DHAKA: The country’s Muslim community observed the holy Shab-e-Barat, known as the night of fortune, as elsewhere of the world on Friday night with due religious fervour and devotion. Devout Muslims have spent the night at mosques and homes offering prayers, reciting from the holy

COX’S BAZAR: At lest two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident on Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong highway in Baniarchhara area of Chakaria upazila of the district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Miraj Hossain, 15, son of a Mozzammel Haq of Digarpankhali

NAOGAON: Three minors including two sisters drowned in a lake in Sapahar upazila of the district on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as two sisters Supria, 10 and Najifa, 6, daughters of one Shah Jamal and Sanjida, 7, daughter of a Sultana, residents of the area. Locals

DHAKA: President of the Asian Development Bank Takehiko Nakao will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday night.   This will be his first visit to Bangladesh after taking office in 2013.   The ADB president is scheduled to hold separate meetings with Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday

FENI: The Detective Branch of Police arrested another accused from Doulat village of the district on Friday afternoon in connection with Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul killing. Abu Bakar, 25, was arrested from his in-law’s house around 4:00 pm. Officer-in-Charge of Feni DB police Md

MYMENSINGH: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on Fulbaria by-pass road area of the district on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Toha, 22, joint general secretary of Bangabandhu Prajanmo League and student of Mymensingh College and Tanmoy, 20, hailed from

DHAKA: Hundreds of agitated Readymade Garment (RMG) Workers of Tuba Garments locked into a clash with the law enforcers in city’s Badda area on Friday afternoon. The agitating workers also vandalized several vehicles on the busy road during the clash. The workers claimed that the

Savar: A fire broke out at a Mobil factory in Hemayetpur area of the upazila on Friday. Riaz, Manager of Asia Oil Limited, said the factory came on fire around 12:00 pm and he suspected that miscreants blazed the factory for previous enmity as there was no cause of fire incident. Being

New York: Congressman Steve Chabot, Chairman of US Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, has assured the visiting Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofael Ahmed that he would discuss with his congress colleagues about reinstating GSP facilities to Bangladesh. On Thursday (June 12),

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam forewarned that action would be taken against those using formalin and carbide in fruits.  The spokesperson of DMP came up with the remarks in a press briefing at DMP Media Center on Friday. Monirul Islam said,

DHAKA: A minor was killed and another was injured in a road accident in city’s Rampura-Banasree residential area on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mim Akter, 9, resident of the area. Witnesses said that a human hauler ran over Mim while she was crossing road along with her

DHAKA: Law enforcers Friday handed over the bodies of four Bangladeshis who were amongst killed by traffickers on a Malaysia-bound trawler in the Bay of Bengal near the St Martin’s Island. They were identified as Selim, 19, Saiful, 40, Rubel, 35, and Monir, 30. Confirming the matter

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government pledges to lead by example in breaking the global culture of impunity by bringing to justice the perpetrators of sexual violence and crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s 1971 War of Liberation. Foreign Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali

JOYPURHAT: A woman and her one-year-old son died when a muddy wall collapsed on them during a storm in Kasia Chapor village under Panchbibi upazila of the district on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Julekha Begum, 30, wife of Azizul Haque of the village, and her baby boy

DHAKA: A man was killed as a train hit him on the rail track in city's Khilkhet Khanpara area on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Chandan, 35, a carpenter, son of Hafiz Uddin.  Family sources said that the victim was going to his work station and train hit him while trying

SIRAJGANJ: A man and his grandson were killed in a road accident in Beltola Bazar area on Hatikumrul-Bogra road under Salanga Upazila of the district on Friday morning. However, details of the deceased could not be known immediately.   Confirming the matter Hatikumrul Highway Thana

NEW YORK: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed and US Department of State (DoS) assistant secretary for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal held a meeting on bilateral trade relation and labor rights on Thursday. The DoS has provided details to banglanews in black and white on the

CHITTAGONG: Airport customs authority detained a man with 16 gold bars, weighing two kilograms, at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city on Friday morning. The detainee is Monjur Hossain, 24. Confirming the matter Chittagong Customs Assistant Commissioner Othello Chowdhury

DHAKA: Veteran photo journalist Jahirul Huq is critically ill and has been put on life support at a Delhi hospital in India since Thursday noon. Earlier on June 5, he was admitted to Institute Of Liver And Biliary Sciences Hospital in New Delhi. Jahirul has been suffering from

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