SUNAMGANJ: Two people were killed and three others injured when a microbus plunged into a roadside ditch in Dhamodotto Tripti area on Sylhet-Sunamganj highway on Saturday midnight. The deceased was identified as Kador Ali, son of Faijur Rahman and Abu Bakkar, 45, son of late Abdul Fazil.

RAJBARI: A 15-year old schoolgirl drowned in the Naran Babu Road area of Sadar Municipality of the district on Thursday noon.The deceased was identified as Umme Nur-e Azam Medha, student of class-VII, and only daughter of Advocate Shafiqul Azam Mamun PP also joint secretary of district

DHAKA: The government is going to take decision in building barbed wire fences along Myanmar border for stopping infiltration of Rohingyas.It also is going to increase the number of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members to patrol in the frontier area strictly.Sources said the decision

RETURN FROM KHAGRACHHARI: A total of 84 indigenous people from 21 families have been living at classrooms of Babuchhara High School for around a month after they were “evicted” from their own land at Babuchhara in the district.    “We had been evicted from our land in 1960

KURIGRAM: A Kurigram court on Thursday awarded life-term rigorous imprisonment to six people in a murder case in Fulbari upazila of the district. The court also released 20 people, including a woman, finding them innocent of the charge. Additional District and Session Judge Nur Mohammad

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: A four-year-old boy drowned in a ditch at Hotatpara village under Shibganj upazila of the district on Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Shuvo, son of Badsha Ali of the village. Locals said Shuvo was playing with other kids near a mango garden. At one stage,

CHITTAGONG: Torrential downpour caused severe water-logging leaving people marooned in low-lying areas in the port city which paralysed the normal life for third day on Sunday. Sources said that mainly the office goers and students of educational institutions suffered here a lot while

DHAKA: Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury commented that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will not work in empty stomach. The minister said in her speech on the development of agriculture in the second day of ‘Vision 2030: Framework for Economic Policy Making and

DHAKA: Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury commented that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will not work in empty stomach. The minister said in her speech on the development of agriculture in the second day of ‘Vision 2030: Framework for Economic Policy Making and

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 sent Mohammad Akram Hossain, accused for crimes against humanity during 1971. A three-member bench of ICT-1 led by Judge M Inayetur Rahim passed the order when the accused was produced before it on Sunday. Earlier on Friday, Rajshahi police

DHAKA: Bangladeshi workers in Iraq, if necessary, can take temporary shelter in Iran by crossing the border, said expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain. The minister told media after the ministry’s migration crisis observation committee

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said the visit of Sushma Swaraj, the External Affairs Minister of India, to Bangladesh will start a new horizon between the two nations. Abul Hassan said on Sunday Sushma will come to Bangladesh on Wednesday on three day official visit. 

DHAKA: There is some uncertainty in holding the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit of eight South Asian countries in Katmandu of Nepal in November. In the 35th meeting of the foreign ministers of the countries on February decided to hold the summit in Nepal.

DHAKA: A fire broke out at East-south plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhabhan on Wednesday morning. Sources said that the fire originated at commerce minister Tofail Ahmed’s office, housed at third floor of East-south plaza, around 8:32am. But the reason of fire origination could not be

BANDARBAN: A tense situation is prevailing at Naikkhangchari frontier of the district as Myanmar border Guard Police (BGP) once again fired mortar shell on Tuesday night. BGP fired at Jamchhari and Prottajhiri border line under Naikkhangchari upazila around 10:30pm. Local union parishad

DHAKA: In a latest development, some seven additional secretaries and 23 joint secretaries were reshuffled inside the administration. Separate orders were issued in this regard on Tuesday afternoon. BDST: 2130 HRS JUN 03, 2014

GAZIPUR: The railway communications between Chittagong and Dhaka has been restored after five hours of suspension following the derailment of a train in Pubail of the district. But, the rail communications between Dhaka and Sylhet is yet to be resumed, railway officials said to

DHAKA: The government has appointed five new Additional Deputy Commissioners (ADCs) to Rangamati, Brahmanbaria, Cox’s Bazar, Sirajganj and Gazipur district.  The Public Administration Affairs Ministry on Monday issued a gazette notification in this regard which was published on

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus received the prestigious Equitas Award for Human Rights in Montreal Canada on May 28. The Chair of Equitas Board, Director in Residence at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, Melissa Sonberg, presented the Award for

ASHULIA, SAVAR: A man was killed and at least 10 others were injured as a human hauler plunged into a roadside ditch at Ashulia, at the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Hossain Ahmed, 40, proprietor of Audik Source Buying House at Uttara in