DHAKA: Parents of Shafiqul Alam, Dhaka bureau chief of Agence France-Presse (AFP), passed away died on Tuesday.They were-- M Amirul Haque, 81, father of Shafiqul and mother Syeda Rashida Khatun, 71.The father of Shafiqul, also a member of Bangladesh Association of sports writing, died

DHAKA: Unidentified miscreants have shot dead former additional Police Superintendent Fazlul Karim, 67, in Rampura of the capital on Thursday morning.Witnesses said that miscreants shot him on head at his residence at 10:00am.He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the case filed against Jute and Textiles Minister Latif Siddiqui for asking to kill someone who will call hartal. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Hasibul Haq passed the order saying that the plaintiff doesn’t call hartal so he has no

DHAKA: Canada has successfully concluded a first-ever air transport agreement with Bangladesh, allowing direct scheduled air services between the two countries.Lisa Raitt, Canadian Minister of Transport, and Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, came up with the announced on August

SATKHIRA: India returned the body of a Bangladesh national on Wednesday night after four days of his death by electrocution.The victim was identified as Babar Ali, son of Mojid Ali of Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira district. He was electrocuted in India four days ago while he was returning

DHAKA: A team from Bangladesh Embassy, Riyadh is scheduled to visit Hafr Al-Batin to extend consular, welfare and remittance promotional services to the Bangladesh nationals, says a press release.The team will provide its services on Sept. 13 and 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (except prayer

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Embassy will hold job fairs in three cities, the embassy announced in Riyadh on Wednesday.A senior official from the Bangladesh Embassy said the fairs are to be held in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam.“We are working out the details and awaiting permission from

LAXMIPUR: Two dacoits were shot by police and later beaten to death by angry mob at Kazirchar village under Raipur Upazila of the district early Thursday.The identity of the dacoits could not be found immediately.Witnesses said a gang of armed robbers entered in Sharif Hossain and Mizanur

DHAKA: Malaysia will launch ‘biggest ever’ crackdown on an estimated half a million illegal foreign workers, as a crime wave focused the nation’s attention on security.Under the three-month operation to begin on Sunday, authorities would seek to deport some 500,000 foreigners,

DINAJPUR: Two teachers were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident on Dinajpur-Dhaka highway in Satmile area of Sadar upazila of the district.The deceased were identified as Faruk Ahmed, 50, Headmaster of Madanpur Primary School, Birganj and Abdur Razzak, 45, Lecturer of Pakerhat

DHAKA: An Engineer of Ekushey Television (ETV) was killed in a road accident in Karwan Bazar area of the city on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as KM Alimuzzaman, 36, an Engineer of the private satellite channel.Witnesses said a BRTC passenger bus rammed him while the

DHAKA: Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday said the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh would remain warm and very special since both the countries shared common religion, culture and history.  During a meeting with Bangladesh’s High

DHAKA: The Hindu community celebrated Shuva Janmashtami on Wednesday to mark the birthday of Lord Sri Krishna.According to the Hindu religion, Lord Vishnu incarnated in the universe as Lord Krishna in the prison of Raja Kangsa on this day, the eighth day of ‘Shukla Pakkha’ (bright

COX’S BAZAR: Two children went missing at Matamuhuri River as boat capsized in the river on Wednesday.The missing kids are Abdullah, son of Abul Hossain of Chakaria and Reshmin, daughter of Maksud Ahmed of Kakara Dakkhin Luthni area.Sources said a passenger boat capsized in Matamuhui

DHAKA: New Zealand has said that Fonterra products at the centre of a global contamination scare did not contain botulism-causing bacteria.The scare had triggered a recall and import bans from some countries.However, the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries said tests suggested the

DHAKA: China and Bangladesh pledged to strengthen military ties during a meeting between Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan and Chief of Army Staff affairs of the Bangladesh Army Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan.Chang, also a state councilor, said during the meeting that China and Bangladesh are

KUSHTIA: Within a gap of a few days, once again a driver of a train was injured as some wicked youth hurled stones at a moving train near Halsha station of the district on Wednesday noon.The injured train driver is as Shahadat Hossain, 59.Sources said that a stone hit driver Shahadat

DHAKA: Australian government has sent five Bangladeshis asylum seekers along with other 35 nationals to refugee camp in Papua New Guinea (PNG).A SMS of Shameem Ahsan, Director-General, External Publicity Wing of Foreign Ministry, made the disclosure Wednesday.The SMS reads that they were

DHAKA: Contributors from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have helped stitch up a mélange of reflective, witty and contemporary accounts of how ordinary people negotiated with the Partition, in a new graphic novel.Narratives by 46 contributors - journalists, graphic artists, translators

SYLHET: Miscreants chopped to death a businessman in Tantipara area if the city on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Sohel Mia, 35, a travel businessman by profession and hailed from Jamalganj of Sunamganj district.Sources said on Wednesday noon local saw Sohel’s body at his