GAZIPUR: At least 50 workers of a readymade garment factory in Konabari Jarun area of the district fell sick after taking tiffin on Saturday night. Sources said that the workers of T Design Sweater Factory started vomiting immediately after taking the tiffin supplied by the factory

DHAKA: Two siblings were killed in a road accident at Mayor Hanif Flyover intersection in Jatrabari area of the city on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Nazrul and Rasel.  Officer-in-Charge of Jatrabari Thana Abani Sankar Kar told banglanews that a passenger bus crushed

RANGPUR: Three people were killed as lightning struck them at Badarganj upazila of the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Taskul Islam, 15, of Gutirdanga of Kalupara union, Mujibur Rahman, 50, from the same village and Nur Nabi, 45, of Kazipara under Madhurpur union.

DHAKA: US Ambassador Mozena will travel to the United States in June. In addition to participating in official consultations within the US Government and with Members and staff of Congress, Ambassador Mozena will speak to the Heritage Foundation (Washington) on the US-Bangladesh

DHAKA: Somali pirates, in the evening, have released seven Bangladeshi crews, who were on board of a Malaysian flagged-vessel MV Albedo that was hijacked on 26 November 2010. The released crews have flown to Nairobi by a special aircraft of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

DHAKA: US Coordinator Macon Phillips of the Bureau of International Information Programs will travel to Bangladesh from June 8-11. During his visit to Dhaka, Phillips will visit the Edward M. Kennedy Center for Public Service and the Arts, one of the Department's premier American Spaces,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh categorically said that Bangladesh would very much like to have China as a valuable partner in prosperity and progress. Indicating business people, she said, “I hope that you would surely find a very attractive environment and opportunities of business in

DHAKA: A man was killed in a road crash in front of Mirpur University College in city’s Mirpur area on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Waheduzzaman, 50, son of Abdur Razzaq, residing in Manipur of that area. His brother-in-law told banglanews that collision of two buses

DHAKA: Bangladesh CNG Filing Station and Conversion Owners Association called off the indefinite strike, scheduled to be started from 6:00am Sunday. Confirming the matter, president of the organization Zakir Hossain Nayon told banglanews: “We held a meeting with Communications Minister

FROM NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: The third namaj-e-janaza of veteran journalist, also former editor of ‘The Independent’ Mahbubul Alamm, was held after the Zohr prayer at the National Press Club on Saturday. He will be buried at the Azimpur Graveyard later in the day, family sources said

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel detained 17 Bangladeshi citizens including three middle men at Raghunathpur village in Benapole of the district on Saturday morning. The detainees are- Rubel, 18, Jakir, 45, Arafat Ali, 30, Biplab Hossain, 18, Tarikul Islam, 19,

MANIKGANJ: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Zoka area under Ghior upazila of the district on Saturday noon. The deceased were identified as Rubel, 22, son of late Ibrahim and Mofazzel, 23, son of Munzil Ali. Confirming the matter, Ghior Thana

BARISAL: Two minor girls drowned in a pond at Fullosree village of Bakal union under Agailjhara upazila of the district on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Poli, 7, daughter of Siraj Mollah, and Mim, 8, daughter of Shahjahan Talukdar. Sources said that the victims were

DHAKA: Bangladesh Flying Academy (BFA), situated at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the oldest flying training institution in Bangladesh which facilities to general aviation will have to be shifted from the country’s main airport by December 31.  Bangladesh Civil Aviation

DHAKA: CNG filling station owners would go on an indefinite strike across the country from Sunday morning to press home their seven-point demand. Bangladesh CNG Filing Station and Conversion Owners Association called the indefinite strike. On December 31, Ministry of Energy and Mineral

CHITTAGONG: At least 70 workers of a readymade garments factory fall sick for drinking ‘contaminated’ water in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) of the port city on Saturday morning. Some 20 workers were admitted to Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) Hospitals

NEW YORK: Macon Phillips, Coordinator of the Bureau of International Information Programs, will arrive in Dhaka Sunday on a four-day visit. Confirming the matter to banglanews, US state department said that he will meet youths, civil society leaders, telecommunications experts, and

FROM KUALA LUMPUR: Seven years after a political tornado departed them, family members of late President Ziaur Rahman will be together in Singapore Saturday night. While Begum Khaleda Zia will fly from Dhaka, some 1,789 miles from Singapore, her elder son Tarique Rahman 6,750 miles from

DHAKA: The historic Six-point Day is being observed on Saturday across the country in a befitting manner, marking the demand of autonomy for the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The ruling Awami League, its associate bodies, other political parties and socio-cultural organisations

FENI: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-7 members detained one more suspected killer on Friday night for his alleged link in Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul killing case. The detainee is – Abul Hossain Jahangir, 40. Confirming the matter, RAB-7 Feni Camp Commander Major Mohiuddin told