DHAKA:  The holy Shab-e-Meraj would be observed across the country on Saturday night with religious fervor, great respect and devotion.The word Miraj of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is derived from Arabic word Urooj, which means 'height,' or 'ascension.' It is celebrated on Rajab 27th in the

DHAKA: After 35 minutes frantic efforts, the fire fighters team doused the fire at a building near BNP central office in city’s Naya Paltan area.Fire service control room telephone operator Irin Parvin said the fire originated on the third floor of the building around 5:30pm.Being

CHANDINA (COMILLA): After 15 hours of gridlock, the vehicular movement in Dhaka-Chittagong highway came to normalcy Friday evening.Highway Police of Eliotganj outpost in-Charge (Sergeant) Asaduzzaman said the highway became traffic jam free by the frantic effort of the police members

MEHERPUR: Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) pushed back 40 Bangladesh nationals through Mujibnagar frontier of the district on Friday.Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) sources said the BSF members of India’s Patharghata camp pushed back the Bangladeshis through the frontier and they

DHAKA: As a part of humanitarian assistance for the earthquake victims, the convoy of trucks, carrying the consignment of 10,000 MT of rice from Bangladesh donated by the government, has arrived in Kakarvitta of Nepal Friday morning.The consignment was handed over to Kamal B. Thapa,

DHAKA: A woman and a kid were electrocuted while bathing in rain near Rasulbagh Primary School area in Lalbagh of the city on Friday.The deceased were identified as Ruma Akhter, 32, and Sohanur Rahman Rifat, 5, of the area.Sources said the duo was electrocuted while having bath in the

GAZIPUR: Two people were killed and three others injured after being hit by thunderbolt at Beldia village under Sreepur upazila of the district Friday afternoon.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sreepur Thana A Motaleb confirmed the

DHAKA: A 15-kilometre gridlock was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway, following a road accident in Nimsar area of Burichong upazila on Friday morning.The tailback was stretched from Kutumbapur in Chandina upazila to Nimsar in Burichong upazila till filing of the report.A good number of

DHAKA: Officials from 15 countries including Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand as well as Australia and the United States will sit in Bangkok on May 29 to deal with human trafficking crisis.Thailand will host a May 29 regional meeting on the flow of migrants through the

DHAKA: The Indonesian government will not turn away Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh who are being housed in a sports complex in Lhoksukon town in North Aceh regency, said official of the country’s foreign ministry, reports the Straits Times.So far, 582 migrants, including

COX’S BAZAR: A man brutally hacked his three minor daughters, including an eleven-month baby, to death in Chakaria Upazila early Friday. The kids were identified as Ayesha Siddika, 11, Shiru Jannat Sheuli, 8 and 11 months old Saraban Tahura while the killer father was identified as

DHAKA: Five people were injured and 50 shanties gutted as a fire broke out at Sattala Slum in city’s Mahakhali area early Friday.Two of the injured were identified as Abubakar, 45, and his son Kawsar, 20. Originated from a blast around 5:15am, the fire soon engulfed the adjacent area,

COX’S BAZAR: Detective Branch (BD) of police detained a youth with some 12,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Sadar Upazila of the district Thursday night.The detainee was identified as M Delwar Hossain, 26, son of Mir Hossain of Nunachari village under Moheshkhali Upazila of the

DHAKA: Three British teenage girls including that of two ‘Bangladesh-origin’ were reported to be on the run from Islamic State raising fears it might be the London schoolgirls who fled there earlier this year, report The Daily Telegraph on Thursday. An unofficial monitor in Iraq

DHAKA: Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali left the city for Malaysia Thursday to attend the fourth foreign minister-level joint commission meeting between Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur.Sources of foreign ministry said that Mahmood and his entourage left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained three human traffickers and rescued seven trafficking victims in Fakirapool area of city Thursday evening.Details of the traffickers and the victims could not be known.RAB assistant director (legal and media wing) Maksudul Alam confirmed the

DHAKA: The fire that broke out at a plastic factory in Barabazar of Ashulia has been doused after one and a half hours efforts.The fire originated at Harijan Plastic Limited around 5:00pm on Thursday.EPZ fire service senior station officer Abdul Hamid confirmed the matter to banglanews.He

DHAKA: The 26th annual parliamentary seminar of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is set to begin in city on May 18 with the spirit of strengthening the parliamentary democracy.The four-day seminar will be inaugurated at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) at

DHAKA: India power secretary PK Sinha on Thursday said Bangladesh will receive 1100MW electricity from his country within 2017.He was talking to the journalists after attending Bangladesh-India Joint Steering Committee Meeting at Bidyut Bhaban in city this afternoon.The committee held two

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday issued rule upon the government regarding formation of a permanent taskforce to look into the allegations against law enforcers over human rights violation.The bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi M Ijarul Haque passed order after preliminary