DHAKA: A young man was electrocuted in Gulshan-2 area of city on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Arif Hossain, 20, son of Mominul Haque. Sources said that the victim was working with a drill machine in an under construction building of road no.41 around 12:00pm. At one stage, he

DHAKA: Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali is now in the Netherlands to attend Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth in The Hague.Foreign ministry sources confirmed the matter.According to the sources, ministers and senior representatives from governments, the fishing

KWUAIT CITY: The Kuwait, the richest among the Arab states, has again opened its labor market for the Bangladeshis after a halt of long seven years.The labor market is again opened for the Bangladeshis following tireless initiatives of Bangladesh Embassy there.The Oil rich Kuwait is one

DHAKA: The Sonali Bank again sued Tanvir Mahmood, managing director of Hallmark and its chairman Jesmin Islam for realising Tk 226.23 crore swindled from the bank.This is the 13th case against Hallmark group filed by Sonali Bank.Bank’s executive officer Abdus Salam filed the case with

DHAKA: Bangladeshi hacker group ‘Bangladesh Cyber 71’ hacked various official websites of Indian state, protesting the illegal claim of one third territory of Bangladesh by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader.The hackers group of Bangladesh demanded that they hacked over three

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will submit a joint report soon on the crimes and corruption of Sohel Rana, owner of collapsed Rana Plaza.ACC secretary M Foyjur Rahman Chowdhury made the remark in a press briefing at ACC in the

DHAKA: The High Court asked the government to direct English-medium schools not to realize annual charges and readmission fees from students in the next three months.An HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hossain Hyder and Muhammad Khurshid Alam passed the order after hearing on a petition

GAZIPUR: A man, who was awarded three years imprisonment, died of cardiac arrest at Kashimpur jail on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 36, former member of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), son of late Abdul Khalek, hailed from Pirujali village under Gazipur Sadar of

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that technical college will be set up in each upazila of the country to make the manpower skilled, competent. The premier came up with the disclosure while addressing a program at Diploma Engineers Institute Auditorium in city on Wednesday. Sheikh

TANGAIL: A man was killed and 30 others sustained injuries in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of the district Wednesday.Details of the deceased and the injured could not be known immediately. Witnesses said a Dhaka-bound passenger bus named Mahanagar fell

DHAKA: Survivors of the Rana Plaza building collapse one year ago in Bangladesh are still suffering from their injuries and loss of income, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. International companies that sourced garments from five factories operating in the Rana Plaza building are not

KUSHTIA: Two Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were injured as smugglers attacked them in Bilgathua frontier under Daulatpur upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The injured are- Abdul Aziz and Haridas.Kushtia BGB-32 Battalion Deputy Commander Major Mehedi Hasan told

NARAYNGANJ: A youth was knifed to death and two others were injured by thief duo in Fatulla under Sadar upazila of the city early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Sohag, a hardware worker. Police said two thieves, identified as Titu and Insan, entered into one Moin Uddin’s

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 personnel held two people with huge bomb making equipments from capital’s Uttara area early Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off the law enforcers raided a house at Abdullahpur and detained the duo with 10 types of explosives.RAB-2 Additional SP Raihan

RANGPUR: BNP’s long march caravan will set off for the Teesta Barrage at Dalia-Doani point in Lalmonithat from the district on Wednesday morning.The long march will start travelling after a short rally at the Rangpur central Shaheed Minar at 9:00am where BNP acting secretary general

JESSORE: A suspected extremist was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Abhaynagar upazila of the district early Wednesday. Five policemen also sustained injuries during the gunbattle.The deceased was identified as Saiful Shikari, 32, son of Mohon Shikari of Shakarpasha village of

GAZIPUR: Over 100 readymade garment workers have fallen sick due to food poisoning after having tiffin served at GM Tex Limited in Kashimpur Sultan Market area of the city on Tuesday night.Local sources said some hundred workers of the garment factory fell sick after having the food from

DHAKA: Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Tuesday said the government is set to open information center at every public hospital.The health minister also said to provide information to the journalists and others, a spokesperson also would be appointed for every

LALMONIRHAT: Acting Secretary General of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday claimed water flow in Teesta River increased after Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) staged long march.The spokesperson for the party came up with assertion in an interview with banglanews at North View

BAGERHAT: A Bagerhat court on Tuesday awarded life-time imprisonment to six people in a case filed for killing a local contactor by hacking.Judge SM Saiful Islam of the District and Sessions Judge passed the order on Tuesday afternoon.The convicts are Abdul Sheikh and Abbas Sheikh, two