CHITTAGONG: Police detained six Myanmar nationals and a manpower agent in Shah Amanat Bridge area of the port city Saturday morning for their illegal entry into Bangladesh.A team of Bakalia Thana police nabbed them. Of the detainees, four are male two are female.Bakalia Thana

CHITTAGONG: An on-duty policeman was killed in a road mishap on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Vatiari Taltala area under Sitakunda Upazila of the district early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jaane Alam, 45, an assistant Sub-Inspector of Industry Police, who was transferred to

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) started conducting special drives against narcotics in the city ahead of Dhaka’s two city corporations polls, slated to be held on April 28.Detective Branch (DB) of DMP and police forces from respective thanas are jointly driving the operations

DHAKA: A five-member team of defence lawyers met the convicted war criminal Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman on Saturday morning.Advocate Shishir Monir, Barrister Ehsan A Siddique, Advocate Mashiul Alam, Advocate Motiur Rahman Akand and Advocate Mujahidul Islam Shahin entered the Dhaka

DHAKA: Two siblings were killed in a road accident while working at Maghbazar Flyover construction site in the capital on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Asadul, 18 and Sajedul, 16. Witness Salam said, a Gazipur-bound bus of Probhati-Banasree Paribahan rammed into the

SYLHET: A woman, her son and daughter sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out from toxic gas of septic tank at their house in the metropolitan Friday late night.The injured were identified as Monwar Begum, 45, wife of late Zakir Hosssain, her daughter Zahida Akter, 20, and her son

DHAKA: Customs Intelligence detained a Cabin Crew of Kuwait Airways with 548 grams gold at Shahjalal Airport early Saturday. The detainee was identified as Aslam Omor Belim (45) who carried the gold 4 bars, 10 tola each, and 82 grams ornaments in his body. He came as cabin crew of flight

NARAYANGANJ: Five more bodies, aged between 20 and 25 years, were recovered Saturday morning, raising the death toll to 16 in  trawler capsize in the Buriganga River at Pagla in Sadar upazila of the district.Of the deceased, 13 were identified as Abdus Samd, 35, Habib, 12, son of Abdul

NARAYANGANJ: The death toll has risen to 11 in the trawler capsize in Buriganga River as three more bodies were recovered on Friday.The deceased were identified as Alamgir Hossain, 30, son of Karban Ali, Jamila Khatun, 65, wife of Abdur Rashid of Lalbagh Shahidnagar area of Dhaka and

DHAKA: A five-member team of defence lawyers will meet the convicted war criminal Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman at the Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday morning. Several lawyers of Kamaruzzaman confirmed the matter to the banglanews on Friday night.The team members include Advocate

DHAKA: Rescue unit of fire service and police separately recovered bodies of three persons who had gone missing in two trawlers sank off the Buriganga and Meghna Rivers.The deceased were identified as Jamila Khatun, 65, wife of Abdur Rashid of Lalbagh Shahidnagar area of Dhaka and Rasel,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Flying Academy (BFA) suspended its operations in Rajshahi for indefinite period after two days into the aircraft crash that killed trainee pilot Tamanna.Considering the mental condition due to the accident, the authority called back all trainee pilots from the academy to

RAJSHAHI: The probe team, headed by captain HM Akter Khan, has completed their preliminary investigation over training aircraft crash at Shah Makhdum Airport that killed a female trainee pilot.After collecting several data, evidences and visiting the accident spot, the head of the probe

DHAKA:  Sky watchers in Western North America are in for a treat: a nearly five-minute total lunar eclipse just before sunrise on Saturday.Here's how it will unfold:Starting at 3:16 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, the moon will begin moving into Earth's shadow. For the next hour and 45

NEW YORK: Saima Wazed Hossain, chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Autism in Bangladesh, categorically said the challenges for developing countries to fight autism are stigma and prejudice, limited services, no standardized training for service providers and social and

MIRSARAI, CHITTAGONG: Former chairman of Jorarganj Union Parisad of Mirsarai Upazila was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in front of Chhinki Astana rail station in the upazila Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Enayet Ullah alias Sab Mia, 50, hailed from

CHITTAGONG: A Lighterage Vessel, carrying 1,050 ton food grains, capsized in the Bay of Bengal after being hit by another vessel at Swandip channel on Friday morning.  No casualties were reported and the sunken vessel was identified as MV Marshad-2, said Akkas Ali, joint director

BHOLA: The 24 fishermen, who went missing as a fishing trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Manpura Upazila of the district on Thursday, were rescued from Bandartila, a char of the river in Hatia Upazila of Noakhali on Friday.They were drifting in the river with Buoys, drams and woods

DHAKA: The customs intelligence officials seized 12 gold bars weighed 12Kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Friday.Director General Airport customs intelligence Dr Mainul Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further said the price of seized gold is around Tk six

FROM NATIONAL PARLIAMENT: Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Choudhury informed the nation saying that at least 138 people were killed in past 85 days due to the prevailing political unrest across the country.The speaker in her concluding speech of 5th session of 10th national