PARBATIPUR (DINAJPUR): Some nine army personnel were injured as two grenades blasted at Shaheed Mahbub Cantonment here in the district on Wednesday afternoon. Of the injured, three are Warrant Officer Ketab Ali, 45, Sergeants Fazlu, 40 and Ramjan Ali, 40. Regiment-16 Staff Officer of

NEW YORK:  Member of the US House of Representatives Joseph Crowley, also Co-Chair Congressman of Bangladesh Caucuses in US Congress, assured that US would take adequate steps to remove all discrimination in tariff on Bangladeshi products.       The assurance came when Dr AK Abdul

DHAKA: Bangladesh Medical Association, a professional body of the doctors’, observed work abstention across the country for one hour on Wednesday. The doctors remained themselves off-duty from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm protesting the attacks on their fellows at Dhaka Medical College and

DHAKA: The name of the medicines produced by Incepta Pharmaceuticals Limited has been scraped from the probe reports over the tragic deaths of four babies those allegedly died of pushing the medicines.  The four new born babies died at the Tangail General Hospital several hours after

DHAKA: A fire broke out at the third-floor of a fifth-storey building in Baridhara DOHS area on Wednesday noon.    Fire service sources said the fire broke out at a house at 2:30pm on Road No-11 road of the area.      However, the reason behind the fire incident could not be known

DHAKA: The officials concerned of different ministries have been asked to place progress report over using Bengali in everywhere to the public administration ministry within 15 days. Senior Secretary of Public Administration Ministry Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury made the disclosure while

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) grilling Rampura Thana Sub-Inspector Monjurul Islam and four others over their alleged involvement in gold bar misappropriation. ACC deputy director Jatan Kumar Roy is quizzing them separately at ACC office in the capital Wednesday. ACC source

DHAKA: The probe body of Public Administration has submitted the progress report to High Court on the investigation into sensational Narayanganj 7-killing. Deputy secretary Mizanur Rahman Khan submitted the report to deputy attorney general ASM Nazmul Hasan Wednesday. BDST: 1406 HRS,

DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed May 18 for hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman challenging the death penalty awarded to him for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The five-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice M

DHAKA: Country’s elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has turned a team of bandits, commented Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joint-secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He said while addressing a press conference at BNP headquarters in city’s Naya Paltan area on

DHAKA: A writ was filed with High Court Wednesday challenging the ban on using tinted glass in vehicles. Advocate Monjil Morshed filed the writ and hearing will be held on Sunday. The hearing will be held with HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Hyder and Muhammad Khurshid Alam.

DHAKA: Dhaka district four-stroke CNG-run Auto Rickshaw Drivers’ Union observed a sit-in demonstration in front of the National Press Club on Wednesday to press for their 8-point demand. They staged the demonstration at 10:30am where drivers of auto-rickshaws plying on different routes

DHAKA:  Hotel Regency Wednesday filed a case against its 16 general shareholders for vandalism and looting. Regency’s managing director Arif Motahar filed the case with Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court in the morning. Plaintiff’s lawyer Prokash Ranjon Biswas confirmed the

THAKURGAON: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) detained two Bangladeshi workers from Dharmogar border in Ranisankail upazila of district early Wednesday. The detainees are identified as Saheb Ali, 45, son of Aijuddin of Amradangg village and Helal Uddin, 32, son of Setab Uddin of

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said that the government does not want to use the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) politically, rather wants to uphold the reputation of the organization. The premier came up with the observation while addressing a Darbar

NARAYANGANJ: Police arrested the third accused of sensational Narayanganj seven-murder from Benapole boder of Jessore while trying to escape to India early Wednesday, said a source of district police. The detainee is Hasmat Alo Hasu, one of the top aide of prime accused Nur Hossain, also

CHUADANGA: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) beaten up a Bangladeshi cattle trader to death and abducted four others from Munsipur frontier under Damurhuda upazila of district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Hasibur Rahman, 30, son of Mostobari of Munsipur village of

DHAKA: Three former officials of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), those were allegedly involved in the sensational seven-murder in Narayanganj, would possibly surrender before the court on Wednesday. State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan made the assertion while talking to the

DHAKA: At least five people, including a minor, were killed in lightning and storm in four districts across the country on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Mahfuz, 5, son of one Tuku Miah, resident of Hamerdi village under Bhanga upazila of Faridpur; Zarina Begum, 50, wife of one

DHAKA: Customs officials have seized 10.5-Kg gold bars and nabbed four people in two different incidents at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday evening. Officials seized 1.39-Kg gold bars from Shah Alam and Ibrahim, two passengers of a flight from Riyadh. In another