DHAKA: A post-poll survey has revealed that the majority of Bangladeshis want political parties to sit across the table and take immediate steps for holding fresh elections in the national interest.Democracy International (DI) on Sunday released the findings of what it calls ‘Nationwide

KUSHTIA: A minor girl was killed in a road accident on Kushtia-Alamdanga road in Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Akhi Khatun, 8, daughter of Akbar Ali, hailed from Kaburhat area of the upazila, also a student of class II of a local

DHAKA: Street sex workers are across Bangladesh are being increasingly exposed to HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) resulting in death and infertility.    Rampant unprotected heterosexual intercourse with multiple partners is fuelling the spread of veneral diseases in urban

FROM IJTEMA GROUND: A total of 26 pilgrims died during this year’s Biswa Ijtema, world’s second largest congregation of Muslims, on the banks of river Turag in the outskirts of Dhaka city. Biswa Ijtema health camp sources said that ten people died in the first phase and ten others in

GAZIPUR: A father and his daughter were killed as a septic tank explosion in Markun area Tongi upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Mostafa Kamal, 60 and his daughter Mukta Akhtar, 22. Local sources said that the explosion occurred at around 6:00am

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered to return the seized items of the daily Inqilab on charge of publishing fabricated news. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order after hearing on the plea of its senior reporter Afzal Bari seeking the court’s order to get

DHAKA: The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) put blockade on streets of the city’s Azimpur, New market and Dhaka University areas on Sunday. Following a road accident, the students created blockade and vandalized a private car. Earlier, a BUET

DHAKA:  The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday framed charges against Syed Qaiser for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the liberation war. The Justice Obaidul Hasan-led three-member ICT has charged Qaiser, a former Jatiya Party state minister, on 16

SAVAR, DHAKA: At least 20 people were injured as a passenger bus overturned on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Jorpul bus stand area of Savar in city on Sunday morning. The injured were sent to local hospital. Sources said that a Gulistan-bound bus of D-link Paribahan overturned on Jorpul bus

MOULAVIBAZAR: The monthly allowance for freedom fighters (FF) has increased to Tk 5,000 which was previously Tk 2,000. Liberation war affairs AKM A. K.M. Mozammel Huq came up with the declaration while addressing a rally arranged by Muktijuddher Chetona Bastobayon Mancha and Road

FROM IJTEMA GROUND: Lakhs of people participated in the Akheri Munajat, final prayer, in the second phase of 49th Biswa Ijtema, the second largest religious congregation for Muslims around the globe, in Tongi, near Dhaka on Sunday.The munajat, conducted by Maulana Zubayerul Hasan from

  FROM IJTEMA GROUND: Final day of the second phase of Biswa Injtema, second largest religious congregation for Muslims around the globe, is set to end through offering Akheri Munajat or final prayer on Sunday. Sources from the Ijtema ground said that pilgrims of the 49th grand

MYMENSINGH: At least six people were killed and 10 more injured in a head-on collision between bus and Leguna in Amtali area under Bhaluka upazila of the district on Saturday midnight.The deceased were identified as Abdus Salam, 50, Liton Mia, 32, Helal, 32, Akram, 32, Ashraf, 30 and

GAZIPUR: Former industry minister Motiur Rahman Nizami,  and former state minister for home affairs Lutfuzzaman Babar—the death row convicts in 10-truck arms haul cane--were taken to Kashimpur Jail from Chittagong.Senior Jail Super of Kashimpur jail Abdur Razzak told banglanews that a

DHAKA: A fire broke out at a soap factory in Kasaituli area of the capital on Saturday evening.Sources said that six firefighting units from Fire Service and Civil Defense rushed in and doused the fire.However, the origination of the fire broken out around 6:00pm could not be known

NAOGAON: Border Security Force (BSF) of India detained two Bangladeshi nationals from Kalmudanaga border under Sapahar upazila of the district on Saturday morning.The abductees are Arif Hossain, 27 and Humayun Ahmed, 25 of the area.Local sources said a patrol team of Taltoli BSF camp held

CHITTAGONG: Two people, including a schoolboy, were killed in separate road crashes in the district on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Ayman Faysal, 14, a student of class IX, son of Haji Abdus Sabur from Uttar Kattoli area and M Shah Alam, 40, a shop owner from Lohagara

TANGAIL: Two youths were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kalihati upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Rifat, 14, son of Abdul Halim and Imrul, 17, son of Mintu Sarker hailed from Nagarbari village of Kalihati

DHAKA: Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) asked universities/colleges, which have been taking in development and research work on different drones/remote controlled light aircraft, to abide by the appropriate rules & regulations of BAF. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a press

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the month-long ‘Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2014’ on Saturday afternoon at Bangla Academy premises.The premier inaugurated the fair around 3:30pm and hand over Bangla Academy Award-2014 to poets, writers, researchers and educators.Bangladesh