GAZIPUR: Readymade garment workers blockaded Dhaka-Tangail highway demanding minimum wage Tk 8,000 as salary.The blockade programme was started 2:30pm and continued till 3:15pm on Saturday.Witnesses said thousands workers blockaded Dhaka-Tangail highway in Konabari area to meet their

DHAKA: A fire broke out in some shops in Bawnia embankment area adjacent to C-Block of Section-11 at Mirpur in the city on Saturday afternoon.The cause and origination of the fire could not be known immediately.Mobilizing Officer of Fulbaria Fire Station Nilufer Yasmin told banglanews

HABIGANJ: A person was killed and some 30 others were injured in a clash over land property in Amrita village under Bahubal upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Siraj Mia, 25, son of Mokhles Mia, hailed from Amrita village.The injured were admitted to Bahbal

DHAKA: Two Supreme Court lawyers filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of making public the phone conversation between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.Advocate Faruk Hossain amd Advocate Abdullah Al Baki filed the petition with

DHAKA: Beating the internationally popular site Yahoo.com in Bangladesh, Dhaka-based news portal banglanews24.com has achieved the fifth position, according to the International Online Ranking Institution Alexa.com.If we think about the popularity with others online media in Bangladesh

COMILLA: Rail communications on Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes restored after a three and half-an-hour halt due to derailment on Saturday. Earlier, four wheels of a compartment of the Chittagong-bound train from Sylhet veered off the tracks in Brahmanpara Upazila at around

JESSORE: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Redwan Siddique Bobby, son of Sheikh Rehana are set to visit Jessore on Saturday afternoon.They are scheduled to hold views-exchange meetings with local Members of Parliament, presidents and general secretaries of

RAJBARI: Ruling Awami League president, also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Pangsha of Rajbari on Saturday afternoon.A helicopter carrying the premier will land at George High School ground at 2:00pm.She will inaugurate some development projects here and will address a mass

GAZIPUR: Following the death of fellow worker in a road accident, at least 10 workers of Readymade Garment were injured in a clash with police on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Barobari area of the district on Saturday morning.Sources said that a readymade garments worker was killed in a

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel held 36 more people from Inani sea beach under Ukhia Upazila of the district on Friday night while trying to go to Malaysia illegally through sea route.Confirming the matter, Ukhia Thana Officer-in-Charge Gias Uddin Mia told

BOGRA: A Mother and her infant were killed as a train crushed them near Altafnagar rail station area of Dupchachia upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Sapna Rani, 30, wife of Niranjan Pramanik of Nandigram upazila under the district and her son

SATKHIRA: Two people of a family died in a septic tank at Komorpur village of Kaliganj upazila of the district on Friday noon.The deceased were identified as Liakat Ali Kochi, 46 and his nephew Ershad Ali, 28.Sources said Liakat fell into septic tank unconsciously while he was cleaning

RAJBARI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, is scheduled to visit Pangsha upazila in the district on Saturday.Awami League lawmaker of Rajbari-2 constituency M Zillul Hakim confirmed the matter to banglanews.The premier will inaugurate a total of 11

FROM JOY’S MOTORCADE: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Thursday categorically said the Padma Bridge would be built if Awami League assumes power again.The adviser to the premier came up with the assertion while addressing a street rally at Shibchar Ferry Ghat of

DHAKA: The Burmese security forces arrested at least 36 boat people from Bangladesh till Tuesday evening, said Maungdaw district police chief U Shwe Than.“We have detained 36 boat peoples from Bangladesh in the ongoing operation along the international border. The border security force

DHAKA: Low-lying Bangladesh is prey to typhoons and hurricanes every year. Salty ocean water routinely destroys the flat country`s arable farmland. Many of the millions of garment-factory workers take their lives into their hands when they show up for work at derelict factories, 95 per

MANIKGANJ: At least 20 people were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Baniajury bus stand under Ghior Upazila of the district on Friday morning.The identity of the injured could not be known immediately.Witnesses said that a Dhaka-bound bus village line paribahan

DHAKA: Some 86,043 students appeared in the admission test this year under ‘D’ unit of Dhaka University (DU) for the session 2013-14. The test was held in different educational institutions in the capital from 10:00am-11:00am Friday.Besides, two applicants were held for violating

FARIDPUR: Two persons were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Arkandi Bridge area under Madhukhai Upazila of the district on Friday morning.The deceased were identified as Asit, 35 and Jalil, 25, hailed from Srirampur village of the district. Sources said that the

DHAKA: Sajib Wajed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, categorically said that they (Awami League) do not want to see unelected government anymore. Any unelected person won’t be allowed in the state power. He came up with the assertion on Friday morning while addressing a