SIRAJGANJ: Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a gas cylinder explosion of microbus after collision with a private car and then knocked by a truck from behind in Madda Badyaghat area under Kamarkhand upazila of the district on Thursday night.The identity of the deceased and

DHAKA: The Gonojagoron Mancha activists started the road march from Shahbagh in the capital to Malopara of Jessore on Friday morning for protesting communal violence.Mancha’s spokesperson Imran H Sarker leads the march started at 10:00am.Eight buses, two pick-up vans and numbers of

DHAKA: A man was found dead on Banani flyover in the capital on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Rezaul Karim, 45, son of late Mozahar Ali.Later, police recovered the body of Rezaul from footpath of Banani flyover at around 11:30pm and sent him to Dhaka Medical Collage

COX’S BAZAR: Coast guards and Bangladesh Navy personnel rescued 62 fishermen from the grasps of sea-robbers in Sonadia point of Bay of Bengal.The rescued fishermen are the residents of Maheshkhali upazila of the district.Navy sources said that Bangladesh Navy ship ‘Oporajeyo’

MUNSHIGANJ: Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi river route resumed on Friday morning after an eleven-hour suspension due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Meanwhile, that some seven ferries with more than one hundred and fifty vehicles, which were anchored in the mid Padma, started

DHAKA: High Representative Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union condemned the violence in recent days, in a statement on Thursday.The High Representative has taken note of the preliminary results and of reports of low turnout for the 10th Parliamentary elections held in

DHAKA: China said Thursday it hopes that parties in Bangladesh can realize political stability through talks and negotiation after its parliamentary election.Voting took place on Sunday but was plagued by widespread violence and an opposition boycott over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina`s

DHAKA: Lee Yun-young, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Dhaka, expressed deep concerned over Bangladesh’s pre and post polls violence.In a statement on Thursday the envoy said, “We are deeply concerned over the violence which has happened surrounding the election held on January

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have given separate messages on Thursday on the occasion of Homecoming Day of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Hasina.  In the message president Hamid said, “Today is the historic `Homecoming Day` of Father of the

DHAKA: Law ministry has sent a letter to the home ministry to set up a special tribunal on the torture on country’s minority communities.Another letter has also been sent to the ministry to transfer the cases on the torture on minority communities to the tribunal.These two letters,

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League President Sheikh Hasina met President M Abdul Hamid on Thursday evening to discuss the formation of the new government.A source told banglanews24.com that the meeting lasted for almost an hour. The meeting was fixed soon after Hasina was elected the leader of

CHITTAGONG: A readymade garments worker was killed and over 15 others were injured in a clash with police in Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in the port city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Parvin Akter, 18, a garment worker of the KEPZ.  Chittagong Medical College

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-3) personnel nabbed a fake army captain on charge of extortion from city’s Khilgaon area Thursday morning.The detainee was identified as Arif Khan Jewel.RAB sources said that Jewel was caught red handed while he was extorting as an army official in the

DHAKA: Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, also prime minister, is set to meet President Abdul Hamid on Thursday evening.The prime minister sources said that she is going to meet the President to discuss about the formation of the upcoming government.The sources also said that the

DHAKA: Rawshan Ershad, wife of former president HM Ershad, has been elected as leader of the Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party (JPPP). The decision was taken in a meeting of JPPP at Jatiya Sangshad Bhaban on Thursday.   Jatiya Party presidium member and its office secretary Tajul Islam

DHAKA: Bangladesh Awami League again elected party president Sheikh Hasina as the leader of its parliamentary party.The Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP), in a meeting at room of treasury bench at Jatiya Sangsad, chose Sheikh Hasina as its leader.After the meeting, AL agriculture

DHAKA: The members of new cabinet will swear in on Sunday as all preparations have completed in this regard.Cabinet secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan made the disclosure in a press conference on Thursday at his office.Earlier in the day, the newly elected lawmakers of Awami League took

DHAKA: Four people were killed and four others injured in separate road crashes in two districts on Thursday morning.Banglanews Dinajpur correspondent reports: At least two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Kishanbazar under sadar upazila of the district

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday awarded seven years imprisonment to Salauddin Shoyeb Chowdhury, editor of the Weekly Blitz, in a sedition case.Metropolitan session judge Md Jahrul Haque passed the order with the presence of Shoyeb Chowdhury.  As per the statement of the case filed on

CHITTAGONG: An auto-rickshaw driver, who sustained burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack by miscreants in Trunk road area of Feni district on January 4, died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Shahabuddin, 35, an auto-rickshaw