NEW YORK: An expatriate Bangladeshi woman was killed in a road accident in Queensor Seventh Avenue in New York on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Nishat Hossain 58, a staff of chain fast food Mc Donald’s and wife of late Monir Hossain, hailed from Chandpur Sadar upazila of

DHAKA: A police source was chopped to death by assailants in capital’s Razabazar area on Indira road early Monday.The deceased was identified as Nasim, 30.Sources said that miscreants chopped him to death in between 02:00am to 03:00am. Later, on information police recovered his body and

DHAKA: The Mayor of the Philippines’ Central Business District (CBD) welcomed last week a group of high-level delegates from Bangladesh, to share the city’s best practices and lessons learned on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM).The delegation comprises of senior officials

DHAKA: At least 50 people were injured in a triangular clash of garments workers, police and owners on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar at around 8.00am Monday.Sources said that workers of Standard Group started demonstration inside the factory demanding pay rise at Olail area of Savar

DHAKA: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Army Commander of Indian Army at Fort William in Kolkata, Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh, UYSM, AVSM, VSM paid homage to Shikha Anirban at capital’s Cantonment on Monday.He paid honor to martyrs of Liberation War placing floral

SYLHET: Miscreants attacked at the resident of the principal Osul Ahmed Chowdhury of Sylhet Osmani Medical College (SOMC) on Sunday night.Sources suspected that Chahatra Dal activists might have done this violence.Osmani Medical College source said that there was a clash between Chhatra

PANCHAGARH: Two people were killed and 20 more injured in electric transformer blast in Muhurijot village under Tetulia Upazila of the district on Sunday night.The deceased were identified as Shohida Begum, 35 and Yakub Ali, 50.Sources said that the 11000 kilowatt electric transformer

DHAKA: At least two people were injured critically as a train knocked a stuck passenger bus at Mohakhali rail crossing in the capital on Sunday night.The injured were sent to Ayesha Memorial Hospital and Dhaka Medical College Hospital.Witnesses said that a Mirpur-bound bus of Bengal

DHAKA: Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao and speaker of Bangladesh National Assembly Shirin Sharmin Choudhury met on the sidelines of International Day of Peace meeting on September 21 in Kunming, capital city of southwestern China’s Yunnan Province.Li said as developing countries,

GAZIPUR: Most of the workers of readymade garments beside Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways in Borobari area locked into sporadic clashes with police on Monday morning.The clash erupted when workers of most of the garments’ including Interfact Sweater, Tongi Zaber & Zubayer,

DHAKA: Over 22,000 bottles of Phensedyl cough syrup, valued at Rs 30 lakh, have been seized by customs officials at Siliguri in northern West Bengal’s Darjeeling district.The preventive and intelligence unit of Siliguri Customs seized the consignment – set to be smuggled to Bangladesh

DHAKA: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said no Bangladesh national were affected in the recent terrorist attack at the Westgate Shopping Centre of Nairobi in Kenya.The disclosure came from a statement of Foreign Ministry signed by director general of External Publicity of MoFA M

DHAKA: Land Reform Board Secretary Nurul Haque was made Officer on Special Duty (OSD) and two other secretaries were transferred their offices.A gazette notification from public administration ministry disclosed the matter on Sunday.As per the government order, Textile and Jute Ministry

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Two people were killed and 18 others injured in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy at Narayanpur of Sadar upazila in the district Sunday.The deceased were identified as Nurul Islam, 45, son of Entaj Ali, hailed from Joulia Sardar Para and Potol, son of

GOPALGANJ: At least 25 persons were injured in a clash over eve teasing at Nijra High School ground of Sadar Upazila at around 10.00am Sunday.The injured could not be identified immediately. Two of them were critically injured.Local sources said that there was an altercation between two

DHAKA: Morshed Jahan Mithun, newsroom editor of banglanews24.com, was injured as miscreants attacked him at Mirpur in the city on Saturday night.A general diary was filed with Pallabi Thana in this connection.Journalist Mithun said he was returning home from his office around 11:30pm on

DHAKA: In a first, BSF will organize a retreat ceremony at the Petrapol border in North-24 Paraganas on October 2.Home Affairs Ministers from both countries will attend the programme. The retreat ceremony is organized as a symbol of friendship between India and Bangladesh.The border

SIRAJGANJ: Two children drowned in a pond at Bahuli of Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday noon.The deceased were identified as Akayed, 3, son of Nurunnabi and Etimoni, 4, daughter of Khurshid Alam of Chhabbisha village under the upazila.Sources said Akayed and Etimoni were playing

NARAYANGANJ: A police constable was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Sonargaon upazila in the district on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Shahid Mia, 30, hailed from Gazaria of Munshiganj district.Sources said Shahid was performing his duty in Meghna

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday issued a contempt of court rule to seven persons, including deputy commissioner of Chandpur district.An HC bench comprising Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque and ABM Altaf Hossain issued the rule.Chandpur District Deputy Commissioner Ismail Hossain, Environment