CHITTAGONG: A fire broke out at a plastic godown in Batali Mor area of Enayet Bazar on Tuesday afternoon.The cause of fire, taken place at 2:00pm, could not be known immediately.However, on information, two fire fighting units of Nandan Kanon Fire Service and Civil Defense rushed in and

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved five new projects involving Tk 1,535 crore.The approval came from a meeting held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with ECNEC chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh

TANGAIL: Three minor boys were seriously injured when an abandoned mortar shell exploded near the Maidarchala Field Firing Range in Ghatail Cantonment area of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The injured are--Ashik, 13, Tushar, 12 and Rayhan, 12, students of class-iv and residents of

DHAKA: A woman was killed and a man injured as bricks fell on them from an under-construction building in city’s Mohakhali Wireless Gate area on Tuesday noon.The identities of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately.Sources said some pieces of bricks fell on two

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus addressed 1,200 participants at the World Forum Lille, capital of North France, about social business as a powerful tool for social change. He discussed about his experience in initiating social businesses to tackle the multi

DHAKA: Just after a couple of hours, customs officials seized more 2-kg gold at Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday noon.A passenger, Mizanur Rahman of Narshingdi, was nabbed in this connection.Customs joint commissioner Kazi Mohammad Zia Uddin confirmed the matter to banglanews.He

MUNSHIGANJ: The government is going to conduct drives against unfit vehicles and the drivers with invalid license from November 12 for reducing road accidents.Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader made the disclosure after the inauguration of Dhaka-Mawa highway in Umpara

BANDARBAN: At least 13 students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) were injured as two vehicles, locally known as Chander Gari, plunged into a roadside ditch near Nilgiri on Tuesday.The students of Chemistry Department of the university went there to visit Nilgiri as a part of excursion.

NARAYANGANJ: A Narayanganj court on Tuesday palced a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) member, Ruhul Amin, on a five-day in a gruesome Narayanganj seven-murder case.Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mohiuddin passed the remand order after investigation officer Mamunur Rashid, also

DHAKA: The WMS Global Awards for Excellence 2014 recognized Bangladeshi senior journalist Sheuli Akter with an honorable mention, the board of judges announced Monday in Beijing.Sheuli Akter earned an honorable mention in the Exemplary News Professionals in Developing Countries

DHAKA: Country’s housing industry is regaining its stability slowly. The buyers have started showing interest again for buying flats and plots which came to a pause due to political instability and various decisions of the government.The aspirant buyers have started booking for the

DHAKA: A woman, who sustained injuries in a mugging attack in city’s Shukrabad area, died at a hospital Tuesday. Ayesha Akther Ripa (27), daughter of Mohamamd Shahadat of Sonargaon of Narayanganj, resided at a rented house with his family in Lamaita. Dhanmondi Thana Sub-Inspector

DHAKA: Customs officials held a passenger with six kilogram gold at Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday noon. The detainee is identified as Raza Baslina Binte Raza Malek, a Malaysian citizen.  Armed Police Battalion assistant police super Noor-e-Alam Siddique told banglanews

DHAKA: Customs officials held a passenger with six kilogram gold at Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday noon. The detainee is identified as Raza Baslina Binte Raza Malek, a Malaysian citizen.  Armed Police Battalion assistant police super Noor-e-Alam Siddique told banglanews

KALKATA: The spectre of crib deaths continued to haunt government-run Malda Medical College and Hospital in the Indian province of West Bengal where some 22 children died in last six days. The age of the dead children was between one day and seven years. The death news has created

KALKATA: The spectre of crib deaths continued to haunt government-run Malda Medical College and Hospital in the Indian province of West Bengal where some 22 children died in last six days. The age of the dead children was between one day and seven years. The death news has created

DHAKA: Customs officials held a passenger with six kilogram gold at Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday noon. The passenger is identified as a Malaysian citizen, said customs sources. The customs officials are interrogating the passenger, the sources added. Confirming the matter

DHAKA: Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) conducted drives against unapproved bottled water in Agricultural Development Corporation’s Irrigation Bhaban area in city on Tuesday. The drive, led by BSTI executive magistrate Tarique Hasan, was started around 10:00am in the

DHAKA: The 2-day-long third US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue started in Washington, DC on October 28.   Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman and Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque will co-chair the Dialogue.   The delegations will participate in

THAKURGAON: Two Bangladeshis were injured as Indian Border Security Force (BSF) fired gunshots in Ratnai frontier of Baliadangi upazila of the district early Tuesday.  The firing took place near International pillar No. 382 at around 4:00am Tuesday around 13 hours after a sector