DHAKA: At least thirteen people were killed and 41 others injured in separate road accidents in Rangpur, Satkhira, Sirajganj and Natore districts Sunday.Banglanews District Correspondents reported from the respective areas.In Rangpur, four people were killed and 10 injured in a head-on

DHAKA: Liu Yandong, vice-premier of China, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon in a three-day official visit.The aircraft, carrying the Chinese vice-PM and her entourage, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:15pm.Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali welcomed her at the

RANGPUR: At least four people were killed and 10 injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a tempo in Hajirhat area on Rangour-Dinajpur highway in Rangpur district on Sunday evening.Identities of the victims could not be known immediately.Rangpur district police super

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) asked authorities concerned to transfer two police officers aiming to hold Magura-1 constituency by-election in free and fair manner.Election Commissioner M Shah Nawaz Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday.He said EC ordered police headquarter

DHAKA: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to deliver a speech in Hindi for the people of Bangladesh during his upcoming visit in the country.Bangladesh foreign secretary Mohammad Shahidul Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday afternoon.He said PM Modi will deliver

DHAKA: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to deliver a speech in Hindi for the people of Bangladesh during his upcoming visit in the country.Bangladesh foreign secretary Mohammad Shahidul Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday afternoon.He said PM Modi will deliver

DHAKA: British High Commissioner Robert Gibson and Australian High Commissioner Greg Wilcock visited Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) in Tangail and Bogra.CLP aims to improve the livelihoods, incomes and food security of 1 million extremely poor and vulnerable women, children and men on

PARBATIPUR (DINAJPUR): At least five people were killed and scores injured as a storm lashed different parts of Dinajpur district on Saturday night.The victims included Mitu Roy (22), pregnant wife of Mukul Chandra Roy of Phulbari upazila, Aleya Begum of Chirirbandar upazila and Sirajul

DHAKA: In the latest bid to prevent human trafficking, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to ensure punishment not only for the traffickers but also for the victims.  She directed the authorities concerned of Ministry of Labor and Expatriate Welfare while visiting the ministry on

KUSHTIA: A district court on Sunday gave six people life tern imprisonment for killing a man in Khoksa upazila of the district.The court of Additional District and Session Judge Reza Mohammad Jahangir passed the order at noon.The convicts are Khokon, Munsur, Shaheb Ali, Asim Kuman Apu,

DHAKA: Muggers snatched Tk 33.27 lakh at gunpoint from an officer of a private organization in city’s Moghbazar area on Sunday.The victim, Selim Akhter, 29, said four to five miscreants riding motorcycle intercepted Selim and his office staff Pintu Das while they were going to deposit

DHAKA: Mass graves believed to contain bodies of hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been found in Malaysia, the country's home minister said.Police discovered 30 large graves in two locations in the northern state of Perlis, which borders Thailand, local media reported

DHAKA: Liu Yandong, vice-premier of China, is set to arrive in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon in a three-day official visit.Foreign Minister Mahmood Ali will welcome her at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:00pm, said foreign ministry sources.During her tour, no bi-lateral meeting

DHAKA:  Ahead of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka next month, its National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval said that Bangladesh is India’s most important neighbor and called for exploiting the full potential of bilateral cooperation.Doval further gave full

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-2 sent four ‘Cox’s Bazar razakars’ to jail in cases filed for their alleged crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.  Three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Obaidul Hasan, passed the order on Sunday after hearing.The four accused

DHAKA: Fire caught in a furniture market in city’s Panthapath area on Sunday noon came under control.It was originated at the godown and furniture factory of Mohammad Liton. Primarily, it was told that the fire might be originated from the chemical used for furniture.On information,

DHAKA: At least eight people were killed and 21 others injured in separate road accidents in Satkhira, Rangpur and Sirajganj districts Sunday.Banglanews District Correspondents reported from the respective areas.In Satkhira, three persons were killed and 20 others injured as a passenger

SATKHIRA: At least three persons were killed and 20 others injured as a passengers bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Subhasini area under Tala upazila of the district Sunday.Details of the deceased could not be known immediately.Tetulia Union Parishad chairman Miajan Morol told

MYMENSINGH: Police on Sunday recovered the charred bodies of two minor sisters as a fire broke out at their Raghurampur village home under Fulpur Upazila of the district early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Soma Akter 6, and Tamanna Akter, 4, daughters of Mokhlesur Rahman of the

DHAKA: Vehicular movements on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway became normal nearly after two hours as several hundreds of workers blocked the road in Valika since morning protesting death of one co-worker.Valuka Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Qamrul Ahsan told banglanews that additional police