GAIBANDHA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said that the culprits, engaged with recent violence, would not be spared.She came up with the observation while handing over cheques among victim of BNP-Jamaat’s recent violence at Gaibandha Circuit House on Saturday noon.Sheikh

DHAKA: The immunization campaign to protect children of the country from the deadly Measles and Rubella began across the country on Saturday.Under the immunization campaign 5.20 children aged between nine moths to 15 years are to be administered with measles-rubella (MR) vaccines and all

RANGPUR: National Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will be ruling Awami League candidate for Rangpur-6 (Pirganj) constituency by-poll.Rangpur district Awami League senior vice-president has confirmed this matter.Dr Shirin is expected to submit her nomination paper at office

DHAKA: Stephen Hawking has shocked physicists by admitting `there are no black holes`. In a paper published online, Professor Hawking instead argues there are `grey holes`.`The absence of event horizons means that there are no black holes - in the sense of regimes, from which light can`t

DHAKA: Asar men nabbed three thieves with a bag full of public medicine at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday. The detainees are Md Jasim, 33, Md Rakibul Islam and Sagor, 19.Later, they were taken to the office of DMCH director brigadier general Mostafizur Rahman.Ansar members

RANGAMATI: An activist of United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot to death by miscreants in Naniyachar Upazila of the district on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Santos Chakma, 25.Sources said that the man succumbed to his injuries at a private clinic of Chittagong

GAIBANDHA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, is set to visit Gaibandha on Saturday afternoon.The helicopter carrying the PM is likely to land at Tulshi ghat helipad at around 12:30pm.Following the visit of the Prime Minister, local Awami League and

FROM TONGI: More devotees are still thronging Tongi to join the Biswa Ijtema, known as the world’s second-largest congregation of Muslims, on Saturday, the second day of three-day meet.However, three more pilgrims died of old age complications and due to cold weather at Ijtema ground on

CHITTAGONG: Customs authority recovered 26 gold bars and 200 grams ornaments weighing three kilograms from two passengers at Shah Amanat International Airport on Friday night.The law enforcers, however, detained two passengers with the gold.Chittagong customs and duty detective officer

DHAKA: A man was killed in a road accident at Kakoli in capital’s Banani area on Saturday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Banani thana sub-inspector Ashraful Islam told banglanews that a vehicle hit the man in the area around 6:30am while his was

BOGRA: Miscreants stabbed a businessman to death in front of VTTI training center on Sherpur Road of the district town on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 36, son of Golam Rahman, a studio owner and resident of the area.Locals said that a gang of miscreants

DHAKA: A group of Bangladeshi scientists and an organization revealed the genome code of buffalo, known in the country as ‘Black Gold’. A Bangladeshi company, Lal Teer Livestock Limited, and Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) have jointly unravelled the complete genome of water buffalo,

DHAKA: Perilously injured Rana Plaza victim Salma, 27 defeated her awful sufferings after committing suicide.    Police recovered her hanged body around 10:45am from her residence in Turag area of Gazipur on Friday.      Salma was living with her husband in a rented house at

DHAKA: The law enforcement agency in a drive arrested eight Hizb ut-Tahrir activists and seized huge amount of leaflets from their possession.  They were arrested from capital’s Khilkhet area during Thursday night to Friday afternoon.Khilket Thana officer-in-charge Nazrul Islam

SYLHET: Police, in special drives, nabbed 92 people from four districts of the division between Thursday morning and Friday morning.Amongst them, 19 people were held from Sylhet, 10 from Moulvibazar, 33 from Habiganj and 30 from Sunamganj.Sylhet additional Deputy Inspector General

DHAKA: ASM Firoz, Whip of 9th Parliament, has been elected as Chief Whip of 10th National Parliament.A gazette notification of parliament secretariat made the disclosure Friday.Five Whips are Atikur Rahman Atik, Shahiduzzaman Sarkar, Iqbalur Rahim, Solaiman Joardar and M Shahabuddin.BDST:

DHAKA: The immunization campaign to protect children of the country from the deadly Measles and Rubella has been inaugurated on Friday morning.Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu inaugurated the campaign in front of national museum at 9:00am.After inauguration, a rally was brought out

MANIKGANJ: Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatia river route resumed on Friday morning after a four hours suspension due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Sources said that Paturia Ghat authority has suspended the ferry services from 6:00am to avoid accident.Confirming the matter,

  DHAKA: Two devotees died at Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi of Gazipur district early Friday.The deceased were identified as Omar Ali, 55, of Keraniganj thana of Dhaka and Shahjalal, 26, of Feni district. Amongst them, Omar Ali died of heart attack while Shahjalal sied after suffering

TONGI: The Gazipur District Traffic Zone has given an instruction on road maps and parking points on Thursday for conveniences of the numerous Muslim devotees at Ijtema ground.These road maps will assist the pious Muslims to get on the right directions in Ijtema ground who come from