A boy has died after being run over by a truck in Chittagong’s BRTC area. The incident took place at Phalmondi on Friday morning. Mohammad Abdullah, 12, lived in Phalmandi but hailed from Mymensingh district. Police Camp Nayek of Chittagong...
A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his friends over extramarital relationship in Mirpur Upazila in Kushita district on Friday night. The dead is Alamgir Hossain Miraj, 35, son of late Hamza Hossain of Mallikpur Kulpara village. Shahidul...
A Bangladeshi Qwari has secured 6th position among the top 10 places at Dubai International Holy Quran Award (Dihqa) contest on Friday night. Sources at the annual contest said Hafezul Quran Amdadullah Mohammad Tajul Islam won 6th position among the...
First came the loud explosion that made buildings rattle: then it started raining bodies One of the corpses fell through the rickety roof of Irina Tipunova’s house in this sleepy village, just after Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH17 exploded high over...
A man was killed as a human hauler crashed into a motorcycle he was riding in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Lal Chand, 42, son of Manjur Ali, a resident of Harinagar village...
A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was injured in an attack by a gang of smugglers at Dhamoirhat Upazila in Naogaon district on Friday night. The injured was identified as Nesar Uddin, 20, member of Patnitala BGB Battalion-46. Lieutenant...
A 12-year old boy drowned in a pond in Hazaribagh area in the city on Friday night. The deceased was identified as M Sabbir Ahmed Rabbi, 12, a class-VI student of Rayerbazar High School and son of M Salauddin, a...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police in separate drives arrested six alleged drug traders and recovered two kilograms of hemp and 135 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from different areas of Benapole union at Sarsa Upazila in Jessore on...
Police on Saturday arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) at Hazipara in Sylhet city for his suspected involvement in Thursday’s clash between two rival factions of the BNP’s student wing. The arrestee is Belal Ahmed, president of...
Police recovered the bodies of a father and his son from Mathabhanga River in Gangni upazila of Meherpur district on Friday. The victims were identified as Yiar Ali, 60, and his son Sanwar Hossain, 18, of Mohammadpur village under the...
The law enforcers recovered 1,280 pieces of Yaba tablets in Dakkhinkhan area in the city on Saturday. Three people were arrested in connection with the contraband drug trading. RAB-1 identified the detainees as Omar Faruk Sheikh, 32, Jahangir Alam Prodhan,...
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance will send a delegation to the Israeli aggression-affected Gaza Strip to covey sympathy to the people of Gaza hit by the spate of air and ground assaults by Israel. The decision came at a meeting...
A man was killed in a ‘shootout’ between a gang of ‘terrorists’ and police at Basatpur village at Sarsa Upazila in Jessore district on Saturday. The dead is Anisur Rahman, 32, son of Waziar Rahman, a resident of Baliadanga village...
The half-yearly Business Review Meeting of Meghna Bank Limited was held Saturday at the head office of the bank in the city. Chairman of the bank H. N. Ashequr Rahman, MP, was present as Chief Guest and Vice Chairman Abdul...
A Gaza health official says the death toll from Israel’s 12-day offensive against Hamas supporters has topped 300. Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Kidra said on Saturday that overnight air strikes killed nine more people. The Israeli military says three soldiers...
First Security Islami Bank Limited will issue 1R:2 i.e. 1 right share for every 2 ordinary shares of Tk.10 (Ten) each to raise paid-up capital of the Bank subject to the approval of the regulatory bodies. The 8th Extraordinary General...
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Saturday confirmed the nationalities of all the 298 people on-board flight MH17 which crashed in Ukraine Thursday. A statement released on MAS' official website said the identified passengers and crew comprised 192 Dutch (including 1 dual Netherlands/USA...
Religious minorities in Bangladesh have suffered the most under Awami League regime, BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam has claimed at an event on Saturday. “Awami League talks about being non-communal, but they have grabbed lands from Hindus more than anyone...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) and Center for Zakat Management (CZM) jointly organised a seminar on “Exploring Potential of Zakat and its Institutionalised Management” at DCCI Saturday. Chairman of DCCI Foundation and Anwar Group of Industries Alhaj Anwar...
At least nine people were killed and dozens hurt on Saturday, police said, as a coach carrying Polish holidaymakers collided with another coach near the eastern German city of Dresden. The crash happened in the early hours of Saturday morning...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Saturday said mobile court drives will be conducted at launch terminals and ferry ghats to take action against collection of extra fares, overloading of vessels and other irregularities on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. While inspecting...
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Saturday confirmed that his step-grandmother was on board Flight MH17 that was downed over Ukraine en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Siti Amirah, 83, was one of 44 Malaysians on board the Malaysia...
Bangladesh is set to highlight its firm commitment to eliminate child marriage by incorporating its various steps as the country is taking part in the Girl Summit, 2014 in the United Kingdom. With the UNICEF as a cohost, the UK...
At least 38 people were killed in a collision between a bus and a van carrying flammable liquids in southern China, state media reported on Saturday, the latest in a string of accidents that have fueled anger over unsafe transport....
Bangladesh Ambassador to Lebanon AFM Gousal Azam Sarker has been asked to return home immediately, a foreign ministry source said on Saturday. In its July 17 letter to recall the ambassador the foreign ministry gave no reason. Azam has been...
Bangladesh Railways and Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will start selling advance tickets ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of Muslims, on Sunday for the convenience of homebound passengers. ‘Keeping Eid festival in mind, railway will sell...
BCS cadre posts for the housing and public works ministry will be increased. The posts for housing and public works ministry will be increased by changing current structure for its work force. The public administration ministry has already sent its...
Indian retail-to-energy group Reliance Industries Ltd reported a record $1-billion net profit for the financial first-quarter, fuelled by a strong petrochemicals performance. Reliance, controlled by the country's wealthiest man Mukesh Ambani, announced net profit for the three months to June...
Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested one of the aides of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj 7-murder case, from the bordering area of Akhaura upazila in Bramanbaria district on Saturday. The arrestee was identified as Ali Mohammad, 45....
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Bangladesh on Saturday signed a cooperation agreement to work jointly in prospective areas. FBCCI President Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, first vice-president Monowara Hakim...
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