DHAKA: Detective Branch of Police detained two with firearms from Krishi Market in city’s Mohammadpur area.The arrestees were identified as Babu and Shahlal.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) media centre assistant police commissioner Iftekhar Alam

HABIGANJ: A woman and a youth were killed and 13 others injured in a road accident on Habiganj-Shayestaganj road in Piakpara under Sadar upazila on Saturday noon.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Sub-Inspector of Sadar Thana Iqbal Bahar said, a passenger bus rammed into a CNG-run

DHAKA: Both Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia have replied to the UN secretary general's letters calling for dialogues.A competent source said that the PM, in her reply, ruled out possibility of holding dialogue with BNP which carrying out terror activities

DHAKA: Book publishers will organize a sit-in program for 10 minutes on the premises of the Ekushey Book Fair on Saturday protesting the killing of noted blogger Avijit Roy. The program will be held from 4:00pm to 4:10pm on the day.According to the program schedule, the publishers will

SUNAMGANJ: A fisherman was killed at a wetland called ‘Ghagtia Beel’ in Shalla upazila of the district following clashes between police and fishermen Saturday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Sources told banglanews that the incident took place

DHAKA: Renowned progressive political leader Nurul Huq Chowdhury alias Comrade Mehdi was admitted to the Suhrawardy Hospital with serious ailments.He was taken to the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital on Friday, close associate of Mehdi said.Comrade Mehdi, who has been leading the

DHAKA: The United States condemned the murder of Avijit Roy, a Bangladeshi origin American blogger, and offered assistance in the investigation. "The United States condemns in the strongest terms the brutal murder of Avijit Roy," said Jen Psaki, Spokesperson of US Department of State, at

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members detained four terrorists, including a woman, along with 76 grenade-like bombs and huge explosives from Halishahar residential area in the port city on early Saturday.A team of RAB, in a nightlong drive, rounded up them from a house of

DHAKA: Family members of convicted war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman met him at Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday morning.A total of eight members including Nurunnahar, wife of Kamaruzzaman, entered the jail around 10:40am. She was accompanied by daughter Afia Nur, daughter-in-law Shamim

DHAKA: UAE were clearly out of their depth at the World T20 last year in Bangladesh, but they have given a much better account of themselves so far in this World Cup.  They have posted big totals in both their games, and put Zimbabwe and Ireland under plenty of pressure in the chase,

DHAKA: A man was killed and three others were injured when a fire broke out at Swadesh Tower in Purana Paltan area of the city early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 40, a peon of Lefd Corporation, while identities of the injured could not be known. Fire Service

DHAKA: A man was killed and five others sustained burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a running pick-up van on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Tarab municipality in Rupganj Upazila late on Friday. The deceased was identified as M Kabir Sheikh, 40, hailed from Bikrampur of Munshiganj. 

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed profound shock at the death of Commander Abdur Rauf, one of the prime accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case.Abdur Rauf died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at 5:00am on Friday at the age of 82. In a message of

DHAKA: The United Nations (UN) observers will release their final report on Sunday about the tanker sunk in Shela River of Sundarbans.They will present the report in a press conference in Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) auditorium of the city

DHAKA: A passenger bus was set ablaze by miscreants in city’s Johnson Road area on Friday afternoon.None was reportedly injured in the incident as the passengers managed to get down from the bus immediately after the arson attack.Locals said that a gang of miscreants set fire to the

DHAKA: Family members of convicted war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman will meet him at Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday morning. Sources of Kamaruzzaman’s family confirmed the matter to banglanews on Friday. Earlier on Thursday, Advocate Shishir Munir, lawyer of death-row convict

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The Dhaka University (DU) and its adjacent areas have witnessed processions and rallies in phases from Friday morning in protest of the killing of blogger and writer Avijit Roy. From the rally, the protesting students, teachers, citizens have vowed to resist the

DHAKA: Convener of Ganajagaran Mancha Imran H Sarker announced that the activists of the mancha will continue sit-in program till the arrest of blogger and writer Avijit Roy’s killers. He made the announcement while addressing the sit-in that started in front of National Museum at

DHAKA: Commander Abdur Rauf, the 35th accused of Agartala Conspiracy Case, breathed his last at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in city early Friday.Acting secretary general of Sector Commanders’ Forum Harun Habib confirmed the matter to banglanews.Rauf’s body has been taken to his

DHAKA: Another victim of ongoing blockade and hartal lost his battle for life for last 15 days at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in city on Friday morning.The ill-fated person was identified as Lutfar Rahman, 35, a rickshaw puller of Moulvibazar and son of Abdur Rahman, hailed from