KURIGRAM: Two children drowned in a pond at Durgapur union in Olipur upazila of the district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Masikur, 7, son of Rafiqul and Mojnu, 7, son of Lal Mia of the area. Sources said Masikur and Mojnu went to in a pond of Dalimerpar village for taking

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Jawans detained 31 Bangladeshis from Bibhishan border under Gomastapur upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.Sources said that BSF personnel detained 31 Bangladeshi cattle traders when they intruded into Indian Territory to bring

DHAKA: A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-2) in a drive held nine members of a passport brokers’ gang from city’s Agargaon Passport Office on Wednesday.Meanwhile, the detainees were awarded three months jail and fined Tk 10,000 each.RAB executive magistrate HM Anwar Pasha

DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why it should not be issued directives to take necessary steps to formulate Formalin Controlling Act in the upcoming session of the National Parliament.An HC vacation bench comprising Justice

DHAKA: A meeting of retailers, labor unions and non-governmental organizations starts Wednesday in Geneva to discuss compensation for those killed and injured in two factory disasters in Bangladesh.Today’s talks are focused on the Tazreen factory blaze that took place in November, said

DHAKA: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) signed a partnership treaty on Wednesday to fight high rates of maternal and child undernutrition in Bangladesh.“The Government has shown a strong commitment to tackling

DHAKA: The High Court Wednesday ordered the authorities concerned to determine mental condition of Oishee Rahman arrested for killing her father Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and mother Swapna Rahman.The court also asked to send her to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from

DHAKA: At least five people were killed and some others injured in separate road accidents in Ashulia, Gazipur and Rajshahi.In Ashulia, a microbus collided head on with a bus in Beribadh area of Ashulia, leaving one killed and nine others injured.The deceased was identified as Mohammad

SYLHET: A man committed suicide after killing his two-year-old daughter at a city hotel near Dargah Gate on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Sadia Afrin, 2 and her father Alimullah, 30, hailed from Kotwali Thana of Comilla district.Fatema Afrin, wife of Alimullah, told

DHAKA: Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif said that his party is prepared for highest sacrifices for holding upcoming general polls in free, fair and transparent manner.The Awami league leader came up with the assertion while talking with reporters in his office at

DHAKA: A cricketer was killed as a train knocked him near Kuril Bishwaroad rail crossing in the city on Wednesday noon.The deceased was identified as Mamun, 25, hailed from Rajshahi.In which team he used to play couldn’t be known immediately.  Confirming the matter to banglanews,

DHAKA: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rokib Uddin Ahmad hinted that the Election Commission would not launch any initiatives to eradicate the ongoing political bizarre.    The CEC came up with the disclosure while talking with reporters after a meeting with visiting EU

DHAKA: Metropolitan Detective Branch of police arrested three Nigerians on Tuesday midnight for their alleged connection with the production of forged Dollars from a city hotel and Kalabagan area.The detainees are Okapsi Simko, 28, Okafor Siki, 26, and Adlas SamuelDMP’s deputy

The United States has called for free, fair and transparent elections in Bangladesh which are slated in January next year, requesting the political parties to resolve their differences through non-violent means.The appeal came as Awami League of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Bangladesh

DHAKA: European Union has expressed its satisfaction over Election Commission’s pre-election preparations ahead of next general polls.EU ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna expressed the stance to reporters after a successful meeting with EC on Wednesday morning. The meeting

ASHULIA, DHAKA: At least 10 people sustained injuries after a head-on collision between a bus and a private car in Moragang area of Ashulia, on outskirts of the capital, Wednesday morning. The injured were rushed to nearby East-West Hospital.Witnesses said an Abdullahpur-bound passenger

DHAKA: Some of the world`s major garment makers are to meet to discuss compensation for workers injured and killed in accidents in Bangladesh.The meetings will be held in Geneva in Switzerland on September 11 and 12 aiming to achieve proper compensation payments to the victims and

DHAKA: At least four people along with owner of a ‘Hajji Biriyani’ outlet were injured as fire broke out in the restaurant in city’s Mohammadpur area on Tuesday evening.Critically injured restaurant owner Rasel, 32, Mukter Hossain, 22, Jibon, 29, Rustam, 23 were admitted to Burn

DHAKA: More than four decades ago, the Nixon Administration knowingly broke US law to help Pakistani Army against Bangladesh and encouraged China to mass troops on Indian border to oppose the strong stand taken by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, according to a new book.In his

DHAKA: The United States said it’s concerned that the government of Bangladesh may pursue a tax evasion case against Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus, and urged fair and transparent treatment of the Nobel laureate.The State Department noted Yunus’s achievements in improving the