BARGUNA: Two people were killed and another one injured in a road accident on Amtali-Kalapara road at Amtali upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.The deceased were identified as Jalal Hawlader and Siddique Fakir, hailed from Badurgachha village of Taltali upazila of the

SYLHET: Four persons of a family were killed and two other people were injured critically in a head-on-collision between a CNG-run auto rickshaw and a truck in Golapganj upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.The deceased were identified as Humayun Kabir (45), a head post office

DHAKA: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed, said that special security measures will be in place for the safety of minority communities during the upcoming Upazila polls. He made the announcement after meeting Deputy Commissioners (DCs), Police Superintendents

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) holds meeting with Deputy Commissioners (DC), Police Supers (SP) and district polling officers on holding the upcoming Upazila polls free and fair.The meeting started at 11:30am at NEC auditorium in capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Wednesday. The

TANGAIL: Two Army personnel and three Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were killed in a mortar shell blast in Ghatail upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.The deceased were identified as Army’s senior warrant officers Manjur and Parvez, lance naik of BGB Mohammad Ali, sepoys

DHAKA: Apollo Hospital Dhaka has launched free home delivery service of medicines.The service has primarily started for residents of Bashundhara residential area in Baridhara of the capital. Apollo Hospital already appointed three delivery men and two pharmacists in this regard. By phone

DHAKA: For flourishing the tourism industry in the country, the government is going to build up few new cities. At the very initiatives Cox’s Bazar is going to be taken up as the first one. A source in the Prime Minister’s office has confirmed it. The source informed that to build up

DHAKA: A fire broke out at a textile factory adjacent to bus stand in Uline area at Savar, on outskirts of the capital, Wednesday noon.The fire originated from standard machine at ground floor of two-storey building of Anlima Textile around 12:00 noon. On information, two fire fighting

BANDERBAN: President Abdul Hamid has reached Nilgiri of Bandarban on a tour on Wednesday evening.He started from Khagrachhari by a helicopter and reached to Nilgiri, which is 47-km from Bandarban Sadar.Banderban’s Superintendent of Police Devdas Bhattacharya confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: BNP-led 19-party alliance decided to boycott two private television channels----Channel 71 and Independent television. The party Chairperson Khaleda Zia took the decision on Tuesday night.A reliable source said that the two channels will be boycotted strictly and none will be

FARIDPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed and another injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Danginagarkanda area under Nagarkanda upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said that a Barisal-bound

DHAKA: United States said Bangladesh needs to do much more on improving labor standards to win back duty-free trade benefits suspended after the global textile industry`s worst disaster.The country senior officers came up with the observation at a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

SATKHIRA: A suspected carjacker was killed and another sustained bullets injuries in a clash with police in Chaltetola area of Sadar Upazila of the district early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Babu, 40, son of Khaibar Sardar.Satkhira Sadar Thana Officer-in-Charge Enamul Haque

NARAYANGANJ: A passenger was killed and five more injured in a head-on-collision between an auto-rickshaw and a truck in Panchabati area of Fatullah under Sadar Upazila of the district on Tuesday midnight.The deceased was identified as Jahirul Islam, 40.Fatullah Model Thana Assistant

DHAKA: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is going to visit India for a 4-day February 12 at of the invitation of Speaker of Lok Sabha Smt Meira Kumar.The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh came up with the disclosure on their webpage on Tuesday.This is her maiden visit to India as

DHAKA: Prime Minister of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Dr Abdalla Ensour congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her success in the Parliamentary elections and reappointment as the Prime Minister of the People`s Republic of Bangladesh.In a message, the Jordanian Prime Minister wished all the success

DHAKA: Shakir Qasem Mahdi Al Kafaf, Ambassador of The Republic of Iraq to Bangladesh, paid tributes and homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his tomb at Tungipara on Saturday.He placed floral wraths to his grave, said a press release sent from the Embassy.  The diplomat was

DHAKA: Some fifteen eminent personalities have been awarded Ekushey Padak-2014 for their outstanding contribution contribution to their respective fields.The disclosure came from a press release sent from the cultural affairs ministry on Tuesday afternoon. The recipients are Shamsul Huda

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) has decided to deploy Army in the upcoming upazila polls for five days as part of extra security measure in spite of having no fear of violence.Election Commissioner Shahnewaz made the disclosure while talking to reporters at his office on Tuesday

DHAKA: Criticizing remarks of BNP over financing to much-talked-about Padma Bridge from the reserve money, Finance Minister AMA Muhith responded saying, saying “I don’t agree with them”.“I don’t agree with them, It’s my business not them,” he said over the funding from