DHAKA: Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday urged the UK to continue its support for Bangladesh. Begum Zia’s call came as she met visiting former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the residence of British High Commissioner in Dhaka.BNP Vice President Shamsher

BRAHMANBARIA: At least 15 people, including jawans of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), were injured in a clash between BDR men and local people over taking photographs of smuggled goods at Brahmanbaria rail station Saturday. Witnesses said the BDR raided Dhaka-bound Mahanagar Prabhati train and

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday blamed the last BNP-led 4-party alliance government for the August 21 grisly grenade attack on her Awami League party rally she addressed in 2004.“There is no doubt that the BNP government was behind the grenade attack,” she told a meeting

DHAKA: A group of students of Business Studies Faculty of Dhaka University Saturday went on rampage on the campus to protest what they said ‘faulty grading system’ introduced by their faculty.   They demanded implementation of the common grading system introduced by the University

RANGPUR: Students of Rangpur Medical College Saturday boycotted classes and staged demonstration on the campus protesting terrorist attack on a teacher.The students also besieged the office of the college Principle demanding exemplary punishment to the miscreants. The doctors and teachers

GAZIPUR:  Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two suspected terrorists after trading fire with them at Tongi Bazar on Friday night. According to a press release, signed by senior Assistant Director of RAB- 1, on Saturday, acting on information that a gang of gunrunners would

SYLHET: Thirteen people died in an alcoholic catastrophe after drinking fermented liquors in Balaganj upazila till Saturday morning, says a latest report.Local sources said a group of 14/15 people took local liquor at a house of Goabazar under Osmani Nagar Thana on Wednesday night and

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday blamed the last BNP-led 4-party alliance government for the August 21 grisly grenade attack on her Awami League party rally she addressed in 2004.“There is no doubt that the BNP government was behind the grenade attack,” she told a meeting

DHAKA: Two unidentified old men were killed in separate road accidents in the capital, Dhaka, early Saturday. Police recovered the body of a sexagenarian man from Badda at about 1:15am while another man, aged around 65, from the roadside near Rab-1 office at Airport road at about

SAVAR: Armed robbers killed three passengers and injured 10 others during a daring dacoity in a bus on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway on Friday night. Meanwhile, police held three persons as suspects in connection with the robbery. They are bus driver Bazlul Haq, Rana of Savar and Babu Mia of

SAVAR: The driver of the killer bus that killed two government secretaries in Manikganj accident was Friday charged with murder of the senior officers. Investigating officer of the case of mishap Nurul Islam Bhuiyan submitted charge-sheet with the senior judicial magistrate court of

DHAKA: Brought in place by the colonial British rulers centuries back, Bangladesh’s railway still runs mostly as per the rules set by them, belying government initiatives for modernization of the mass-transport sector.And true to the British rules formulated way back in 1862, Government

DHAKA:  To cash in on a rush of homebound holidaymakers ahead of Eid, dilapidated launches are being veneered into new looks in various docks of Keraniganj on the Buriganga riverbank. During a spot visit, the banglanews24.com.bd correspondent found some 27 docks busy with paint-and-brush

DHAKA: It is impossible for the one-man Judicial Commission to play a lone hand in reclaiming the occupied government lands, admitted its sole member Justice Habibur Rahman Khan.  “It is impossible for me alone to perform my duty assigned for bringing back the public lands from

DHAKA: Angry mob Friday vandalized vehicles in city’s Malibagh area following a rumor over the death of a teenaged boy in a road accident, disrupting traffic for an hour.Wittiness said a minibus hit Sabuj, 14, around 2:30pm, leaving him seriously injured. As the news of Sabuj’s death

KURIGRAM: Erosion has intensified in different areas of Sadar upazila due to onrush of hill waters across the border and incessant rain for last few days.Nankar Haor village of Bhogdanga union in Sadar upazila was devoured by the swelling River Dharala on Friday as erosion caused by the

PABNA: Two people were electrocuted in Sadar and Faridpur upazilas of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Abdul Hannan, 35, of Gati village in Sadar upazila and Shahidul Islam, 28, of Chithulia village in Faridpur upazila.Witnesses said Shahidul came contact

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League Saturday mourned for the martyrs slain in the fatal grenade attack on the party rally in 2004, with government leaders pledging to unveil the masterminds.On this day in 2004, 24 people, including AL leader Ivy Rahman, wife of President Zillur Rahman, were

DHAKA: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie Blair arrived in Dhaka on Friday afternoon on a three-day private trip. Wishing anonymity, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said a special aircraft carrying the Blair couple touched down at the tarmac of Shahjalal

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni blamed the opposition parties for creating impediment to the trial of war criminals from their “anti-liberation” standpoint.“The present opposition parties, which were involved in all kinds of anti-liberation activities, are now trying to foil