NARAYANGANJ: At least eight furniture shops were gutted in a devastating fire in a market in Shimrail area of Siddhirganj upazila of the district on Tuesday night. Witnesses said the fire broke out from a furniture shop around 8:30pm that spread adjacent shops in the area. Momtaz

PATUAKHALI: The Narayanganj Detective Branch (DB) of police on Tuesday arrested a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) official from Saneshwar village in Bauphal upazila in connection with Narayanganj seven-murder case.The arrestee was identified as Ruhul Amin, Lance-corporal of RAB.Bauphal

MYMENSINGH: Journalist and also Bangla daily Bonik Barta managing director Golam Faruk has been buried in their family graveyard at the village Poshmail in Mymensingh on Tuesday evening.Earlier, his second Namaz-e-Janaza was held at Phulbaria University College ground in Mymensingh in

MYMENSINGH: The 2nd Namaz-e-Janaza of journalist and also Bangla daily Bonik Barta managing director Golam Faruk was held at Phulbaria University College ground in Mymensingh on Tuesday afternoon.A condolence meeting was held prior to the Janaza.Faruk’s father Advocate Muslem Uddin,

KHAGRACHHARI: Two people were killed as a speedy bus rammed into an auto rickshaw in Patachhara area of Ramgarh upazila of the district on Tuesday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) M Shahjahan of Khagrachhari confirmed

BHOLA: Police and Coast Guards in several joint drives detained 22 fishermen from Bhola’s Char Fashion and Tajumuddin upazilas on Tuesday for catching fish denying the government ban.A mobile court led by executive magistrate Rezaul Karim punished 17 people among the detainees of

FENI: Two people were killed in a road accident in Muhuriganj area of Chhagalnaiya upazila of the district on Tuesday.The identity of the deceases could not be known immediately.Muhuriganj police outpost in-charge sergeant Joynal Abedin confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said the

Dhaka: The 1st Namaz-e-Janaza of journalist and also Bangla daily Bonik Barta managing director Golam Faruk was held at Nation Press Club in city on Tuesday.He was 55-year-old.Faruk, who was second son of Mymensingh-6 constituency Member of the Parliament Advocate Muslem Uddin, died

DHAKA: A schoolgirl was killed as she fell from a battery-run auto rickshaw when her scarf got tangled up with one of the wheels in Bawkhand area of Dhamrai upazila of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Jharna Akhter, 10, a class IV student and daughter of Hanif

NEW YORK: Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith categorically said that gas using for cooking should be stopped. The minister came up with the assertion while addressing a view exchange meeting with Jalalabad Association of America in New York on Monday evening.  He commented that

DHAKA: Dhaka City Corporations, both north and south, are passing a busy time on Tuesday in removing the wastes of sacrificial animals of Eid-ul-Azha. Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) managing director Captain Dipan Kumar Saha said that the cleaning workers are using bleaching powder

RANGPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Modern intersection of the district town on Tuesday morning.  The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  The accident took place in the area around 11:00am.  Confirming the matter Rangpur Katwali Thana

DHAKA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data suggests that 2014 is on a trend to edge out 2010 as the warmest year on record globally. Just days after NASA data showed that August 2014 was the warmest August on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

TANGAIL: Two people were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur cadet college area in the district on Tuesday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Sources said that a private car plunged into a roadside ditch as its driver lost

DHAKA: At least 15 people including a woman and her three daughters were reported dead in separated incidents in different parts of the country on Tuesday, the day after Eid-ul-Azha festival.List of the incidents includes fire, killings, falling from vehical and road crashes.Banglanews

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock at the demise of Ishaq Hossain Talukder, Member of Parliament (MP) of Sirajganj-3 (Raiganj-Tarash) constituency.  In a condolence message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the nation lost an unselfish, patriotic political

TANGAIL: Stalkers torched a house pouring petrol and burnt a woman and her three daughters live at Dakkhin Sohagpara village under Mirzapur upazila of the district early Tuesday.The victims were identified as Hasna Begum, 30, wife of expatriate Mojibur Rahman of the village, and her

SIRAJGANJ: Member of Parliament (MP) of Sirajganj-3 Raiganj-Tarash constituency Ishaq Hossain Talukder died in heart attack on Monday. He left his last breath on the way to Bogra from Raipur for medical treatment in the evening. BDST: 2002 HRS, OCT 5, 2014

COMILLA: A young man allegedly chopped his mother to death at Gazra village of Chauddagram upazila of the district on Monday as she refused to give money. The deceased was identified as Rokeya Begum, 42, wife of Abdul Maleq of the village. Officer-in-charge Uttam Kumar Chakrabarti of

SUNAMGANJ: A man was killed and four others injured in a clash between two groups in Dinertuk village of Doarabazar upazila of the district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Bashiruddin, 30, son of Iman Ali of the village. Police detained four people in this connection. The two