DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) on Sunday placed a complaint against an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) to the Home Affairs Ministry for beating of an Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO).EC alleged that Lauhajang Thana Assistant Sub-Inspector Emdad beat Dr ATM Mahbubul Karim, the UNO of Gazaria

DHAKA: Counting is going on after voting in 91 upazilas of 43 districts in fourth phase of elections on Sunday amid stray incidents of violence.The counting of votes started immediately after the end of voting at 4:00pm.The voting began at 8:00am and continued for eight hours without any

DHAKA: The government will not take financial assistance from Islami Bank for the program of singing national anthem ‘Aamar Sonar Bangla’ by hundreds of thousands of people on the occasion of upcoming Independence Day that falls on March 26.The disclosure came from a statement signed

DHAKA: A devastating fire broke out at garment factory in city’s Farmgate area, near to Purnima Cinema Hall, on Sunday afternoon.Local sources said that the fire broke out at the seventh floor of a multi-storey building in the area around 2:10pm.On information, three units of fire

DHAKA: BNP led 19-party alliance called hartal in three upazilas of Khulna, Feni and Barisal districts for Monday protesting the vote manipulation in the ongoing fourth phase upazila election.In Barisal, BNP-backed candidate SM Afjal Hossain, Awami League rebel candidate Jothindranath

MUNSHIGANJ: Baluakandi Union Parishad Chairman was shot to death in a clash with two groups of the party in Gazaria area of the district during the fourth phase of upazila Parishad elections on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Samsuddin Prodhan, 40, Chairman of Baluakandi union

DHAKA: The 48 newly elected members of parliament (MPs) from the reserved women seats in the National Parliament took oath on Sunday morning.Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to the 48 female lawmakers from Awami League (AL), Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad) Saomajtantrik Dal

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) postponed voting in 32 polling centres in different upazilas on allegation of snatching of ballot boxes and stray violence.Election Commissioner Abdul Mobarak made the disclosure in a press conference at EC secretariat on Sunday afternoon.Postponed centers

DHAKA: A woman, aged around 50, was killed in a road accident in city’s Dayaganj area on Sunday morning.The identity of the victim could not be known immediately.Rickshaw Van puller Karimullah said that he found an injured woman lying in a pool of blood  on the road around 8:00am and

CHANDPUR: A Presiding Officer, appointed at Shahrasti upazila of the district for the fourth phase of upazila polls, has been withdrawn from his duty over allegation rules violation.The withdrawn presiding officer is identified as Delwar Hossain.Executive Magistrate also Deputy

JESSORE: The prize giving ceremony of “Bashundhara Cup Golf Tournament-2014” was held in Jessore Golf and Country Club playground on Saturday night.Area Commander of Jessore and 55 Infantry Division, General Officer Commanding Major General SM Matiur Rahman distributed the prizes

NARAYANGANJ: Three people were killed and three others sustained injuries when railing of a garment factory collapsed on a running auto-rickshaw during storm at Fatullah in Sadar Upazila of the district Saturday night.The deceased were identified Wazuddin, the driver of the auto-rikshaw,

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