DHAKA: A man was killed as he fell from the fifth floor of a building in Nilhkhet area of the capital on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Razzak Patwari, 50, a paint worker, hailed from Haziganj Thana of Comilla.  Family sources said that the victim fell from fifth

LAXMIPUR: A fisherman was killed and two others sustained injuries after a boat capsized into the Meghna River in Kamalnagar of the district early Saturday.The deceased was identified Abdul Malek, 45, hailed from Charkalkini village. Sources said that fishermen were catching fish in

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Purnendu Bala, a sub-inspector of RAB-11, from Farmgate area of the city on Saturday for his alleged link to the gruesome seven-murder in Narayanganj.RAB legal and media wing director Mufti Mahmud Khan confirmed the matter to

NILPHAMARI: At least 10 houses were gutted in a devastating fire in Jolzanpara village under Domar Upazila of the district early Saturday. Sources said that the fire originated from kitchen of Safiqul Islam and soon spread out to adjacent houses, leaving ten houses, two cows, seven

BAGERHAT: Sea robbers abducted more than hundred fishermen and looted fish, fuel oil from their trawlers inBoya and Sonadia area of the Bay of Bengal on Friday. Of the victims, four are identified instantly. They are- Anwar Hossain, 32, Roka Mia, 38, Dhanu Mollah, 40, Mozammel Howlader,

DHAKA: The 25th death anniversary of the national professor Dr Mohammad Ibrahim, also founder of Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB), is being observed on Saturday in a befitting manner.  DAB has chalked out an elaborate program to commemorate this great man and his works in the

DHAKA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to arrive here on Saturday. Investment issues and infrastructure development are on high of the agenda during his two day official visit.Outlining six major features of the official talks to be held during meeting with Abe, foreign

DHAKA: Ekushey Padak recipient folk and classical music maestro Pandit Ramkanai Das has died at a hospital in the city Friday night. He was 79.Ramkanai breathed his last at the intensive care unit of Neuro Surgery Department at Metropolitan Hospital in the city’s Mohakhali area

HABIGANJ: Five people were killed and 10 more injured in a collision between bus and human hauler in Amtali area under Sadar Upazila of the district on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Samsu Mia, 45, Jesmin Aktar, 18, daughter of Sanjan Ali, Itish Das, 55, Sajit Das, 55

FROM BANGKOK (THAILAND): Some 35 years ago, he went to Kolkata from Dhaka with an idea of a small enterprise.  From there he went Bangkok boarding a jet of Thai Airways. In between the years, he lived some years in Shanghai of China. Now, he has hotel-restaurant business in Bangkok. He

SIRAJGANJ: Two people were killed in a road accident in Dhangara area of Raiganj upazila in the district on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Ashraf, 46, and Shahadat Ali, 30, of Dasuria village of the upazila. Police said that the accident occurred when ‘Bhatbhati’

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr RA Gani was admitted to Hospital in city on Friday evening. He was admitted at Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital when he felt severe pain in his chest around 5:00pm.  Shairul Kabir Khan, media officer of BNP chairperson's Gulshan political office

GAIBANDHA: Two minors drowned in Sadullapur and Saghata Upazila of the district Friday.  The deceased were identified as Asha Moni, 5, daughter of Matiar Rahman, of Kishamat Doshlia village under Sadullapur Upazila and Al-Wahed, 3, son of Nazrul Islam Babu, of Hasikandi village under

DHAKA: Customs Officials on Friday seized 1,135 cartons of foreign cigarettes from capital’s Shahjalal International Airport. Assistant customs commissioner Abu Yusuf confirmed the matter to banglanews. The authorities recovered the cigarettes from three Pakistani nationals who came

GAZIPUR: Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui punished an engineer named Obaidul Hossain by soaking him in a Squirt at Gazipur High-Tech Park in the district.   The Minister went to visit the park in Kaliakoir on Thursday noon when he found that

CHITTAGONG: Three children of a family drowned in a canal in Nayabazar area under Lohagara upazila of the district on Friday noon. The deceased could not be identified immediately. Officer-in-Charge of Lohagara Thana Mohammad Shah Jahan confirmed the matter to banglanews. “We have

DHAKA: Shipping minister Shahjahan Khan urged workers to establish trade union in all garments factories to press home their demands as the owners denied to give workers rights. The workers leader made the call while addressing a rally demanding to pay the arrear of the workers of five

DHAKA: Determination of strategies to address the Islamic State' (IS) is the main agenda of this year’s 25th NATO Summit, has commenced on Thursday at Newport city in United Kingdom (UK). Top leaders of members countries of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), including its

DHAKA: Whole Dhaka is looking like a gallery. Thoroughfares have been adorned with two types of flags which are almost similar.  Both have red suns; red sun on the green ground is the symbol of Independent Bangladesh the other flag has red sun to remind us about the land where the sun

DHAKA: A devastating fire broke out at a readymade garment (RMG) factory’s depot in city’s Mughda area, at Manda Shesh Matha, on Friday afternoon. Local sources said that the fire broke out at the Ethical Garment’s depot building in that area around 5:45pm. On information, two