DHAKA: A total of 266 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were deployed on Wednesday across the country to thwart sabotages amid nationwide hartal and non-stop blockade, sponsored by BNP-led 20-party alliance.Additional 70 platoons have also been kept reserved for

If only Bangladesh plays to its potential they will win easy against Scotland at Nelson tomorrow.  Win will create the momentum again which will carry them in competing admirably against England at Adelaide oval and New Zealand at Hamilton. But the bottom line of this to happen is

DHAKA: Rain and thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind hit different places of Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Faridpur and Dhaka.  The weather forecast said that trough of westerly low lies over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining area.

DHAKA: Rain and thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind hit different places of Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Faridpur and Dhaka.  The weather forecast said that trough of westerly low lies over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining area.

LAKSHMIPUR: A local leader of Juba League, youth wing of ruling Awami League, was shot by miscreants to death at Mirikpur Bazaar under sadar upazila of the district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Arifur Rahman Farhad, 35, joint convener of Bhanga Khan Union unit Juba

DHAKA: Customs authorities recovered a total of 18.5 kilograms gold worth about Tk 9.5 crore from a Singapore-return fight of Regent Airways at Shahjalal International Airport Tuesday night. Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate assistant commissioner Farid Al Mamun

DHAKA: Pakistan are facing United Arab Emirates bowlers at McLean Park, Napier in the Pool B match of the ICC Cricket World Cup -2015 on Wednesday. Till filing of this report, Pakistan have lost opener Jamshed’s wicket to score 64 runs at the end of over-14. Ahmed Shehzad and Haris

DHAKA: The diplomats of 16 countries stationed in Dhaka on Tuesday met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia with an urge to end the ongoing political violence. The group of Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Charges d’Affaires met Khaleda Zia at her political office in city’s Gulshan area in

DHAKA: A team of US detective agency Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is set to reach Dhaka within a week to help investigate blogger and writer Avijit murder.Detective Branch (DB) Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam informed the media at a briefing in DB headquarters around 1:30pm

DHAKA: A police constable was crushed under train near Bagicha rail line in Khilgaon area of the city on Tuesday.The victim was identified as Jibon Saha 32, son of Dilip Kumar Saha of Cantonment area of Comilla Sadar. However, he lived in city’s Shahjahanpur area.Dhaka Railway Thana

DHAKA: The fire fighter team doused the fire which broke out in a container depot at Kamalapur Rail Station of the city on Tuesday.Railway ministry information officer M Shariful Alam told banglanews that the fire originated from a load uploaded machine.However, railway’s internal fire

DHAKA: The government has decided to purchase ten lac metric tons of rice at Tk 27.5 per kg in Boro season.Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam made the disclosure after a meeting of Food Planning and Monitoring Committee at secretariat Tuesday.He also said they would also go for

DHAKA: Country’s largest health service institution Labaid Group will provide health service to the family members of widely-read online news portal banglanews24.com.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two organizations at Banglanews Conference Room Tuesday noon

CHITTAGONG: Customs authorities recovered 200 gold bars worth Tk 10 crore at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on Tuesday noon.Moreover, 174 mini-cartons of lead and copper were also recovered from the airport.Shah Amanat Airport assistant commissioner Dwaipayan Chakma

DHAKA: Severely injured Rafida Ahamed Banya, wife of slain blogger and writer Avijit Roy, is headed to the USA for advanced medical treatment.Banya’s father-in-law and also ex-professor of Dhaka University Ajay Roy said the aircraft carrying Banya left Dhaka for America. The plane will

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Tuesday accepted the apologies of more 10 eminent personalities who had expressed their concerns through a statement over the tribunal’s contempt judgment on David Bergman.A three-member panel led by tribunal chairman Justice Obaidul

DHAKA: A student of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) was killed in a road accident while getting off a bus in city Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Arifuzzaman, a student of 15th batch of Agriculture Department.Witnesses told banglanews that he slipped while

DHAKA: The government has decided to appoint Md. Abdul Mannan Howlader, secretary to the government and currently on deputation to MOFA, as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mauritius.External Publicity Wing of Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release on Tuesday in

COX’S BAZAR: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) held a Myanmar citizen and recovered about one lakh pieces of yaba tablets in separate drives in Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday morning.BGB said that on information, they conducted a drive in Naityangpara on the bank of river Naf

DHAKA: Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved seven projects costing Tk 3,551.69 crore.Among the projects five are new and two are revised.The ECNEC meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was held at NEC Conference Room in city’s