FROM MAWA GHAT: Police recovered bodies of two women from the Padma river after a launch, Pinak-6, carrying more than 200 passengers, capsized on Mawa-Kawrakandi route in the district on Monday morning. Besides, at least 40 passengers were rescued from the river and many more remained

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained four people with huge Yaba tablets and Tk 12 lakhs cash money from Matuail of the city on Sunday night. The identity of the detainees could not be known immediately.  Confirming the matter, RAB Media Wing Deputy Director Major Rumman told

MUNSHIGANJ: Due to bad weather, seven ferries stopped plying on the Mawa-Kawrakandi river route from Sunday night. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) said seven ferries were forced to anchor as they failed to ply due to heavy waves. The suspension of the ferry

DHAKA: An 11-year-old boy died after falling from the roof top of a three-storey building in Begum Bazar area of the capital on Thursday evening. The deceased was identified as Sazedul Islam Tasmir, a son of Shamsul Haque, was a class III student of Nabo Kumar Institute of the area.

MYMENSINGH: A five year old boy and his grandfather were killed in a road accident in Kanarampur area at Nandail upazila of the district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Raihan, 5, and his grandfather Abu Bakar Siddique, 60. Officer-in-charge Saiful Islam Farazi of Nandail

BARISAL: Two children drowned in a pond in Patarchar area under Muladee upazila of the district on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Naima, 6, daughter of Nesar Dhali, Siam, 7, son of Masud Hawladar, of the area. Quoting the family members, Dr Syedur Rahman of the Upazila

COMILLA: Communications Minster Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the vehicle of the movement of BNP has got crippled in this trip.  The communications minister was talking to the journalists after visiting the construction works of an under-construction flyover at Paduar Bazar in the

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will deliver speeches at the same podium on September 27, during the 69th General Assembly of the United Nations.  On the sideline of the assembly, she will also hold talks with Modi.  The premiers of two

DHAKA: Demanding their due salaries and bonuses, garment workers of Tuba Group will besiege Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building in city on Tuesday.Workers of other factories will stage demonstrations on Monday in other industrial areas.Besides,

FENI: A district court issued arrest warrant against Mahab Uddin Chowdhury Minar, convener of district Tanti Dal, in Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case. Feni senior judicial magistrate M Alamgir Farqui Sunday issued the order as Minar Chowdhury did not appear before the

DHAKA: The government will appeal on Sunday to the Supreme Court against the bail of Tuba Group owner Delwar Hossain. The High Court sources confirmed the matter to banglanews. Tuba workers have been holding demonstration for few days in the city demanding their due payments and Eid

DHAKA: Tuba workers threatened to enforce violent protests if the demands raised by the agitating workers are not met by Sunday. “Clear three months’ due salaries and Eid bonus by Sunday, or our peaceful movement will turn into violent one,” workers’ leaders warned. Garment

MYMENSINGH: A rashly driven bus ran over a woman and her daughter-in-law in Bhaluka Master Bari area of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Saleha Khatun, 60, hailed from Shariatpur and her son’s wife Lata, 22. Witnesses said that a Dhaka-bound speedy Alam

DHAKA: A six-member parliamentary team of Islamic Republic of Iran arrived in Dhaka on Sunday morning on a 5-day visit. The fight carrying the delegation led-by Fatemeh Rahbar, head of the Iran Parliamentary Fraction of Women and Family, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport

NARAYANGANJ: At least seven people were killed and eight others injured as a truck plunged into roadside canal in Rupganj of the district on Saturday midnight. The deceased were identified as Sushil Barman, 45, Swapon Chandra Barman, 16, Ripon Chandra Barman, 20, Babul Mondol, 35, Sushil

DHAKA: The procedures to bring fugitive Rashed Chowdhury back home from USA are in the final stage, claimed Law Minister Advocate Anisul Haq. He also hoped that Canada as a democratic country will show respect to a friendly democratic country and handover Noor Chowdhury, another

DHAKA: Controversial author Taslima Nasreen on Saturday was granted residential visa by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh following her meeting with him seeking long-term extension of her residence permit earlier in the day. Nasreen had expressed her anguish after the government on

DHAKA: The mysterious pistol, which was recovered from an abandoned car hit by a train on Friday at city’s Malibagh rail crossing area, belongs to Noor Hossain, the prime accused of Narayanganj 7-murder case, claimed police. Government Railway Police (GRP) Kamalapur Thana

KOLKATA: A Barasat court in North 24 Parganas of West Bengal on Saturday placed Nur Hossain, the prime accused of Narayanganj seven murders case, on a 14-day fresh remand for police interrogation. Moreover, Magistrate Madhumita Roy asked the authorities concerned to produce Nur Hossain

DHAKA: A six-member parliamentary team of Islamic Republic of Iran will arrive Bangladesh on a 5-day visit on Sunday. The delegation led by Fatemeh Rahbar, head of the Iran Parliamentary Fraction of Women and Family, is expected to reach Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city at