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

DHAKA: The Election Commission (EC) holds meeting with Deputy Commissioners (DC), Police Supers (SP) and district polling officers on holding the upcoming Upazila polls free and fair.The meeting started at 11:30am at NEC auditorium in capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Wednesday. The

TANGAIL: Two Army personnel and three Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were killed in a mortar shell blast in Ghatail upazila of the district on Wednesday noon.The deceased were identified as Army’s senior warrant officers Manjur and Parvez, lance naik of BGB Mohammad Ali, sepoys

DHAKA: Apollo Hospital Dhaka has launched free home delivery service of medicines.The service has primarily started for residents of Bashundhara residential area in Baridhara of the capital. Apollo Hospital already appointed three delivery men and two pharmacists in this regard. By phone

DHAKA: For flourishing the tourism industry in the country, the government is going to build up few new cities. At the very initiatives Cox’s Bazar is going to be taken up as the first one. A source in the Prime Minister’s office has confirmed it. The source informed that to build up

DHAKA: A fire broke out at a textile factory adjacent to bus stand in Uline area at Savar, on outskirts of the capital, Wednesday noon.The fire originated from standard machine at ground floor of two-storey building of Anlima Textile around 12:00 noon. On information, two fire fighting

BANDERBAN: President Abdul Hamid has reached Nilgiri of Bandarban on a tour on Wednesday evening.He started from Khagrachhari by a helicopter and reached to Nilgiri, which is 47-km from Bandarban Sadar.Banderban’s Superintendent of Police Devdas Bhattacharya confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: BNP-led 19-party alliance decided to boycott two private television channels----Channel 71 and Independent television. The party Chairperson Khaleda Zia took the decision on Tuesday night.A reliable source said that the two channels will be boycotted strictly and none will be

FARIDPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed and another injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Danginagarkanda area under Nagarkanda upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Witnesses said that a Barisal-bound

DHAKA: United States said Bangladesh needs to do much more on improving labor standards to win back duty-free trade benefits suspended after the global textile industry`s worst disaster.The country senior officers came up with the observation at a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

SATKHIRA: A suspected carjacker was killed and another sustained bullets injuries in a clash with police in Chaltetola area of Sadar Upazila of the district early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Babu, 40, son of Khaibar Sardar.Satkhira Sadar Thana Officer-in-Charge Enamul Haque