DHAKA: Fire fighters doused a fire that broke out at a bicycle factory of Meghna Group in the city’s Tejgaon area on Wednesday.Fire Service and Civil Defense control room duty officer Shahjadi Sultana confirmed the matter to banglanews.Originated at 1:50pm, the fire soon engulfed the

DHAKA: Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after the hajj, will begin on January 9 in 2015 on the bank of the river Turag at Tongi in Gazipur district, adjacent to the capital.The government took the decision on Monday noon at a meeting on the overall law and

DINAJPUR: Protesters have withdrawn blockade from Dhaka-Phulbari highway in Dinajpur.The blockade, which was imposed by the supporters of ‘National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Power and Ports’ of Phulbari unit around 11:30am, had been withdrawn at 4:15pm

BOGRA: A total of 103 people, including accused of different cases, were detained in several drives in 12 hours in the district.Police conducted the drives from Tuesday 6:00pm to Wednesday 6:00am.Bogra Senior Assistant Police Superintendent (ASP/B-Circle) Ujjal Kumar Roy confirmed the

DHAKA: A fire broke out at Meghna Cycle Industries’ factory at Tejgaon in the capital on Wednesday noon. Officer-in-Charge of Fire service Headquarters Enayet Hossain confirmed the matter to banglanews. The reason and damage due to the fire could not be known immediately, he said.

DHAKA: A speedy trial tribunal has awarded death penalty of two members of banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a murder case. Judge ABM Nizamul Haque of Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 passed the order on Wednesday noon. The convicts include JMB top leaders Saiful Islam and

FROM CITY HALL (KATMANDU): India will issue immediate medical Visa and 3-5yr Business Visa for the people of SAARC nations, Narendra Modi announces at SAARC Summit. Modi made the disclosure while addressing the 18th SAARC summit on Wednesday morning (Nepalese local time). He also said

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has been quizzing MP Mahbubur Rahman of Patuakhali-4, also ex-state minister for Water Resources over acquiring wealth illegally.  Deputy Director Farid Ahmed Patwari of ACC has been grilling at its headquarters in city’s Segun Bagicha on

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called for a “multimodal connectivity” among South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries. She made the call in her speech in the opening session of 18th SAARC Summit at City Hall of Rastriya Sabha

DHAKA: The Traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducting drives for 2nd-day against random crossing the road not using foot over bridge, zebra crossing and underpass. They started the drives from 10:00am Wednesday in four points of the city.  Among them, two

KATHMANDU: The 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit will be held in Islamabad, capital city of Pakistan. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made the declaration of organizing the 19th Summit adding that the SAARC has to be made more dynamic in

KATHMANDU: The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit has kicked off in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal on Wednesday. The Summit was inaugurated by Maldives’ President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom at 8:30am (local time). At the outset, Abdulla Yameen

SAVAR: At least 60 people were injured in separate road accidents in Savar upazila and Ashulia on Tuesday night. In Savar, a speedy bus hit another bus which was standing in front of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Dhaka-Aricha highway at night, leaving at least 40 people including JU

KATHMANDU: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to hold a meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in the sidelines of SAARC Summit on Wednesday afternoon. Foreign Ministry sources said the meeting will be held at Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza in Kathmandu at 3:15pm

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman is set to receive the Gusi Peace Prize International-2014 in Manila on Wednesday for his contribution as poor men’s economist. The award will be handed over to Atiur Rahman among 15 laureates at the 13th Annual Gusi Peace Prize

DHAKA: A member of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) was killed as a passenger bus knocked his motorbike in Kalshi area of the capital on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Nazmul Islam.Police sources said that a rashly driven passenger bus crushed into his

RANGAMATI: A man was shot dead in a gunfight between two factions of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS) in Zibtoli area under Baghaichhari upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Shyamol Chakma, 35, resident of the area.Locals said that the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court ordered to exhume the body of Dr Samarukh Mehjabeen Sumi, daughter-in-law of former MP Tipu Sultan for fresh autopsy.Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Bikash Kumar Saha passed the order on Tuesday, in response of the plea of plaintiff Samarukh’s father Engineer

BRAHMANBARIA: Two people were killed and four others injured as two passenger buses collided head-on in Kuttapara intersection under Sarail upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Ayet Ali, 30, and Zahir Mia, 50, hailed from Kishoreganj

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed over six Bangladeshis, including women and child, to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), through Benapole check post on Tuesday afternoon.They were detained by BSF on accusation of entering India illegally.The detainees are