SAVAR: The Livestock Directorate Sunday said there was no relation between anthrax and the death of huge numbers of ducks, hens and birds in Dhamrai area, allaying fears about spread of the cattle disease.“We did not find any germ of anthrax by testing the collected samples from dead

PABNA: Police Sunday arrested a regional leader of Jonojuddho, a banned outfit, at Ataikula in the district. The arrested outlaw was identified as Hakim alias Haku, 45, a regional commander of Purbabanglar Communist Party (ML). of the party. "He was a fugitive from two dozen cases,

Gazipur: One person was killed and 35 others were injured as a passenger bus fell into a roadside ditch near Tumulia Mission at Kaliganj in the district on Sunday evening, police said.The deceased was identified as Anwar hossain, 35, hailed from Noapara.     Nazrul Islam,

DHAKA: Noor Hossain Balai, an eminent film director, passed away at the age of 58 on Sunday noon. Noor Hossain’s nephew Masum Noor Tison told banglanews that he was rushed to the city’s BIRDEM Hospital when he suddenly felt sick at about 12 noon. The duty doctor of the hospital

RAJBARI: One person was killed and at least 20 others were injured as hordes of villagers fought a fierce harpoon fight over a trifling matter at Naduria village in Coshbamajail union of Pangsa upazila in the district on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Gafur alias

SAVAR: Local livestock authority asked people not to take beef following deaths of birds and domestic fowls after drinking the blood of a slaughtered cow at Dhamrai, as a precautionary prescription against a possible cattle disease.In view of the situation, the Livestock Office in Savar

DHAKA: An elderly man was stabbed to death allegedly by his insolent son in the city’s Mohammadpur area Sunday following a feud over  money-extortion by the latter.The deceased was identified as Abdul Karim, 76, a resident of Sir Syed Ahmed Road area. Police arrested the suspected

MANIKGANJ: An 11-year-old boy was crushed under the wheels of a pick-up van near Aricha ghat here Sunday morning.The deceased was named as Al-Amin, hailed from Satghar Teota village at Shibaloy upazila.Sources said that the pick-up van ran over Amin at around 10 am, leaving him seriously

CHITTAGONG: A temple was vandalized by a gang of drunks at Gosaildanga in the port city on Saturday night. Witnesses said some 5/6 drunken youths attacked Gosaildanga Shwashan Kalibari Temple at around 11 pm and damaged idols and other valuables. Following the incident, Bandar thana OC

SAVAR: A few birds like domestic ducks, hens and pigeons died drinking the blood of a slaughtered cow at Dhamrai on Saturday morning, locals said, prompting veterinarians to arrange lab tests.As a result, tension spread among the commoners in the areas, they said, as the mysterious

COMILLA: Two road mishaps left two people, one a child, dead and five others injured in Comilla district Saturday. The deceased were identified as Jui, 6, hailed from Kabila under Burichang, and Mosarraf Hossain, 25, from Daulatpur in Nangalcoat.Police and witnesses said a Feni-bound bus

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday sought assistance from all sections of people in building up a ‘poverty-free Digital Golden Bangla’ to materialize the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.She made the plea at a post-eid greetings programme at Ganabhaban with Cabinet

DHAKA: Another earthquake shook different parts of the country at around 1pm Saturday just hours after two moderate tremors rattled central Bangladesh on Friday midnight.The tremor, one of two stronger-than-moderate aftershocks on the trail of a weaker first quake, was felt in Dinajpur,

PABNA: An outlaw was killed in a gunfight between two outfits over supremacy in Chatmohor upazila of Pabna district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Rakibullah, 25, also an alleged cadre of Gaffar Group, hailed from Keshabpur village.Chatmohor thana SI Siraj Uddin and

DHAKA: A young man was killed in a road accident in the city’s Mirpur area just after eid prayer on Saturday morning, which triggered a protest by agitated people, who torched the killer bus.Road communications remained suspended on the route for an hour following the accident and the

RANGPUR: Five people were killed and 40 injured as a bus overturned on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway at Pirganj Bazar in the northern Rangpur district early Saturday, ending their long journey for eid celebration into a grim tragedy. Witnesses said a Panchagar-bound bus of Rupali Paribahan

DHAKA: Clad in punjabi and paijamas, people said prayer, embraced one another and exchanged broad-hearted greetings as Eid-ul Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country Saturday.  The Muslim devotees streamed into Eid jamaats at mosques,

DHAK: A strong earthquake shook the country, including the capital, at about midnight Friday, panicking many people. Met office said it was a "moderate" tremor, measuring 4.7 on Richter scale.  The quake occurred at around 11:25pm across the country and lasted a few seconds, reports

ASHUGANJ: At least 30 people were injured in a clash between two villages centering supremacy here in Brahmanbaria Friday.The injured were admitted into local clinics and district sadar hospital.Locals and police sources said an altercation started between Mohsin Miah of Kamaura village

RAJSHAHI: A top leader of the banned Ilamist outfit JMB and main aide to Bangla Bhai, Mostafizur Rahman, locally known as ‘killer Mostak’, was arrested again while coming out of Rajshahi Central Jail on bail on Thursday night. A competent source said plainclothes police picked him up