Six members of a family, including four children, were burnt to death as a fire broke out at their house, built under Ashrayan project, in Dharmapasha upazila here early today.
The deceased were identified as Emarul, 50, his wife Poly
The government today ordered five envoys stationed in New Delhi, Brussels, Canberra, Lisbon, and the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, to return to Dhaka immediately.
In separate notices issued by the foreign ministry, the envoys w…
Home Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has said that the celebration of this year’s Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Hindu community, would be the finest one in comparison to the previous years.
‘The Durga Puja
As per directives of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, local BNP leaders today distributed relief goods among 500 flood-hit people of Gangachara upazila in the district.
The relief goods were distributed among flood a…
A court here today remanded former lawmakers Abdullah Al Islam Jakob and Mahbub Ara Begun Gini in two separate cases of attempt to murder.
Of the two, Jakob, a former deputy minister of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, was
Speakers at a civic memorial meeting today said that Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) president Ruhul Amin Gazi was an uncompromising journalist leader, saying he always led the bread and butter movement of journalists from the front.
A…
Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Traffic Division has filed a total of 934 cases and realized Taka 35,90,500 as fine in a single day across the capital for violating traffic rules.
The cases were filed and fines imposed on September 30,
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, today urged all to use alternative products to polythene shopping bags.
She also called upon shop owners, sellers and the general public to comply with the govern…
