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

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): Two local Awami League activists were killed in separate incidents of miscreants’ attack within a one hour gap in Baropota village under Benapole Port Thana of the district on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Imanur, 27, activist of Putkhali Union

DHAKA: Kamalesh Sharma, the Commonwealth Secretary General, welcomed the stabilized political climate in Bangladesh.He said “It is good to see that the political climate in Bangladesh has stabilized and that right-minded thinking is percolating through all political camps as evident

SYLHET: Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury has been admitted to the city’s Mount Adora Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.Family sources said that Ariful Haque suddenly became ill and complained with chest pain while on his way back to home after attending the

GAZIPUR: Three alleged thieves were killed in a lynch-mob action at Sohadia village under Sreepur upazila of the district early Saturday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.Police sources said that a gang of thieves tried to flee after stealing a motorcycle from

DHAKA: Saima Wazed Hossain, Chair of the Advisory Committee of Autism and Neuro-developmental Disabilities in Bangladesh, participated in an International Seminar on autism with the theme ‘Autism is not a Tragedy, Ignorance is’ in Putrajaya of Malaysia from April 22-23.The seminar,

COX’S BAZAR: Three yaba smugglers were killed and another one injured in a gunfight with Coast Guards in Teknaf upazila of the district early Friday. The deceased could not be identified immediately.Public Relations officer of Coast Guards of Chittagong (east zone) confirmed the matter

DHAKA: Seven people were injured including three sustained bullet injury in a clash over land property at Bijoynagar area of the capital on Friday noon.Of the injured, six are Nazma Begum, 60, owner of Nazma Developers and workers Rubia Khatun, Razia, Rashid, Emdad Hawlader and

DHAKA: To make men and women looking elegant and exclusive, Vasavi Fashions introduced varieties of gorgeous attires for both.Responses by its buyers and encouraged by the overwhelming success, in this happening they inaugurated a Summer Live Fashion Show at the premises of Vasavi

SYLHET: Two housewives in Gowainghat of Sylhet were chopped to death by their brother-in-law over family feud on Friday noon.The deceased were identified as Hasina Begum, 40, wife of one Azir Uddin and Maleka Begum, 38, wife of one Jamsu Mia while the killer was identified as Makon Mia,

DHAKA: The first Orthotics & Prosthetics School in Bangladesh has been launched at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) on Thursday to teach Rana Plaza victims with permanent disabilities how to effectively use artificial limbs in day to day life.German Development

DHAKA: Nine more Bangladeshis, kidnapped in Iran by several cheating groups, were brought back home on Friday morning.The fight carrying the victims landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:00am.The returnees are Tamiz Uddin, Zillur Rahman, Ramij Ali, Mohsin, Sohrab, Hridoy

DHAKA: Mentioning it “Tragedy’, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued a statement on Rana Plaza incident on Thursday.They warned BGMEA and the government of Bangladesh issuing a simple message: “Western consumers will not buy clothes that are stained with the blood of

DHAKA: A freedom fighter was run over by a private car in capital’s Tejgaon industrial area (I/A) on Friday.The deceased was identified as Afzal Khan, 58, resided at Tegaon Staff Quarters.Tejgaon I/A Sub-Inspector Habibur Rahman said a running car hit Afzal on Nabisco-Agrani Bank road

SAVAR (DHAKA): At least 20 people were injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Rajphulbaria bus stand area at Savar, outskirt of capital Dhaka early Friday.Witnesses said that a Dhaka-bound bus plunged into a roadside ditch as its driver lost control over the steering while

RAJSHAHI: Truck drivers put blockades on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Puthia upazila since Friday morning protesting the killing of a driver.Vehicular movement on the both sides of the highway remains suspended. Police are on effort to bring normalcy there.Truck diver Ashanta Bhattacharya,

DHAKA: Several hundreds buildings as old as century years even more are posing risks much like a terrible deathtrap to the thousands of people in Old Dhaka, one of the most densely populated area in the country.The population has jumped up in several-folds, but the dwelling houses have

DHAKA: Customs Intelligence Department detained a passenger with 28 gold bars, weighing 3.3 kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Friday morning. The detainee is identified as Md Bahar, arrived in Dhaka from Dubai by a flight of Emirates Airlines, hailed from

CHANDPUR: Train communications resumed on Chandpur-Laximupur routes on Friday morning as a 37-hours halt due to derailment of an oil tanker train in Bakila area of the district.After concluding the rescue of the derailed nine wagons at 6:30am, the rail link of Chandpur with Laxmipur