January 5 is the day marked as the day of the victory of democracy in the country and it has been observed accordingly in major cities, districts and upazila levels with several programmes held nationwide. The day observed today reminded all that on this day, three years back in 2014, Awami League won the 10th Jatiya Sangsad polls, defeating all conspiracies and barriers, and formed the government…

Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Mayor-elect Selina Hayat Ivy will take oath as the city mayor on Thursday. Ivy was reelected as the mayor of Narayanganj city for the second time in NCC polls held on December 22. Elected twenty seven general councilors and nine reserve women councilors will also take their oaths at the Prime Minister’s office at 10pm on tomorrow morning.  Prime Minister…

Fire devours DNCC Gulshan market The mysterious set fire at the city's posh areas at the Dhaka North city Corporation (DNCC) at Gulshan-1 under control after 17 hours, and but not completely doused, on Tuesday evening. Businessmen fear the incident was an act of sabotage. The fire broke out in Gulshan 1 DNCC market around 2:00am on Tuesday. A portion of the two-storey market collapsed around dawn.…

The Test firing of Air Defence Missile FM-90 was held at Nidania Ad Firing Range in Cox's Bazar on Tuesday. The firing was conducted under the arrangement of Adhoc Air Defence Artillery Regiment. In the process of modernization, the incorporation of the missile in Bangladesh Army is a remarkable step, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) release said here. Chief of Army Staff General Abu…

Two people were killed and cracks developed at over 200 houses in Sunamganj and Moulvibazar districts as a mild tremor shook the city and other parts of the country on Tuesday afternoon. Met office said the earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale was felt at 15:10 pm. The epicentre of the earthquake was Bangladesh-India border area, near Khagrachhari, 76 km east of Dhaka's Agargaon Seismic…

Khaleda spreads falsehood to safe BNP from being isolated: HasanPublicity and Publication Secretary of the Awami League (AL) Dr Hasan Mahmud said here today BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia took the path of falsehood to safe her party from being isolated from the people. "Khaleda Zia realized the popularity of BNP has reached at the lowest level after defeating in the Nayaranganj City Corpoiration…

More than 14,000 youths both males and females will get job in the proposed Rajshahi Bangabandhu Silicon City, said AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, former mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation. He said the hi-tech park will be established on 31 acres of land at Bulanpur under Rajpara Police Station in the city at a cost of Taka 238 crore. Its construction will start within a shortest possible time as the project…

Massive fire tears through Gulshan market, causes partial collapseThe massive fire that ripped through the DCC Market in Dhaka's Gulshan-1 is yet to be put out, eight hours after it broke out at the wee hours of Tuesday. The raging flames caused a third of the two-storey shopping mall to collapse in a heap early in the morning. As many as 22 firefighting units are on the scene since 2:30am, but…

The killing of ruling party MP Manjurul Islam Liton proves that the government has failed to maintain law and order, says the BNP. "Not only MPs, but the people are not safe now. There's no guarantee of life. All this happens, because law enforcers are being used to serve political purposes," senior leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday. Unidentified men shot the Gaibandha…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the month-long annual mega-event Dhaka International Trade Fair-2017 this morning, which is aimed to showcase Bangladeshi products to bolster export. She urged them to make more quality, standard and attractive products. The fair will continue till January 31. It will open at 10.00am to 10.00pm for all. Ticket of Tk.30 has been fixed as entry fee for…

Staff Correspondent: Senior Journalist Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman and Farida Yasmin were elected president and general secretary respectively of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) on Saturday. Shafiqur Rahman got 672 votes while his nearest contester MA Aziz got 279 votes. Besides, Farida Yasmin, 439 votes and her nearest candidate Kader Goni got 352 votes. The other winners are- Senior Vice-President Saiful…

Miscreants shot ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton dead at Sundarganj upazila in Gaibandha on Saturday. Sources said that three miscreants riding on a motorbike went to the MP’s residence at Bamandanga of Sundarganj around 5:45pm and two of them walked into the drawing room and opened fire on the MP sitting in the room. Later, the Ruling AL MP Liton was taken to Rangpur hospital…

The present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been implementing comprehensive development programmes on priority basis for mainstreaming the citizens of former enclaves. General Secretary of Panchagarh district Awami League and Sadar upazila chairman Anwar Sadat Samrat said this while distributing sewing machines among distressed young women of erstwhile Garati enclave in Panchagarh…