Manikganj -Two women were killed and three others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike at Tarail and Goaldangi village in Ghior upazila on Monday noon.The deceased were identified as Bilkis Begum, 35, wife of Mosharraf Hossain of Tarail village…
Dhaka -Five people, including a woman, were killed in three separate road accidents in Comilla and Rajbari districts on Monday morning.In Comilla, a man and a woman were killed and three others injured as a truck knocked down an auto-rickshaw…
Benapole – A Bangladeshi national was found dead on the Ichhamati river inside the Indian territory opposite Putkhali border in Benapole on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Guljar Hossain, 55, a resident of the area.Lt Col Arifur Rahman, commanding…
Benapole – A young man died from electrocution at Basundia village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam, 18, son of Rafiqul Islam Mahaldar, a resident of the village.Family sources said…
By Shamsuddoza Sajen May – In a recent interview with BBC, India’s minister of water resources Uma Bharti unveiled her government’s massive plan to divert major rivers including the Ganges and Brahmaputra. According to the Guardian, the project is just…
Dhaka-Bangladesh Bidi Shilpa Malik Samity yesterday urged the government for implementing a just-based and realistic duty structure and to withdraw the duty imposed on bidi products in the proposed budget for the fiscal 2016-17.
Chuadanga – A minor boy died from electrocution at Joynagar village in Damurhuda upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Sajim, 5, son of Abul Kashem, a resident of the village.Locals said Sajim received a shock and was injured…
Chittagong – Unidentified miscreants gunned down the wife of a superintendent of police of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) at the city’s GEC intersection on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Mahmuda Khanam, 33, wife of Babul Akhter, a resident…
Dhaka-Hajj pilgrims will have to register their names by June 7 as the pre-registration time will not be extended further.
Bogra – Three passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed and two others injured as a bus hit the vehicle on Dhaka-Bogra Highway at Mokamtola in Shibganj upazila here on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Lilu Mia, 25, son of Noimuddin,…
Gazipur – A fire broke out in a garments factory at Chandara in Kaliakoir upazila on Saturday noon.Station officer of Kaliakoir Fire Service Apurba Bal said the fire broke out at the factory of Nur Group in the area around…
Habiganj – Two people, including a woman, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Hafizpur in Bahubal upazila early Saturday.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately,UNB News Agency…
Susan Myers United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke those words to open the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, which took place May 23-24 and included 9,000 participants from across the world and across sectors. They represented over 170 countries and came…
Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mohajote on Friday demanded resignation of AKM Salim Osman, MP, for publicly humiliating Narayanganj schoolteacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta.
Amid the widespread criticism over the humiliation of a schoolteacher in Narayanganj, another headmaster of a high school was assaulted over the formation of the managing committee at Khandorchara in Kaliganj upazila on Thursday evening.
Chittagong – A foam factory caught fire in Halishahar area of the city on Friday afternoon.Mohammad Yeahia, additional director of Chittagong Fire Service, said the fire broke out at the factory around 5:45pm.On information, seven firefighting units rushed in and…
Khulna – Two people astride a motorcycle were killed as they were sandwiched between two buses in Baroitala area of Batiaghata upazila on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Bhola Sarker, 23, son of Naresh Sarker, and Uttam Mallick, 42,…
Bogra -Ten people were killed and 25 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Bogra highway at Dhankundi in Sherpur upazila on Friday.Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately,UNB news agency…
Two anti-tobacco organisations have expressed frustration over tobacco taxation alleging that Finance Minister AMA Muhith repeatedly backs tobacco companies while the proposed budget drops the Prime Minister’s directives on tobacco-free state.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared before a court here today (Thursday) to place her self-defence statement in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Khaleda appeared before the special court around 10:55 am, her counsel Sanaullah Mia said. Dhaka, UNB News…
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday fixed June 26 for submission of the report after re-investigation into the sexual harassment of several women during the Pahela Baishakh celebration on Dhaka University campus last year.
Narsingd – Two people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Shibpur upazila on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Mamun Khan, 55, microbus driver and a resident…
Mymensingh -Two pedestrians were killed as a truck ran over them at Ragmara on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Trishal upazila on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Muktadir and Lal Miah.
Cox’s Bazar – Two passengers of an auto-rickshaw were killed and four others injured when a bus hit the vehicle at Bangla Bazar on the Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong highway in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.One of the deceased was identified as…
The three-day 37th national science and technology fair began today at the National Museum of Science and Technology (NMST) at Agargaon here. Minister for Science and Technology Architect Yasef Osman inaugurated the event as the chief guest, said a press…
Dhaka – A namaz-e-janaza of Maasranga Television chief executive officer and chief editor Syed Fahim Munaim will be held at the Jatiya Press Club on Friday morning.
Dr Sharmin Sultana, a lecturer of the Forensic Department of Comilla Medical College Hospital who conducted the first autopsy on the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, has claimed that she did not provide any false information in the postmortem report.
Dhaka-The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the hearing on whether to take cognizance in a sedition case lodged against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over her comments on the number of martyrs of the country’s liberation war,…
Bagerhat -Three people, including a woman, were killed as a pick-up overturned on Bagerhat-Khulna highway after hitting a tree in Mohadever Dokan area in Sadar uapzila on Wednesday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately,UNB News Agency Reported.
Benapole – A young man died from electrocution at Panjia Bazar in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Mamun Hossain,20, son of Abdul Kader,a resident of Madardanga village of the upazila,UNB News Agency Reported.