DHAKA: Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) Jabed Ali on Thursday said election commission would take opinion from experts to make level playing field in upcoming parliament elections.The election commissioner came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at

RETURNING FROM BANCHHARAMPUR: The destitute, of Banchharampur upazila under the district, became delighted as they got interest-free loan from Bashundhara Group, country’s leading business conglomerate. Adviser and Treasurer of Bashundhara Group, also Publisher of the Daily Kaler

NOAKHALI: Three children, including siblings, drowned in a pond at Debisinghpur village of Nabinagar union under Senbagh upazila of the district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Sakib Hasan Tanvir, 8, his sister Sabrina Akter Mili, 8, daughter of Chand Mia Milon and Abu Ali

BARISAL: The female student of Barisal University, who was stabbed to injure, by her lover succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified Sawda, 22, a first-year student of Accounting Department of the university and daughter

DHAKA: The Asia Foundation Bangladesh will observe International Literacy Day-2013 by organizing a book donation event and children’s book fair on September 7 at Rayer Bazar Playground in the capital featuring 15 exhibitors from local children’s book publication house. The Asia

DHAKA: At least 14 people were injured, including four bullet hit, by the supporters of an Awami League leader while trying to occupy a market at Ananda Bazar in Shahbagh area of the city.The incident took place in the noon on Thursday led by ward no-70 former commissioner and Awami

DHAKA: An official of Banglalink, one of the mobile-phone operators of Bangladesh, was shot dead by muggers at Tongi in Gazipur city on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Ahmed Mostafa, 24, an officer of Banglalink.Witnesses said muggers opened fire aiming head of Mostafa in front of

SYLHET: Shutting down all the jewellery shops, owners are observing the day-long strike on Thursday demanding the recovery of robbed jewelries and punishments of robbers.After holding a road blockade programme on the same demand, Sylhet Jewellers’ Samity on Wednesday night called the

DHAKA: A minor Bangladesh girl, who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and pushed into flesh trade, was rescued by the city police in Udhna of India. Three persons including a husband-wife couple were arrested for forcing the girl into prostitution and police have launched a search for six

DHAKA: Acting Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haq alleged that a vested quarter had been trying to tarnish image of police spreading propaganda over May 5 Shapla Chattar crackdown.He came up with the allegation in a press briefing at Police Headquarters in the capital on Thursday

GAZIPUR: Two persons were killed in separate road crashes on Dhaka-Mymensing highway in Sadar thana and Sreepur upazila of the district on Thursday morning.Amongst the deceased, one was identified as Farhat Hossain, 23, son of Fazal Mia of Jolarpar area in Gazipur city.Naozor highway

DHAKA: A person died while in police custody at Shahjahanpur police station in the capital early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Saiful Ahamed, 38, resided in Gulbagh area of Khilgaon.Local sources said police held Saiful along with two others and took them to police station at

BENAPOLE, JESSORE: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained 31 people including women, children from Putkhali frontier of Benapole on Wednesday night while they attempted to intrude into Indian Territory.All detainees hailed from Jessore, Narial, Bagerhat, Gopalganj, Satkhira,

DHAKA: Dhaka City Corporation (North) is set to hold a meeting on Thursday to decide whether vehicle movement through Bashundhara Crossing will be closed permanently on the eve of opening of the Jamuna Future Park.The meeting will be held at Nagar Bhaban in city’s Gulshan area at around

SAVAR: Robbers looted 200 tolas of gold, cash and valuables from a gold trader’s house in Savar municipal area of the district early Thursday.The gang also chopped seven members of the house during the robbery, leaving them critically injured.Sources said a group of some 15/20 masked

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is quizzing ICL Group Managing Director, also Jatiya Party Vice-Chairman HNM Shafiqur Rahman in a money embezzlement case.An ACC team, led by deputy director Naris Uddin, is quizzing him at ACC office in capital’s Segunbagicha Thursday.On

SATKHIRA: A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was injured in a clash with a gang smuggler on Kakdanga border under Kalaroa upazila of the district early Thursday.The injured is Nayek Sebedar Amir Ali of Kakdanga BoP.BGB, however, held driver of the human hauler, carrying smuggled

BRAHMANBARIA: Country’s first Y-shaped bridge is going to build on the estuary of Titas River in the district.Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) sources confirmed to banglanews that the construction work of a 771.2-metre bridge over the river Titas at Bancharampur upazila of

RIYADH: Majid Al-Dosari, a Saudi national who weighed 380 kg, died of acute pneumonia, in Dammam Central Hospital in Saudi Arab on Tuesday. The Health Affairs of the Eastern Province in Dammam announced on Tuesday morning the death of an extremely obese patient, Majid.Majid had been

DHAKA: Emirates airline has resumed passenger flights to Tripoli, the capital and largest city of Libya.  Adil Al Ghaith, Emirates’ Vice President Commercial Operations Northern and Western Africa, said, “Libya is showing healthy economic growth and the re-launch of our flights to