KAMALNAGAR, LAXMIPUR: Two minors cousin drowned in a pond at Ramgati Upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased were identified as Shahnaj Akter Lipi, 10, daughter of Mahbubur Rahman and Jubaida Sultana Mim, 7, daughter of Momin Ullah of Charhasan area under the upazila. They were

CHITTAGONG: A Japanese tourist was injured as miscreants threw brick chips at a bus in Satkania of the district on Thursday night.The tourist came to visit Bangladesh on September 5.Sources said that the tourist was returning Chittagong from Cox’s Bazar on a bus of Hanif Paribohon

DHAKA: Noted educator Shamsuzzaman, a retired government officer, passed away on September 14 in Dhaka. He was 71. He died of complicacy from breathing problem, diabetic and various old age ailments.Shamsuzzaman, popularly known as Zaman Sir, left behind a daughter, a son, three sisters,

DHAKA: Majedul Nayan, Staff Correspondent of banglanews24.com, sustained injuries in a road accident at Kuril flyover in the capital on Wednesday.The accident took place around 7.30 am while Nayan was returning home through the flyover after finishing his nighttime duty at office in

DHAKA: A fire broke out at Jiban Bima Tower in capital’s Motijheel area on Wednesday noon.Sources said the fire originated at ninth floor of the building at about 12:00 noon. On information, two fire fighting units from Fire Service headquarters rushed to the spot at about 12:20pm and

FENI: A driver of a CNG-run Auto-rickshaw was killed in an attack by picketers in Daganbhuiyan upazila of the district on early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Abu Naser, son of Abu Taher of Betura village under Daganbhuiyan municipality. Daganbhuiyan municipality councilor

DHAKA: A book no bigger than a grain of rice is part of a new exhibition of miniature books at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.Old King Cole, published in 1985 by the Gleniffer Press in Paisley, measures only 0.9mm in height.It held the world record for the smallest printed

DHAKA: In the beginning of October Russia is planning construction of the Rooppur Nuclear power Plant in Bangladesh.According to the statement of the Head of the State Corporation Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko issued to the journalists, the foundation stone laying of the plant on the site will

DHAKA: A journalist mother was injured as she jumped from a five-storied building on Monday after hearing her daughter’s death news.The injured journalist is Naznin Akter, senior reporter of daily Janakantha and wife of Rakibul Islam, chief reporter of GTV.Source said Naznin’s only

DHAKA: Ganojagaran Mancha has started to gather at Shahbagh intersection from Monday evening on the eve of appeal verdict of Quader Mollah.Gonojagoron Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarkar said, “If the verdict fails to reflect the expectations of the nation and therefore, we will

DHAKA: In order to ensure smooth movement of people on occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, CNG filling stations across the country will remain open for 24-hour daily from October 11-19.Communications Minister Obaidul Qauder came up with the disclosure after an inter-ministerial meeting at Rail

CHITTAGONG: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed three cases on Monday against six higher ups of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) on charge of embezzlement of Tk 450 crores.Deputy Assistant Director of Integrated Divisional Office of ACC, Dhaka-2 M Ali Akbar Khan filed the

DHAKA: The Appellate division will deliver a verdict Tuesday on appeals filed against inadequate sentencing and conviction of war criminal and Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah. SC Registrar AKM Shamsul Islam said that the appeals will come up as item No 1 in tomorrow’s list of the apex

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) secretly interrogated Deputy Commissioner of Detective Branch Molla Nazrul Islam on Monday.ACC Director Wing Commander M Tahidul Islam and Deputy Director Nasim Anwar, also Chief Investigation Officer led the questioning from 11:00am to 1.45pm.DC

DHAKA: The government approved the draft of Representation of the People (Amendment) Order barring war crimes convicts from joining elections.The approval came from the regular meeting of the cabinet at secretariat on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.Cabinet secretary

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approved the charge sheet of 11 cases against Hall-Mark Group for loan scam.A source in ACC said that the approval came from a meeting at ACC office and 24 people will be sued.Earlier, little-known Hallmark Group and five other companies

FROM RAJSHAHI: The rally of BNP-led 18-party alliance has begun in Rajshahi through the speech of Rajshahi Metropolitan Shibir president Anisul Haque Mallik.The rally began with recitation from Holy Quran at around 02:00pm.With BNP joint secretary general Mizanur Rahman Minu in the chair

DHAKA: The clothing retailer River Island is under increasing pressure to sign a factory safety deal in Bangladesh set up in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster after its rival Arcadia thinned the ranks of refuseniks by backing the accord.The Global Poverty Project is calling on its

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 fixed September 19 for passing the order whether it would take into cognizance the charges against Jamaat-e-Islami nayeb-e-ameer Abdus Subhan.ICT-1 led by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir passed the order Monday.On Sunday, prosecution submitted

BRAHMANBARIA: Some 61 out of 83 private clinics and diagnostic centers in Brahmanbaria are illegal! Among the rest 22 clinics, 12 have applied for their license renewal, two dental clinics have their license and the rest eight has none!This information was collected from District Civil