RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY: At least four people, including two admission seekers and a police official, were injured as miscreants blasted cocktails at Binodpur gate of the university on Thursday morning.The injured are- Juthi, 21, Reshmi, 20, candidates of honors first year admission test for

SYLHET: At least 18 Ijtema-bound devotees sustained injuries in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bhairab Upazila of Kishoreganj on Thursday morning.Sources said that a bus hit the pilgrims-laden bus from behind in the area at around 4:00am, leaving 18 people injured.A passenger

DHAKA: The High Commission of India is set to hold a programme at the New Chancery Complex in capital’s Baridhara area on January 26 to mark the Republic Day of the country. Pankaj Saran, High Commissioner of India, will unfurl the National Flag at 9:00am, to be followed by the singing

DHAKA: UN Secretary-General Ban-ki-moon mourned the passing of Bangladeshi peacekeeper Lieutenant Colonel Tauhid-Ul-Mulok.Ban-ki-Moon expressed his deep shock through a letter to Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in New York Dr AK Abdul Momen. In the condolence

JESSORE: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Malopara, the victim of post-election violence, under Abhoynagar upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.Later the premier will address a rally to be organized by district Awami League at Shangkarpasha high school in the upazila

KURIGRAM: Amid tight security measures, re-voting has started in two polling centers, where voting were postponed for rigging allegations, in the Kurigram-4 constituency on Thursday.The voting began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without any break. Jatiya Party (JP) candidate

MANIKGANJ: Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia water way resumed on Thursday morning after a 7-hour halt due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. The ferry services have started from 7:30am.Earlier, the authority declared stopped the ferry service at 12:30am due to poor

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Wednesday said immediate action will be taken if any allegation of irregularities against the officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is proved.Obaidul Quader said this at a meeting with BRTA officials at its headquarters in

DHAKA: Foreign Minister of Brazil, Russian Ambassador and the Secretary General of SAARC congratulated the new State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam of his assuming of office.Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Minister of External Relations of Brazil congratulated Shahriar Alam,

DHAKA: Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her re-election as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.The UNCTAD chief congratulated Hasina in a letter sent to foreign ministry on

DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday ruled out any possibility for holding dialogue with BNP over the next elections. The senior politician of the country came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at his secretariat office.  In response to a query over foreign

DHAKA: Canadian High Commissioner to Dhaka Heather Cruden met state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam on Wednesday morning.The meeting was held at foreign ministry office at 11:00am.During the parley, they discussed many bilateral issues between the two countries, said a

DHAKA: Islam Karimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her re-election as the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.Director (Media) of External Publicity Wing of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nripendra Chandra Debnath

DHAKA: Jamal Uddin Ahmed has been appointed again as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.A full-flagged Board of Directors is going to be constituted by Prime Ministers’ Office on Wednesday.Earlier on Tuesday, PM office finalized the appointment of Jamal

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Police, in a special drive, detained three foreign citizens and seized equipments for printing counterfeit dollars in capital’s Uttara area on Tuesday night.Of them, two were identified as Cameroonians and another as Guatemalan.Confirming the matter,

DHAKA: A person was killed as a bus hit him in capital’s Sayedabad area on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ripon, 32, driver of a minibus.Owner of the minibus Abdul Hamid told banglanews that a bus of Anabil Paribahan hit Ripon at 11:00am while he was crossing

MANIKGANJ: Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatia river route, which came to a halt since Tuesday night due to poor visibility caused by dense fog, resumed after 11-hour.Sources said that the authority has stopped the ferry services from 11:30pm to avoid accident.Confirming the matter,

NATORE: Three people were killed in a road accident on Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Agran area under Baraigram upazila of the district on Wednesday morning.The deceased were identified as truck driver Selim, 35, helper Nazrul, 22 and labourer Meher, 25.Confirming the matter, Bonpara

CHITTAGONG: A teenage boy was burnt alive and seven houses were gutted as a fire broke out at Firoz Shah Colony in the port city early Wednesday.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. The cause of the fire, broke out at 2:55am, could not be known immediately.Sources

DHAKA: A new coastal shipping line is scheduled to operate from March between Chittagong, Mongla, Narayanganj and Teknaf ports in Bangladesh and Maungtaw, Pathein, Sittwe and Yangon in Myanmar. Plans for the line have been delayed for a couple of years but now look to be on track.Trade