FROM MAWA GHAT: A man was rescued alive on the fifth day of capsize of the launch, Pinak-6,  carrying more than 200 passengers on board in the Padma River.The survivor is Sarwar, 26.The rescue team found him in a Char of Padma.Sources said the rescue team now will continue their drive

HABIGANJ: Road crashes killed here two persons in Lakhai and Nabiganj on Friday. The deceased were identified as Dewan Ali, 30, son of Maram Ali, residing in Murakari village of Lakhai upazila and Shahidul Islam, 60, living in Puran Gaon village of Nabiganj upazila. Locals told

DHAKA: Three more bodies were recovered on Friday morning in three districts river water believed to be passengers of the launch ‘ML Pinak-6’ capsized four days ago bringing the death toll to 39.However, amongst them 23 bodies were handed over to their families while 16 are yet to

DHAKA:  Security measures have been beefed up in front of Readymade Garment factories in city’s Badda area to avert any untoward situation following ongoing workers’ unrest. Huge police members are seen taking position in front of Tuba Garment, Fuji Tower, Holland center, Lutfun

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the strength and sacrifice of her mother are the lessons for her political life.Hasina said, “I learned much from my heavenly mother and had got much more love and affection, which I did not even get from my father.”“Since my

DHAKA: Two Bangladesh workers died in an incident at a cement and concrete mixing factory in the Kingdom of Bahrain, report Bahrain-based English newspaper Daily Tribune on Thursday. The daily did not disclose details of the deceased and whereabouts of the factory. A Bahrain expatriate,

DHAKA: Awami League paid rich tributes to ‘Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at her grave at Banani in the city on the occasion of her 84th birth anniversary. AL leaders and activists placing floral wreath there around

KHULNA: A ringleader of forest robber gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Koyra upazila of the district late Thursday. The deceased was identified as Moktarul Dhali alias Moktar, head of ‘Muktar Bahini’, and was an accused in four murder cases and an arms cease.

CHITTAGONG: Four people were killed and seven others injured in a road crash on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Shuklar Haat area under Sitakunda upzila of the district Friday morning. The deceased were identified as bus driver Abul Kashem, 35, bus passengers Zarina Begum, 42, and Nazmul

FROM MAWA GHAT: Dead bodies of 18 passengers of the capsized launch Pinak-6 will be buried Friday. Munsiganj deputy commissioner Mohammad Saiful Hasan Badal told media at Mawa Rest House Thursday night. Thirty six bodies have so far been recovered till Friday early morning from the

DHAKA: Father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s wife Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib’s 84th birthday is today.Honored as ‘Bangamata’, Fazilatunnesa was born in 1930 at Tungipara village in Gopalganj on the day.She lost her father Sheikh Zahurul Haque at the age of three

FROM MAWA GHAT AREA: Thirty six bodies have so far been recovered till Friday early morning from the capsized launch Pinak-6.Eighteen of them were handed over to their relatives.Three dead bodies, a male, female and a female baby, were recovered from a river in Barisal’s Hijla Upazila

DHAKA: Custom’s Detective Department recovered one kilogram and 200 grams gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city.No one was held in this connection.The gold was recovered from the toilet of boarding bridge at around 11:00 on Thursday night.The department’s

DHAKA: A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hits country’s Sylhet region at 11:57 Thursday night.Reports on any damage have not been received.With a reference from Dhaka meteorology department, meteorologist Sayeed Ahmed in Sylhet informed banglanews.The epicenter of the quake has also not been

DHAKA: Police released Garments Sramik Oikya Federation Chairman Moshrefa Mishu on Thursday evening hours after detention her in front of the Tuba factory in city’s Badda area. Badda Thana Officer-In-Charge (investigation) Kamrul Faruk told banglanews: “We took her to thana and later

DHAKA: The government has appointed nine officials as economic minister, commercial councilor and first secretary to Bangladesh missions in nine countries, including the US.The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Thursday.Of them, the

DHAKA: Bangladesh again made an appeal to reconsider the Teesta water sharing pact.According to Abdul Latif Siddiqui, Minister of Posts, Telecommumications and IT, Teesta water is important to both the countries."Teesta water is important to both of us," he said during a CII session in

RAJBARI: Ending 16 years’ sufferings of the business community and the mass people, Bangladesh Railway Thursday resumed train service on Rajbari-Faridpur route.Kazi Keramat Ali, lawmaker of Rajbari-1 constituency, inaugurated the experimental reopening of the rail route in the

DHAKA: Four people, including a Bangladesh Army man, were killed in Gopalganj and Magura districts as lightning struck them on Thursday.In Gopalganj, two people--Aslam Molla, 35, hailed from Bolakoir village and Mukul Khan, 32, hailed from Muksudpur village of the sadar upazila--were

DHAKA: The government has issued the gazette notification on the National Broadcast Policy 2014.The Information Ministry issued the gazette notification on Thursday.Public Relations Officer of the ministry Mir Akram Uddin confirmed the matter to banglanews.On Monday, the cabinet approved