ASHULIA: At least five readymade garment workers of a factory of Dhaka Export Procession Zone (DEPZ) Old Zone were injured as fire broke out at the factory. Sources said fire broke out at a Korean factory and engulfed the factory around 5:30pm on Tuesday.On information, three fire

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday alleged that the government is insulting Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus.The former president of the country came up with the allegation in a statement.Ershad said, “Dr Yunus is not a general people. He is the first Nobel winner in the

MAGURA: Two brothers drowned in a pond at Shotokhali village in Shalikha upazila of the district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Kaiser, 7 and Ami, 4, offspring of expatriate Ohid Sheikh of the village.Sources said the two minor went missing while they were playing beside the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday awarded 37-year imprisonment to a person in a case for his involvement in killing wife.The court also fined the man Tk 25,000 compensation, in default, he has to serve 3 more years jail.Dhaka-3 additional metropolitan session judge Dr Aktaruzzaman passed

DHAKA: The 2013 version of the most widely read university comparison rankings have been released.The QS World University Rankings® consider more than 2,000 schools and evaluates more than 700 to rank the world`s best and compare rankings by region, subject, academic field, research,

BARISHAL: At least 20 students injured as lightening struck at a girls’ school in Agailjhara upazila of the district on Tuesday.The incident took place at Shreemoti Matri Mangal Girls’ High School in the noon. Critically injured class-VII student Priyanka Sarkar and class-VI student

MAGURA: A lightning strike at Shyamnagar village of Mahammadpur upazila of the district killed a college student on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Azizar Rahman Mridha, 17, a class-XI student and son of late Abdur Rouf of the area.Sources said Azizar was seriously

DHAKA: M Nazmul Quaunine  presented  his credentials to Grand Chief Sir Michael Ogio, Governor-General of Independent State of Papua New Guinea on September 10 as concurrently accredited High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Papua New Guinea at the Government House in Port

DHAKA: On 6 September the UK government announced changes to the immigration rules that will benefit businesses, international students and skilled workers.The changes to the business visitor route will allow employees to undertake corporate training in the UK where it is delivered by an

DHAKA: The International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment and the Human Development and Research Centre organized five panel discussions linked to five ongoing researches. The topics were--Skills and

DHAKA: The Speedy Trial Tribunal on Tuesday recorded deposition of two more people in a case of killing tailor Biswajit Das.Jagannath University Registrar Rezaul Karim and Advocate Syed Shahin Ara Laili gave their deposition before Dhaka-4 Speedy Trial Tribunal on Tuesday.Speedy Trial

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Awami League Lawmaker Golam Maula Rony in three cases filed for assaulting two journalists of a private TV channel.An HC vacation bench comprising Justice Nizamul Haq Nasim and Justice Kashifa Hossain passed the order Tuesday.After the

LONDON: Two youths attempted to harass Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu in London office of the private television channel ATN Bangla on Monday night (UK time).The Information Minister attended the closing ceremony on E– Commerce at Bangladesh High Commission to London as per tour

DHAKA: The government on Tuesday sought explanation from Indian government about their plan to deploy drone on border.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Director General (external publicity) of the foreign ministry Shameem Ahsan told banglanews: “We have sought clarification from

DHAKA: Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of India once again reiterated that diversion of forest land in Mizoram for the construction of Tipaimukh Multipurpose Dam should not be sanctioned.The committee said this in a meeting with Ministry of Environment and Forest on August 13 and 14, over

CHUADANGA:  Indian Border Security Force (BSF) abducted a Bangladeshi cattle trader at Benipur border in Jibannagar upazila early Tuesday.The victim was identified as Billal Hossain, 40, son of Robi Kamal of Mosheshpur upazila in Jhenaidah.BGB and local sources said a special team of BSF

DHAKA: The High Court granted bail to Awami League Lawmaker Gulam Maula Rony in a case filed for assaulting two journalists of a TV channel.HC vacation bench comprising Justice Nizamul Haq Nasim and Justice Kashifa Hossain passed the order Tuesday.Rony also pleaded for bail in two more

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has expressed his joy as per capita income of the country crossed $1000.Joy has given a status update on his facebook page in this regard at 9:20am Tuesday.The post reads as it is below- “Today Bangladesh measured another

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion-4 arrested four muggers with ransom money from city’s Bhasantek area early Tuesday.The identity of the detainees could not be disclosed yet.The elite force, meanwhile, recovered a pair of handcuff, a toy pistol and TK 2,50,000 ransom money.RAB-4 captain

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Monday sought a clarification on reports that the BSF plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on the skylines over Bangladesh frontiers even as the force said it has no "specific plans as such"."We have officially taken up with the Indian authorities for a