GAZIPUR: Agitated RMG workers staged protest by blocking Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in MC Bazar area under Sreepur upazila of the district on Saturday in protest against workers’ job cut by factory authority.Meanwhile, another factory authority declared the factory lay off to avoid

GAZIPUR: At least 20 readymade garment workers injured in a clash with police on Dhaka-Tangail highway on Saturday morning.Witnesses said that workers of SQ garments came out on roads at around 09:30am and attacked adjacent garments as the neighboring Kostoks garments workers did not

ASULIA, DHAKA: Authorities of five readymade garments in Ashulia shut their factories for Saturday following unwanted workers’ agitation.Locals said the agitated workers of Noble Comfort Composite Limited along with workers of four other factories started protest at the factory premises

DHAKA: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) submitted charge sheet against former state minister of Bangladesh Abul Hasan over Padma Bridge graft scam.Canadian police submitted charge against Abul Hasan and Julfikar Ali Bhuiyan on September 26, but the matter was disclosed on

DHAKA: At least eight people were injured in a road accident at golchattar in front of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport of the city on Saturday morning.The injured were rushed to the nearby hospital.Sources said a Gazipur-bound bus of Balaka Paribahan turned into turtle at around

DHAKA: The 67th birth day of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Awami League is being celebrated across the country Saturday.Prime Minister Hasina is now in New York for attending the 68th UN General Assembly.On this day in 1947, Sheikh Hasina, elder daughter of

DHAKA: Four people were injured in head-on collision between a truck and a microbus in capital’s Basabo Buddhist Monastery area early Saturday.The identity of the injured could not be known immediately.Witnesses said a Khilgaon-bound goods-laden truck collided with microbus coming from

Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in.I was born in 1940 in Hathazari, Chittagong, which is now part of Bangladesh. Education was always important to my parents and with what little we had they were able to provide an education

THAKURGAON: Two devotees were killed as lighting struck them in Paria village of Baliadanga upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased were identified as Abul Hossain, 25 and Hasmat Uddin, 105.Witnesses said that they were returning home after saying Jumma prayer. On the way, it

KHULNA: The Long march towards Sundarbans demanding the cancellation of Rampal Power Project to save the mangrove forest reached at the Shaheed Hadis Park of the city on Friday afternoon.Here the participants of the Long march organized a rally. The Long march will stay in the city for

DHAKA: The 11th Children Art Competition of Bangladesh China Friendship Center (BCFC) will be held in the National Art Gallery of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at 10:00am on September 28.The competition titled “Dreamland China” is organised by Bangladesh China Friendship Center in

DHAKA: More than 20 publishers from Bangladesh are showcasing a rich diversity of novels, essays, short stories at the Bangladesh Book Fair here in Kolakata of West Bengal which is a treat for the readers.The 3rd Bangladesh Book Fair, that began Thursday, is drawing book lovers to try

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Two persons including a woman were killed in two separate incidents of lighting in Monnatola and Kharial village under Shibganj upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased are Kalu, son of late Estad Ali of Monnatola and Hamida Begum, 55, wife of Isarul Islam of

DHAKA: At least six people were injured in a road accident at High Court intersection in the capital on Friday afternoon. Sources said that a driver of a rashly-driven Gulistan-bound bus lost control over steering and hit ‘Kodom Fuara’ when he wanted to save an auto rickshaw coming

SUNAMGANJ: A husband and wife committed suicide with a rope at Charnarchar village under Dirai Upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Bhanu Maisyo Das, 25 and his wife Doli Maisyo Das, 22.Charnarchar union parisad chairman told banglanews, “Victim’s

RAJBARI: After fighting for life for three days, Pangsha Union Parisad member who sustained bullet injury in an attack by miscreants, died on Friday morning at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.The deceased was identified as Debesh Kumar, 35, a member of ward no.3 of the Pangsha UP, also

NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni categorically said that Bangladesh had never failed to stand on the side of the Palestinian people and would continue to do so.“Guided by its constitutional obligation to support oppressed peoples throughout the world waging a just struggle

New York: The Bangladeshi business delegates Wednesday were overwhelmed to exchange their views with the top level businessmen in USA at a meeting jointly hosted by US Pan Asian Chamber of Commerce and US Bangladesh Partners, as well as Bangladesh Embassy to the USA and Bangladesh

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 in a drive held 13 people including a police officer from gambling game in capital’s Hazaribagh area on Thursday night.Confirming the matter RAB-2 Major Rakib told banglanews, “A team of RAB-2 raided a house of Baddanagar area at around 11:45pm

DHAKA: The World Tourism Day (WTD) is being celebrated in Friday across the country like elsewhere around the world.The theme of the year is “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future".Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB), the National Tourism Organization (NTO have chalked out a 16-day