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DHAKA: Journalists and lawyers faced-off in the Supreme Court Wednesday following an altercation on that halted procedure of the concerned court.Witnesses said that after starting the procedure at 10:45am in the court of Judge Naima Haidar and Judge Jafar Ahmed, Dhaka Reporters Unity
KHULNA: The workers of all state-run jute mills across the country went on a 24-hour strike simultaneously to meet their 11-point demand from Wednesday morning.Earlier on Tuesday, the jute mill CBA (collective Bargaining Agent) leaders had a meeting with state minister for Textile and
SUNAMGANJ: Three persons, including a woman and her daughter, were killed in a road accident in Dharon Bazar area on Sunamganj-Sylhet highway on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Altafunnesa, wife of Babul Mia of Chhatak upazila, her daughter Sumena Akhter, 4 and Riaz
NARAYANGANJ: A devastating fire broke out at a shoe factory in Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ) of the district on Tuesday night.The cause of fire origination could not be known yet.Haziganj Station of Narayanganj Fire Service Station Officer Aminul Islam said that the fire originated
DHAKA: The sharing of waters of the Teesta River will continue to remain a festering issue between India and Bangladesh. That`s because the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal not only remains strongly opposed to the equitable sharing of Teesta waters as envisaged in the draft
DHAKA: Renowned Indian music composer AR Rahman made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also Awami League president, on Tuesday evening.Oscar awarded singer AR Rahman met with the PM at her official Ganobhaban residence on Tuesday evening.Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of PM, Sheikh
DHAKA: A hanging body of a student was recovered from a hostel in city’s Monipuri area on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Mridul Kundu Halder, 23, a first year Honor’s student of Government Titumir College and hailed from Pirajpur district.Deceased’s friend Arif
PARBATIPUR (DINAJPUR): Three people, including two children, were killed and 20 others injured as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Bejai intersection at the upazila in the district on Tuesday afternoon.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Police
DHAKA: Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved seven new projects involving Tk 3190 crore.The approval came from a meeting of the ECNEC held at NEC conference room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city on Tuesday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ECNEC
DHAKA: A week-long Francophonie Festival will begin Thursday in Dhaka and Chittagong to celebrate the French language and the International Organisation of Francophonie.The seven Francophone diplomatic missions in Bangladesh, together with the Alliances françaises, are offering an
DHAKA: A boy drowned and another wounded while they were taking bath in Crescent Lake, near Chandrima Udyan, of the city on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Nahid, 14, and the injured was identified as Monir, 18. Sources said around
DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday fixed March 13 for the verdict in a case against The Daily Prothom Alo and The Daily Bhorer Kagoj editor, publisher and correspondents after appeal hearing ended. An HC bench of Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana fixed the date. Earlier, a case
DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued arrest warrant against three people including, Quazi Faruque, chairman of Proshika, non-government organization, in a case of money embezzlement and threat of killing. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Hasibul Haque issued the arrest warrant.The
CHITTAGONG: A police man was injured in a gunfight with terrorists at Sandweep upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon. Police detained two terrorists during the operation, said a spot account of the accident.Assistant Police Super of Sandweep circle M Salahuddin Shikder informed
DHAKA: The upcoming election of Sripur upazila was postponed due to violence and deterioration of law-and-order situation. As a result, on March 15, the third phase upazila polls will be held in 82 districts instead of 83 districts. The election commission (EC) sources confirmed the
BARISAL: Two people were killed in a road accident at Charmonai in Sadar upazilla of the district on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Bashir, 25 and Nawshad, 40 of the village.Witnesses said Nawshad was going to Rajarchar from Biswaser Hat by a rented motorbike of Bashir.
GAZIPUR: A body of a youth was recovered from the Shitalakshya River as a passenger trawler capsized in the river at Jamalpur point at Kaliganj upazila of the district Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Lemon, 22, son of Kazal Mia, hailed from Kaliganj
SAVAR, DHAKA: At least 20 people were injured on Tuesday in a clash between police and garment workers in Savar municipal area in the district.Witnesses said that the workers of Dynamic Sweater Factory (Dhaka Sweater) were staging protest procession from past couple of days demanding 10
DHAKA: The Bangladesh Accord has published the first reports detailing the results of factory inspections in Bangladesh. The reports set out details of the current building safety standards in the first garment factories to be inspected, and identify necessary steps required to improve
PIROJPUR: Fire gutted three shops and a hotel in Uttar Bandar area under Kawkhali Upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.Local sources said the fire broke out from an explosion of a stove of a hotel around 7:45am and spread out to adjacent three shops instantly.On information, a fire