DHAKA: The outstanding salaries and bonuses of Tuba Group, which is witnessing workers’ protest since Tuesday, will be paid within seven working days.The disclosure came from in a press briefing at Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (BGMEA) Headquarters in

DHAKA: A total of 42 people were killed in countrywide separate incidents, including boat capsize, road crashes and drowning on Thursday.Banglanews correspondents reported from districts and upazillas on the day.In Dhaka, an on-duty Ansar member was strangulated to death in Kamalapur

MUNSHIGANJ: Two motorcyclist youths were killed in a road accident in municipal area on Thursday noon.The deceased were identified as Himel, 23 and Babu, 24.Witnesses told banglanews that the incident took place at around 2:00pm on Katakhali-Makhati road when two motorcycles were racing

DINAJPUR: At least two people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident at Durgapur of Birampur upazila of the district on Thursday noon. The deceased were identified as Raju, 28, son of Bablu Mia, hailed from Angat Colony under Dhamairhat upazila of Naogaon district and

DHAKA: In a latest development to Tuba Group workers’ fast-unto-death demanding payments of due at the city’s Middle Badda area, at least 14 protesters including workers’ leader Moshrefa Mishu fell sick on Thursday. They are being pushed saline on the spot. A medical team, sent by

ROM DHAKA CMM COURT: Nasim Sheikh, source of Bangladesh Police, admitted his guilt on Thursday in connection with the custodial death of a scrap-cloth dealer. He along with police Jahidur Rahman Jahid, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Mirpur Thana, was produced before a Dhaka court to give their

DHAKA: An on duty Ansar member was strangulated to death in Kamalapur Railway Station area in the city on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Imdadul Haq, 22, hailed from Mashula village of Haluaghat Thana of Mymensingh district.On information, Shahjahanpur Thana police

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, resumed office on Thursday after 3-day vacation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. She arrived at office at 9:00am and later concentrated on her daily works. Her press secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury confirmed the

DHAKA: Qulkhani of former lawmaker and renowned journalist Baby Moudud will be held at her Dhanmondi residence on Friday. Family sources confirmed the matter to banglanews on Thursday.     Baby Moudud passed away at a city hospital on Friday last. She was 66.   She breathed her

MOULVIBAZAR: The rail communications on Dhaka-Sylhet route have came to a halt since Thursday morning as a tree fell on the rail track in Kamalganj upazila of the district. Several hundred passengers suffered while rail communications over Dhaka-Sylhet route remained suspended from

FENI: At least two persons were killed here in Chhagalnaiya after a collision of two buses and a microbus on Thursday noon. Sources said that 15 more persons were injured in this accident while four of them are in critical condition. Witnesses told banglanews that the incident took

KUSHTIA: Bodies of all 12 victims of boat capsize were recovered from Padma River in phases till Thursday noon. Confirming the matter to banglanews, Deputy Commissioner Syed Belal Hossain said, “Families of all victims were given Tk 20,000 for funeral expenditure.” Allude to, on Eid

RANGPUR: A first year student of Rajshahi University killed his friend finding that both were having relation with a same girl. The deceased was identified as Tushar, student of Rangpur Carmichael College. While the killer is Saiful and residents of Chaudhurani village. Police said,

It was winter 1988. I had the privilege of operating the first and the only oil well of Bangladesh in Sylhet Gas field at Haripur in Sylhet as Manager (Production) SGFL.  We returned from almost 4 months long extensive on Gas Transmission from Netherlands. Bangladesh discovered first

DHAKA: Bangladesh and Bulgaria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in a brief ceremony held at the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry in Sofia on July 30. On behalf of Bangladesh, the MOU was inked by Bangladesh Ambassador to Turkey M Zulfiqur

DHAKA: A Greek court's decision to acquit local farmers who admitted shooting 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers when they dared to ask for months of back pay has sparked outrage in the country. Politicians, unionists and anti-racist groups roundly condemned the verdict describing it as a

DHAKA: Indo-Bangla power joint venture is set to award the construction of the plant by April 2015 and expected to start commercial generation by 2018. The power plant will cost around USD 1.2 billion. Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD of NTPC said, “We expect to award the contract next year.

SIRAJGANJ: Five bodies recovered and nine people went missing after a boat with 50 passengers on board capsized at Baguchia point of the Jamuna River in Chauhali upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Dilu Begum, 32, her husband Mukter Hossain ,

DHAKA: An expatriate Bangladeshi was killed and five other members of the family were injured in a road accident on Tuesday, the second day of Eid ul-Fitr. Deceased Nasima Jahan Silpi was the wife of Amir Firoz, member of the governing board of Bangladesh International School (BIS) in

DHAKA: The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has nabbed three members of Jama'atul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned extremist organization, from Sayedabad area of the city on Wednesday night. Police also recovered laptops and explosives from their possession.