DHAKA: A Bangladeshi man died in the central Italian city of Pisa in the Toscana region Tuesday after being punched in the head while walking in the city centre in an attack characteristic of the so-called ‘knockout game’, reports Italy-version of English news site  The Local.The

NEW YORK: The USA decided to spend a large amount of money to empowering the youth and the growth of the ‘Sushil Samaj (Noted Citizens)’ of Bangladesh.US Department of State and other bureaus related to democracy and human rights affairs asked for project proposals or agendas from

DHAKA: Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan Friday showed her gratitude to the countrymen after her husband’s rescue.Rizwana said, “I don’t know how I could pay off this debt. I want to thank the media persons and the countrymen as

DHAKA: Victim of Sreepur gas line blast succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday.The deceased was identified as Anwar, 38, son of Ali Majhi, hailed from Moura village under Dohar Thana of Dhaka.Anwar, an employee of a local textile mill, was suffering

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday is set to inaugurate 450 new taxicabs to make the transport system easier in Dhaka and Chittagong.Communications Minister Obaidul Quader made the disclosure in the inauguration ceremony of three day long ‘Ninth Dhaka Motor Show-2014’ at

NARAYANGANJ: Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan, has appeared before the court on Friday to give statement on his abduction.AB Siddique is giving deposition at the court of Narayanganj Senior Judicial

DHAKA: Engineers at the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) have fallen under the wrath of Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday.Disappointed Quader came up with the wrath while addressing as the chief guest at the annual conference of Engineers’ Association in Tegaon area of

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained three Myanmar citizens with 19, 412 pieces Yaba tablets on Friday morning from Naitangpara area of Teknaf of the district. The detainees are- Abeda Begum, wife of late Abdul Hye, Hazera Begum, wife of late Hossain Ahmed,

DHAKA: Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday, was one of the greatest literary minds the world has produced.Here are some facts which are probably yet to know about this author.Marquez outsold everyone but God in SpanishOnly the Bible has sold

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday cancelled all types of holidays at the Roads and Highways Department during the Eid and the rainy seasons. The Minister came up with the declaration while addressing an annual conference of Engineers of Roads and Highways Department

TANGAIL: A housewife was allegedly beaten to death by her in-law’s family in Kharajhura village under Kalihati of the district Friday early. Police detained two men for their involvement into the killing.The deceased was identified as Ameena, 22, wife of immigrant Ainuddin of Kharajhura

NARAYANGANJ: Police said the kidnappers of Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan, were highly trained and the abduction was a pre-planned one.District Superintendent of Police (SP) Syed Nazrul Islam came up

CHITTAGONG: Two people were killed and three others injured in a road crash in Srimai Bridge area under Patiya upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Taiab Ali, 45 and Munshi Mia, 40, hailed from Uttar Joara area of Chandanaish upazila.Sources said the

DHAKA: Unidentified kidnappers set free Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan, on the road in front of the Mirpur Ansar Camp Friday early.AB Siddique was released some 35 hours after a miscreant gang abducted

Dhaka: A press brief is underway on the abduction of Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan at the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Narayanganj.More to Follow ……..BDST: 1103 HRS, APR 18, 2014

GODAGARI, RAJSHAHI: Two people were killed in a road accident on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road in Shabdipur area under Godagari upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, 35 and Farhat, 30.Sources said that loosing control a truck knocked the

DHAKA: At least 7 people were injured when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw in Demra Bridge area of the capital at 8:00am Friday.The injured were decorator workers –Rani, 25, Rani, 26, Laily, 30, Taslima, 24, Sumi, 24, Mamata, 20 and Monir Hossin, 32, driver of the CNG.Fellow

DHAKA: Using NASA`s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" -- the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. The discovery of Kepler-186f confirms that

KALIAKAIR, GAZIPUR: Two passengers were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kharajura area under Kaliakair upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Joynal Abedin, 55 and Wahid, 40.Sources said that a speedy truck

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the teachers are working as the makers of the nation’s root. Inu was addressing the Liberation War affairs session of the 140th Basic Training Course at the auditorium of National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) in the city on