THAKURGAON: Four people were killed as lightning struck them in Pirganj and Haripur upazilas Sunday. The deceased were identified as Dobir Ali, 45, of Bhabanipur village and Jewel, 25, of Bhamda village of Pirganj upazila, Fazlur Rahman, 38, of Bhaturia village and Anowara, 50, of Falora

DHAKA: On the occasion of holy Ramadan, the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, has wished the Muslims. He also issued a message at the website of British High Commission Dhaka on Sunday. The Foreign Secretary said “At the start of this holy

DHAKA: Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said licenses of 77 recruiting agencies were cancelled in last five years due to the charges of irregularities. Moreover, over Tk 6.42 crore of their security money was forfeited and around

FROM PARLIAMENT (DHAKA): Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said there would be no more problem in vehicular movement on roads and highways during Ramadan and Eid. The communications minister made the remarks in reply to questions from lawmakers on roads and highways during

FROM PARLIAMENT: Disaster management and relief minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya on Sunday said modern equipments of Tk 60 crore have been purchased for salvation work during earthquake.  The minister made the disclosure while addressing parliament in response to a question from

FROM PARLIAMENT: The proposed budget of FY 2014-15 is Tk 250,506 crore which was 222,491 crore in FY 2013-14 have been passed Sunday in the parliament without any oppose.     Around 382.34 crore grants and allocations have also been passed for 52 ministries and departments.     

DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said that 14 monitoring cell will monitor bazaars in the capital with a view to monitoring the retail market, hoping to keep the prices of essential in check and control the price hike during Ramadan.The minister came up with the assertion while

DHAKA: Ever vigilant eyes of Banglanews are in search of the death trap of slow poison formalin. Where there is not the trap?  A dishonest syndicate is spreading the slow poison door to door by importing from abroad. Endless grid for money and illegal profit are at the root cause of

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Sunday fixed August 13 for submitting the report on investigation into journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi killing case. Magistrate of CMM court Mohammad Erfanullah fixed the new date as investigation officer of the case Wares Ali have failed to

FROM PARLIAMENT: The proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2014-15 is going to be passed with some amendments on Sunday without any oppose. Opposition Jatiya Party is going to extend its full support to the budget which will be the first time example after the parliamentary democracy

NATORE: A couple was committed suicide in Agpara Serkol village under Singra Upazila of the district on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Ashraful Islam, 30 and his wife Madina Begum, 26. Sources said that seeing the hanging bodies of the couple, their son Motiur, 8,

DHAKA: Ahmedi Begum, elder sister of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, passed away at Lab Aid Hospital in the capital on Saturday morning.She was 71. She breathed her last around 7:30am while undergoing treatment at the hospital. All the employees of Bashundhara Group,

DHAKA: Two suspected muggers were shot dead and two police injured in a gunfight with police in front of Motijheel T & T School and College in the city early Sunday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  Sources said that the two suspected muggers received

GAZIPUR: State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that Nur Hossain, the prime accused of the seven-murder case will be brought back soon. He came up with the assertion while addressing a press briefing after visiting Dhaka central jail at Kashimpur in Gazipur on Saturday

DHAKA: Holy Ramadan will begin Monday as the moon was not sighted anywhere in Bangladesh on Saturday evening, National Moon Sighting committee declared. The announcement came after the Committee sat in a meeting at the auditorium of Islamic Foundation (IF) at national mosque Baitul

DHAKA: Grameen Bank governing body member Tahsina Khatun claimed that the government is taking away the bank disregarding its original owners. She came up with the assertion in a program on the occasion of “Social Business Day” in city’s Radisson Hotel on Saturday. She also

FROM PARLIAMENT:  Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said food inflation was a bit excessive at the beginning of 2013-14 fiscal year due to hartal and strikes. At present, political stability has come back to the country, which would keep food supply normal, Muhith added. The

FROM PARLIAMENT: The government will start distribution of smart Identification Card from the very beginning of 2015. On Saturday, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq disclosed the matter in the Parliament while replying to an independent member M Rustom Ali

DHAKA: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also her IT affairs adviser, termed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as ‘funny’. He also said Khaleda’s complaining to Shusma was a shameful act. Joy made the

DHAKA: A total of 62 officials of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Ministry faced action on the basis of specific allegations of irregularities. Minister Syed Ashraful Islam made the disclosure in reply to a written question in the parliament Sunday. Syed Ashraf