DHAKA: Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday, was one of the greatest literary minds the world has produced.Here are some facts which are probably yet to know about this author.Marquez outsold everyone but God in SpanishOnly the Bible has sold

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday cancelled all types of holidays at the Roads and Highways Department during the Eid and the rainy seasons. The Minister came up with the declaration while addressing an annual conference of Engineers of Roads and Highways Department

TANGAIL: A housewife was allegedly beaten to death by her in-law’s family in Kharajhura village under Kalihati of the district Friday early. Police detained two men for their involvement into the killing.The deceased was identified as Ameena, 22, wife of immigrant Ainuddin of Kharajhura

NARAYANGANJ: Police said the kidnappers of Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan, were highly trained and the abduction was a pre-planned one.District Superintendent of Police (SP) Syed Nazrul Islam came up

CHITTAGONG: Two people were killed and three others injured in a road crash in Srimai Bridge area under Patiya upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Taiab Ali, 45 and Munshi Mia, 40, hailed from Uttar Joara area of Chandanaish upazila.Sources said the

DHAKA: Unidentified kidnappers set free Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan, on the road in front of the Mirpur Ansar Camp Friday early.AB Siddique was released some 35 hours after a miscreant gang abducted

Dhaka: A press brief is underway on the abduction of Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan at the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Narayanganj.More to Follow ……..BDST: 1103 HRS, APR 18, 2014

GODAGARI, RAJSHAHI: Two people were killed in a road accident on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road in Shabdipur area under Godagari upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, 35 and Farhat, 30.Sources said that loosing control a truck knocked the

DHAKA: At least 7 people were injured when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw in Demra Bridge area of the capital at 8:00am Friday.The injured were decorator workers –Rani, 25, Rani, 26, Laily, 30, Taslima, 24, Sumi, 24, Mamata, 20 and Monir Hossin, 32, driver of the CNG.Fellow

DHAKA: Using NASA`s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" -- the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. The discovery of Kepler-186f confirms that

KALIAKAIR, GAZIPUR: Two passengers were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kharajura area under Kaliakair upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Joynal Abedin, 55 and Wahid, 40.Sources said that a speedy truck

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said the teachers are working as the makers of the nation’s root. Inu was addressing the Liberation War affairs session of the 140th Basic Training Course at the auditorium of National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) in the city on

NATORE: A minor boy was burnt to death while in sleep at Telkupi village under Sadar upazila of the district Friday early.    The deceased was identified as Shihab, 12, son of Shaidul Islam of the village.District Fire Service and Civil Defense sources said “the fire caught at

DHAKA: Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan was rescued from capital’s Kalabagan area on Thursday night.               He is now at Dhanmondi Thana.             Sources said

BANDARBAN: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained two smugglers with 14, 000 pieces Yaba tablet on Thursday night from Nikhonchhari upazila of the district.The detainees are Ismail Hossain, 36 and Anwar Hossain 14, hailed from Pallan Para village under Teknaf upazila of Cox’s

DHAKA: A five-member search team was formed to rescue Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan.Police sources said Sheikh Mohammad Maruf, Additional Commissioner (ADC) of Police Headquarters, wad made chief to

DHAKA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) appointed Kazuhiko Higuchi as the new Country Director for Bangladesh. A press release made the disclosure in a press release on Thursday.He will replace Teresa Kho, who was appointed to New Delhi as the head of its mission there.Japanese national

DHAKA: A four-day long animation cartoon festival is going to be held with the theme ‘Shishura Sajabei Notun Prithibi (Children will Furnish the New World)’ at the Central Public Library from April 20.Children Communication Bangladesh (CCB) will organize the festival, the 2nd

DHAKA: The 40th Customer Care, Symphony Smile, was inaugurated at level 5 of Bashundahra City in the capital on Thursday, said a press release.  M Aminur Rashid, Chairman Edison Group & Jakaria Shahid, MD, Edison Group opened the customer care. Morshed-uz_Zaman, Head of Service, Symphony

NEW YORK: Appreciating Bangladesh’s achievements in various fields, the United States has said it has kept pressing Bangladesh for a greater political inclusion to ensure a more stable and prosperous future.“In Bangladesh, we continue to press for greater political inclusion, without