DHAKA: At least 7 people were injured when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw in Demra Bridge area of the capital at 8:00am Friday.The injured were decorator workers –Rani, 25, Rani, 26, Laily, 30, Taslima, 24, Sumi, 24, Mamata, 20 and Monir Hossin, 32, driver of the CNG.Fellow

DHAKA: Using NASA`s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" -- the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. The discovery of Kepler-186f confirms that

KALIAKAIR, GAZIPUR: Two passengers were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kharajura area under Kaliakair upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Joynal Abedin, 55 and Wahid, 40.Sources said that a speedy truck

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the teachers are working as the makers of the nation’s root. Inu was addressing the Liberation War affairs session of the 140th Basic Training Course at the auditorium of National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) in the city on

NATORE: A minor boy was burnt to death while in sleep at Telkupi village under Sadar upazila of the district Friday early.    The deceased was identified as Shihab, 12, son of Shaidul Islam of the village.District Fire Service and Civil Defense sources said “the fire caught at

DHAKA: Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan was rescued from capital’s Kalabagan area on Thursday night.               He is now at Dhanmondi Thana.             Sources said

BANDARBAN: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained two smugglers with 14, 000 pieces Yaba tablet on Thursday night from Nikhonchhari upazila of the district.The detainees are Ismail Hossain, 36 and Anwar Hossain 14, hailed from Pallan Para village under Teknaf upazila of Cox’s

DHAKA: A five-member search team was formed to rescue Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan.Police sources said Sheikh Mohammad Maruf, Additional Commissioner (ADC) of Police Headquarters, wad made chief to

DHAKA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) appointed Kazuhiko Higuchi as the new Country Director for Bangladesh. A press release made the disclosure in a press release on Thursday.He will replace Teresa Kho, who was appointed to New Delhi as the head of its mission there.Japanese national

DHAKA: A four-day long animation cartoon festival is going to be held with the theme ‘Shishura Sajabei Notun Prithibi (Children will Furnish the New World)’ at the Central Public Library from April 20.Children Communication Bangladesh (CCB) will organize the festival, the 2nd

DHAKA: The 40th Customer Care, Symphony Smile, was inaugurated at level 5 of Bashundahra City in the capital on Thursday, said a press release.  M Aminur Rashid, Chairman Edison Group & Jakaria Shahid, MD, Edison Group opened the customer care. Morshed-uz_Zaman, Head of Service, Symphony

NEW YORK: Appreciating Bangladesh’s achievements in various fields, the United States has said it has kept pressing Bangladesh for a greater political inclusion to ensure a more stable and prosperous future.“In Bangladesh, we continue to press for greater political inclusion, without

DHAKA: The government issued directives for the students or any other group to take permission from chief of respective institution for going to study tour or excursion.Education Ministry on Thursday issued an order signed by senior assistant secretary Shahin Akhter in this regard.The

DHAKA: Eminent persons have sought Prime Minister’s intervention to rescue Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan.They came up with the plea in a press conference at BRAC Inn Centre on Thursday

DHAKA: The government confiscated all properties of Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza, in connection with tragic collapse of the building in Savar killing that killed over 1,134 people.Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Sheikh Yusuf Harun confirmed the matter while talking to journalists on

COX’S BAZAR: A ban has been imposed asking tourists not to go for bath in the Bay in Saint Martins until further notice is issued after demarking danger zone in the area.Cox’s Bazar District Administration and Beach Management Committee took the decision in a meeting at deputy

NATORE: Two people, including a schoolboy were killed in Baraigram upazila of the district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Sajeeb, 12, student of class-VII of Vitakazipur Fakirbari High School and Rozina Khatun, 28, wife of one Monirul Islam, resident of Jonail village of the

DHAKA: Twelve kidnapped Bangladeshi in Iran returned Dhaka on Thursday morning.Government with the help of Jessore-based non-government organization Rights brought them home at 10:00am.Police Headquarters’ senior officer AKM Kamrul Ahsan confirmed the matter to banglanews.Details on the

DHAKA: The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to attend her office on April 30 as a Minister for Science and Technology.In a letter from Prime Minister Office said that on the day the premier will visit the ministry and give directions to the officials.Earlier on February 6, the Prime

DHAKA: Doctors at Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (Birdem) Hospital on Thursday again warned of going on work abstention from Monday, if the assaulters remained unpunished till then.The doctors came up with the warning at a