MANIKGANJ: Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Kelia Bridge area at Dhamrai upazila on Thursday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.  Local sources said a passenger bus of Janoseba Paribahan fell down in

DHAKA: The parliamentary standing committee said no more jute mills would be sold through Privatization Commission. The decision came from a meeting of parliamentary standing committee on textiles and jute ministry at the Parliament building on Thursday. The meeting decided that the

DHAKA: Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday warned the recruiting agency owners saying not to sell the countrymen in the name of overseas employment. He also declared that the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting

DHAKA: A meeting was held between Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and commonwealth general Secretary Kamalesh Sharma at secretariat office in London’s Marlborough House on Wednesday. The public relation department issued a press release on Thursday confirming the meeting. In the

DHAKA: An elderly person was killed in a road accident at city’s Mirpur area on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Zahir Uddin, 70, hailed from Gazipur. Nazma Begum, daughter of the victim told banglanews that a rashly driven minibus rammed her father in Mirpur-Diabari area when

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also incumbent Awami League president, on Thursday warned those, who tried time and again to subdue Bangalese, saying they will have no place in Bangla. “The killers started conspiring against the country and its independence just after the

DHAKA: A traffic police was killed as a speedy bus hit him while he was on duty at Mohakhali area in the capital on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mojaffar Hossain, 40. Operation Officer Abu Bakar Miah of Banani Thana confirmed the matter to banglanews. The accident left him

DHAKA: General (Retd) VK Singh, Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs will visit Bangladesh on August 24.  He will attend the India-Bangladesh Business Conclave titled “A New Phase in

PANCHAGAR: India’s Border Security Force (BSF) held a Bangladeshi national from Shing Road border area of the district on Thursday morning. The detainee is a fisherman Aktarul Islam, son of Hemat Ali and resident of Pradhanpara village under Chaklahat union of the sadar upazila of the

BARISAL: A leader of 'Sarbahara' extremist group was killed in a gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Babuganj upazila at 4:30pm Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Jalil alias Kana Jalil, second-in-command of 'Sarbahara' Kamrul group. Captain Abul Bashar of Rab-8

DHAKA: Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC observed the National Mourning Day on Thursday, marking the 39th death anniversary of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with due solemnity. The day began with the hoisting of the National Flag at half-mast on the Embassy

DHAKA: Information minister Hasanul Haque Inu said that criticisms of the broadcast policy are not acceptable as the government is working for ensuring the freedom of the journalists. He came up with the assertion in a discussion marking national mourning day at the Press Institute of

DHAKA: Japanese Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Norihiko Ishiguro expressed their interest to invest more in Power and Energy sector of Bangladesh. They are also interested to invest in those sectors which were affected by the treat of climate change. Norihiko made the

DHAKA: Music director Shawkat Ali Emon was arrested and sent to jail with the allegation of releasing nude pictures and videos of girls. He was arrested from his Bailey road residence in city early Thursday. He was produced before the chief metropolitan magistrate court on Thursday

DHAKA: Dhaka-15 (Mirpur) constituency Lawmaker Kamal Ahmed Majumdar on Thursday filed six separate defamation cases against three national dailies accusing them of publishing defamatory news against him. The newspapers include two Banlga dailies Prothom Alo and Kaler Kantha, and an

DHAKA: Transport Owners’ Association of the southern region on Thursday has called for an indefinite strike from Sunday in protest against setting fire to some buses by local people in Sreenagar of Munshiganj. Sayedabad Paribahan Malik Samity president Abul Kalam Azad confirmed the

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday has filed a case against three people including two former State Ministers on an allegation of amassing wealth illegally. The accused are Abdul Mannan Khan, former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Affairs, and Talukder

DHAKA: Custom intelligence officials seized 36 gold bars weighing 4.2 kilograms from a passenger of a Fly Dubai flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Thursday.  The detainee is Khorshed Alam.   Customs intelligence and investigation department director

ISHWARDI, PANBA: A woman and her son were electrocuted in Sara Gopalpur area under Ishwardi Upazila of the district early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Lili Begum, 55 and her son Ramjan Ali, 28.  Sources said that Ramjan Ali was electrocuted first then his mother went to

DHAKA: National Board of Revenue (NRB) has taken decision to collect tax at source from the foreign consultancy firms engaged in several development projects in the country. These firms will have to pay 5 percent tax at source either before the signing the project deals or during the