DHAKA: The external publicity wing of foreign affairs ministry protested the published reports on summoning of Bangladesh deputy high commissioner by the chief minister of Indian state of West Bengal.“Attention has been drawn to some media reporting about summoning of Bangladesh

JHEENAIDAH: A couple was found dead at a clinic of Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.On information, police recovered the bodies, said a spot account of the accident.The deceased were identified as Jewel Hossain, 31, son of Jhontu Fakir and Jewel’s wife Nasrin Khatun,

DHAKA: Member Secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports Anu Muhammad on Saturday alleged that the government is providing assets, including Bay of Bengal, to India, America, China and Japan.“The government is providing assets,

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi construction worker was killed and two others were injured in Malaysia as bricks were fallen on them.The accident took place at Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway area in Malaysia on Saturday noon.The identity of the deceased, aged around 30, could not be known

DHAKA: A Thai-glass fitter was killed as he fell down from a high-rise building in city’s Motijheel area on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Khokon Mia, 35, son of Konu Mia hailed from Brahmanbaria district.Sources said he fell from the fourteenth floor of a 20-storey building

DHAKA: Dr Mahbub Ullah, a former teacher of Dhaka University, was physically assaulted by a gang of miscreants at the premises of the Supreme Court on Saturday noon.He was attacked while he came out from a book launching ceremony of BNP Standing Committee Member Barrister Moudud

KOLKATA: ‘Story’, a well-known publisher in Indian city of Kolkata, brings out Bangladeshi author Saiful Hasan’s book ‘Sambala’ in English.Arindam Mukherjee, prominent writer from India, translated the book.Bangladesh deputy high commission to Kolkata first secretary (Press)

NEW YORK: A Bangladesh-expatriate US citizen filed a lawsuit against naming a road after late President Ziaur Rahman in Chicago in Illinois State in the USA on Saturday.He filed the case on behalf of the US unit of Awami League. AL US unit President Dr Siddiqur Rahman confirmed the

SIRAJGANJ: A Swechhasebak League leader was killed in a road accident at Sirajganj Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Monirul Islam, 43, son of Ainal Hossain of Kodda Krishnapur union, member of district Swechhasebak League.Police and

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Railway (BR) authorities on Saturday evicted over 2,000 illegal shops set up beside rail-lines from city’s Khilgaon to Malibagh areas.The drive to evict these illegal shops started in the morning and continued till 2:15pm.Railway Land Property Division Officer

RAJSHAHI:  Two children drowned in a pond in Dakra village under Charghat upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Mostafa Kamal, son of Islam Hossain, and Khokon, son of Shahadul of the village.Both were 11 years old and students of class V of Dakra Primary

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday termed the government “illegal” as the people of the country do not have faith and support to the government.‘The people have no faith and support to the incumbent Awami League and the government has also no responsibility towards

DHAKA: Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) President Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed praised the role of working women saying that they have made Bangladesh second largest garments (RMG) exporting country.The chief of country’s top business organization came

KHULNA: Bashundhara Cement has awarded 170 successful retail cement sellers at Khulna Club in the district on Friday night. The award giving ceremony ‘Retailers Night’ of M/S Abdul Razzak Aziz was held in a festive mode around 9:30pm. Khulna Chamber of Commerce and Industries

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called for work together in fighting climate change.The PM made the call during the inaugural ceremony of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Secretariat at Gulshan-2 in

RIYADH: Authorities at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has taken tougher measures on illegal pilgrims’ identification.The steps include strong punishment to them, who will come to perform hajj without a permit.Usually, KSA citizens and expatriates perform hajj without permit that makes

BOGRA: An official of Bangladesh Army was electrocuted in Domonpukur area under Shajahanpur upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased was identified as Golam Mostofa, 40, Sergeant of Comilla Cantonment and son of one Monu Uddin of the area.Police sources said that he was in vacation

DHAKA: A cake seller woman was killed in a road accident in city’s Mirpur area on Friday evening.The deceased was identified as Razia, 40.Daughter of the deceased Bithi told banglanews that a rashly driven passenger bus knocked her mother down while she was crossing the road in the

DHAKA: The leaders and officials of World Health Organization (WHO) are enchanted watching Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sincerity in developing the health sector of the country. WHO’s Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh came up with the assertion in a

Dhaka: The Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions senior Army leaders will meet during the second week of September which will be held in Dhaka. They will meet for the thirty-eighth Pacific Armies Management Seminar (PAMS) where around 23 nations in the region will attend the seminar,