After 10 hours’ of frantic efforts of the firemen, the fire at building No 7 of the Secretariat has been extinguished completely. Fire Service and Civil Defence brought the blaze, which originated around 1:52AM at he building no 7, under their control at about 8:05AM. But the firemen were able to extinguish the fire completely at 11:45AM. Talha Bin Jashim, ...

A 16-year-old Bangladeshi was shot dead reportedly by Indian Khasi people in Meghalaya along the Minatila border in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was Md Maruf Miah, son of Md Shahabuddin of Jhingabari village in the Upazila. Lt Col Hafizur Rahman, commanding officer of Sylhet BGB Battalion, informed this through a press release. BGB officially protested ...

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A firefighter died after being run over by a truck while working to douse a fire that broke out at the Secretariat in the capital early Thursday. Fire Service and Civil Defence director general (DG) Zahed Kamal shared this to media while briefing at the spot around 6:45AM. Fire at Secretariat The deceased was identified as Sohanur Zaman Nayan, a ...

Border killings should never be accepted under any circumstances, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday. Fakhrul made the remark after arriving in Sylhet on a personal visit. Speaking to the media at Sylhet Osmani International Airport, he said, “India should stop border killings. BNP has always demanded this, and we stand firm that border killings should never ...

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said that the government is working with the public to protect nature and the environment. She also said that initiatives have been taken to transform institutions like the Department of Environment, Forest Department, and Water Development Board into people-oriented organisations, reports BSS. The adviser made the remarks on Wednesday evening while addressing as the Chief ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said the election schedule is likely to be announced before September next year after preparation of voters’ lists, demarcation of areas, and registration of political parties. Besides, he said that necessary directives are being given to the officials concerned assuming that elections will be held in December next year. In an interview ...

More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party as the winner of recent elections. A total of 1,534 detainees escaped the high-security prison located about 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the capital, said national police chief Bernardino Rafael at a ...

Indian vessel MV Tanais Dream, carrying 24,690 tons of parboiled rice, arrived at Chittagong Port on Thursday morning. The vessel anchored at the seaport around 10AM. It is the first batch of rice imports from India since Dr Muhammad Yunus-led interim government assumed office. The unloading will begin after collecting samples of the rice.

A delegation of Khelafat Majlish met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday (December 25). Members of the delegation met Mirza Fakhrul at the BNP Chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in the capital at 11:30am on Wednesday. BNP’s media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed it. He said the twelfth session of the general council of Khelafat Majlish ...