Manikganj: At least eight people were killed and 35 injured as a rashly driven truck rammed a passenger bus off Dhaka-Aricha highway into a roadside ditch at Pakuria in Ghior upazila Thursday.   Three of the deceased were one woman and two children. Identity of the deceased could not be

DHAKA: A workshop on products of cane and bamboo was held in the capital Wednesday where the manufacturers lamented that they are not getting fair price of their handicrafts.The workshop was organized by Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) on the theme ‘ Problems and resolution

Jhenidah: Reckless driving took another life as a truck ran over a teacher at Barbazar Bus Terminal in Kaliganj upazila on Wednesday morning, triggering angry protests.The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam, 45, teacher of Belat-Daulatpur Alim Madrasa of Barbazaar. “While he was

RANGAMATI: Gunmen gunned down an activist of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity at Karbaripara in Rajsthali upazila on Wednesday morning, a day after the killing of a reformist breakaway, as the hills look restive again.The deceased was identified as Swapan Tonchaingya, 35, an

DHAKA: Eleven shops of saris and readymade garments burnt down as a fire wrecked Masjid market in South Keraniganj on Tuesday night, leaving 10 people wounded. Firefighters and locals assumed that the fire ignited from an electric short circuit in a shop of the market at 10 pm. Two fire

Dhaka: Just as the last whistle blew in the Brazil-North Korea World Cup match in the early hours of Wednesday, Brazil’s Bangladesh soccer fans burst out into jubilation in late-night bacchanals in different areas of the capital city waking up the sleeping sections of citizens.

Madaripur: Two people were killed in separate road mishaps at Shibchor and Rajoir Thana in the district Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Uzzal Mia, 25, and Jakir Sheikh, 27.Police and witnesses said banglanews24.com.bd “A bus and an ambulance collided head-on near

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa claim they have shrugged off opening day World Cup jitters and will be much more enterprising against Uruguay Wednesday. The players admitted in the wake of their 1-1 draw with Mexico in Friday`s first game of the tournament they were very nervous and fortunate

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday endorsed four development projects involving Tk 1,189 crore, including a major one under which eleven new government secondary schools and six colleges will be established in the capital. Of the total cost, Tk

DHAKA: Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) hailed the proposed budget 2010-2011 as pro-people, export-and trade-friendly but stopped to foretell that it might fuel further the rising inflation.  The apex trade body of the export sector said though the

MADARIPUR: Clashes between students of Najimiuddin University College and local bus workers over a dispute in the district headquarters Tuesday left at least 50 students and policemen injured.Police Super of Madaripur Sardar Tamizuddin Ahmed was among the injured as he tried to pacify the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Tuesday exonerated former Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil from a tax-evasion case filed against him last year by the National Board of Revenue.Judge FM Aminul Islam of Special Judge’s Court-1 issued the order after hearing the petition filed by the lawyer

Dhaka:  A street fight between police and garment workers in the capital’s Tejgaon industrial area Tuesday left at least 35 people injured, including nine cops. During the melee, police fired teargas shells and rubber bullets to quell the angry workers of Samahar Sweater Factory,

DHAKA: Production in the country’s lone offshore gas field Sangu came to a grinding halt Tuesday for technical breakdown, officials said. “The production in the field halted for problems in the generator that powers the mining field,” chairman of Petrobangla Prof Hossain Mansur

DHAKA: Chinese Vice-President Xi Jingping left Dhaka for Laos on Tuesday noon after two days’ official visit to Bangladesh that yielded some broad agreements on placing the bilateral ties on a higher trajectory.Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni saw him off at Hazrat Shahjalal International

DHAKA:  The first Hajj flight from Bangladesh will take off on October 10, Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism GM Quader said Tuesday, revealing government preparation in advance for the pilgrimage. This year 75 thousand Bangladeshi pilgrims will perform Hajj from the Muslim-majority

Dhaka: The devastating Nimtoli fire originated from a kitchen stove, fed on chemicals nearby and erupted into a conflagration that left over a hundred people and many wounded in the densely populated Old Dhaka locality, says an official probe report. A five-member prove committee formed

COX’S BAZAR: Landslides triggered by torrential rain on the first day of the rainy season buried at least 50 people, including six army-men, under a deluge of mud and water in Cox’s Bazar-Bandarban belt early Tuesday, official sources said.In the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, 46

SATKHIRA: A seven-year-old schoolboy was killed by terrors at Bakra village in Ashashuni upazila early Tuesday, a day after his abduction for ransom. Police recovered the body of Amir Hamza Sumon, the only son of Belal Hossain of the village, from Chumurkhola dam in the morning.“Sumon

DHAKA: Amar Desh destiny got darkened again as the Supreme Court`s Appellate Division Thursday stayed for four weeks the High Court order against the government action cancelling the declaration of the Bengali daily.Chamber judge SK Sinha of the Appellate Division gave the order following