DHAKA: A human chain was formed in front of the National Press Club Saturday demanding unconditional release of acting editor of the daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman.The speakers at the human chain organized by Engineers’ Association of Bangladesh (EAB) blamed the government for

DHAKA: A running train hit a taxi-cab on Khilgaon level crossing in the city on Saturday morning, leaving its driver injured.Injured cab driver Monir Hossain was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition.According to the witnesses, the Jamalpur-bound Intercity train

DHAKA: Speakers at a human-chain demo here have demanded arrest and punishment of the perpetrators and masterminds behind the August 21grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004 in the capital. Paribartan Foundation, a non-government organization, organized the demo in front of the

PABNA: Two children drowned in water bodies in Sujanagar and Chatmohar upazilas Saturday morning.The dead were identified as Raju, 6, son of Kiam Uddin of Sreenagar village in Sujanagar upazila and Ashik, 5, son of Rabiul Islam of Dayarampur village in Chatmohar upazila.BDST: 1240 HRS,

DHAKA: Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, revered as a key patron of the Bengalis in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, Saturday paid a short but significant visit to Dhaka that yielded a development-financing deal between the two countries. A red carpet was rolled out at the

SATHKHIRA: A man was killed as a covered van crashed into his motorcycle in Tala upazila here Saturday morning.The deceased was named as Shahidul Islam, 40, owner of Shuvo Diagnostic in Tala upazila headquarters.Police and witnesses said the Paikgachha-bound van of Aarong Dairy smashed

NARSINGDI: Seven people were killed and 20 injured in a terrible traffic mishap as a loaded truck rammed into a bus on the Dhaka–Sylhet Highway in Shibpur upazila on Saturday morning.According to police and witnesses, a rice-laden truck collided head-on with a Dhaka-bound bus of Swapno

DHAKA: Bangladeshi vehicles will have to halt on domestic roads when Indian heavy-duty trucks and lories will be carrying heavy goods over to Tripura from 12am to 6am for the construction of a proposed power plant.The decision is learnt to be laid down in a summary titled ‘Over

DHAKA: Police will go tough for easing traffic jams in the capital during the holy month of Ramadan and a campaign against transgressors of rules will begin on August 8 for indefinite period.During the drive, the law enforcers will take stringent legal action against the violators of

DHAKA: Bangabandhu Sangskritic Jote staged a human-chain demonstration in the capital Friday to drum up their demand to different foreign countries for sending back the “fugitive killers of Bangabandhu” through Interpol intervention.The cultural front leaders, from the human chain on

DHAKA: Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan (BAPA) Friday demanded ensuring safe road transport system and making a law with a provision of tough action against the drivers responsible for accident.The BAPA leaders, at a citizen’s rally here, also demanded speedy trial proceedings of the

DHAKA: The daughter of the mother who attempted to burn herself along with two children in Kamalapur area Thursday, out of a huff as her husband married second time, died early Friday at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.Bilashi’s baby son Raihan, 3, earlier died on

DHAKA: A suspected terrorist was killed in a reported “shootout” between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion personnel in the city’s Sayadabad area early Friday.Police said deceased Anwar Hossain alias ‘Pichhi Hannan’, 35, hailed from Jangalia village in Araihazar upazila of

NATORE: Assailants killed a brickfield manager in Goraimati area of Boraigram upazila early Friday.The deceased, Mohadev Saha, 52, manager of NKB brickfield, hailed from Anupampur village in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi district.Boraigram thana OC Anwar Hossain said that armed assailants,

DHAKA: Police will go tough for easing traffic jams in the capital during the holy month of Ramadan and a campaign against transgressors of rules will begin on August 8 for indefinite period.During the drive, the law enforcers will take stringent legal action against the violators of

DHAKA: Home Minister Sahara Khatun assured garment manufacturers and exporters of deploying additional police force for the safety of the country’s export sector, recently ravaged by massive unrest.“Stern action would be taken against those who want to harass the government by

About 200,000 smartphones based on Google`s Android operating system are sold every day, CEO Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday. Schmidt told reporters on the sidelines of an industry conference in Lake Tahoe that Android -- a mobile software launched just over a year ago -- was gaining

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday urged the people to keep country’s sports sectors free from politics.“We are trying to develop the sports sector. It is also a priority for us. I urge all to be conscious so that the sector doesn’t fall prey to politics,” she said.The

DHAKA: The government on Thursday made changes to the public administration through transfers and postings as part of the latest round of reshuffle in the bureaucracy. The Establishment Ministry issued several notifications for the changes.  According to the notifications, Secretary of

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition filed by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) against an order passed by the same Court earlier to evict structures from four rivers.The court gave a fresh order to evict all structures from the bed of the