DHAKA: The banglanews24.com, leading news portal of the country, organized a literary adda (discussion) in Mymensingh on Saturday afternoon.The discussion was dedicated to late journalist and rhymester Obaidul Gani Chandan.Poets Mosharraf Karim, Shamsul Fayez and Gausur Rahman, among

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoist local cautionary signal number three. Meteorological department, in warning message, said due to strong monsoon deep convection is taking place over North Bay. Squally weather may affect

DHAKA: Bangladesh permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Dr AK Abdul Momen categorically said that the society needs patriots to materialize the dream of Bangabandhu for building a Sonar Bangla. He came up with the assertion while addressing a discussion at Bangabandhu

MANIKGANJ: A total of 244 people were killed in 497 separate road accidents on Dhaka-Aricha highway stretching across the district during the last five years.Some 1024 sustained injuries in the accidents, which took place from January 2010 to July 2014.List of deaths in the road

DHAKA: Daily Manobkantha feature editor and prominent rhymester Obaidul Gani Chandan passed away at a city hospital on Saturday morning.  He was 41. Chandan, who is more popular for his rhyme, breathed his last at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. His wife Rubina told banglanews,

BARISAL: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) declared that the movement of all types of vessels bellow 65-feet on the internal river routes of Barisal has been declared closed from Saturday morning due to the bad weather.  The authorities prohibited plying of bellow

DHAKA: The city dwellers were witnessing huge traffic congestion due to heavy rainfall that submerged most of the city streets from Saturday morning. Most of the roads including Malibagh, Mouchak, Shantinagar, Magbazar were seen jam-packed with hundreds vehicles as roads went under water

DHAKA: Two people were killed in separate incidents in Bangla Bazar area and Uttara in the city.  Of the deceased, one was identified as Milon, 38 and identity of another could not be known instantly.  DMP Uttara East Thana Assistant Sub-Inspector Shafiqul Islam said that an

LALMONIRHAT: The authorities concerned have issued red alert near the country’s biggest irrigation project Teesta Barrage in Hatibandha of the district on Friday night due to huge overflow of water. The alert came to effect at 8:00pm on the day. Inhabitants near the barrage have been

DHAKA: Government is going to amend and update the Strategic Transport Plan (STP) soon to ease city traffic jam and develop the transportation giving emphasis on metro rail projects, said sources concerned. Meanwhile, due to rapid urbanization, the area of Dhaka Transport Cooperation

DHAKA: The law ministry is going to place the draft of constitutional amendment bill to restore parliament's authority to impeach Supreme Court judges by abolishing the existing Supreme Judicial Council. Through this, the government is on way to change Article 96 of the constitution to

RIYAD: A Bangladeshi national was killed in a road accident in Rafa area, some 800km far from Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, on Friday. The deceased was identified as Md Abul Kalam, chief steward of Saudi Arabia’s Hotel Intercontinental, hailed from Akhtarail village under Nagarpur

GOALANDA (RAJBARI): A passenger trawler capsized after being hit by a Utility ferry in Padma River at Daulatdia Ferry Ghat area of the district on Friday night.   No one was reportedly missing in this incident as all the passengers along with the boatman managed to swim to the bank.

MIRSARAI: Torrential rainfall has created long tailbacks at different places of Dhaka-Chittagong highway.The tailbacks occurred on the road in between Shitakunda and Mirsarai upazilas since the early hours of Friday.Sources said there was water logging and chaos of traffic at several

HOBIGANJ: Two sisters have drowned in a pond in Kalikrishnanagar village under the Madhabpur upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.The deceased sisters were identified as Suma Akhter, 8 and Ruma Akhter, 4, daughters of one Shamim Mia, resident of the village.Officer-in-Charge of

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: A 35-year-old unidentified woman was killed and 15 others were injured in a road accident in front of Joy Bangla Gate of Jahangirnagar University on Friday noon.   Sources said that a Manikganj-bound bus overturned after hitting a roadside tree as the driver

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three, said a warning message issued by Met office.   Due to strong monsoon deep convection is taking place over North Bay.    Squally weather may affect

BHOLA: Due to the stormy weather, the authorities prohibited plying of bellow 65-feet launches and trawlers on all internal and long distance route.   Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) issued the order around 11:00 am Friday which would be continued till further

CHITTAGONG: The department of customs intelligence & investigation on Friday seized gold worth about Tk 40 lakh from a passenger’s luggage at the Shah Amanat International Airport.The passenger Osman, came from Sharjah by a flight of Air Arabia, has been detained by law

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion arrested another accused of the case related to Pinak-6, which capsized in the Padma River with 250 more on board, from Khilkhet area in the city on Friday morning.The captive is Omar Farukh Limon, 27, the third accused in the case.RAB media wing commander