DHAKA: Four female construction workers were injured when a buried cocktail went off on Tilpapara road in Khilgaon area in city on Tuesday.The explosion occurred at 10:00am.The injured were identified as Ambia Akter, 35, Ratna, 30, Hironbasee, 35, and Selina, 52.The victims told

RAJBARI: Two teenage girls drowned in Padma River in Sadarchar area under Pangsha upazila of the district Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Swapna, 13, a class VII student of Habashpur Secondary Girls School, daughter of Kalam Matabbar, and Shahana, 14, a class VIII student of the

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a man with huge arms and ammunitions from Raozan of the district early Tuesday.Sources said that the law enforcers detained the man with four locally made guns, 24-round bullets from the area during a night-long drive.Mafijul Islam,

THAKURGAON: Some 80 houses of 24 families were burnt to ashes in separate fires at Rampur and Shaslapiyala villages under Sadar upazila of the district from late Monday to early Tuesday.Thakurgaon Fire Service and Civil Service station officer Azizul Haque told banglanews, “A fire

DHAKA: Police recovered a body from Sutrapur Thana area in the capital early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Indrajit, 45.Sources said that Sutrapur Thana Police recovered the body from a five-storied building at Paridas Road 26/1 in the area.Confirming the matter Sub-Inspector

DHAKA: Doctors at Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) Hospital announced a work abstention for indefinite time on Tuesday protesting assault on colleagues by relatives of a patient.A press brief from the doctors was

JHENAIDAH: At least ten people were injured in a clash between two groups of Awami League in Debtola village under Shailkupa upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The injured were sent to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital and Shailkupa Health Complex.Sources said that Awami League leader

DHAKA: American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) teacher Mohammad Nasir Uddin received Excellent Student Award of the IEEE Fukuoka Section for 2013.    He got the award for his presented paper title ‘Demonstration of resonance frequency enhancement effect by using split

DHAKA: Additional public prosecutor SM Zahid Hossain, also chief of state prosecutors in the much-talked-about Ramna Batamul bomb blast case filed a general diary feeling insecure to perform his duty for the state. Zahid filed the general diary (GD) with Kotwali thana and sent its copy to

DHAKA: Gonojagoron Mancha is going to raise their voices with new demands-- punishment of fake freedom fighters and heinous people, who are trying to distort history.  Under banner of Muktojoddha Sangsad Santan Command and Muktijoddha Projonmo, a mass signature campaign has already begun

GAZIPUR: At least five people were killed in a head on collision between a truck and a leguna (human hauler) in Chandra intersection area under Kaliakoir upazila of the district Tuesday at 8:00am.The deceased were identified as Sobhan, 26, Sadek, 40, Abdul Hakim, 45, Jahangir Alam, 35 and

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the countrymen on Monday and said New Year started by obliterating all rusts of the past.“New Year will bring joy in everyone’s life, this is my wish,” she added.The premier came up with the observations while top Awami League leaders went

SIRAJGANJ: Five police personnel, while accompanying the motorcade of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, were injured in a road accident in the Sadar upazila of the district on Monday noon.Quoting witnesses, police sources said, a police van that was deployed to ensure the

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad returned home Monday after one and half month stay in USA.Rakibuddin arrived at Dhaka on a flight of American Airlines at 5:00am.He along with his wife left the country on March 3 in the middle of the 4th Upazila Parishad

DHAKA: Welcoming the Bengali new-year 1421 with the theme of “country and fraternity”, Chhayanaut President Sanjida Khatun has urged all to be freed from communal feelings and to build a country of fraternity. “Fraternity is the key to understand and to become close to the colours

COX’S BAZAR: Two students of Ahsanullah varsity died, four are still missing while three others are in critical condition after they drowned in Bay near Saint Martin’s Island Monday.The deceased were identified as Montijul Islam Iban and Saddam Hossain.Three rescued are Foysal, Farhan

FENI: Police recovered three dead bodies from Sadar and Chhagalnaiya upazilas of the district on Monday.One of the deceased was identified as Shahid Ullah, 32, son of Haji Makbul Ahammed of Boraipur area of Feni town.Sadar Thana Officer-In-Charge M Mahabub Morshed told banglanews,

DHAKA: Six people were killed and over 40 others injured in separate road accidents in Kishoreganj, Joypurhat and Manikganj districts Monday.In Kishoreganj, two persons were killed and 25 others injured as a bus turned turtle in Chaliagop area under Pakundia upazila of the district early

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy welcomed countrymen on the occasion of Bengali New Year.Joy, in a status on his Facebook’s official page, said, “Shubho Nobo Borsho to everyone! We are Bengali with a thousand year old culture.”“We fought for our

DHAKA: Thousands of people from all walks of life, wearing colorful dresses and papier-mâché masks, participated in a Mangal Shobhajatra in the capital on Monday morning marking the Pahela Baishak, the first day of Bengali New Year.  This year’s theme is Jagrato, Uddayto O Nirbhoy