DHAKA: The period of Army deployment has been extended in eight constituencies where voting was suspended during 10th national parliament election.Inter-Service Public Relations Department in a press release disclosed the matter Friday.According to the press release, election will be held

CHITTAGONG: Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Jafarabad area under Mirsarai upazila of the district early Friday.The deceased were identified as Kafil Uddin, 36, Ataur Rahman, 35 and Forkan, 22. All of them hailed from Banshkhali upazila of the district.Jorarganj

DHAKA: The 19th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) is set to begin at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Saturday.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the fair at 11:00am though 90 percent work of the trade fair remained incomplete.The two organizers Ministry of Commerce and

NEW YORK: US senate on January 8 in its full session unanimously passed resolution No. 318 expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the critical need for political reform in Bangladesh, and for other purposes.The Resolution on January 8 agreed to in Senate without amendment and an

RANGPUR: Administrator of Rangpur Zila Parishad Rezina Razzak, also President of district unit Mahila Awami League, died of old age complications on Friday morning.She was 70.Family sources said that she breathed her last at capital’s United Hospital at 7:00am.Rezina Razzak was wife of

COMILLA: The Dhaka-Chittagong highway saw a 52km-long tailback on Friday following the end of hartal & blockade spells of the opposition 18-party alliance.The traffic gridlock was created from early Friday pushing thousands of passengers into immense suffering as all modes of transport,

TANGAIL: Two men were killed and five others injured after a truck fell into the ditch being knocked by a train in Tenguria area under Basail upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Suzat Ali, 36, truck driver and Nizamuddin, 30, worker. Both of them

MANIKGANJ: Due to dense fog on Friday morning, Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia water was resumed after 11-hour halt. Confirming the matter Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Paturia Ferry Ghat Assistant Manager Salauddin Rasel (commerce) told banglanews, “The

DHAKA: Four people including a child died from Nipah encephalitis at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in last 10 days.The deceased were Saidur Rahman, 45, Majnur Rahman, 5, Mazibur Rahman, 25 and Hasanuzzaman, 20.Besides, five more affected were kept in close observation at ward

CHITTAGONG: A driver of three wheeler (Tempu), who sustained burn injuries when blockade supporters hurled petrol bomb at his vehicle, died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Mitul, 26, son of Hannan in Daulatkhan of Bhola

SIRAJGANJ: Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a gas cylinder explosion of microbus after collision with a private car and then knocked by a truck from behind in Madda Badyaghat area under Kamarkhand upazila of the district on Thursday night.The identity of the deceased and

DHAKA: The Gonojagoron Mancha activists started the road march from Shahbagh in the capital to Malopara of Jessore on Friday morning for protesting communal violence.Mancha’s spokesperson Imran H Sarker leads the march started at 10:00am.Eight buses, two pick-up vans and numbers of

DHAKA: A man was found dead on Banani flyover in the capital on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Rezaul Karim, 45, son of late Mozahar Ali.Later, police recovered the body of Rezaul from footpath of Banani flyover at around 11:30pm and sent him to Dhaka Medical Collage

COX’S BAZAR: Coast guards and Bangladesh Navy personnel rescued 62 fishermen from the grasps of sea-robbers in Sonadia point of Bay of Bengal.The rescued fishermen are the residents of Maheshkhali upazila of the district.Navy sources said that Bangladesh Navy ship ‘Oporajeyo’

MUNSHIGANJ: Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi river route resumed on Friday morning after an eleven-hour suspension due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Meanwhile, that some seven ferries with more than one hundred and fifty vehicles, which were anchored in the mid Padma, started

DHAKA: High Representative Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union condemned the violence in recent days, in a statement on Thursday.The High Representative has taken note of the preliminary results and of reports of low turnout for the 10th Parliamentary elections held in

DHAKA: China said Thursday it hopes that parties in Bangladesh can realize political stability through talks and negotiation after its parliamentary election.Voting took place on Sunday but was plagued by widespread violence and an opposition boycott over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina`s

DHAKA: Lee Yun-young, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Dhaka, expressed deep concerned over Bangladesh’s pre and post polls violence.In a statement on Thursday the envoy said, “We are deeply concerned over the violence which has happened surrounding the election held on January

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have given separate messages on Thursday on the occasion of Homecoming Day of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Hasina.  In the message president Hamid said, “Today is the historic `Homecoming Day` of Father of the

DHAKA: Law ministry has sent a letter to the home ministry to set up a special tribunal on the torture on country’s minority communities.Another letter has also been sent to the ministry to transfer the cases on the torture on minority communities to the tribunal.These two letters,