DHAKA: Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Saturday commented that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has declared war against people. “If we sit with the killers for talks, then it will be established that killing people is a way for dialogue,” the minister said. According to Tofail, people

RANGAMATI: At least 200 shops and several houses were gutted in a devastating fire at bazaar in Baghaichhari upazila of the district early Saturday. Local sources said the fire originated at a shop around 3:30am and soon engulfed adjacent shops.  On information, members of Border

PARBATIPUR, DINAJPUR: A youth was killed and over a dozen hurt in a clash over land in Habibpur village under Parbatipur on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Sohag, 22, son of Jahurul Islam, who was also injured in the clash. Locals said there was a longstanding dispute

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance again called a non-stop 36-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday protesting power price hike, government’s ‘conspiracy of sabotages’ and arrest of their 10 thousands leaders and activists. The announcement came on Saturday noon through a statement of

DHAKA: Members of cultural and several professional groups staged a human chain on Saturday against arson attacks and burning people across the country in the name of movement.  The protesters, after the program held at 10:30am in front of National Press Club in city, headed to Central

DHAKA:  Rapid Action Battalion declared a cash reward of maximum Tk 1 lakh and minimum TK 10,000 for helping catch those responsible for violence during blockades. RAB director general Benazir Ahmed made the announcement at its headquarters in the city around 11:30am.  He said that

KUSHTIA:  Miscreants shot a schoolteacher to death over a business-related dispute at Doyarampur village under Kumarkhali upazila of the district early Saturday.  Police also detained Wahidul Islam, a business partner of Robiul in the brickfield on suspicion. The victim was identified

GAZIPUR: A fire broke out at a synthetic factory of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) industrial area at Konabari on Saturday morning. According to fire service officials, the fire originated at Kader Synthetic Fibers Limited around 7:00pm and soon engulfed the

RANGPUR: Police arrested a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami and two cadres of its student’s wing Islami Chattra Shibir in Mithapukur upazila of the district on Friday night in a case related to an arson attack that killed six people and burnt scores. The detainees are Jamaat leader Abdul

COX’S BAZAR: Police recovered 40,000 pieces of Yaba tablet here from Maheshkhalia Para under Teknaf upazila on Friday night. The law enforcers, apart from detaining a man in this connection, also seized two guns, a machete and 10 rounds of cartridge from his possession. The detainee

BARISHAL: Two people sustained burn injuries as miscreants set fire to a goods-laden truck at Dapdapiya on Barishal-Patuakhali road Friday night.The victims are truck driver Shafiuddin, 45, and his helper Rubel, 20. They are undergoing treatment at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical

GAZIPUR: The divers of fire service did not come to rescue the passengers who drowned after two trawlers collided off the estuary of Brahmaputra and Sitalakkya rivers in Sreepur upazila of the district Friday noon.The divers did not come as the law enforcers failed to locate which

RAJSHAHI: Nine bus passengers including children and women were burnt in a petrol bomb attack in front of BRAC Bank office under Tanore upazila of the city Friday evening.Confirming the matter, officer-in-charge (OC) Anwar Hossain of Tanore Thana said some miscreants threw petrol

NOAKHALI: Miscreants, in separate incidents, vandalized 14 CNG-run auto-rickshaws and five goods-laden trucks at Chomirmunsir Hat and Sebarhat Bazar areas under Senbagh upazila of the district.They also blasted 12 cocktails to spread panic among people.Witnesses said miscreants blasted

DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion (APBn) on Friday detained two Biman Bangladesh Airlines officials with gold and money from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital. The detainees were identified as Biman’s accountant supervisors Manzur Morshed and Mizanur Rahman. APBn

DHAKA: Bangladesh declared Saturday as National Mourning Day to commemorate the death of the King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The national flag will remain half-mast in government and private buildings across the country on the day. President Abdul Hamid will leave

DHAKA: Miscreants threw a petrol bomb and blasted a cocktail in front of Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology (ADUST) at city’s Nayapaltan area on Friday.Witnesses said that some miscreants blasted the bomb and cocktail in the area around 7:15pm creating panic among

DHAKA: The nation will observe the historic Mass Upsurge Day on Saturday to commemorate the valiant sons of the soil who sacrificed their lives during the movement in 1969 that culminated in the independence movement of the country.President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

MUNSHIGANJ: At least 13 people including five women sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy in Zoshlong village under Tongibari upazila of the district on Friday.Locals said that the supporters of former UP chairman Mokhles Dewan and

RAJSHAHI: Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Mayor Mohammad Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, who is also a BNP leader, and 34 others on Friday were sued over an attack on a goods-laden truck fleet in the town on Thursday.Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Boalia Thana Mahmudur Rahman confirmed