DHAKA: Eden College authority declared its halls closed for indefinite period after cracks found in the walls on Monday.Home-bound students confirmed the matter to banglanews saying they saw cracks on the wall of 29 rooms of Fazilatunnesa Hall in the afternoon.Later being informed

DHAKA: Country experienced another moderate earthquake in its different parts including Dhaka on Monday evening.The quake measured 5.1 on the Richter scale.The tremor, epicentered in Darjeeling district of West Bengal state in India, hit around 6:35pm (Bangladesh Time).There were no

NARAIL: Father and daughter were killed in a road accident on Narail-Dhaka road at Rampura area under Lohagara upazila of the district Monday afternoon.The deceased were identified as M Shahnur Alam, 55, and his daughter Nidra, 10, hailed from Ishangati village of the upazila.Lohagara

DHAKA: The High Court asked the authority concerned to know about the equipments bought for the post-earthquake rescue operations in the country.A bench comprising Justice Kazi Rezaul-Haque and Justice Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman passed the order after the hearing on a supplementary

DHAKA: Thousands of people spent last night huddled under makeshift tents fashioned from plastic sheeting that did little to protect them from heavy rain, sleepless with fear as aftershocks rattled Nepal, where more than 3,700 people have died in Saturday's earthquake, news agency Reuters

SAVAR (DHAKA): The Enam Medical College and Hospital authorities on Monday sent a team of 10-member physicians to provide services to the people of earthquake-affected Nepal.The team, led by Dr Prodip Saha, left Dhaka for Nepal in the afternoon along with medicines and medical

RAJSHAHI: Police recovered body of a branch manager of BRAC Bank from his rented house in Bagmara upazila of the district Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Atikur Rahman, 35, hailed from Ahmedpur in Natore district.Bagmara Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Abu Obaida Khan

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has imposed a restriction both on mobile recharge and mobile-banking till 12:00am on Tuesday ahead of elections in Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong City Corporations.Mobile banking operators and mobile phone recharge regulatory organization have already

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating about four government officers, including Jessore Education Board Chairman Professor Alauddin Miah over allegations of corruption and embezzlement of government fund.Three other officers are executive engineers Saiful Islam and

NAOGAON: Three people were killed in a road accident in Ferry Ghat area under Manda Upazila of the district on Monday noon.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said a collision of a truck, a bus and a shallow engine-run human hauler occurred on Rajshahi-Manda

SYLHET: Police recovered body of a schoolboy from the drain by Abdul Gafur Islami Adarsha Bidyalaya in Darshan Deuri area of Sylhet city on Monday morning.The victim was a class-4 student of the school.Metropolitan police Airport Thana assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Lokman Ahmad confirmed

DHAKA: Under tight security measures, voters will cast their ballots to elect new mayors of Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong City Corporations from 8:00am to 4:00pm Tuesday.The Election Commission (EC) has completed its preparation for a free, fair and unbiased voting in the

RANGAMATI: An elderly man was hacked to death in Karengatali Block-B Shrabonti Buddhist Pagoda under Baghaichhari upazila of the district early Monday.The deceased was identified as Gaiyanjoty Chakma, 70, a Buddhist devotee of Golachhari area of the upazila.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of

NARAYANGANJ: One year of the gruesome Narayanganj seven-murder incident has passed with no mentionable development in its trial proceedings. Though charge sheet in the murder cases was submitted accusing three sacked RAB officers among 35 on April 8, some 11 months after the murder, the

DHAKA: The death toll from Nepal's earthquake rose to 3,218 on Monday, two days after the massive quake ripped across this Himalayan nation, leaving tens of thousands shell-shocked and sleeping in streets.Aid groups received the first word from remote mountain villages reports that

RIYADH: Bangladesh Consulate General office in Jeddah will remain open even on holidays to carry out issuance of Machine Readable Passport (MRP) for Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia.The Jeddah office took the initiatives as International Aviation Authorities gave a term that none

GAZIPUR: Seven workers sustained severe burn injuries when a devastating fire broke out at a factory in Chandara area of the district on Monday morning. The injured workers of Agami Washing Limited were, initially, rushed to local hospital.Later, Fazlur Rahman with 25 percent burns

DHAKA: The nations of ASEAN, or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, said they stood ready to extend their assistance to the countries hit by a deadly earthquake on Saturday.The delegates were in Kuala Lumpur for the three-day ASEAN Summit, which officially starts on Monday (Apr

DHAKA: Polls campaign came to an end after Sunday midnight, two days before the elections to the three city corporations --Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong.Candidates for city corporation elections concluded their last minute campaigns to woo their voters. Now candidates, voters

DHAKA: All sorts of vehicular movements will remain suspended in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation areas on April 28 during polls.Election Commissioner Sirajul Islam told banglanews that all kinds of motor vehicles, including town service passenger buses and tempos, will remain