DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid their deep homage to the martyrs of the historic language movement by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in city at one minute past midnight tonight.In the first hour of the day, President Abdul Hamid paid

DHAKA: Denying the responsibility of continuous sabotage including hurling petrol bomb, killing and creating violence, BNP led 20-party alliance urged for an investigation under United Nations (UN). Joint Secretary General of BNP Salahuddin Ahmed came up with this urge through a press

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid hoped that the visit of Mamata Banerjee will expedite settlement of crucial pending issues like the Teesta issue and ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement as West Bengal is a major stake in the issues. The West Bengal chief minister made a courtesy call

NILPHAMARI: At least 21 passengers of a bus were injured in a road accident in Kashem Bazar area under Kishoreganj upazila of the district on Friday. Witnesses said that a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch as its driver lost control over the steering in the area at noon,

DHAKA: Two persons were crushed under the wheels of trains in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari and in Keotkhali of Mymensingh on Friday. One of the deceased was identified as Abdul Jalil Sheikh, 45, resident of Sadar upazila. In Goalanda, witnesses said that an intercity train ran over the

DINAJPUR: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two people with 12 petrol bombs from a shop in Munshir Para area of the district on Friday. The detainees are Debendranath Roy and Harunur Rashid. RAB-13 Dinajpur Crime Prevention-1 Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)

DHAKA: Two cocktails were blasted by miscreants in city’s East Rampura area on Friday afternoon. Witnesses said that a gang of anarchists expolded two cocktails in the area around 3:15pm and fled the scene. However, none was reportedly injured in this incident. BDST: 1944 HRS, FEB

DHAKA: .Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day will be observed from the first minute of Saturday with paying tribute to the language movement martyrs who fought and died on February 21 in 1952 to make mother tongue Bangla a state languageThe whole country is going to

Many would have loved to see the two giants of world cricket meet at the final. Who knows this may be the dress rehearsal. The match on Sunday (February 22) at MCG will not only draw a capacity crowd it promises to be a hot contest of two teams playing two dissimilar brand of cricket.

SAUDI ARABIA: Three Bangladeshis remained missing in a fire incident at a building in Mussafah area of Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates, early Friday. The Bangladeshis are Selim, Abdus Shukkur and Enamul. The foreign ministry issued a press release to the media in this

DHAKA: Two unidentified persons were found dead in city’s Gulshan and Shahbagh areas on Friday.The reasons behind their deaths could not be known immediately.In Gulshan, police recovered the body of a young man from Gulshan lake around 11:30am, said Rafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of

DHAKA: Annette Dixon, the Vice President World Bank (WB) for South Asia Region, will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday to build on the longstanding partnership between Bangladesh and the World Bank Group. WB Dhaka office sources informed that she will reach Dhaka in the afternoon and will stay

DHAKA: Admiral RK Dhowan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy, is scheduled to pay a goodwill visit to Bangladesh from February 22-26.Admiral RK Dhowan will undertake the visit at the invitation of the Chief of Naval Staff of Bangladesh Navy, Vice Admiral M Farid

DHAKA: A week long programmes to commemorate the Bengali Language movement will start at Bangladeshi American arts building at east Baltimore Pike in Clifton height in greater Philadelphia of USA on February 20 and end on February 27.A week of Book fair, art exhibition, scholarly

DHAKA:  Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal of India asked the people of Bangladesh to keep confidence on her about Teesta Water Sharing issue. It’s a problem of the both ends.She said, “I will also talk to Hasinadi (Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina) over the Teesta issue.

BARISAL: Two persons were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Batazor area under Gauronod Uupazila in the district on Friday.The deceased were identified as Izzat Ali, 80, and a rickshaw-van driver Sekendar, residents of the upazila.Police sources said that a

DHAKA: Bangladesh Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali, MP on Thursday (US time) met the U.S. Secretary of State John F Kerry at the US Department of State and discussed on a range of bilateral relations.They expressed their satisfaction at the current level of cooperation and acknowledged

DHAKA: Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, MP, on Thursday asserted that the terrorists are terrorists irrespective of beliefs, creeds or castes and there must be a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to all forms of terrorism and violent extremism.He made the assertion while addressing

DHAKA: A truck driver, who suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on his vehicle in Narsingdi-Ghorashal area on February 12, lost his battle for life at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday.The victim was identified as Zahid, 50, son of Wasi Ahmed, hailed from

DHAKA: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday urged the Bangladesh to seek concrete ways to de-escalate the situation in the country.He also asked the government to engage the opposition constructively for the long-term stability and development of the country.UN Secretary General