SINGAPORE: The authorities have imposed restricted access to the foreigners from Muslim countries in Singapore lately in the face of rising “terrorist attacks” by Islamic militant groups around the world.The Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong said that the

MYMINSINGH: At least four people, including a 2-and-a-half year old child, were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Dhalobazar under Fulpur upazila of the district on Saturday noon.Of the deceased, two were identified as Shanto, 18 and Fazili, 42.Officer-in-Charge of

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation’s (BSC) cargo ship MV Banglar Kakoli left Chittagong port Saturday noon for Colombo of Sri Lanka with 12,000 tons rice.This is the biggest ever consignment of rice that exported by Bangladesh as the government decided to sell rice abroad

DHAKA: Former chief election commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said that a goal was scored in an empty field of the general election, held in 2014.He made the statement Saturday morning while addressing the fifth national conference of ‘Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik’ (Sujan) at the

DHAKA: Immediately after the four-year-old Jihad had been rescued from the deep well shaft, hundreds of people vandalized different establishments in Shahjahanpur area on Saturday afternoon. Aggrieved locals showed the protest as fire service failed to rescue the trapped boy after

DHAKA: Immediately after he had been rescued, the trapped four-year-old Jihad was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday afternoon.The on duty doctor of DMCH surgeon Riaz Morshed declared Jihad dead around 3:45pm.The boy, trapped into a several-hundred-feet hole of

GOPALGANJ: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, placing floral wreaths at his tomb in Tungipara on Saturday.A helicopter, carrying the premier, landed there around 12:00pm.After placing the wreath, Hasina offered

DHAKA: Bangladesh and India are planning to introduce waterway travels for visitors aiming to boost economic and tourism sectors of the two countries.The governments of the two countries are eager to take every effective step to increase people-to-people contact. India and Bangladesh

NAOGAON: At least two passengers were killed and ten others injured in a road accident in Chawkgopal area in Porsha upazila on Saturday morning. The identity of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately.  Quoting witnesses, police said a passenger bus turned turtle on

CHITTAGONG: Couple of flights was affected at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport as dense fog disrupted operations since Saturday morning. A flight coming from Abu Dhabi, was scheduled to land 8:45am, could not land due to the poor visibility caused by a thick fog, an airport

DHAKA: No sight of four-year-old boy has been found by the high-powered camera at 243 feet bottom of a deep well in the city's Shahjahanpur. State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal came up with the development while talking to the journalists on the spot at 2:50am Saturday.

CHITTAGONG: Railway authority suspended sub-assistant engineer Jahangir Alam and black listed contractor firm SR House over falling of a 4-year-old boy 400 feet deep into a pipe at a project site in Khilgaon Friday. Director General of Railway Tofazzal Hossain confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: A 4-year old boy fell into a 400-feet deep hole of an abandoned water pump near a field in Khilgaon Colony of the city on Friday afternoon. Confirming the matter Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shahjahanpur Thana Mehedi Hasan said the victim Zihad fell into the hole while playing in the

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation’s (BSC) cargo ship ‘Banglar Kakoli’ waiting for high tide in river Karnaphuli to sail on Saturday morning. As soon as the tide will come the ship will leave Chittagong for Sri Lanka with 12,000 tons of rice. The destination is Colombo port

DHAKA: Four people were killed in separate road accidents in Comilla and Gaibandha on Friday. Comilla Correspondent said two people were killed as a tractor collided head-on with an auto rickshaw in Bakar Nagar area of Muradnagar upazila around 4:00pm. Sub-inspector (SI) Abu Zaher of

DHAKA: The World Bank (WB) is ready to provide a loan of USD 500 million to Bangladesh for riverbank improvement projects to prevent erosion and reduce the incidence and severity of flooding along selected sections of the Brahmaputra and Jamuna. The government earlier sought such

GOPALGANJ: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Tungipara here on Saturday to pay homage to her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. SM Khurshid-Ul-Alam, the protocol officer-2 of the premier, sent a fax message to Gopalganj Deputy Commissioner (DC) on Friday in this regard.

DHAKA: Indian government has sought cooperation from Bangladesh in an offensive against a tribal militant group, National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), that had shot dead at least 80 people in Assam state this week. The government also sought help from Bhutan and Myanmar to hunt

DHAKA: BNP vice chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Friday alleged the government was not exposing the reasons of oil-tanker capsize in the Shela River due to involvement of one of the cabinet member’s brother-in-law with the incident. He was reading out the findings and

MUNSHIGANJ: A 20-kilometre-long tailback has been created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway after a truck went out of service on Meghna Bridge Thursday night.Sources told banglanews that long queue of vehicles was seen on both side of the highway, causing immense sufferings to passengers,