DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday urged opposition BNP leader Khaleda Zia not to celebrate her ‘so-called’ birthday on August 15 and termed the celebration cruel. Sheikh Hasina came up with the urge while addressing a programme to mark Sheikh Russel’s 50th birthday

KISHOREGANJ: President Abdul Hamid is set to visit his village home in Mithamain upazila of the district on Wednesday noon. The helicopter carting the President is likely to land at the ground adjacent to Hazi Taijuddin High School in the upazila at around 2 pm.He will be accorded a grand

DHAKA: Activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), from a protest procession, exploded couple of cocktails in capital’s Green Road and Azimpur areas on Wednesday morning.Witnesses said Tejgaon College unit of JCD brought out a procession at around 9:00am. When the procession reached

TANGAIL: Three people were killed in a road accident near Charpara area on Dhaka-Tangail highway under Mirzapur upazila on Wednesday morning. However, the identity of deceased couldn’t be known immediately.Local sources said a Dhaka-bound Pajero jeep hit a roadside tree as its driver

DHAKA: The government has recruited 1,520 persons for the post of Sub Inspector (SI) in Bangladesh Police.Police headquarter has published the recruitment on Tuesday night after a month long process. Click here to see the list…..Bangladesh Police Assistant Inspector General (Media)

TANGAIL: The dawn-to-dusk shutdown, called by district BNP, is underway in the district on Wednesday amid stray incidents of violence. The party is marking the hartal protesting the arrest of former president of Jatiyotabadi Chhatra Dal Sultan Salahuddin Tuku. From a pro-hartal

DHAKA: An explosion took place at the residence of a Jammat-e-Islami activist while making hand grenades near Rasulbag residential area under Bakalia Thana in the port city on Tuesday night.Police, however, recovered gun powder and other explosive ingredients from the residence of Jamaat

TANGAIL: Three people were killed in separate road accidents at Sadar and Kalihati upazilas in the district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Barek, 40, son of Naowazesh Miah from Kalihati upazila and Sohel Rana, 30, from Sadar upazila Rashid Miah, 35, son of Samad Mia,

DHAKA: Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus addressed the 13th Annual Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates that opened on Monday for the first time in Eastern Europe. The official motto of the summit is ‘Stand in Solidarity for Peace--Time to Act’, said a press release on

DHAKA: An agreement was signed between the Bangladesh government and US with a view to taking initiatives to prevent terrorism.Senior secretary for the Home Ministry, CQK Mustaq Ahmed and US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena signed the ‘Bangladesh-US Counterterrorism Cooperation

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has rebuffed the proposal of opposition BNP Khaleda Zia over the poll-time interim government as it is partisan tall-talk. The information minister made the assertion at a press conference at Press information Department of the secretariat in

COMILLA:  Three passengers of an auto rickshaw, including a woman and her granddaughter, were killed near Gobindapur area under Chandina upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said that a rashly driven bus knocked

BRAMHANBARIA: Five persons were injured when fire broke out at Eye Department of district sadar hospital on Tuesday mroning.The fire originated at the eye department and spread quickly to store room in the third floor.The fire broke out at around 11:30 am.Meanwhile, the panicked patients

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League will hold a press conference at its Dhanmondi office on Wednesday morning.Party general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam will brief party’s stand regarding opposition BNP’s proposal at around 11.00pm. Party’s deputy office secretary Mrinal Kanti Das confirmed

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League is set to send letter to BNP over all-party interim government proposal in reply to the opposition party’s letter.Party sources said an official letter comprises with a poll-time interim government proposal by the ruling party is to hand over to BNP on

DHAKA: A total of 40-kg gold was seized from toilet of a flight of Fly Dubai airlines at Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Tuesday.Customs authorities and Airport Armed Police battalion (APBn) recovered the huge amount of gold worth about Tk 18 crore from the flight coming

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has given thanks to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir over phone after receiving a letter from the BNP.Fakhrul received Ashraf’s phone call when he was in a press conference around 11:00am.Earlier a

DHAKA: US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena met Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pankaj Saran on Tuesday morning.The meeting started at 10:00 am in Indian envoy’s residence and ended at 11:15 am.Sources said the meeting between two foreign diplomats of two powerful countries is so

DHAKA: A delegation of BNP handed over a letter to Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam with opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s message.The team comprising opposition Chief Whip Joynul Abedin Farooque, senior leader Barkat Ullah Bulu and Shahid Uddin Chowdhury went to

NATORE: A youth was killed and 25 others were injured in a fierce clash between two groups of villagers over previous feud at Singra upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Abdul Gani 25, son of Fajlal Mollah resident of Puthimari village of the