DHAKA: A fire broke out in a tin-shed house at Tanti Bazar area in old Dhaka of the city on Thursday evening. Fire service control room sources said the fire broke out in the tin-shed house around 6:30pm. However, the origin of the fire could not be known immediately. On information,

DHAKA: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been elected the chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) on Thursday.  She has become the first Bangladeshi as CPA chairperson. The election had held in Yaoundé of Cameroon Thursday afternoon and the result was

FENI: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) arrested another two accused from Chittagong in the case filed for the murder of Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque.One of the arrestees was identified as Ruti Sohel. The details of the identity of the other is yet to know.RAB-7 commander Major

DHAKA: Nine more Bangladeshi nationals, detained in Thailand, are expected to return home on Friday.They will be brought back home in a flight of Bangladesh Biman.A foreign ministry briefing confirmed the matter on Thursday.Sources said that over past few months, a total of 189

DHAKA: The government has appointed Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC), National Housing Authority (NHA) and Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) chairmen.It has also appointed new director generals of National Freedom Fighter Council and

SATKHIRA: Two people were killed and 14 others wounded, including six with bullet injuries, in a clash between two rival groups over a shrimp enclosure in Golakhali-Laxmikhali area in Shyamnagar upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Aijul Morol,

FROM PRIME MINISTER OFFICE: The France ambassador Michel Trinquier praised Bangladesh’s role to encounter climate change.The outgoing ambassador made the remarks while he made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office on Thursday.Trinquier said Bangladesh’s

JHALOKATI: A police Sub-Inspector was killed in a road accident in Brac intersection area in Rajapur upazila of the istrict on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Jasim Uddin, 40, Sub-Inspector of Kaukhali Thana of Pirojpur and hailed from Barguna.Police sources said

DHAKA: The cyclonic named ‘Hud Hud’ over east central bay and adjoining southeast bay moved slightly west-northwestwards, intensified into a severe cyclonic storm (ecp 990 hpa) over the same area.It was centered at 12 noon Thursday about 1,005 kms south-southwest of Chittagong

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday sued BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee, also former lawmaker of Laxmipur-3 in connection with the allegation of acquiring wealth illegally.   The ACC deputy director Manjur Morshed filed the case with Ramna Model Thana

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday arrested seven people including mastermind Shamim and vault unlock specialist Raja Miah in connection with the looting of Tk 1.95 crore from BRAC Bank Joypurhat branch. The elite forces also recovered Tk 56 lakh from their possession.

GAZIPUR: Three minors of a family drowned in Gazaria-Kanchanpur area under Kaliakoir upazila of the district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Rishita Moni Das, 8, daughter of Swapan Das, Shimla Moni Das, 10, daughter of Bikash Chandra Das and Swarna Moni Das, 7, daughter of

FRON HAZRAT SHAHJALAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DHAKA): The first hajj return-flight arrived at the airport in the city on Thursday noon after a 4-hour delay.A BG-2012 flight of Bangladesh Biman Airlines, carrying 419 hajjis from Jeddah of Saudi Arabia, landed on the airport at 2:34am,

DHAKA: Language Movement hero late Abdul Matin did not get state-honor due to the lack of protocol, commented health minister Mohammed Nasim.He made the comment in reply to a query from the media on Thursday morning on Central Shaheed Minar premises while paying homage to Matin widely

FROM CENTRAL SHAHEED MINAR: The body of Language Movement hero Abdul Matin has been handed over to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for medical research. Matin’s wife Gulbadan Nesa Manika handed over the corpse to the vice-principal of the DMC at 1:45pm on Thursday. Earlier on

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday alleged that the Indian government has not provided any information on the Sarda scandal to Bangladesh yet. The minister told these in a reply to a query from a journalist at the Secretariat in the city. Asked on

HABIGANJ: Two persons including a woman were killed in a factional clash between two groups of the BNP in Bejura village under Madhabpur upazila of the district on Thursday noon. The deceased were identified as Rina Begun, 17, daughter of Khorshed Mian, and Jamal Mian of the village.

DHAKA: Hundreds of people thronged Central Shaheed Minar to pay their last tribute to Language Movement veteran Abdul Matin, Thursday ignoring rain. As his body was brought at the Shaheed Minar on an ambulance several minutes after 12::00pm, people from all walks of life lined up to pay

DHAKA: An unidentified youth was killed in a road accident in Asad Gate area of the city Thursday morning. Witness Aksah told banglanews, a passenger bus hit the man when he was crossing the road in front of Talukder Filling Station in the area, leaving him critically injured. He was

DHAKA: A Liberian national identified as, 37, was killed in a road accident in Uattra of the city early Wednesday. Uttra West Thana Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews. Saiful said, a private car hit the man in from BNF Tower in Uttara, Sector No. 7 area at