DHAKA: Police recovered an unidentified body of a young girl from capital’s Sayedabad area on early Thursday.  Jatrabari Thana Sub-Inspector Sobhan Sharif confirmed the matter to banglanews.He, however said, the identity of the girl could not be known yet.  BDST: 0250 HRS, FEB 14, 2014

DHAKA: Indian Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar stressed the need for exchange of visits by parliamentary delegations to enhance cooperation between the legislatures of two countries.The Indian speaker came up with her interest in a meeting with Bangladesh speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury

DHAKA: Efforts to improve fire and building safety at ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh are set to see the country host its first ever International Trade Expo for Building and Fire Safety later this month.Taking place at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on 23-24

DHAKA: A plenty of blended opinions came out through the public opinion program of banglanews on Thursday from people of different walks of life on the issue of BNP’s boycotting the 10th national polls.Moshiur Rahman from Netrokona opined that BNP took the right decision by boycotting

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is to summon three directors of Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort Ltd for their alleged involvement in embezzlement of Tk 50-crore from some Bangladeshi expatriates in London.Moreover, there is an allegation of siphoning against these high ups of the

DHAKA: Speakers at the Bangladesh Copyright & IP Forum’s Workshop said effective enforcement of the existing Copyright Act is urgently required to encourage innovation and creativity. They came up with observation at the training workshop, organized for the Bangladesh Police by

SHERPUR: A youth was chopped to death by his elder brother over long standing dispute regarding their lands in Gollarpar area under Nalitabari upazila of the district on early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Dulal Hossain, 32, son of Mokazzal Hossain and resident of the

MANIKGANJ: A district court on Thursday awarded lifetime imprisonment to the bus driver and helper for their involvement in a much talked rape case.District and Session Judge AKM Mostafa Dewan passed the order on Thursday morning.The court also fined Tk 50,000 each, in default, the

DHAKA: Pahela Falgun, the first day of spring was celebrated Thursday amid gala event and festivity mood across the country.       At the very beginning of the day, thousands of people along with several cultural groups joined in a colorful cultural programme at Bakultola at the

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is taking steps to revamp the party. For five long years, the party has staged anti-government movements and demanded election under caretaker government. But it has failed to achieve its goals. The current situation raises questions and doubts about the

DHAKA: Banglanews24.com, the largest online news portal of the country, has started citizen’s opinion column from Thursday morning. Reports, features and articles will be made on the basis of readers’ comments. It will be published regularly on banglanews site. The politics, the

DHAKA: Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan expressed deep shock at the death of two army and four BGB personnel at Shaheed Salauddin cantonment in Ghatail upazila of Tangail.In a condolence message, he prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her deep shock at the death of two army and four Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) men in mortar shell explosion at Ghatail Cantonment in Tangail.PM’s assistant press secretary Noor Elahi Mina confirmed the matter to banglanews. In the

DHAKA: Another member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), who sustained injuries in mortar shell explosion at Ghatail Cantonment of Tangail, succumbed to his injuries in Combined Military Hospital (CMH) of the capital on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as M Ali Jinnah, member of

HABIGANJ: Two people were killed and four others injured in head-on-collision between two CNG-run auto-rickshaws in east Joypur area under Bahubal Upazila of the district on Wednesday midnight.The deceased were identified as Zitu Mia, 35, and Akbar Ali, 70.Locals said that a CNG-run

GAZIPUR: At least 300 workers of a readymade garment factory in Mauchak area under Kaliakoir Thana of the district fell sick after taking tiffin on Wednesday night.Sources said that the workers of Karim Textile of Purbani Group became sick at around 7:15pm. Sick workers said that the

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former Health Minister AFM Ruhul Haque and former State Minister for Water Resources Mahbubur Rahman Talukder for quizzing over illegal property ownership.ACC spokesperson Pranab Kumar said that two separate notices were sent to the

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