DHAKA: Eminent journalist Abed Khan, also a columnist, on Saturday advised the Air-Vice Marshal (retd) AK Khandaker to seek pardon to the nation for the writings in his latest book.The senior journalist made the plea while addressing a Citizens’ Rally, organized by Online Activists,

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three. The meteorological department, in a warning message, said the monsoon low over northwest bay and adjoining Bangladesh-west Bengal coast intensified

DHAKA: The ‘ill fated’ Bihari Yasin Ali, 55, who earlier lost his nine family members, including wife and children during Kalshi Tragedy, died in a road accident on Saturday. Sources said he was injured critically when two vehicles knocked him in front of Mirpur Purabi Cinema Hall

ASHULIA (DHAKA): Two people died in separate road accidents in Nabinagar and Tongibari areas of Ashulia on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Babu, 22, son Ashraf Hossain of Tongibari, and Khitish Chandra, 40, son of late Monmohon of Dendabor area. Police said a passenger bus ran

DHAKA: Visiting Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe along with his 150 entourage members went to the national mausoleum at Savar and paid tribute to the martyrs of country’s war of independence. The Japanese PM, at 2:00pm on Saturday, reached the mausoleum and placed floral wreaths at the

MYMENSINGH: Three people were killed and three more injured in a road accident in Shamvuganj area of the district town on Saturday noon.  The deceased were identified as Shakil, 15, a student of class ten, Harun, 26 and Abu Ishak Ali, 45.  Locals said that a passenger bus collided

DHAKA: A total of 33 workers, who were victims of cheating in Sudan, arrived in Bangladesh on Saturday morning.They went there for job with the help of manpower recruiting agency Al-Purbasha Enterprise.The workers, in two groups, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the

DHAKA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at Dhaka on Saturday noon on a two-day official visit. Issues of investment and infrastructure development will be on focus during the visit.Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina received her Japanese counterpart at Shahjalal International

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of folk and classical music guru Pandit Ramkanai Das.In a condolence message, the premier said, death of the folk guru was a great loss in the country’s music world.The nation will ever

DHAKA: A man was killed as he fell from the fifth floor of a building in Nilhkhet area of the capital on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Razzak Patwari, 50, a paint worker, hailed from Haziganj Thana of Comilla.  Family sources said that the victim fell from fifth

LAXMIPUR: A fisherman was killed and two others sustained injuries after a boat capsized into the Meghna River in Kamalnagar of the district early Saturday.The deceased was identified Abdul Malek, 45, hailed from Charkalkini village. Sources said that fishermen were catching fish in

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Purnendu Bala, a sub-inspector of RAB-11, from Farmgate area of the city on Saturday for his alleged link to the gruesome seven-murder in Narayanganj.RAB legal and media wing director Mufti Mahmud Khan confirmed the matter to

NILPHAMARI: At least 10 houses were gutted in a devastating fire in Jolzanpara village under Domar Upazila of the district early Saturday. Sources said that the fire originated from kitchen of Safiqul Islam and soon spread out to adjacent houses, leaving ten houses, two cows, seven

BAGERHAT: Sea robbers abducted more than hundred fishermen and looted fish, fuel oil from their trawlers inBoya and Sonadia area of the Bay of Bengal on Friday. Of the victims, four are identified instantly. They are- Anwar Hossain, 32, Roka Mia, 38, Dhanu Mollah, 40, Mozammel Howlader,

DHAKA: The 25th death anniversary of the national professor Dr Mohammad Ibrahim, also founder of Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB), is being observed on Saturday in a befitting manner.  DAB has chalked out an elaborate program to commemorate this great man and his works in the

DHAKA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to arrive here on Saturday. Investment issues and infrastructure development are on high of the agenda during his two day official visit.Outlining six major features of the official talks to be held during meeting with Abe, foreign

DHAKA: Ekushey Padak recipient folk and classical music maestro Pandit Ramkanai Das has died at a hospital in the city Friday night. He was 79.Ramkanai breathed his last at the intensive care unit of Neuro Surgery Department at Metropolitan Hospital in the city’s Mohakhali area

HABIGANJ: Five people were killed and 10 more injured in a collision between bus and human hauler in Amtali area under Sadar Upazila of the district on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Samsu Mia, 45, Jesmin Aktar, 18, daughter of Sanjan Ali, Itish Das, 55, Sajit Das, 55

FROM BANGKOK (THAILAND): Some 35 years ago, he went to Kolkata from Dhaka with an idea of a small enterprise.  From there he went Bangkok boarding a jet of Thai Airways. In between the years, he lived some years in Shanghai of China. Now, he has hotel-restaurant business in Bangkok. He

SIRAJGANJ: Two people were killed in a road accident in Dhangara area of Raiganj upazila in the district on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Ashraf, 46, and Shahadat Ali, 30, of Dasuria village of the upazila. Police said that the accident occurred when ‘Bhatbhati’