ASHULIA, DHAKA: At least 10 shanties were gutted A fire broke out at workers’ slum at Ashulia Industrial area outskirt of the capital on Saturday night.Witnesses and fire service sources said that a fire broke out from a worker’s room and spread rapidly and gutted 10 rooms of the

MONGLA, BAGERHAT: Three workers were burnt to death in a fire at oil tanker in Poshur Channel of Mongla port of the district on Saturday night.Of the deceased, two were identified as Moslem Uddin and Babul Mia. The owner of the oil tanker Mahbub Uddin told banglanews that the fire

GAZIPUR: Two persons were killed and two others injured as lightning struck them in Charlaxmi village of Kapasia upazila of the district on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Hiron Mia, 25, son of late Alim Uddin, and Shanaj Aktar, 25, wife of Kajal Mia.Sources said that

FENI: Two students were killed and another one was injured as a microbus crushed into a motorbike in Dokkhin Kashimpur area under Feni Sadar upazila on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Parvez Hossain, 18, son of Belal Hossain and Iftekhar Alam Rakib, 17, son of Shafiqul

COX’S BAZAR: Traders called off their indefinite strike at Teknaf land port on Saturday night after export-import halted five-day.The withdrawal came to effect at 8:00pm.Port Clearing and Forwarding (C&F) Association general secretary Ehteshamul Haque Bahadur confirmed the matter to

CHANDPUR: Two minors drowned in a pond in Hatila Tangirpar Balia village under Hajiganj upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Sabina Yasmin, 6 and Sani Ahmed, 6.Family sources said that the victims were playing in the yard of the house and they went

CHITTAGONG: Ujjal Dhar, Senior Photo Correspondent of banglanews24.com, was injured critically in a road accident at Tiger Pass intersection of the port city on Saturday. The accident took place around 1.20pm while he was returning to office riding motorbike after covering news of IGP.

RAJSHAHI: A youth, who was hurt in torturing of Indian Border Security Guard (BSF), succumbed to his injuries at Rajshahi Medical Collage Hospital on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Abdul Khalek, 28, a cattle trader, son of Abdul Hakim, hailed from Krishnasada village of

DHAKA: Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will take responsibility of the children of the dead workers who died in Rana Plaza building collapse.The apex apparel trade body will bear all expenses, including their education.BGMEA President Atiqul Islam made

COX’S BAZAR: Operations at Teknaf land port remained halted for last five consecutive days till Saturday following an indefinite strike of the traders.The strike causes a loss of Tk 41 lakh revenue to Government in average. Earlier on April 21, Border Guard Bangladesh detained five

CHITTAGONG: Law enforcers will take effective measures like past if Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir trigger any violence after Delwar Hossain Sayedee verdict.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandaker came up with the forewarning after inaugurating a new

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi is going to join US Administration for the very first time, White House press release said early Saturday.It said, Dr N Nina Ahmad, got that opportunity.President of United States of America, Barack Obama announced to appoint Nina as his 14-member advisory commission

DHAKA: Bangladesh has become the model of world’s most modern and democratic country, said renowned French journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy who had took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.The journalist termed Bangladesh liberation war period the best chapter in his

DHAKA: A total of 106-kilogram gold bars were seized from a flight of Bangladesh Biman from Dubai at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday noon.          Customs intelligence of the airport held an engineer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in this connection.     

DHAKA: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said that the bilateral relations between the United States of America and Bangladesh are not comfortable nowadays as it was earlier.The minister came up with the disclosure in a press briefing at the secretariat in city on Saturday.Muhith

RAJSHAHI: No national dailies have been reached at the doors of the readers during dawn for three consecutive days as local agents halted newspaper distribution amid ongoing agent-hawker row.Angry reaction appeared among the readers whereas the online news portals are only sources of the

DHAKA: A college student was burnt to death in a fire incident at capital’s Tejgaon-Shahinbagh area early Saturday.The deceased was identified Raihan Rahman Avik, 19, a class-XI student of Dhanmondi Ideal College, resident of the area and hailed from Noakhali. Selim, cousin of the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the administration of its member countries to be sincere in implementing decisions of SAARC leaders for overall development of the region.The Premier came up with the urge when SAARC Cabinet Secretaries met her at the Gono Bhaban,

DHAKA: A 7-member delegation of the German Parliamentary Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development will visit Bangladesh on Saturday.They will assess the situation in the RMG Sector and get information about the initiatives taken so far in this sector to improve the health and

DHAKA: Slum dwellers beat a police constable at Rupnagar slum when he went there to cut off illegal power connections at 11:00am Saturday.Victim’s details could not be known immediately. He was admitted to a local hospital.BDST: 1149 HRS APR 26, 2014