CHITTAGONG: A youth was killed as blockade supporters blasted cocktails aiming him in Hasmoter Dokan area under Satkania Upazila of the district on Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Shahed, 20, son of Badiul Alam.Witnesses said that blockade supporter Jamaat-Shibir men hurled

DHAKA: Opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance extended blockade by 23-hour up to 5:00am Friday.BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed made the disclosure while talking to journalists at party Headquarters at Nayapaltan in the city on Wednesday night.As per previous announcement, the

DHAKA: Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is expected to visit the country on December 6.A competent source from the foreign ministry confirmed the matter to banglanews on Wednesday.In a

DHAKA: At least seven people, including two rickshaw pullers, were injured as blockade supporters blasted cocktails and hand bombs in Chankharpul intersection of the city on Wednesday afternoon.The victims are rickshaw pullers Subol and Sultan, Sadekul, Rafiq, Liton and Humayun Kabir.

DHAKA: Australian High Commissioner to Dhaka Greg Wilcock met with newly appointed Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on Wednesday afternoon.After the meeting, the diplomat told journalists that this is the first meet with the new foreign minister. They discussed the bilateral issues

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday firmly criticized opposition BNP and asked if the people started to reprisal by vandalizing BNP leader’s car and torch houses what will happen then.The premier made the assertion at a meeting held at the Awami League President’s

SUNAMGANJ: At least 88 people, including women, were injured in a clash centering land disputes in Borokapon village under Chhatok upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.  Some 28 critically injured were admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital and the rest were

SYLHET: Eminent educationist and writer Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and his wife physics Professor Dr Yasmeen Haque withdrew their resignation letters on Wednesday.They made the decision after the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) authority had agreed to hold the

DHAKA: Journalists’ organizations of the country staged a protest rally and human chain demo in front of city’s National Press Club on Wednesday in protest against the recent attack on journalists.Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists organized

SATKHIRA: A woman was killed after a branch of tree, cut by Shibir men to block road, fell upon her at Gapinathpur under Kolaroa upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.The deceased was identified as Ambia Khatun, 30, wife of Harunur Rashid of Gapinathpur. The incident took place at

DHAKA: At least 25 people were injured in a clash between BNP activists and police in Savar, on outskirts of Dhaka city, on Wednesday, the second day of 48-hour blockade called by 18-party alliance.Witnesses said that BNP activists brought out a procession led-by Municipal BNP Acting

CHITTAGONG: Two siblings were burnt when blockade supporters torched a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in front of Almas cinema under Kotwali Thana of the port city on Wednesday morning.The injured are Abdul Alam, 32, and Morshed, 20, sons of Syed Ahmed.Witnesses said that blockade supporters

DHAKA: Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and Geography School of Bangladesh jointly is going to arrange the first ever national green summit of Bangladesh.The two day-long summit titled ‘Go Green’ will start from January 3 and continue till January 4,

CHITTAGONG: Deadly blaze killed a mother and her two children and gutted five houses in Fatikchhari upazila under the district early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Sumi Nath, 25, her two kids Borsha Kumar Nath, 2, and Srabon Kumar Nath, 1. Local sources said fire erupted in

KHULNA: At least 12 people were injured, two by bullets, in a clash with police and BNP men at PTI intersection of the divisional city on Wednesday morning.Sources said that BNP men brought out a rally led-by Khulna City Corporation Mayor Moniruzzaman at around 8:00am and police protested

GAZIPUR: Two staffs of Nestle were run over by truck in Rajendrapur area under Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Abul Khayer, 46, of Magura and   Fakhrul Islam, 42, Jessore.  Witnesses said a Banglabazar-bound truck from Rajendrapur hit a motorcycle carrying

GAZIPUR: Rain services on Dhaka-Mumensingh routes spanned after six compartments of Agnibina Express train derailed in Bankuria of the district on Tuesday night as the blockade supporters uprooted rail line slippers.No causalities were reported immediately.Confirming the matter Joydebpur

DHAKA: Five people were killed in separate road crashes in two districts on Wednesday morning.Among the deceased, four were identified as Abul Khayer, 46, of Magura and   Fakhrul Islam, 42, of Jessore, Mohin, 42 and Nasir, 40.Our Staff Correspondent in Gazipur reports: Two staffs of

DHAKA: A woman succumbed to her injuries, which sustained during the first day’s violence of the 48-hour blockade, at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Wednesday.Anwara Begum, 40, a staff of National Bank Malibagh branch, was injured when a crude bomb hurled by picketers hit her head

DHAKA: Seven people were killed, including one passerby and a leader of Juba League, Swechhasebak League, two BNP men including one Jubo Dal leader and a BGB man and 131 people injured in sporadic clashes across the country on Tuesday, the first day of 48-hour 18-party called blockade.The