DHAKA: The Bangladesh High Commissioner in Singapore, Mr Mahbubuz Zaman, has called on the Bangladesh community to exercise utmost calm and restraint, and fully cooperate with the law enforcement agencies following the riot in the Little India district on Sunday night.In a statement on

SYLHET: Two booking clerks were injured and machineries were destroyed as blockade-hartal supporters threw petrol bombs aiming the ticket counters of Sylhet railway station on Sunday night.The injured were identified as booking assistant Abdul Jalil and Shafiqul Islam.Station master Abul

SIRAJGANJ: Blockaders set fire to five buses and a filling station in Neotar Gachha area under Ullapara Upazila of the district on the third day (Monday) of blockade enforced by BNP-led 18-party.  Police sources said that the blockaders set fire to buses and the filling station at around

SAVAR, DHAKA: At least 20 people were injured as an under construction building collapsed on them near Khaghan area of Birulia union under the upazila on Sunday.Sources said the front side of a two-storey under construction building collapsed around 2:30pm, leaving 20 construction workers

DHAKA: Oscar Fernández Taranco, UN assistant secretary general for political affairs, held a one and half hour long meeting with civil society leaders on Sunday. He met the civil society representatives at city hotel after scheduled meeting with Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and Chief

CHITTAGONG: A bank official was killed in a road accident at Kalamia Bazar of Bakalia of the port city on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Atique Ullah Parvez, 38, son of Ejabat Ullah of Chandgaon Residential Area and officer of Shahjalal Islami Bank, a private commercial

DHAKA: President M Abdul Hamid is set to join the funeral Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid leader of South Africa, scheduled to be held on December 15.Press secretary of the president Ehsanul Karim confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday.Meanwhile, Bangladesh is observing a three-day

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali conferred a message regarding the 29th SAARC Charter Day celebrated at the SAARC Secretariat premises in Kathmandu on Sunday.The signing of the SAARC Charter in Dhaka in 1985 heralded a historic beginning in regional cooperation in South

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 issued the death warrant of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah after the copy of the full verdict of the Supreme Court awarding death penalty to the Jamaat leader.Three judges of the tribunal issued the warrant as per the full verdict of the

DHAKA: At last two Jatiya Party leaders Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud and advisor to Prime Minister Ziauddin Bablu submitted their resignation letters to party Chairman HM Ershad on Sunday.Joint Secretary General of the party Rezaul Islam Bhuiyan made the disclosure while talking to

NAOGAON: Border Security Forces (BSF) of India returned the abducted Bangladeshi youth on Sunday morning.The victim was handed over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a flag meeting at zero point adjacent to Hapania border area under Sapahar Upazila of the district.Earlier, BSF abducted

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, made a call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Sunday evening.During the meeting that lasted from 6:25 pm to 7:33pm, Prime Minister apprised the President of the overall situation of the country.After the

DHAKA: Time flies, especially between rent payments. No sooner is it paid and, seemingly, its time to pay again!Sir Frank Peters says he could have sworn it’s only been a week since he held a Bangladeshi baby in his arms who carries the name, Frank Peters Joseph Ali.“Incredibly, a

CHITTAGONG: Police held 32 Malaysia-bound people from a hotel in Baddarhat area under Chandgaon Thana of the port city on Sunday morning.Sources said that a gang of brokers gathered the people in the area to send Malaysia illegally.Later, acting on a tip off, police in a drive held them

DHAKA: A police man was injured as miscreants hurled cocktails aiming him at Swadhinata Sarani in city’s Badda area on Sunday morning.The victim is- Jaman, an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Badda police station.Sources said that miscreants hurled two cocktails at around 7:45am and one of

DHAKA: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant (media) Mahbubul Alam Shakil categorically said that Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has not any facebook page and she did not post any status.Following some post in facebook, Shakil said that some reports were

DHAKA: Oscar Fernández Taranco, UN assistant secretary general for political affairs, held an one and half an hour-long meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed on Sunday morning.The meeting started at a11:05am and continued till 12:27pm. Earlier, Taranco, also

NAOGAON: Border Security Force (BSF) of India abducted a Bangladeshi youth from Hapania border area under Sapahar Upazila of the district on Saturday evening.The victim is Najmul Haque, 28, son of Jamir Uddin.Sources said that BSF abducted Nazmul when he went to border zero point area to

NARAYANGANJ: At least five people were injured as blockaders torched a bus on Dhaka-Narayanganj link road in Fatullah Chandmari area of the district on Sunday morning.Sources said that in support of blockade, 20/25 youths brought out a procession and set fire to a passenger bus at around

DHAKA: Oscar Fernández Taranco, UN assistant secretary general for political affairs, is holding meeting with Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Sunday morning as part of his talks with political parties of Bangladesh to find out way of resolving the ongoing political stalemate. Taranco