DHAKA: The chief of entertainment department of banglanews24.com Golam Rabbani was mugged in Baridhara DOHS area on Wednesday night.The incident took place at around 10:30pm while he was returning home from his workplace.Golam Rabbani said that he got into a rented microbus from Baridhara

DHAKA: At least 20 people were injured when police tried to disperse the workers from Dhaka-Tangail highway where they took position urging garment owners to reopen their factories.Witnesses said workers from 10 factories of Panishail area in Gazipur gathered in front of their respective

DHAKA: Ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New York, India Wednesday said it will make another attempt to get the Land Boundary Agreement Bill passed by Parliament on the first day of the winter session expected in

DINAJPUR: Three people died in three separate incidents in Birganj, Birol and Sadar upazilas of the district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Motindranath Roy, 45, Headmaster of Bhaboki Govt Primary School of Birganj, Atiur Rahman, 14, son of Shahidur Rahman and student of

SAVAR, DHAKA: German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Albrecht Conze visited the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar to know the condition of the victims of Rana Plaza building collapse in April 2013.CRP authority welcomed Dr Coenze when he reached here at 10.30am on

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus took part in a stimulating discussion with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the MDG Innovation Forum in New York at United Nations Secretariat Building. UN Secretary General invited leaders from the private and public sectors and

DHAKA: Ignoring the protests from people of all walks of life, the government is going to lay foundation stone of much-talked-about Rampal coal-fired power plant in the next month.The foundation stone of the 1300-MW power plant would be laid on October 22. Power, Energy and Mineral

PANCHAGARH: Four people were killed and one other injured as lightning struck them in Boshalopara upazila Atwari upazila of the district on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Mintu, 23, son of Islam, Paritosh Pal, 20, son of Chan Mia, Biren Singh, 35, son of Akalu Singh

GAZIPUR: Readymade garments workers attacked at a garment factory here and looted firearms from industrial police.The incident took place around 3:00pm on Wednesday.Sources said some agitating workers brought out a procession to press home their demand of hiking salary and allowance in

ASHULIA, DHAKA: Readymade garments workers of Ashulia and Gazipur on Tuesday staged protest by blocking Nabinagar-Kaliakoir highway demanding Tk 8,000 as minimum salary.At that time, more than 100 workers were injured as the protesters locked into a chase-counter chase with police.Sources

GAZIPUR: The government has set up a garment factory inside the jail to rehabilitate the prisoners. Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier General (Retd) Ashraful Islam Khan inaugurated the factory at Kashimpur central jail at 12:00 noon Wednesday. Primarily, the factory started its

DHAKA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in United Nations with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday.During their talks, Wang said China and Bangladesh have been good neighbors for a long time, and added there are no problems between the two countries: only trust,

MUNSHIGANJ: Two fishermen were killed as lightning struck them in Meghna River adjacent to Charjhapta village under Sadar Upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.The deceased were identified as Mamun, 18, son of Mizan Bapari and Ziaur Rahman, 35, son of Hanif Sardar.Local sources said

DHAKA: An Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) team will go to Canada first week of November to observe the hearing of the corruption case over the appointment of consultant for Padma Bridge construction in a Canadian court.ACC secretary Md Foyzur Rahman Chowdhury came up with the disclosure

DHAKA: The Indian Railways Wednesday said it had cancelled the trip of the Maitree Express train from Kolkata on October 15 and from Dhaka on October 16 on the request of the Bangladesh Railway. An official press release said this had been done to avoid operational complications arising

NARAYANGANJ: At least 15 people were injured, six by bullet, in a clash between readymade garments and police on Dhaka-Narayanganj link road of the district on Wednesday morning.Sources said hundreds of workers from RMG factories in Fatullah Katherpul, Pitalipul, Ramarbag, Kutub ail area

CHUADANGA: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) abducted a Bangladeshi cattle trader from Munshipur frontier under Damurhuda Upazila of the district earlier Wednesday.The victim- Miazan, 24, is a cattle trader, son of Fakir Miazi of the district.Sources said Miazan along with four to five

CHITTAGING: Chittagong Inter-district Bus Owners Association observed the half-day bus strike in the district from Wednesday morning protesting the vandalism of vehicles after an accident in Sitakunda upazila that killing a college student.Due to the strike, no long-route bus, chair coach

ASHULIA, DHAKA: At least 70 people were injured in sporadic clashes between garments workers and police in Ashulia and Gazipur on Wednesday morning.In Gazipur, workers of some garments blocked highway in the Panishal area and vandalized vehicles.A clash erupted when police obstructed

DHAKA: An "innovative" new agreement signed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Dutch, British and Canadian governments aims to support garment workers on Bangladesh.Nearly three and half million Bangladesh garment workers, recently beset by industrial accidents and a