DHAKA: The biggest mosque of the country is going to be established in Bashundhara residential area in Baridhara in the city.Sayem Sobhan Anvir, the Managing Director of Bashundhara Group, country’s leading business conglomerate, laid the foundation stone of the mosque on Friday

DHAKA: The Border Security Force (BSF) is keeping a strong vigil on the Indo-Bangla border to prevent any untoward incident in upcoming Indian general election (Lok Sabha polls) of 2014.Earlier, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections

KHULNA: An activist of Krishak League, who sustained bullet injuries in clashes during the upazila polls of the 4th phase, succumbed to injuries at a hospital in city Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Selim Patwary, 30, son of Tajul Ahmed of Kajdia village of Rupsha

COMILLA: Train communication of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet restored on Friday noon after a two and half hours suspension due to derailment of a compartment of an inter-city train. Earlier, four wheels of the last compartment of the Chittagong-bound Jalalabad Express train veered

MUNSHIGANJ: A woman, wife of a BNP rebel candidate vying for chairman post in Gozaria upazila, succumbed to her injuries at city’s Apollo Hospital on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Laki Akter, 35, wife of BNP rebel candidate Mannan Dewan Mona of Gazaria upazila of the

RAJSHAHI: All medical services of the district came to a halt as doctors went on strike Friday morning in protest against sending a doctors’ leader to jail in a murder case over a patient’s death for mistreatment.Doctors, nurses and employees at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital,

DHAKA: Five star hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka general manager Eldridge J Mac Ewan III took part in the city road cleaning work Wednesday.Eldridge was caught by banglanews’ camera where he was seen working with the hotel employees to clean the walkways adjoining to the hotel at

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: A truck driver was killed and 20 others were injured as a bus collided head-on with a truck in front of the university at Savar upazila on Thursday night.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said a Kushtia-bound passenger bus

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League-backed aspirant won in Hizla upazila of Barisal while BNP-backed candidate won in Muktagachha upazila of Mymensingh district in re-voting in the fourth phase of fourth upazila polls on Thursday.Sultan Mahmud Tipu from AL secured the post of chairman in Hizla

DHAKA: The owners of CNG-run auto-rickshaw called strike for 72-hour from April 1 to meet their five-point demands.The owners of auto-rickshaws will make the announcement of the strike in a press conference on Saturday afternoon.General Secretary of CNG Auto-rickshaw Owners’ Association

COMILLA: A person and his son were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Court Bari area of the district sadar on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Jamal Hossain, 45, his son Masud Rana, 20, residents of Sujanagar of the district sadar.Witnesses said

DHAKA: World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday declared ‘polio free’ 11 countries of South-East Asia including Bangladesh.                           WHO certified Bangladesh as a polio free country finding no polio victim in the country in last three years.

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is set to issue directives saying “no police personnel can smoke in uniform.”DMP Commissioner Benazir Ahmed made the disclosure in a conference on Police support to control tobacco and drugs, arranged by Coalition Against Tobacco (CAT) at the

FROM KOTALIPARA, GOPALGANJ: The relations between Bangladesh and India will never be torn apart as they are relatives by blood.Sandeep Chakravorty, Deputy High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh came up with the observations on Thursday after inaugurating a girls’ hostel named

BOGRA: Four persons were killed and nine others injured as a train rammed into a human hauler in Bhelurpara rail crossing area under Sonatala upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Alam, 40, driver of the human hauler, Nayeb Ali, 45, Abu Taher, 45,

BOGRA: Three persons were killed and ten others injured as a train rammed into a human hauler in Bhelurpara rail crossing area under Sonatala upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Alam, 40, driver of the human hauler, Nayeb Ali, 45 and Abu Taher,

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court issued arrest warrant against Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefajat-e-Islam in a case filed in connection with an explosion at Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa.Chittagong Additional Session Judge Court-2 Judge SM Abdur Rashid passed the order on

CHITTAGONG: The custom officials of Shah Amanat International Airport held three passengers of Bangladesh Biman with 54 gold bars weighing 5.8 kilograms on Thursday morning.The detainees are- Rezauddin Rana, Osman Goni and M Ayub.Assistant Commissioner of Chittagong Customs Nahid Nawshad

DHAKA: Susana Malcorra, United Nations Chef de Cabinet to the Executive Office, said Bangladesh made major strides especially in the economic development, empowerment of women, poverty alleviation, even in global peace keeping.The impressive performance helped Bangladesh in achieving

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the government finalized the district budget for sadar districts of seven divisions for 2014-15 fiscal year.He came up with the assertion in a pre-budget discussion with eminent economists of the country at his secretariat office at 11:30am