as a rickshaw puller Anwar Hossain, 35, resident of Narinda area. Local sources said Anwar Hossain came in contact with electric wire while he was hanging a poster in the area in the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Zakir Hossain Jony on a 5-day remand in connection with Thursday's triple murder in city’s Moghbazar area. The Investigation Officer (IO) and also Sub-Inspector of Detective Branch (DB) police Bahauddin Faruqi produced him before the court with a

PATUAKHALI: A fisherman was killed and 50 went missing after sea robbers conducted mass robbery at Baleshwari estuary of the Bay of Bengal on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as Motaleb Hossain, a boatman of Chittagong Bengal Company, hailed from Bhola district.  Local sources

DHAKA: A 103-year-old Japanese sprinter has challenged world’s fastest man Usain Bolt.  Hidekichi Miyazaki — who holds the 100 meters world record for centenarians at 29.83 seconds and is dubbed ‘Golden Bolt’ after the Jamaican flyer — plans to wait another five years for his

DHAKA: The Myanmar government decided to take 2,415 Rohingyas back initially from Bangladesh within two months. The decision came from the Eighth Bangladesh-Myanmar Secretary Level Meeting at Foreign Ministry in the capital on Sunday. On behalf of Bangladesh, foreign secretary M

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Mahmuda Khatun and Shariful Islam on 2-day remand for interrogation over killing of Maulana Nurul Islam Faruqi, an Islamic program anchor of Channel-I. Magistrate of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court Wayej Kuruni Chowdhury passed the order

DHAKA: The Detective Branch of Police (DB) is investigating into the recent remarks of the moderators of Islamic programs of different televisions over the murder of Maulana Nurul Islam Faruqi. Considering the allegation of Faruqi family and leaders of Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat, the elite

DHAKA: The investigative committee formed for Narayanganj seven-murder is quizzing Nuruzzman, Deputy Inspector General of police of Dhaka range. The probe body started quizzing him in the secretariat from 2:35pm Sunday. Convener of the committee, also additional secretary of the