CHUADANGA: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) abducted a Bangladeshi cattle trader from Munshipur frontier under Damurhuda Upazila of the district earlier Wednesday.The victim- Miazan, 24, is a cattle trader, son of Fakir Miazi of the district.Sources said Miazan along with four to five

CHITTAGING: Chittagong Inter-district Bus Owners Association observed the half-day bus strike in the district from Wednesday morning protesting the vandalism of vehicles after an accident in Sitakunda upazila that killing a college student.Due to the strike, no long-route bus, chair coach

ASHULIA, DHAKA: At least 70 people were injured in sporadic clashes between garments workers and police in Ashulia and Gazipur on Wednesday morning.In Gazipur, workers of some garments blocked highway in the Panishal area and vandalized vehicles.A clash erupted when police obstructed

DHAKA: An "innovative" new agreement signed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Dutch, British and Canadian governments aims to support garment workers on Bangladesh.Nearly three and half million Bangladesh garment workers, recently beset by industrial accidents and a

DHAKA: Clothing retailer River Island has signed up to an agreement to improve workplace safety in Bangladesh following the Rana Plaza factory collapse earlier this year.The disaster in April killed more than 1,000 textile workers and led to more than 80 brands who employ workers in

CHUADANGA: At least nine people, including a woman, were injured as a miscreant blasted bomb at Alamdanga upazila in the district on Tuesday evening.Witnesses said miscreant Turaf blasted a bomb at Belgachhi village under the upazila around 7:30pm centering a trifle matter, leaving nine

DHAKA: A youth was killed as a rashly driven bus knocked him down in Mohakhali area of the city on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Harun Sikdar, 31, son of Ujir Sikder, hailed from Gopalganj district.Witnesses said Harun wanted to get up a passenger bus but failed. In the

DHAKA: Around 11-kg gold was seized from a flight Emirates Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday evening.Customs authorities of the airport seized the huge amount gold—104 pieces gold bars--from the flight come from Dubai.Airport customs assistant commissioner

DHAKA: The authorities of Bangladesh Railway (BR) will introduce nine special trains to ease the sufferings of the homebound passengers during the Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest festivals of the Muslims.Apart from this, additional coaches will be added to intercity, mail and express

SUNAMGANJ: Border Security Force (BSF) of India abducted a Bangladeshi national from Dalura border hat of Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday noon.The abducted Bangladeshi man is M Majmil Mia, 55 of Biswambarpur upazila.Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-8 sources said BSF members

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to three men in a gang rape case of a young Marma girl.The court also acquitted two persons as they were found not guilty in the case.Acting judge of district women and children repression tribunal-2 Rezaul Karim passed the

DHAKA: A strong earthquake of magnitude measuring 7.8 struck the Dalbandin area in Balochistan province on Tuesday, said the US Geoplogical Survery.The tremors were felt as far off as the Indian capital city of New Delhi, news agency Reuters reported.According to intial television

CHITTAGONG: Inter-District Bus Owners’ Association has called 24-hour transport strike from Wednesday in the district protesting vehicles vandalism after a private university student died at Sitakunda.The strike will be enforced from Wednesday 6:00am to Thursday 6:00am.   Office

RANGPUR: Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Mayor Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu is likely to file a compensation suit of Tk 5 crore against Apollo Hospitals on charge of negligence in treatment.The disclosure came from a press conference at his resident in Rangpur on Tuesday.Jhantu said that he

BARISAL: A mother along with her son was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal highway at Khanjapur union in Gauranadi upazila of the district on Tuesday noon.The deceased were identified as Beauty Begum, 30, wife of Kamal Bepari and her son Ferdous, 2, of the upazila.Sources said

DHAKA: Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD) has recommended Tk 6,560 as minimum monthly salary for the readymade garments workers considering expenditure which would be implemented in phases.The CPD, a think-tank organization of the country, proposed that initially the minimum wage should be

DHAKA: Agitated students on Tuesday afternoon withdrew blockade from Dhaka-Chittagong highway after getting assurance about meeting their demand.Officer-in-Charge of Baroaulia Highway Thana Sohel Imtiaz confirmed the matter to banglanews.Vehicular movements became normal through the

DHAKA: Three drug peddlers were held with one kilogram heroin worth around Tk 1 crore from city’s Malibagh area on Monday night.The detainees are— Sahidullah, Sarwar Hossain Shohag and Shaon Ahmed. Sources said that acting on a tip off Detective Branch (DB) of police conducted a

DHAKA: Passengers’ sufferings mounted as transport workers went on strike on all routes of Satkhira and Meherpur-Kushtia road from Tuesday morning.Our Satkhira correspondent reports: Satkhira Bus-Minibus Labor Union called the strike protesting the hartal violence and demanding banning

TANGAIL: At least 35 people were inured, a journalist by bullets, in a clash between RMG workers and law enforcers in Hatuvanga area under Mirzapur upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The journalist was identified as Tutul who works as a Tangail district correspondent of the Daily