DHAKA: Two shops were burnt to ashes when a fire broke out at Pallabi Shopping Centre in Mirpur area of the city early Sunday.The incident took place at 3:00am. No casualties were reported.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Pallabi Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sayed Ziauzzaman said

DHAKA: Voting in 91 upazilas of 43 districts is underway from Sunday morning in the fourth phase of fourth upazila polls of the country under tight security.Election Commission (EC) sources said that some 1277 candidates are taking part in the upazila polls. The voting started from 8:00am

DHAKA: Four shops were gutted in a devastating fire broke out at Multiplan Center, a computer market, at Elephant Road in the city on Saturday night.Sources said the fire broke out around 9:00pm and on information, 14 fire fighting units rushed to the spot and doused the fire after one

DHAKA: Spokesperson for Japan Koichi Mizushima on Saturday said Japan would provide US$ 1.18 billion for five projects in Bangladesh under the Official Development Assistance (ODA). In a press conference at a city hotel the spokesman Mizushima said, “We’re not in a stage to give you

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, who is now in USA, wants that the returning officers and law enforcers to take prompt actions against troublemakers in the polls.The CEC came up with the direction in an e-mail sent to his colleagues in the Election

BAGERHAT: A man was killed and 12 others injured in a road accident on Khulna-Mongla highway at Rampal upazila of the district on Saturday evening.The deceased was indentified as Abdus Sobahan, 42, hailed from Fultala village under Betagi Upazila of Barguna district.Bagerhat highway out

CHITTAGONG: A freedom fighter was killed as a train knocked him down in Baryarhat area under Jorarganj Thana of Mirersarai upazila of the district. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 57.Witnesses said a Dhaka-bound train knocked the victim while he was trying to cross the

DHAKA: Traffic haulage on five roads will remain closed for the programme of ‘Lakho Kanthe Sonar Bangla’ in the capital on March 26. The roads are from Mirpur 10 intersection to Khejur Bagan area of Sangshad premises, Bijoy Sarani circle to Chandrima Udyan, Shyamoli Shishumela to

DHAKA: An official was sacked and two others were suspended in Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital on Saturday following a patient died after being locked in the hospital lift. Sources said the punitive actions were taken against them after Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad

FROM NATIONAL PARADE SQUARE: Anybody can avail the opportunity of becoming a part of history by joining the chorus of the program ‘Lakho Kanthe Sonar Bangla’-country’s National Anthem to be sung on the 44th National Independence and National Day at National Parade Square in the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that any killing in the name of Islam will not be tolerated.She said on Saturday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on the occasion of 39th founding anniversary of Islamic Foundation.The PM said that people who are involved in creating

NEW YORK: Bangladeshi Consul General in USA Monirul Islam and his wife were sued by his former domestic help Masud Parvez Rana at Manhattan federal court on Friday.This case has become one of the hottest gossips after the incident of Devyani Khobragade scandal.According to Masud Parvez

GAZIPUR: A death-row convict, who was detained in Kashimpur High Security Jail, died at Gazipur Sadar Hospital on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Rahim Khan, 70, son of Aziz Khan, hailed from Oshtobagh under Sadar Thana of Kishoreganj. He was sentenced to death in a killing

JESSORE: Bashundhara Cup Golf Tournament 2014 kicked off in Jessore Golf and Country Club playground of the district on Saturday morning.General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 55 Infantry Division, also Jessore Area Commander Major General SM Motiur Rahman inaugurated the tournament by

DHAKA: An unidentified youth was run over by a train in capital’s Banani area on Saturday morning.Police sources said that a train knocked the youth while he was walking on the rail track in the area around 10:00am, leaving him critically injured.He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College

DHAKA: Led by the Jean Lambert, Chairperson of the Delegation for relations with South Asia, a team of the European Parliament will come to Bangladesh on March 24 on a two-day visit.This mission comes ahead of the first anniversary of the catastrophic Rana Plaza building collapse, which

FENI: A man was killed and two others hurt in a blast during making bomb in Ahmmedpur village under Sonagazi upazila of the district early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Dulal Hossain, 30, while the injured are Sharif and Azad.Locals said that a blast took place at 4:00am while

DHAKA: Police recovered two dead bodies from Uttara area of the capital from Friday night to Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Imran Hossain, 17, hailed from Uttarkhan and Ismail Khandakar, 62, hailed from Abdullahpur.Dakkhinkhan Thana Sub-Inspector Nizam Uddin told

DHAKA: The World Water Day is being observed significantly in home and abroad on Saturday. This time the theme is “Water and Energy.”Every year the day is celebrated worldwide concerning freshwater with great consequence.Bangladesh National Committee of ICID (BANCID) in association

DHAKA: Two Bangladeshis among nine people were killed when Taliban gunmen attacked a luxury hotel in Afghanistan Friday.The identity of the Bangladeshi deceased could not be known immediately.The attack took place on Thursday night local time, when four men with pistols stuffed in their