DHAKA: Hundreds of readymade garment workers are staging demonstration from Saturday morning demanding their salary following sudden declaration of the factory shut.  Earlier, the authority of Softex Garment Factory declared shut the factory on Friday mentioning that BUET engineers

MEHERPUR: Six people, including five construction workers, were injured in a bomb attack at a high school in Gangni Upazila of the district early Saturday.The injured are night guard of the school Fakir Mohamamd, 65, head mason Kalon, 38, mason’s assistants Sarowar Hossain, Motiar

DHAKA: The International Women`s Day is being observed across the country Saturday as elsewhere across the globe with a call to work for gender equality, women`s rights and their empowerment. The official United Nations theme for International Women`s Day 2014 is "Equality for women is

DHAKA: The dead bodies of the three Bangladesh nationals who died on 28 February due to suffocation caused by fire in Bahrain will reach Dhaka on Saturday.Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry sources said a flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the bodies is scheduled to

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB-42) on Friday arrested six Myanmar nationals with 18kg Ganja at Teknaf Thana of the district.              The detainees are Badsha, 22, Rafiqul Islam, 20, Abdul Amin, 22, Solim, 21, Osman Gani, 20, and Yasin 25.Sources said BGB

SAVAR: Three college students were killed in a road crash in Jadurchar area of Hemayetpur under Savar Upazila, the outskirt of capital Dhaka on Friday evening.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately after the accident.                           

DHAKA: Awami League Presidium Member Suranjti Sengupta opined that the dialogue between BNP and the government could be held in three conditions.            He came up with the assertion while addressing a mass rally at Suhrawardy Udyan organized by Awami League on Friday

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said after 1971 Liberation War, Indian forces were sent back to their own county by the strong leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.   “He (Bangabandhu) reformed the war devastated Bangladesh. On the other hand, Ziaur Rahman rehabilitated

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said in 1971 Liberation War, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had called the Guerrilla attack against the Pakistani military forces.    The premier said this at a mammoth rally at historic Suhrawardy Udyan on Friday afternoon on occasion of historic

DHAKA: A rally of ruling Awami League begum at 3:05pm Friday at Suhrawardy Udyan on occasion of historic March 7.President of ruling Awami League, also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived at rally venue at 4:35pm Friday.Thousands of party leaders and activists thronged at the

SATKHIRA: an accused of few cases was injured in a gunfight with police in Chhaygharia village under Sadar Upazila of the district on Friday noon.The injured was identified as Madhu Dacoit, 32, son of Abdul Aziz, hailed from Mathurapur village of Sadar Upazila.Satkhira Sadar Thana

DHAKA: A rally of ruling Awami League begum at 3:05pm Friday at Suhrawardy Udyan on occasion of historic March 7.Thousands of party leaders and activists thronged at the venue.President of the party, also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the programme as chief guest and party’s

Moulvibazar: At least 30 people were injured in a road accident in Kusainagar area under Kulaura upazila of the district on Friday noon. The accident took place around 11:00am.Witnesses said a passenger bus of Shyamoli Paribahan plunged into a roadside ditch as its driver lost control

DHAKA: Sajib Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said the historic 7th March speech delivered by father of the nation Bangabandhu stirs up a deep determination to stand and fight for Bangladesh.He came up assertion in his facebook status update on Friday. Joy also greeted

SIRAJGANJ: A youth was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two groups of people at Bashra village under Shahjadpur upazila of the district on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Robiul Bepary, 25, son of Abdul Mojid Bepary.Police and local sources said over

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League will hold a rally on Friday afternoon at Suhrawardy Udyan on occasion of historic March 7.President of the party, also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the programme as chief guest and party’s presidium Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury will preside over the

DHAKA: The total unpaid domestic work carried out by women in Bangladesh is equivalent to 10.75 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country.An independent multidisciplinary think-tank Unnayan Onneshan found that in the nation-wide survey based estimate of women domestic

DHAKA: The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh.During the visit, the Secretary General will hold meetings with Foreign Minister A. H. Mahmood Ali and the Foreign

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her cabinet colleagues paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait on Friday morning marking the historic March 7.After placing the wreath at the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

DHAKA: The Bangladesh and Philippines signed an agreement Thursday to grant visa-free entry to holders of diplomatic and official passports from either country, the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said in a press statement that the agreement also allows holders of