DHAKA: A fire broke out at Tong market in Dholai Khal area of the city Friday evening.On informed, eight units of fire service rushed to the spot and doused the blaze after trying frantically for half an hour.Duty officer of fire service control room Nilufar Yasmin confirmed the matter to

GAZIPUR: The Mawna Flyover on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur’s Sreepur area will be inaugurated on the first week of April. Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader made the remarks while talking to reporters at Mawna at around 4:00pm Friday. Obaidul Quader earlier also

DHAKA: The historic 7th March, a Red-letter day in the history of the Bangalees’ long arduous freedom struggle, will be observed across the country on Saturday.On this day in 1971, great leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his epoch-making speech of independence at the

TANGAIL: Two people were killed and 25 others injured as a bus plunged into a ditch on Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhu bridge highway in Natiyapara area under Delduar upazila on Friday. The identity of the deceased could not be identified immediately. Tangail Traffic Police Sergeant Asad told

DHAKA: The Labor Ministry of Saudi Arabia has said that foreign workers have right to keep their passports and official documents and employers would face serious penalties for holding on to employees’ passports. Quoting officers of the Labor Ministry of KSA the Arab News published a

DHAKA: An unidentified teenage boy died after falling from the rooftop of a train in a rail crossing located in city’s Hazrat Shahjalal International airport area on Friday.Officer-in-charge Abdul Mazid of Dhaka Railway Thana confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said the teenager

DHAKA: National Committee for Protecting the Sunderbans and Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) have rejected the report of the government and UN Joint Mission on oil spill in the world’s largest mangrove forest.  They also termed the remark that stated in the report ‘short-term

DHAKA: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has carried out their field investigation on Friday to assist Detective Branch (DB) of police investigate the Bangladeshi-American writer-blogger Avijit Roy killing.Krishnapada Ray, Deputy Commissioner (detective branch) of Dhaka

COX’S BAZAR: A total of 108 Rohingyas along with a suspected trafficker were detained from Balukhali border in Ukhia Upazila of the district on Friday.  Fazlul Haque, a Subadar of Border Guard Bangladesh, sustained bullet injuries during the drive carried out in Balukhali betel leaf

DHAKA: US Federal Court in New York sentenced Rizvi Ahmed Cesear to 42 months imprisonment for his attempts to bribe an FBI agent to collect information on Sajeeb Wazed Joy to kidnap him and his family and to harm them.Rizvi Ahmed Ceaser (36) is son of Mohammed Ullah Mamun of

DHAKA: United Kingdom’s Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire urged all parties of Bangladesh to take the confidence-building measures necessary to stop the last 60 days of violence and disruption in the country.In a press statement issued by Foreign & Commonwealth Office on Thursday

DHAKA: Eleven US Congressmen expressed their deep concern over prevailing political situation in Bangladesh and urged Secretary of State John Kerry to “work with the country’s leaders to find a path away from violence and towards a resolution”.The Congressmen’s concern and call

DHAKA: A man was killed and eight others, including three of a family, were injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Kawla under airport thana Friday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.The injured—Ismail Hossain, 35, his wife Joynab Begum, 25, their

DHAKA: For the first time in country’s history, customs authorities of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport detained a North Korean diplomat along with 27 kilograms of gold on Thursday night. The detained diplomat was identified as Song Yang Nam, first secretary (economics and

CHITTAGONG: Another victim of petrol bomb attack died at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) early Friday.The deceased was Rannjit Das, 30, son of Jatin Nath of Anayetpur village under Hathazari upazila.Sub-Inspector Pankaj Barua of CMCH police outpost confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: An elderly man sustained burn injures when suspected hartal and blockade supporters hurled petrol bomb at a train in Kosaibari area of Airport Station of the city early Friday.The injured-- Mono Miah, 60, an egg trader who hails from Mymensingh--was rushed to burn unit of the

LAXMIPUR: Alleged hartal and blockade supporters set fire to the Executive Engineers office of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in the district Thursday night.Deputy Divisional Engineer Foyez Ahmed of RHD confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said some miscreants set ablaze the

DHAKA: Two women were injured as couples of cocktails were exploded presumably by hartal and blockade supporters in Naya Paltan, Katabon and Nilkhet areas of the city on Thursday.In Naya Paltan, some miscreants blasted four cocktails in a road opposite to the Anandya Community Centre

DHAKA: As per an accord signed between the governments of Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia, a total of 101,758 persons can leave Bangladesh for Saudi Arabia to perform holy hajj this year.Bangladesh religious affairs minister Motiur Rahman, who is currently leading a delegation in Saudi

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: A Bangladeshi citizen was killed and three others injured in a road accident at Shahma area in Abu Dhabi at the wee hours of Thursday (local time).The deceased was identified as Mohammad Shahjahan Majumder Khorshed, 42, son of one Atar Ali Majumder, hailed from