DHAKA: Shell-shocked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has stopped speaking with people for the moment, said her Gulshan political office source.Khaleda Zia’s media wing sources said she came to know the matter from her brother’s wife.She was at her wits end after learning the news,

SATKHIRA: Members of Border Security Forces (BSF) of India detained a Bangladeshi national from Chanduria border area of the district on Saturday.The detainee Shahin Hossain is a cattle trader and resident of Kolaroa upazila of the district.Locals said that BSF personnel held Shahin when

SAVAR: The chairpersons of Public Service Commission (PSC) and CSC of eight SAARC countries paid tributes to the martyred by placing floral wreaths at National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar on Saturday.The PSC chairman Ikram Ahmed led the team, comprising of the chairmen of India, Nepal,

DHAKA: Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, died at a hospital in Malaysia on Saturday.Press secretary to the BNP chief Maruf Kamal Khan confirmed the matter in a press briefing at Chairperson’s Gulshan political office in the afternoon.“Arafat Rahman was

BARISAL: Three businessmen sustained burn injuries in a cylinder blast at Ujirpur upazila in the district on Saturday.The injured are Abul Hashem, 50, Abu Sayeed, 22 and Rimon Hawladar, 20, hailed from Jessore district.They were admitted to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College.Ujirpur

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