DHAKA: Law enforcers have tightened security by establishing check-posts in several important points across the capital city over the upcoming polls.Moreover, additional surveillance has been put on driving motorcycles.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia confirmed

DHAKA: United Nations Resident Coordinator Robert Watkins welcomed largely peaceful environment in Dhaka, Chittagong on the eve of the city corporation elections.Office of UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh issued a statement on Sunday.In the pre-election statement, Robert Watkins

DHAKA: A passenger plane of Biman Bangladeshi Airlines returned from Nepal as it did not get any space to park at Tribhuvan Airport Bay on Sunday.Earlier, the plane- BG-701 flew from Dhaka at 11:15am and returned at 2:30pm, confirmed Biman General Manager (operations) Motahar

DHAKA: Arms Police Battalion (APBn) seized gold, weighting 650 grams, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport of the city Sunday noon.Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of APBn Tanzina Akhter confirmed the matter to banglanews.The gold has been recovered after searching luggage

COMILLA: At least 1,080 bullets were recovered from a hole in agricultural land in Ghospa area under Barura Upazila of the district on Sunday.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Barura Thana Nasiruddin said some workers spotted huge bullets hidden beneath the earth while they were digging soil for

DHAKA: A total of 5,000 members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will be deployed in the upcoming city corporations elections.RAB Director General Benazir Ahmed was talking to journalists at his office at EC Secretariat in city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar at 11:30am.He said a total of 268

KUSHTIA: A man and his son were burnt to death in shallow machine explosion in Moshaura village under Daulatpur Upazila of the district Saturday midnight.The deceased were identified as Niamat Malitha alias Hekmat Ali, 50, peasant of Moshaura village and his 9-year-old boy

DHAKA: A 6.7- magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka and elsewhere of the country at 1:12pm on Sunday. There was no immediate report of casualties or damage.The epicenter was at Kodari, 81 kilometers east of Kathmandu, capital of Nepal.Earlier, a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck

DHAKA: The Election Commission (RC) is set to ensure a tight security for Dhaka North, South and Chittagong city corporation polls with deployment of some 78,730 members of different law enforcement agencies, sources concerned said.Voting to Dhaka South, Dhaka North and Chittagong city

DHAKA: Bangladesh Government is sending humanitarian assistance including medical teams and medicine to Nepal in the wake of the devastation caused in Nepal by a major earthquake on Sunday.The medical teams would be working with the Nepalese Government in assisting the affected people

DHAKA: Two special flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will reach Dhaka on Sunday noon from Nepal though it’s ‘Tribhuban Airport’ closed due to earthquake and emergency situation.Bangladesh Foreign Ministry sources confirmed the matter to banglanews Saturday night.Quoting

DHAKA: Unnatural deaths of three persons in separate incidents have been reported in city on Saturday.Among the deceased, one has been identified as Delwar Khan (50), a rickshaw-puller, who succumbed to his injuries in a road accident.A teen Shahinur (19) committed suicide by taking

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her deep condolence to the bereaved families of earthquake victims.However, over 700 people have died in a massive quake, mainly in Nepal on Saturday morning. Causalities in India and Bangladesh have also been reported.PM’s press secretary

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) secretary Sirajul Islam on Saturday said a total of 80,000 law enforcers including Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Ansar, coastguard members, will be deployed in the upcoming city corporations elections.Sirajul Islam was talking

DHAKA: Bangladesh embassy in Nepal has opened help desks for emergency communication after the country was hit by massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake Saturday noon.External Publicity Wing of the foreign ministry issued a press release regarding the matter.The Help Desk numbers are: 

DHAKA: A massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck at Lamjung, 81 kilometers north-west of Nepal capital city Kathmandu, followed by more aftershocks at different parts of the country for fourteen times.United States Geological Survey (USGS) said a 7.9-magnitude of earthquake originated at

DHAKA: A worker died and about 100 people, mostly women, were injured when a stampede broke out at an apparel factory in Karnapara area of Savar, outskirts of capital Dhaka, on Saturday noon as earthquakes created panic there.Of the inured, 20 people were in critical condition, said

DHAKA:  European Union (EU) on Friday urged all sides in Bangladesh to refrain from any actions that could spark further violence in the country."In the run up to the vote for the mayoral elections in Dhaka and Chittagong, all sides must refrain from any actions that could spark further

DHAKA: Three buildings, including ASA Tower, have tilted at different places in the capital on Saturday noon during 7.5 earthquake that jolted Bangladesh, Nepal and India.Of these, ASA tower located in capital’s Shyamoli area, a six-storey building in Ershadnagar and another

DHAKA: At least two people were killed, dozens injured and several buildings including three in the capital damaged-tilted after massive earthquake and aftershocks felt across the country.A former lady school teacher died of cardiac arrest in Pabna during the quake. while a worker was