Dhaka: One person was killed in a road accident at city’s Jatrabari intersection Saturday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali, 30.Jatrabari thana sources said a speeding passenger bus ran down Ali while he was crossing the road.Local people rescued him in a terminal condition,

Hatia: Panic gripped the remote offshore island of Hatia after Tuesday’s fierce fighting between two rival gangs of pirates over establishing supremacy in the area as reports Saturday said 20 people were killed in the shootout.Local sources confirmed 20 dead, including the ringleader of

Dhaka: A passenger-crammed bus tumbled near Sayedabad terminal in the capital Saturday, leaving around 15 people wounded.The injured were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where five were said to be in “critical condition”. Witnesses said the “recklessly driven” bus of

Dhaka: Bangladesh entered into a five-year Framework Agreement with Russia on peaceful use of nuclear energy that will lead to building a nuke-power plant in the South Asian country. Architect Yeafesh Osman, State Minister for Science and ICT, on behalf of the Bangladesh government signed

Dhaka: City kitchen markets saw further price rises in the just-past week as last two days of rain disrupted supply of vegetables from different parts of the country. Traders at Kaptan Bazar, Shanir Akhra and Karwanbazar Friday also said prices of certain essentials, including sugar,

Chandpur: Detective police arrested four suspected drug peddlers with 10 kg ganja and 69 bottles of narcotic Phensidyl syrup in the district on Friday morning, as an anti-drug drive is underway in different parts of the country. Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB police raided Kakoyrtala

Savar: A garment worker was electrocuted when two others injured at a labor colony of Savar Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Akram Hossain, 23, worker of Ashulia Opex Garments.Sub inspector Abdus Sattar of Ashulia thana said Akram and two of his colleagues were napping at a

Kushtia: Abject poverty forced Aduri Bewa to beg for two meals. At the start, she felt ashamed, but there’s nothing doing. How many days could she survive without food?The once-well-off housewife never imagined of panhandling for bred, but she couldn’t help since her husband lost his

Pabna: Outbreaks of diarrhoea in parts of the district claimed lives of three children and affected over 100 people in 18 hours to Friday morning.Hospital sources confirmed the deaths of three children Friday. The deceased are Ishaq,5,  son of Idris Al of Chatmohar upazila, Asha, 3,

DHAKA: The teachers of non-government colleges who hold M.Phil and PhD degrees Friday demanded immediate implementation of the government-declared special pay scale for them in removing “discrimination” between government and non-government institutions’ teachers.“We want to get

DHAKA: Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon Friday demanded of the government to evict the grabbers of the Meghna River, following up Prime Minister’s directive with decisive action. The demand came from a citizens’ rally organized by the organization in front of the National Press Club in the

Dhaka: A middle-aged man was found floating dead in the capital’s Chandrima Udyan lake close by the national parliament house on Friday morning.Informed by local people, police came and recovered the body of the slain man, aged around 40, at about 10am.The body was sent to Dhaka Medical

Chuadanga: Two motorcycles collided at Darshana in Damurhuda upazila on Thursday night, leaving one of the riders dead and two injured.Police said two bikes coming from opposite direction collided in front of Darshana Filling Station at about 9pm, leaving Wahed, 32, Alamgir, 25, and

Gaibandha: Twelve people were killed and 30 injured in two fatal road accidents in Gobindaganj upazila Friday, in both the cases freewheeling trucks crashing into passenger buses, witnesses said.In the first accident, two people were killed and another seven injured in a head-on collision

Dhaka: Dhaka Metropolitan Police formed a special committee to combat a tide of eve-teasing nuisance and sexual harassment of women, as the government declared ‘zero tolerance’ against the latter-day Romeos on the heels of a High Court order. Mir Abul Kashim, additional police

DHAKA: Green campaigners Thursday blasted government policy on import of alien trees for planting here as they said it causes tremendous loss to domestic biodiversity.They also criticized use of hybrid seeds for bumper production of food-grains, alleging that it yields much but degrades

Dhaka: A street child fell down to death from a mango tree in front of the chief justice’s bungalow at Kakrail crossroads on Thursday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Monir Hossain, son of Ahmed Hossain of Anandonagar slums in Badda area of the city.Witnesses said

Dhaka: The High Court Thursday declared legal the government decision shutting down Jamuna TV, a private satellite television station, before it could come into public view. An HC bench consisting of Justice Mahmud Hossain and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore upheld the government decision

DHAKA. An alleged criminal was Wednesday found dead in an abandoned building near Noor Mosque at Polashpur under Kadamtali Thana in the capital city.The deceased was identified as Sumon alias Patla Sumon, 30, hailed from Nurpur in Shariatpur district.Kadamtali police said they recovered

Dhaka: An annual art exhibition began Thursday at Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University to encourage young artists to pursue creative artwork.The faculty of Fine Arts of the university has organized the exhibition on its premises, with a total of 300 artworks, including paintings and