HABIGANJ: A person was killed and five more were injured in a clash between to groups of people in Sundarpur village under Madhabpur Upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased was identified as Abdul Hye, 48, son of late Abdul Gafur.Locals said that centering irrigation in the

FROM IJTEMA GROUND: Thousands of devotees are still thronging the bank of Turag River to join Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj, on Saturday, the second day of the three-day religious event.On the other hand, two more devotees died due to cold

GAZIPUR: Two devotees died due to cold related diseases in Tongi Biswa Ijtema at Gazipur early Saturday.Identity of the deceased, aged between 60 and 70, could not be known immediately.Adam Ali, one of the Ijtema management officials, confirmed the death news of two devotees to

BOGRA: Two motorcyclists were killed and another injured in a road accident in Santahar Dogachhi area on Santahar-Bogra reginal road of the district on Friday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Harunur Rashid, 43 and Mahsin Ali, 45.Witnesses said that the motorbike collided head-on

MANIKGANJ: Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia river route resumed from Saturday morning after around seven hour suspension due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Sources said that the authority halted the ferry services at around 12:30am to avoid collision.Confirming the matter,

DHAKA: Street sex workers are at risk in Bangladesh due to Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) like HIV leading to make them vulnerable to permanent damage such as infertility and even death.  Widespread unprotected heterosexual intercourse has made sex work here an epidemic with the

DHAKA: A daylong gala fair was held on Friday at International School Dhaka (ISD) at Bashundhara Residential Area of Baridhara to provide finance aid in order to social welfare.    Parents-Teachers Association (PTA), a platform of guardians of the school pupils and teachers organized

DHAKA: A motorcyclist was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at capital’s Hatirjheel on Friday afternoon. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Confirming the matter Ramna Thana Officer-in-Charge Mashiur Rahman said that the injured were sent

CHANDPUR: At least 12 passengers were injured in a head-on collision between launch and oil tanker in Mohanpur area of Meghna River of the district on Friday morning.Sources said that Chandpur-bound MV Sonartori launch collided head-on with an oil tanker MV Samia-2 at around 10:00am in

DHAKA: The 19-party alliance was not given permission yet to stage their pre-scheduled protest rally in the city on Saturday.Dhaka city BNP Member Secretary Abdus Salam confirmed the matter to banglanews on Friday noon.BNP declared to stage rally across the country in protest against

BRAHMANBARIA: The train services on Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes halted as a container train derailed in Ashuganj of the district on Friday morning.Sources said that a compartment of a Chittagong-bound train derailed in outer area of Ashuganj rail station at around

MANIKGANJ: Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia river route resumed Friday morning after a six and half an hour suspension due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Earlier, the authority suspended the ferry services at 2:00pm to avoid accident.Later, the ferry services on the route

RANGPUR: Two suspected robbers were shot to death and another sustained bullet injuries in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Shotbari area under Mithapukur upazila of the district early Friday.The law enforcers, however, held three ‘robbers’ with a pistol and two choppers.The deceased

DHAKA: A youth was killed in a road accident at capital’s Tejgaon area on Friday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources said that a rashly driven vehicle ran over the youth while he was crossing road at around 7:30am. He was rushed to Dhaka Medical

GAZIPUR: At least four devotees died due to cold related diseases and accident in Tongi Biswa Ijtema at Gazipur from Thursday night to Friday morning.Three of the deceased were identified as Hedayet Ullah, 70 and Nure Alam, 65, hailed from Noakhali Sadar, Tozammel Sarkar, 72, hailed from

DHAKA: Altaf Mahmud-Kuddus Afrad parisad won the election of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ). Election Commissioner Hasan Shahriar declared the result on Thursday night at Jatiya Press club.The voting started at 9:00am Thursday and continued till 5:30pm without break. Some 1,612 voters

GAZIPUR: The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj, has begun on Friday on the banks of the Turag River at Tongi after Fazr prayer.  The second phase of Ijtema started after giving four days pause which will end February 2. The first

DHAKA: Experts on the north-east India say the death sentence awarded to United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) chief Paresh Barua and 13 others will have little impact on the outfit as both Barua and most of his cadres have already shifted base out of Bangladesh. They were handed

DHAKA: The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the holy Hajj, will begin on Friday on the banks of the Turag River at Tongi after Fazr prayer.    The first phase of Biswa Ijtema took at the same venue on January 24-26.  Sources said thousands of

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday filed a case against the mother-in-law of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman for not submitting wealth statement to it in time.ACC deputy director RK Majumdar filed the case against Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu with Ramna Thana in the