DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep condolence at the death of Nelson Mandela, first black president South Africa’s and anti-apartheid icon.In a message, the premier termed Mandela one of greatest liberators of mankind and said humanity has lost a tireless fighter for

SYLHET: An auto rickshaw driver, who was injured as his vehicle overturned after being chased by pickets, succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Soeb Ahmed, son of Safiq Mia, hailed from Telikhali village of Silam Union of the district.Earlier, a

NAOGAON: Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested an alleged smuggler with 22 gold bars weighing 2.75 kilograms from Sahapur Talpukur area under Sadar upazila on Friday morning.The alleged smuggler is identified as Nasir Khan, 48, son of Alauddin of Muktarpara of the upazila.Police said

CHITTAGONG: An army person was killed in a road accident in Battola area under Bayzid Bostami thana in the port city on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Afsarul Alam, 50, a member of military intelligence.Sources said that a speedy truck knocked him at around 08:30am while he

DHAKA: A man, who sustained burn injuries when miscreants hurled petrol bomb in a truck in Faridpur during 18-party’s blockade, succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan, 30, a truck driver.Mehedi breathed his last at burn unit of Dhaka

COMILLA: A 52-kilometer traffic gridlock on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Friday morning pushed thousands of passengers into immense sufferings.Highway police sources said the traffic jam was created from Thursday night as all types of vehicles started to run after ending the 18-party

FARIDPUR: BNP-led 18-party alliance called 24-hour hartal from Saturday in Nagarkanda and Saltha upazilas of the district protesting the killing of a Swechachasebak Dal activist in police firing.Nagarkanda BNP president Giash Mandal in a rally made the announcement on Thursday

DHAKA: A suspected mugger was killed in a `gunfight` between Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel and his cohorts in Magbazar area of the capital early Friday.The deceased was identified as Shafiq, 38.Sources said that the gunfight took place at around 04:00am in front of RAB-3 office.

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Commissioner (Investigation) Shahab Uddin Chuppu said the verdict against Senior Vice Chairman of BNP Tarique Rahman, also son of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in the case of money laundering was baseless.He came up with the observation in an

DHAKA: Barrister Abdur Razzak said they would review the death sentence of assistant secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Kader Molla to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court whenever they would get the full verdict.He came up with the disclosure while talking to journalists at his

DHAKA: IT wings of Emirates Group Mercator will now provide its market leading revenue accounting services, RAPID, to the national flag carrier of Bangladesh, Biman Bangladesh Airlines.The agreement was announced during IATAs 2nd Integrated Settlement Week, the largest annual event for

DHAKA: In an order from the home ministry, a new Inspector General of Prison (IG Prison) was appointed on Thursday.Additional Secretary of home ministry Mayeen Uddin Khandaker was appointed in the post.Mayeen Uddin Khandaker was appointed as IG Prison as the tenure of contractual

DHAKA: A meeting was held between Russian Ambassador to Dhaka Alexander A Nikolaev and Foreign Minister AHA Mahmud Ali.The meeting started from 3:00pm and continued till 3:30pm on Thursday at foreign ministry.During the parley, the envoy discussed various bilateral issues.After the

DHAKA: Australian Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Scott Morrison, on December 4, said no more permanent protection visas will be granted to those who arrived before July 19, 2013, as a part of the anti-people smuggling measures the Australian Government

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Vice Chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka was handed over to Detective Branch (DB) of Police after he was shown arrested in a case filed under explosive act on Thursday noon. He was taken to DB office around 1:30pm for interrogation.On Wednesday, Khoka, also the convener of

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed an appeal with the High Court against the lower court verdict that acquitted BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in money laundering case.ACC Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan filed the appeal on Thursday.He said, “We filed appeal seeking

GAZIPUR: A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife at Jahangirpur village under Sreepur Upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Aktar Hossain, 35, and his wife Mafia Aktar, 32.Local sources said that Aktar Hossain killed his wife after

DHAKA: The international community will not mediate to overcome the ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh.Canadian High Commissioner Heather Cruden came up with the assertion after an hour-long meeting with Foreign Minister of poll-time cabinet AHA Mahmood Ali on Thursday.Answering a

DHAKA: A bus helper was killed as another bus knocked him down in city’s Gulshan area on Thursday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said that a city bus rammed him when he fell on the street from another bus while overtaking around 11:10 am,

DHAKA: BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance Thursday announced another spell of 72-hour countrywide road, rail and waterways blockade from 6:00am Saturday protesting polls schedule and arrest of its leaders.Salahuddin Ahmed, spokesman of BNP, made the announcement through a video message