CHITTAGONG: Four people sustained burn injuries and four more went missing in a fire at fishing boat in Firingi Bazar area of Karnaphuli River in the port city on Saturday. The cause of fire could not be known immediately. The injured are - Nur Uddin, 43, Liton, 30, Akber, 30 and

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the students are moving forward and will be go on overcoming all challenges. Hasina was addressing the closing ceremony of the 43rd Bangladesh National School & Madrasa Summer Sports Competition at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the

GAZIPUR: Some 25 readymade garment workers have fallen sick due to drinking contaminated water at Master Garments in Bhogra area of the district on Saturday morning. Local sources said that the workers fell sick after drinking water and having tiffin of the garment factory around

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three.Bangladesh meteorological Department, in a special bulletin, said the low over west-central bay and adjoining Andhara-Orissa coast moved

The years of misrule by military autocrats and anti-liberation forces dominated BNP rule facilitated creation of a corrupt, opportunists syndicate in Bangladesh. This evil group owns media, banks, insurance, business, universities and education institutions. Millions of dollars this

DHAKA: A youth was killed in a road crash in Sobahanbagh area of Dhanmandi in the city on Saturday morning.  The deceased was identified as Sagar, 26, son of Furkan Mia.  Witnesses said that seeing an injured youth lying on street in the area, they sent him to Dhaka Medical College

COMILLA: A school boy was killed and 20 others were injured in a road accident in Durgapur area of Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Rafsan, a student of class six of Comilla Ispahani Public School & College, son of Kaium Mia. Family

THAKURGAON: Four Bangladeshi cattle traders were shot by Border Security Force (BSF) of India on Beurjhari frontier under Baliadangi upazila on Friday night.The injured traders are- Tozammel Hossain, Mistar Ahmed, Sadekul Islam and Dilu Mohammad.Local sources said that BSF opened fire

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Siam, one of the main accused of sensational Moghbazar triple murder case, and his five cohorts on Saturday. Confirming the matter, RAB Additional Director General Colonel Ziaul Hasan told banglanews that details will be disclosed in a

RANGPUR: The district administration imposed the section 144 in Rangpur Public Library ground and its adjacent area on Friday night as two rival factions of Jatiya Party convened programs at same venue and time.The ban will remain effective from 6:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday.  District

FROM NEW DELHI:  The third Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting between two neighboring countries Bangladesh and India is underway in New Delhi from Saturday morning.Bangladesh foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali and India foreign minister Sushma Swaraj are leading their

DHAKA: The Earth’s temperature keeps on rising due to global warming. The UN Climate Summit will be held in New York on September 23 with world leaders to discuss and debate climate action policies. With this occasion in mind, Works For Green Bangladesh and Mastul Foundation

DHAKA: The European Union (EU) Parliament has adopted a resolution on Bangladesh citing it has made significant progress in recent years, in particular towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and in its economic performance The full resolution reads as below--European

On the fourth day of our mission Tasmania we had two choices – go for Dolphin Watch to an Island spend the night at Hobart and cut short the next day visit to return to Launceston to prepare for our return voyage to Melbourne. The second option was to visit Stanley Beach on South

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel and police detained an Indian citizen and eight Bangladeshis for illegal trespassing from Benapole frontier in the district on Friday evening.  The detainees’ are- Dheman Roy, 25, son of late Mohadev Roy, hailed from North

BANDARBAN: Police detained 18 people, who were trying to cross the sea to enter into Malaysia illegally, from Kumari area of Fasiakhali under Lama upazila of the district Friday night. Sources said that brokers gathered 18 fortune seekers to send them Malaysia in the area. Acting on a

DHAKA: “Bangabandhu founded Bangladesh and his daughter, Sheikh Hasina, saved Bangladesh”, stated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while A H Mahmood Ali, Bangladesh Foreign Minister, called on him in New Delhi on Friday afternoon.  “The past, present and future of India and

FROM NEW DELHI: Visiting Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali categorically said, the meeting with Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was amicable. The minister made the remark after a meeting with Indian Minister at his residence at New Delhi on Friday evening. Abul Hasan Mahmud

DHAKA: Shapla City Limited is going to participate in Remittance and Investment Fair at Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia from September 21 to 22.  With some interesting offers for Bangladeshi expatriates, the company will join the two-day long fair.  Shapla City Managing Director Badroddoza

FROM SHAHBAGH: Two groups of Gonojagoron Mancha, Imran H Sarkar and Kamal Pasha, locked into a clash at Shahbagh area of the capital on Friday. Convener of Gonojagoron Mancha (Imran group) Dr Imran H Sarkar faded and three other injured in the clash held around 6:30 PM. One of the