DHAKA: A domestic help was found died at residence of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) official Lt Colonel Ronok Azad in BGB Headquarters –Pilkhana-- of the city on Friday.   The deceased was identified as Rima, 15, daughter of Ajar Ali, hailed from Kishoreganj.Confirming the matter to

SATKHIRA: A BNP leader was killed and nine others were injured in a clash between two factions of BNP over a trifling matter in the town on Friday.The deceased was identified as district Jatiyotabadi Matsyajibi Dal secretary, also former VP of Satkhira Govt College Aman Ullah Aman,

HABIGANJ: Law enforcers arrested novice lawyer and journalist Shafiqul Alam in Habiganj municipality Jamaat leader and businessman Mahibur Rahman killing case.Habiganj Thana police arrested him from Titumir college area in capital on Friday noon.Local sources said that on June 17,

DHAKA: A former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland helped launching a major national campaign calling for better rights for garment workers in Bangladesh.This follows the collapse of the nine-storey Rana Plaza in Savar, Bangladesh where over 1,127 people were

CALCUTTA: A court of Border Security Force (BSF) in India has acquitted BSF Jawan Amiyo Ghosh from much-talked-about Felani murder case.The BSF court pronounced verdict in the case declaring Amiya Gosh innocent.Felani, a 15-year-old girl, was shot dead on Kurigram border by BSF personnel

ISHWARDI, PABNA: A man allegedly committed suicide after slaughtering his wife over family feud in Ishwardi town of the district on Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Imran, 22, son of Amena Begum of Sirajganj and Alo Khatun, 18, daughter of Alam Hossain of Pabna.Alo’s

BRAHMANBARIA: Thousands of families are at risk of arsenic infection due to excessive presence of this toxic metal in the water of Brahmanbaria district.An alarming rate of Arsenicosis patients are increasing in the disteict and sources of safe water are reducing very fast.District Public

CHANDINA (COMILLA): Vehicular movements on Dhaka-Chittagong highway became normal after around 11 hours of 40-KM long tailback on Friday.  Iliotganj Highway Police Outpost Sergeant Hasan confirmed the matter to banglanews. The gridlock created at around 4:00am as a truck collided head-on

DHAKA: Agitated readymade garments workers of various factories ransacked Luman Fashion Garment at DIT road in city’s Malibagh area on Friday morning.Witnesses said that hundreds of RMG workers were heading to press club to join a rally at around 10:00am. Suddenly they started throwing

BARISAL: Barisal University (BU) authority cancelled the studentship of Rasel Mia for his alleged involvement in killing of Accounting Department student Sawda.The accused is Rasel Mia, a second year student of Management Department and son of Harun Matubber of patharghata upazila of

DHAKA: Bodies of four Bangladeshis, died in a gas cylinder explosion at a pesticide factory in Sharjah of United Arab Emirates, arrived here Friday morning.The Bangladeshis are Bacchu Hawlader, 36, son of Gias Uddin Hawlader, Jakir Sheikh, 32, son of Abdul Hamid Sheikh, Mizanur Rahman,

DHAKA:  BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Bangladesh Bank ex-Governor Saleh Ahamed joined the dinner party of distinguished Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Thursday night.US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena, Indian high commissioner Pankaj Saran, Canadian

DHAKA: Secretary Adilur Rahman and director Nasir Uddin Elan of Odhikar, a human rights organization, will be tried under Cyber Crime Tribunal for their alleged involvement in publishing false report and photographs over death toll of a police crackdown of Hefajat-e-Islam rally in the

DHAKA: Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) Jabed Ali on Thursday said election commission would take opinion from experts to make level playing field in upcoming parliament elections.The election commissioner came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at

RETURNING FROM BANCHHARAMPUR: The destitute, of Banchharampur upazila under the district, became delighted as they got interest-free loan from Bashundhara Group, country’s leading business conglomerate. Adviser and Treasurer of Bashundhara Group, also Publisher of the Daily Kaler

NOAKHALI: Three children, including siblings, drowned in a pond at Debisinghpur village of Nabinagar union under Senbagh upazila of the district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Sakib Hasan Tanvir, 8, his sister Sabrina Akter Mili, 8, daughter of Chand Mia Milon and Abu Ali

BARISAL: The female student of Barisal University, who was stabbed to injure, by her lover succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was identified Sawda, 22, a first-year student of Accounting Department of the university and daughter

DHAKA: The Asia Foundation Bangladesh will observe International Literacy Day-2013 by organizing a book donation event and children’s book fair on September 7 at Rayer Bazar Playground in the capital featuring 15 exhibitors from local children’s book publication house. The Asia

DHAKA: At least 14 people were injured, including four bullet hit, by the supporters of an Awami League leader while trying to occupy a market at Ananda Bazar in Shahbagh area of the city.The incident took place in the noon on Thursday led by ward no-70 former commissioner and Awami

DHAKA: An official of Banglalink, one of the mobile-phone operators of Bangladesh, was shot dead by muggers at Tongi in Gazipur city on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Ahmed Mostafa, 24, an officer of Banglalink.Witnesses said muggers opened fire aiming head of Mostafa in front of