DHAKA: A fire broke out at the 11th floor of Banalata Bhaban on Staff Road of Dhaka Cantonment area Monday evening.Fire Service control room in-charge Enayet Hossain told banglanews that six units were trying to douse the blaze.No causality has been reported in the incident, he

DHAKA: Nayek Anis has been suspended Monday for humiliating a girl during Sunday’s Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Headquarters gherao program.DMP issued the suspension order on Monday, said its Deputy Commission (Media) SM Jahangir.On Sunday, police force dispersed demonstrators, who

TANGAIL: Two people were killed and one injured as a truck plunged into a ditch in Gharinda area of sadar upazila in Tangail district on Monday afternoon.Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said that the accident took place on Dhaka-Tangail highway at

BHOLA: Missing people of the capsized cargo ship were rescued from river Meghna near Patarchar of Manpura upazila in Bhola district on Monday.The vessel ‘Mia Jamir Shah’, with goods including rice and pulse, was heading towards Manpura from Barisal and capsized in the river off

DHAKA: The Australian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Greg Wilcock handed over Tk2.6-crore approximately (around AUD 450,000) to 13 NGOs involved in community development in Bangladesh.The money was approved as a grant under the Direct Aid Program (DAP) 2014-15 of the Australian High

DHAKA: The cabinet on Monday gave an approval in principle to the draft of Rabindra University, Bangladesh Act-2015.The approval came from a cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at secretariat in city.Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan confirmed the matter to

COX’S BAZAR: Police detained three members of a human trafficking gang in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Monday.The traffickers include Khair Hossain (45), son of Ali Hossain, Abdur Rahman (35), son of late Haji Abul Kashem and Ali Hossain (30), son of Ali Ahmed of Sabrang

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Monday adjourned the rule hearing on contempt charge against 23 eminent personalities for issuing statement against British journalist David Bergman’s punishment. The three-member ICT-2, headed by its chairman Justice Obaidul   Hasan

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Monday upheld the High Court order that declared illegal the use of national anthem tune as ring tone or welcome tune in mobile phones. But, the apex court reduced fine imposed by High Court by Tk 30 lakh to Tk 50 lakh each to mobile

BHOLA: At least five people went missing as a cargo ship sank off Meghna River near to Patarchar under Manpura Upazila of the district on Monday.The vessel named Jamir Shah, carrying different goods including rice and pulse, was heading toward Manpura from Barisal and capsized off the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate a 3-day South Asia Right to Food (SARF) conference in city on May 30.Conference council members informed the media at CIRDAP auditorium Monday noon.They said that the premier will inaugurate the upcoming SARF conference at Krishibid

DHAKA: Malaysia rescued 1,018 migrants, including 555 Bangladeshis, after they arrived in three boats on Monday.Police in the northwest Malaysian island of Langkawi said three boats arrived in the middle of the night to unload the migrants, but only one boat was discovered after it got

DHAKA: A three-day laptop fair will begin at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the city on Thursday.Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu is expected to inaugurate the show, said organizers in a press conference at executive lounge of BICC on Monday. Top brands such

MUNSHIGANJ: A thunderbolt hurt 15 students of Banglabazar Baniyal High School in sadar upazila of Munshiganj on Monday morning.Among the injured Sadia (11), Zakia (13), Nipa (11), Mayna Akhtar (14), Happy (11), Sumaiya (12), Sifat (15) and Khukumoni (11) are admitted at Munshiganj General

DHAKA: Four boats carrying more than 1,400 Rohingya migrants were rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and Malaysia Monday, officials said, reports themalaymailonline.com Earlier on Sunday, nearly 600 other migrants from Myanmar, Bangladesh arrived in a wooden vessel off Indonesia's Aceh.

DHAKA: Customs authorities detained a passenger and recovered 2.3 kilograms of gold from his possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday.The detainee is identified as Abdul Jalil, 38, passenger of a flight of United Airways which landed at the airport around

DHAKA: A daylong meeting of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday decided to give promotion to 47 of its officials.According to the decision, five deputy directors will be promoted as directors and seven assistant directors as deputy directors.A number of participants confirmed the

DHAKA: United Nations resident coordinator and also United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative Robert Watkins commented that hartal and blockade are painful for a developing country like Bangladesh.The UN envoy made the remark during his visit to Prime Minster

DHAKA: The High Court summoned three officers of Apex Factory in Gazipur, including its managing director (MD), over the incident of giving birth to a baby by a worker in toilet.The HC bench of Justice Reza-ul-Haque and Justice Abu Taher M Saifur Rahman passed the suo-moto order. The

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the authorities concerned for undertakings necessary steps in resolving the problems of two private export processing zones (EPZs) to make them functional.The PM gave the directives in the 18th meeting of the Board of Governors of the