COX’S BAZAR: Two people, including minor, were killed and four others injured in a read accident on Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf road at Ukhia upazila in the district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Abu Bakar, 3, son of one Zahed Ullah and Halima Akhter, 14, daughter of

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the main construction works of the much-talked-about Padma Bridge will begin this month. “Meanwhile, China Major Bridge Engineering Company Limited was given work order to start the main construction works of the bridge thorough an

DHAKA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Bangladesh Tk 778 crore as loan for giving training men and women in creating skilled work force. The Government of Bangladesh and ADB signed an accord of US $ 100 million (Tk 778 crore) at the Planning Commission at Sher-e-Bangla

CHITTAGONG: At least 30 people were injured in a road accident on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway in Chunti area of Lohagara upazila in the district on Wednesday. Nurul Islam, in-charge of Chunti Police outpost, said a Chittagong-bound passenger bus of S Alam Paribahan collided head-on

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has dug out the information of laundering hundreds of crore by Nasir group.  The anti-graft body thinks that the amount might be much more. The concerned source informed that this group, one of biggest corporate houses of the country has

BARISAL: A section of Barisal University students kept Vice-chancellor Dr. Md. Harunor Rashid confined to his office to press home 13-point demand. He was confined from 12:00pm to filing this report at 3:00pm on Wednesday.  Witnesses said that 16 departments of six faculties started

COX’S BAZAR: Two people, including a woman, were killed by falling into a septic tank at Ramu upazila in the district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Rahima Khatun, 50, wife of one late Abdus Sukkur and Salam Ullah, 33, son of a late Seher Mia, residents of

DHAKA: A college student drowned, while taking bath in the Dhanmondi Lake of the capital on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rajib, 16, a HSC examinee of next year from Mohammadpur Abul Hossain College. Police source that he was living with his parents at Rayer Bazar area of

BARISAL: Two people, including a freedom fighter (FF), were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Dadurhat area of Bakerganj upazila on the district on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as FF Motahar Biswas, 60, Anwar Begum, 40, hailed from Bhorpasha of the upazila.

DHAKA: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman on Wednesday said the most terrible corruption problem of the country in the land sector. An overview  He said a research conducted in 2012 showed 59 percent people of the country are victims of

FROM SATCHARI NATIONAL PARK, HABIGANJ: Cache of arms and ammunition recovered from another bunker in Satchhari forest in Habiganj as Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) resumed search for 3rd consecutive day Wednesday. The arms include- a rocket launcher, 222 anti-tank rocket shells, 248

CHITTAGONG: A mild earthquake jolted the port city Chittagong and its adjacent areas at 1:20pm on Wednesday.   The epicenter of the earthquake was the India-Myanmar border. It shook the port city and other places of the district with magnitude 4.3.  No casualties were reported

BRAHMANBARIA: A Brahmanbaria court on Wednesday directed authorities concerned to take legal action against 11 members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Shahnur Alam killing incident. Senior Judicial Magistrate Nazmun Nahar passed the order after hearing.  The court made the direction

NARAYANGANJ: RAB-12 former commander Major Arif Hossain, also one of the main accused in Nrayanganj seven-killing case, gave confessional statement before a district court under section 164. Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mohiuddin recorded the statement at 12:30pm on Wednesday amid tight

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina uses a dual-SIM cheap mobile phone set. “Two SIMs can be used in cheap phone sets and I myself have one such set,” she told the opening ceremony of “Digital World 2014” conference at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital

DHAKA: A colorful rally, organized by environment and forest ministry, was brought out in city with a call of saving environment as well as controlling the increase of sea level. Environment and forest secretary Shafiul Alam Patwari inaugurated the rally Wednesday morning at Shahbagh on

DHAKA: The Administrative probe committee, formed under directive of the High Court to investigate into seven murders in Narayanganj, is set to submit progress report on investigation to the High Court on Wednesday afternoon.  Besides, progress reports on investigation conducted by RAB,

DHAKA: The Dhaka city people are suffering to much as severe traffic jams that has been crippling different routes in the capital since Wednesday morning.   The traffic situation is so terrible that it takes hours to travel even less than a distance of half a kilometre.  The traffic

DHAKA: ‘Digital World 2014’, a four-day expo on information technology, began in the city on Wednesday to showcase potential and demonstrate development of ICT sector of Bangladesh.  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the exposition at Bangabandhu International Conference

ASHULIA, DHAKA: The fire, which broke out at Savar’s Ashulia Sramik Palli on Wednesday morning, brought under control, while 20 people got injured there. Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) fire services and civil defense station officer Sabbir Ahmed confirmed the matter to banglanews.