JHENIDAH: Three children, including two siblings, drowned in Kalyanpur and Shankarpur villages of Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Saimun, 4, and Farhana, 5, son and daughter of one Zillur Raman, of Kalyanpur village and Rabbi, 6, son of Soleman

DHAKA: The government has decided to appoint Mohammad Ziauddin, Ambassador-at-Large of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States of America. External Publicity Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the disclosure in a press release on

DHAKA: Ambassador William Hanna, outgoing Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh, met with the Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at his secretariat office on Tuesday. During the meeting, Hanna praised the cordial relationship between EU and Bangladesh and thanked the

MYMENSINGH: Two teenage girls were killed in a road accident in Shoshi area under Iswarganj upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Sharmin and Swarna. Their age was about 14.  Witnesses said the girls were waiting for auto-rickshaw on a road in

DHAKA: People from all walks of life including poets, cultural activists, little magazine activists staged a protest rally in the city on Tuesday against Israel’s attack on Palestine city of Gaza. The protest program began in front of National Museum in the city at 4:00am of the day.

DHAKA: The BCS cadre doctors of the 33rd batch are going to join at their respective workplaces on August 7. They are requested to be present at Osmani Memorial Auditorium at 8:00am on the day. A special booth will be open for welcoming the newly appointed doctors. Health Minister

DHAKA: A court on Tuesday granted more time on request of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police for further investigation into the much-talked-about Major General Manzur murder case.  Additional district and session judge-1 Khandaker Hasan M Firoz passed the orders when the

DHAKA: Finally, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has given consent for brining charge against Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana.   ACC gave the charge sheet approval against 18 people including Sohel Rana’s father and mother at a regular meeting on Tuesday noon.   Commissioner of the

NARAYANGANJ: Police recovered strangulated bodies of a couple from a room in East Lamapara area of Fatullah upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Shamim Miah, 30, a mason and his wife Sumana Islam, 25, a garments worker of the area. The law enforcers said that some

DHAKA: A truck driver was killed in a road accident in Dayaganj CNG station of Jatrabari in city on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jasim Uddin, hailed from Patuakhali district. Sources said that stopping truck the victim was walking in the area around 6:00am. Then a

THAKURGAON: Border Security Force (BSF) of India abducted a Bangladesh cattle trader from Malani frontier in Haripur upazila on Tuesday.  The victim is Tofazzal Hossain, 30, son of Bazlur Rahman of Bogra Bari village of the upazila. Commander Kamal Ahmed of Border Guards Bangladesh

LAXMIPUR: A man was killed and another one injured in a road accident in Laxmipur LGED area on Dhaka-Raipur road in the district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Helal, 28.Locals said that a bus rammed a human hauler in the area around 9:00am, leaving the driver of the human

SYLHET: A Swechhasebak League activist was killed in dispute over establishing supremacy in Madina market area of the district town on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Abdullah Haque Kochi, 20, son of Sanju Mia. Witnesses said that the activists of Juba League man Guljar

SYLHET: Miscreants abducted a college girl from the district town on Monday.The victim is identified as Nasrin Akhtar, a student of third year of Accounting department of Modon Mohan College.Witnesses said that Nasrin with her classmates were waiting for rickshaw in front of the

DHAKA: Dhaka regional education official Qamrun Nahar was harassed due to her protest to bribes.She complained to the secondary and higher secondary education directorate director general on Monday noon.Education directorate sources said a Khilgaon Government Girls’ High School

DHAKA: The foreign secretary-level meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar, which was earlier scheduled to be held on June 18, will be held in August, says foreign ministry.  Bangladesh foreign secretary and Myanmar deputy foreign secretary will lead the respective delegation in the

DHAKA: The cabinet on Monday approved, in principle, the draft of Railway Board (repeal) Act-2014 with a view to strengthening the legal basis of the management of railway. The approval came from the regular meeting held at cabinet division at the secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh

DHAKA: The government is going to publish a gazette on maritime boundary verdict between Bangladesh and India soon. The decision came from a regular cabinet meeting held at the secretariat on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary

DHAKA: A court on Monday rejected remand and bail pleas of 12 members of Hizb-ut Tahrir, a banned outfit, who were arrested for allegedly instigating people at Ramna Siddheswari Kali Mandir on Saturday. Metropolitan Magistrate Yunus Khan passed the order when sub-inspector of Ramna Thana

DHAKA: The cabinet has taken a censure motion protesting attacks on women and children in Palestine by the Israel.     Cabinet also urged the world community to put pressure to Israel to stop the inhuman tortures and killings during holy Ramadan.   Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina