DHAKA: A fire broke out at a multi-storied residential building at Town hall Bazar area in Mohammadpur in city Saturday evening.Two fire fighting units brought the blaze under control after trying for half an hour. Duty officer of Fire Service Headquarters control room Nilufa Yasmin

NETROKONA: A group of miscreants chopped an honors student of Netrokona Government College to death in Netrokona on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Rubel Khan (22), student of 3rd year in accounting department of the college and son of Joj Mia of Bahir Chapra in Netrokona

CHITTAGONG: Country’s one of the industrial giants PHP Group is set to assemble Malaysian Proton cars locally.In the car plant, to be setting up at Anowara upazilla at an estimated cost of Taka 400-crore, 1,200 cars will be assembled annually. Over several hundreds of employees

DHAKA: United States Congresswomen Grace Meng has won a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.The subcommittee oversees United States’ foreign policy towards all countries in Asia including India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.Meng said: “I am honored to

DHAKA: The fifth session of 10th Jatiya Sangsad will resume on March 22 after a 10-day break.The session, to be chaired by Speaker of the House Dr Shirin Sharmin Choudhury, is set to begin at 4:45pm on the day.Earlier on March 12, deputy speaker Mohammad Fazle Rabbi Miah adjourned the

DHAKA: DHAKA: The BNP-led 20-party alliance Saturday called another spell of 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday to realize their demands including ‘restoration of the people’s rights’.  The shutdown will begin at 6:00am Sunday and continue until 6:00am Wednesday, according to a

DHAKA: A fire broke out at six-storey building in front of Gulshan Shooting Club in the city on Saturday.The fire originated at the third floor of the building around 11:35am. Fire Service inspector Shahjadi Sultana told banglanews that being informed, two firefighting units rushed to the

DHAKA: Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from in front of Atomic Energy Commission in city’s Shahbagh area on Saturday morning.Shahbagh Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Sirajul Islam told banglanews that they found marks of injuries on the forehead and back of the

MALAYSIA: Malaysian Immigration Department detained 112 foreigners, including 26 Bangladeshis, at a construction site near Jalan Chain Ferry in Penang state.State Immigration assistant director, Abdul Rahman Hassan said in the operation, they inspected 467 foreigners who worked at the

DHAKA: Bangladeshi Consul General Shahid Al-Karim said a large number of Bangladeshi workers are eager to begin employment in the Kingdom soon, but are waiting for the Kingdom to set an official date to start the recruitment process.Al-Karim said his country has the capability of

DHAKA: Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan arrested five persons Friday night from Ramna area in the city for their alleged involvement in making fake currencies. The detectives also recovered forged currency worth Tk 35 lakh from their possessions.The arrestees are Monir Khan,

JHENAIDAH: A suspected robber was killed and three lawmen sustained injuries in a gunfight between police and robber gang in Shalikha intersection under Kaliganj Upazila of the district early Saturday.Indefinites of the deceased and the injured could not be known.Kaliganj Thana

DHAKA: At least 70 bodies have been found dumped outside the town of Damasak in north-eastern Nigeria, after it was recaptured from Boko Haram militants.The victims appear to have been killed some time ago, as the bodies were partially mummified by the desert air.Troops from Niger and

DHAKA: New Zealand batsmen Martin Gutpill hit the second double century as well as the highest individual score in the World Cup history on Saturday.Martin Guptill reached not out 237 off just 163 balls with 24 boundaries and 11 over boundaries as New Zealand dominate West Indies. Guptil

COMILLA: Police recovered 13 petrol bombs and 11 cocktails in abandoned condition from Bhittola area of Eliotganj under Daudkandi Upazila of the district Friday night.Mohammad Abu Salam Mia, Officer-in-Charge of Daudkandi Model Thana, told banglanews that being tipped off, a team of the

MYMENSINGH: Five people were killed and another injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Muktagachha Upazila of the district on Saturday morning.Three of the deceased were identified as Alal Uddin, 50, Samir Talukdar, 35, and Akbar Ali, 32, while

DHAKA: Another victim, who suffered burn injuries in a fire at a building in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Friday.The victim was identified as Sohel Miah, 20, peon of f non-government organisation, Society for Social Service.Earlier

DHAKA: Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe have glimpsed the best solar eclipse in years.A great swathe of the Earth's surface was plunged into darkness as the Moon came between us and the Sun.From an aeroplane above the Faroe Islands, a BBC camera crew captured startling

BRAHMANBARIA: A devastating fire at Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited has closed two power generation units Friday afternoon.While the fire that started around 3:00pm at the thermal power plant has been brought under control at 4:45pm, the two power generation units are yet to start

DHAKA: Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Tarik Ahsan paid a courtesy call on the newly elected President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirissena.They met at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka on Wednesday.During the meeting, Tarik Ahsan conveyed the greetings