GAZIPUR: At least eight workers were injured in a brawl between two departments of Dana Sweeter factory over production-rate payments at Shardaganj in Kashimpur area on Saturday morning. Sub-Inspector of Chakraborty police outpost Syed Ajharul Islam told banglanews24.com.bd that eight

DHAKA: Speakers at a seminar here Saturday stressed the need for reforming the laws and issuing driving licenses through proper process to make the roads safe.The speakers also emphasized that the faulty vehicles should be checked to improve the situation.Said Foundation, Families United

KOLKATA:  Swine flu, a virus that is fatal for humans, erupted again in Kolkata, officials said.Ashit Biswas, a spokesman for the Health Ministry of the West Bengal State government, said, “Two kids of five and six years have been found suffering from swine flu in Kolkata.”The

DHAKA: Critical health conditions of former BNP secretary-general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, now under treatment of lung cancer at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Square Hospital, improved a little Saturday. “He has his sense but unable to make any movement,” hospital’s ICU chief Mirza

COX’S BAZAR: Two people were killed and two injured in a road crash in Ramu upazila on the Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong Highway Friday night.The deceased were identified as Riaduddin, 24, and Manjur Ahmed, 19, hailed from Kharulia Dargahpara. They both were the passengers of a

DHAKA: Jute and Textiles Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui Saturday came to the rescue of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, from wide-scale criticisms for wrongdoings as he said BCL is not involved in extortion and tender manipulation.Siddiqui, also AL

DHAKA: After the Gazipur mass protests, speakers at a demonstration in the capital Saturday said the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) mooted by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) is aimed at evicting middle-and lower middle-class people from Narayanganj district. They termed RAJUK a ‘den

JOYPURHAT: Police detained seven men of Shibir including its upazila unit president and general secretary on Friday midnight from a mosque at Boar village in Akkelpur Upazila of the district.Police sources said, “The Shibir activists were on a secret meeting in the name of Shab-e-Miraj

CHITTAGONG: District administration Saturday imposed section 144 in Sitakunda upazila to avoid a possible clash between the rival groups of Awami League and BNP as they called meetings at the same place. Additional police have been deployed in the upazila to avert any untoward incident as

DHAKA: Condition of former secretary general of BNP Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, suffering from lung cancer, improved slightly Saturday, said his personal physician Bazlul Gani Bhuiyan.“The physical condition of Mannan Bhuiyan is now a bit better as the temperature of his body has come down to

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion and police, in separate drives on Friday night, held nine suspected militants from Kalabagan and Uttara in the city. Acting on secret information, a team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in association with Kalabagan Police Station,

DHAKA: After the Gazipur mass protests, speakers at a demonstration in the capital Saturday said the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) mooted by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) is aimed at evicting middle-and lower middle-class people from Narayanganj district. They termed RAJUK a

MEHERPUR:  A head-on collision between two human haulers on Gangni-Hatbowali road in Gangni upazila left a septuagenarian man killed Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Jan Mohammad, 70, of Hemait village in Gangni upazila.Witnesses said the human haulers, locally known as

One was injured by acid attack at Brahmapur village of Sadar Upazila Friday over land-related dispute. Wounded Nuruzzaman (50) was rushed to Noakhali General Hospital with burn injuries on his back.The victim alleged that his uncle Abdul Hashem along with neighbours Zahir, Selim, Safi and

DHAKA: Two employees of BG Press have been suspended for their allegedly involvement in the leakage of question paper of recruitment examination of Assistant Teachers of Government High Schools, an official handout said Friday.   The suspended persons are compositor ATM Mostafa and

DHAKA: The Criminal Investigation Department of police has finalized charges against 824 of the BDR mutineers for committing various crimes at the Pilkhana headquarters of the border force and could submit those in a couple of days. Competent sources said 25 out of the big group,

DHAKA: The Secretary committee for administrative development will sit for its 11th meeting on July 13, officials said.   Cabinet division secretary M Abdul Aziz, ndc will chair the meeting.   The meeting will discuss six issues that include formation of National Telecommunication

BARGUNA: Two persons suspected as pirates were killed in a ‘shootout’ with a combined force of Coastguard, RAB and police in Geanpara area in Pathorgata upazila of the backwater coastal district on Friday morning.    Official sources said the law-enforcers recovered three pistols

DHAKA:  The International Crime Tribunal will show the arrested top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami arrested in war-crime cases, said State Minister for Law Advocate Kamrul Islam Friday, scuttling the other view that it’s not right now.    He said the inquiry into the 1971 war crimes is

DHAKA: Rumours that Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader resigned were in the air all day long Friday, as there was no official confirmation.   His close acquaintances as well as responsible people in the Jatiya Party, a major component of the ruling Awami League-led grand