DHAKA: A cocktail blasted at a house of Fakirerpool area in city on Wednesday night.Witnesses said a huge number of explosions were kept in a room of the house and a cocktail blasted around 08:30pm.Later, on information, police rushed to the spot and cordoned the area.Sub-Inspector of

DHAKA: A seminar on GroMore, an Integrated Crop Solution Program developed by Syngenta, was held here on Wednesday. The seminar was jointly organized by multinational agribusiness company Syngenta Bangladesh Limited and Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Research System (SAURES) at the

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD: Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Wednesday urged owners of newspapers and media houses to implement the eighth wage board properly.The information minister came up with the plea while addressing the Parliament in response to a query from lawmaker Moazzem

DHAKA: Law enforcers are looking for more firearms after nabbing top terror of Rupganj, outskirts of the capital, Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan alias Mosha Member with arms on October 6 night.Officer-in-Charge of Bhatara Thana Mohammad Ali made the disclosure the matter on Wednesday noon as

DHAKA: At least 20 workers were injured as fire broke out at A & Z Limited of Ashulia, outskirts of the capital, on Wednesday afternoon.Sources said the fire originated from dying section of the five-storey of the factory building in the noon.Hearing fire alarm, workers tried to come out

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Wednesday placed Mufti Harun Izhar, son of Hefajat-e-Islam Nayeb-e-Amir Mufti Izharul Islam, on a 10-day remand for police interrogation in two cases.Mufti Harun’s body guard has been placed on 1-day remand and three others, arrested from Lalkhan Bazar

BHOLA: A fisherman was shot dead and 19 others were abducted by sea robbers in Shibchar coastal area of the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Iqbal Ibrahim, 35, son of Mohijal Mridha of Charsiba village under Charfashion upazila of the district.Sources said the

DHAKA: A couple got severely burnt after an explosion in gas supply pipe at a residence near Dania area at capital’s Jatrabari on early Wednesday. The injured were identified as Monir Hussain, 25, and his wife Nazma, 19. Sources said fire erupts through the apartment near Dania Nur

DHAKA: Regent Airways, the leading private airlines of Bangladesh, launched flight to its second International destination Bangkok, Thailand from Wednesday.Regent Airways will operate four flights (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) between Dhaka-Bangkok-Dhaka routes weekly. The

NETROKONA: A Netrokona court sentenced four men to go gallows for killing BNP activist Taher.The convicts are- Abu Talib, 48, Abdur Razzak, 35, Swapon Mia, 28 and Siddque, 45.Additional District and Session Judge Abdul Hamid passed the order Wednesday.Court sources said that the convicts

DHAKA: Bangladesh Hajj pilgrims will have their mobile phones equipped with Google maps and other interactive software to guide them during Haj this year.Asad Al-Zaman, Hajj consul at the Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah, told Arab News on Tuesday that the mission has a 24-hour help desk

PIROJPUR: A leader of robber gang was killed and two police personnel were injured in a gunfight between robbers and law enforcers near Chalna Bridge area of the district early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Wahed, a robber leader who was accused for several robberies.  As per

DHAKA: Former BNP leader Abdul Alim was sentenced to jail until death for his involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 Wednesday found the ex-BNP leader guilty of nine charges out of total 17 allegations of war crimes

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Mongla have been advised to keep hoisted distant cautionary signal number one.The depression over north Andaman sea and adjoining area moved slightly northwestwards and intensified into a deep depression over the same area.Met office

DHAKA:  International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Wednesday is reading out the verdict in the case against Former BNP leader Abdul Alim for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the war of liberation in 1971.Justice Shahinur Rahman started reading out the summery of 197-page

DHAKA: A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made emergency landing at Shahjalal International Airport while leaving runway for Singapore as a bird entered the engine on Wednesday morning.The BG-048 flight with 136 passengers on board made emergency landing at the airport at about

DHAKA: Former BNP leader Abdul Alim was taken to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Wednesday moring.The tribunal is set to pronounce the verdict in the charges brought against him for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the war of liberation in 1971.The tribunal

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 is set to pronounce the verdict in the charges brought against former BNP leader Abdul Alim for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the war of liberation in 1971 on Wednesday.The tribunal led-by Justice Obaidul Hassan will

CHITTAGONG: Police arrested two people including son of Mufti Izharul Islam for their alleged involvement in the deadly explosion at the dormitory of a madrasa in port city’s Lalkhanbazar area.The detainees are Harun Izharul, son of Mufti Izharul and one of his associate.Kotwali police

GAZIPUR: At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured in devastating fire at Asowad Garment in Sreepur of Gazipur on Tuesday night.The death toll may rise in the accident. One of the deceased was identified as AGM of the factory Rashidul Islam while identity of other deceased