TANGAIL: A local Awami League leader was killed in a road accident in Saratail area in Kalihati upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Liakat Talukder, 55, AL president of Gohalia Bari union. Sources said a goods-laden rashly driven truck crushed

DHAKA: Two people, including a college girl, committed suicide in Wari and Banashree areas of the capital on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Sabina Akter, 16, student of class-XII in Dhaka City Women College and Imran Hossain, 30, resident of Rampura-Banshree.Sabina’s uncle

DHAKA: A three-day Commonwealth Telecommunication Forum (CTO) Conference will be held at Radisson hotel in city from September 8. Bangladesh Government and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) are jointly hosting the international conference for the first time in the

DHAKA: A construction worker was killed after he fell from a building of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) here on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rubel, 35. Rubel’s fellow worker Minal said he fell from the building while plastering the 4th floor of

RIYAD: A Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrim died of old age complexities in Saudi Arabia on Monday. The deceased was identified as Masuda Khatun, 82, passport number- BA 0754981, hailed from Chapainawabganj district. Sources said that she died of an old age complication. Mecca Hajj Mission

DHAKA: The government has changed the name of Communications Ministry to Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges.  The name of Road Division has changed to Road Transport and Highways Division. The cabinet issued a gazette on Wednesday signed by its secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan.

DHAKA: Lebanon is deporting locally born children of migrant workers of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Ghana, South Sudan, and Madagascar in some cases their mothers, nine nongovernmental organizations working in Lebanon said Wednesday. A recent decision by General Security,

DHAKA: After about two and a half months interval workers’ migration to Iraq has resumed on Wednesday morning with leaving Dhaka by thirteen workers for that country.Expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain told media on the day.Thirteen

DHAKA: Bangladesh is ready to send back Ulfa leader Anup Chetia to India and India is also agreed to return Nur Hossain, main accused of Narayanganj seven-murder case, following the legal procedure.Home Secretary of Bangladesh Mozammel Haque Khan made the disclosure while briefing the

DHAKA: At least 20 people, including journalists and police, were injured when the leaders and activists of BNP locked into clashes with police in the city’s Bankhshi Bazar area on Wednesday.Details of the injured could not be known.The clashes took place centering Khaleda’s

DHAKA:  Law enforcers and BNP leaders –activists locked into chase and counter chases near to the makeshift court set up at Alia Madrasa field centering BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia  appearance before it in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.BNP men hurled brick-chip

DHAKA: Detective Branch Police arrested one more listed accused of sensational Moghbazar triple murder case.The detainee is Arif Hawlader.Confirming the matter to banglanews, DC of DB South Krisnopodo Roy said, Arif was arrested from Demra of the capital on Tuesday night.On August 27,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the authorities concerned to show zero tolerance to food adulteration.She also ordered them to keep the use of formalin and any harmful chemicals in food items in close surveillance.A letter from Prime Minister Office (PMO), in this regard,

DHAKA: Gold was being headlines one after one in past couple of months. Sometime from belt-buttons, or sometime from Chyawanprash’s bottle, following these on Wednesday gold was seized from a man’s trolley bag’s handle at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city.Sources

DHAKA: Passenger harassment at country’s three international airports including Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport reached to the peak due to irregularities of immigration police.Allegations found that immigration polices were involved in harassing the legal passengers and

DHAKA: Mahbub Ara Gini, member of the parliament form Gaibandha-2 constituency, has been made whip of Jatiya Sangsad.On Tuesday night, President Abdul Hamid appointed her a whip.Ashraful Makbul, senior secretary of Jatiya Sangsad, coinfiemd the matter to banglanews on Wednesday. Regarding

DHAKA: World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to hold its upcoming 3-day meeting here in Dhaka participating by 11 South-East Asian countries health ministers to discuss key health issues facing the Region.However, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the meeting while

DHAKA: Security measures have been boosted in the premises of Alia Madrasa centering BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appearance before the court set up here.BNP chief Khaleda Zia is set to appear before the court at 11: 30am on Wednesday in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft

DHAKA: Bangladesh and its long-day Asian friend Japan are going to face each other in the upcoming race to become the non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 2015, said sources of foreign ministry.The sources added only an Asian country will be elected as

RAJBARI: Two children drowned here in the river Padma at Char Ramnagar village under Habaspur union at Pansha upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Setu, 7, daughter of Ainuddin and Safura, 8, daughter of Shukur Sheikh.Sources said Setu and Safura