COX’SBAZAR: Gunfight between a group of dacoits and police left four policemen hurt in Chakaria Upazila of the district on Saturday noon.Moreover, police detained a bullet-hurt dacoit identified as Khorshed Alam Chhotan (37) during the fight that took place in Phasiakhali Bridge area on

GAZIPUR: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday said it proves that Bangladesh is benefited from the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with India.The Prime Minister said her previous governments did not talk about the land boundary agreement. In 1996, her government raised the issue for a

GAZIPUR: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated 10 establishments of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) in Gazipur on Saturday.The premier reached the university campus to join a program on the occasion of 16th founding anniversary of BSMRAU at

DHAKA: At least three people were killed and 36 others were injured in separate road crashes in Nilphamari and Kurigram districts Saturday morning.Identity of deceased and injured could not be known immediately.Banglanews Nilphamari Correspondent reports: A man was killed when a

DHAKA: Bangladesh is going to connect with China and Thailand via Myanmar, through constructing a two-kilometer link road, sources concerned said.Sources of Road Transport and Highways Division (RTHD) said that the road will be constructed under ‘Bangladesh-Myanmar Friendship Road’

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina thanked Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj after ratification and operationalisation of the historic land boundary agreement in India’s parliament.Swaraj made the phone call to the premier around 8:32pm on Friday, said the Prime

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rupa Asha Huq and Rushanara Ali as they won in the UK general election-2015 on Friday.Tulip Siddiq, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s niece, contended the poll from Hampstead and Kilburn constituency for Labour

DHAKA: Miscreants shot a young man to death in Rampura TV Road of the city Friday afternoon.The deceased was identified as M Rubel alias Mintu, 22, son of Nasima Begum, hails from Barguna district, but lived in Rampura area.Sources said some miscreants shot Mintu in the area and his

DHAKA: The sixth death anniversary of renowned nuclear scientist and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s husband Dr MA Wazed Miah will be observed on Saturday.Dr Wazed Smriti Sangsad (DWSS), Dr Wazed Foundation, Begum Rokeya University, Awami League (AL) and its front organizations and

COMILLA: Rail communications on Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes restored after four hours of frantic effort on Friday.Railway sources said the rail link came to a halt as four wheels of the Chittagong-bound train coming from Dhaka veered off track in an area between Laksam

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s niece Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Labour’s new MP for Hampstead and Kilburn in the United Kingdom (UK), sought cooperation from people of her constituency to perform her duties as their representative. Tulip, also grand-daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh

DHAKA: Authorities concerned postponed the recruitment test of Agrani Bank Limited for senior officer and officer (cash) under freedom fighter quota which was set to be held on Friday morning, prompting the candidates to stage demonstration in the city.Postponement of the test was

DHAKA:  A man, who sustained severe burns in a gas cylinder blast in city’s Mirpur area, at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday.The deceased was identified as M Nazmul Hossain, 30, a mechanic of an air conditioner repairing shop of Mirpur. Nazmul was admitted to the

SIRAJGANJ: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina termed Rabindranath Tagore as the poet of nature, humanity and love and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the poet of politics.The premier was addressing a program on the occasion of 154th birth anniversary of Bishwakobi Rabindranath Tagore,

CHITTAGONG: It was noon of April 25. I was busy in Facebook chats. Suddenly, a friend informed me that our country had been jolted by a massive earthquake. I was shocked and felt inner-blood shedding. I browsed Youtube and saw the scenes of destruction.It was like a Hollywood movie,

NEPAL: Dhaka city will face more destructions and damages if a tremor like Nepal hits Bangladesh.The main reason of more destruction would be the density of population, proximity of buildings, lack of open space and the faulty electricity and gas transmission lines.This was the

SIRAJGANJ: Three people were killed after being struck by lightning in three villages under Shahjadpur Upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Farhad Hossain, 40, of Char Angura village, Shaher Ali, 35, Narua village and Ayub Ali, 38, Jamirta village of the

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a phone call to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday evening after passing awaited Land Boundary Agreement bill.In a tweet the India Premier said, “Spoke to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and conveyed my greetings to the

BAGERHAT: Forest Department filed a lawsuit against three people, including owner of the fertilizer-laden cargo vessel that capsized in Sundarbans, fearing Tk 1 crore damages of its aquatic animals and biodiversity.The move came two days after cargo vessel MV Zabale Nur, carrying 670 tons

DHAKA: Indian Parliament cleared bill to ratify the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh with the Lok Sabha also passing the measure. Later, Indian PM Narendra Modi thanked Congress president Sonia Gandhi for lending to support to the Bill. Modi approached her in the Lok Sabha with