DHAKA: A female apparel worker was killed when a bus knocked her from behind in front of Purabi Cinema Hall in city’s Mirpur area on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Nargis Akter, 19.Fellow worker Taslima told banglanews that she along with Nargis and others was going

MADARIPUR: A youth was killed as robbers fired gun shoots and chopped him in Bhadrason area under Shibchar upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Bepari, 35, son of one Aziz Bepari in the area.Locals and police said, a group of 30/40 robbers stormed into Saha

DHAKA: A man, who sustained injuries while making bombs, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Bappy.Earlier, Bappy’s wrist was blown away and two minors received injuries when one of the bombs he was making exploded at a house in

DINAJPUR: Three people, including driver, sustained burn injuries when miscreants hurled petrol bomb at a goods-laden truck in Bhatgaon Bridge area under Kaharol upazila of the district on Wednesday night. Identity of the victims could not be known.Locals said some blockaders hurled

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted four cocktails in Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) intersection of Dhaka University (DU) on Wednesday evening.Witnesses said three cocktails were blasted in front of TSC intersection around 7:20pm that created panic among the pedestrians.Earlier of this incident,

DHAKA: The government appointed Golam Mosih, political secretary to opposition leader Raushon Ershad, as ambassador for Kingdom of Saudi Arab and Major General (retd) Ashab Uddin as ambassador of Kuwait.The public admission ministry issued an order in this regard on Wednesday.Golam Mosih

FROM PARLIAMENT: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is responsible to protect life and property of the country’s people.“The government has deployed police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Ansar force to stop sabotage in the country as government is

DHAKA: Four people were severely injured as a cocktail blasted in a house in Dhakeshwari in city’s Lalbagh area on Wednesday.The injured were identified as Jhumur, 22, her son Ripon, 6, Happy, 14, and Bappi, 20.Lalbagh Division deputy police commissioner Mafiz Uddin Ahmed confirmed the

DHAKA: Secondary School Certificate (SSC) candidate Minhajul Islam Anik, whose eyes sustained critical injury in a bomb blast during the ongoing countrywide blockade enforced by BNP, is set to go to India for better treatment.Anik left the country Wednesday afternoon for Sankara

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Wednesday seized 11 gold bars and nabbed one at Daulatpur village in Benapole than of the district.The detainee Babu, 32, son of Abul Hossin, is a resident of Dakkhin Daulatpur village in Benalope.BGB sources said a team of

RIYADH: In a latest development, Saudi Arabia is going to recruit Bangladeshi workers soon at last after a 2008 ban that prohibited laborers from being brought in from that country. The disclosure came after a one-hour meeting between Labor Minister Adel Fakeih and Bangladesh Minister

SUNAMGANJ: Leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance allegedly vandalized 20 human haulers, locally named leguna, in Old Bus Stand area of Sunamganj town on Wednesday.Sources told banglanews that the vandalism took place on Sunamganj-Sylhet highway around 11:15am.The BNP-alliance

GAZIPUR: Blockaders hacked a police official near to Bhogra police outpost in the metropolitan early Wednesday.Injured M Sabbir Hossain, a constable of police, was admitted to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Pangu Hospital)Some miscreants intercepted

GOALUNDO (RAJBARI): Ferry service on Daulatdia-Paturia route in the river Padma resumed on Wednesday morning after eight hours of suspension due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Sources told banglanews that ferries from jetties started plying at 10:00am as the visibility

DHAKA: The bone-chilling cold coupled with dense fog has been disrupting normal life and mass-transport services in the city and the rest of the country early Wednesday.On the other hand, the mild cold wave, which is sweeping across the city from Monday evening, causes miseries to

GOALUNDO, RAJBARI: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) authorities have suspended Daulatdia-Paturia ferry service temporarily early Wednesday due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Sources told banglanews that the ferry service has been halted around

TANGAIL: Four people were killed and two other injured critically in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhu Bridge highway early Wednesday.Indentity of the deceased could not be known yet.The accident took place at 12:15am when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was sandwiched between two

DHAKA: Two people received bullet injuries over establishing supremacy in Shyampur area of the city on Tuesday night. The injured are Abdul Jalil and Mohammad Jashim. Police sources said that they sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy in the

BARISAL: Miscreants set fire to two Dhaka-bound launches in the district launch ghat on Tuesday night.The launches are MV Sundarbans-7 and MV Parabat-10.Police sources said that miscreants torched four cabins of the vessels at 9:00pm.Police In-Charge of river outpost of the area Nazrul

CHANDPUR: District BNP unit called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Saturday protesting the arrest of BNP leaders and activists.District BNP joint convener Advocate Salim Ullah Selim made the declaration around 5:00pm in a rally on Chandpur Hasan Ali High School premises of the district.After the