DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 personnel recovered six fresh cocktails in abandoned condition from the BG Press area of Tejgaon industrial area in city Tuesday morning.Additional superintendent of police of RAB-2 Tofail Ahmed confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further said on

LALMONIRHAT: Five members of a family were killed as a passenger bus rammed into a battery-run ‘easy-bike’ in Selimnagar Bazaar of Lalmonirhat sadar upazila.The accident took place around 12:30pm on Tuesday.One of the deceased was identified as Faruque Hossain (40), driver of the

DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion (APBn) officials detained six persons along with 1.7kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Tuesday morning.The detainees are identified as Quamrul Hasan, 52, and his wife Ismat Ara, 35, Jesmin, 30, Mohsin, 40, Mujibur, 45 and Azad, 52.APBn senior

DHAKA: A 48-hour hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the Supreme Court’s verdict to uphold death penalty of its leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, is underway from Tuesday morning.Began at 6am on the day, the shutdown is set to continue till 6am on Thursday beside the ongoing

BOGRA: A total of 91,894 houses were damaged by Friday’s nor’wester, affecting some 413,704 people across the district.Sources of Directorate of Relief and Rehabilitation (DRR) said Monday afternoon.The nor’wester, however, has destroyed some 70,301 houses completely and some 28,667

DHAKA: Four people of a family including a baby boy were injured in a reserve tank explosion in Ganaktuli of Hazaribagh area of the city Monday night.The injured were identified as Zakir Hossain, 45, his son Shakib, 18, daughter-in-law Rabeaya Akther, 21, and 18-moth-old grandson

DHAKA: Government promoted a total of 872 officials to deputy, joint and additional secretary levels Monday.Ministry of Public Administration (MoPA) has issued separate gazette notifications at the night in this regard following the approval from the Prime Minster’s Office.Sources of

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 230,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets worth around Tk 6.90 crore from Alikhali village under Teknaf Upazila of the district Monday night.Being chased BGB members of Leda BOP, two Yaba smugglers fled on a salt producing field in the

DHAKA: War crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman will not be hanged Monday night as the jail authorities are yet to receive any copy of the apex court verdict.Dhaka Central Jail senior jail superintendent Farman Ali revealed the matter to the journalists in front of

MUNSHIGANJ: A college student was electrocuted in Baroipara area under Sirajdikhan Upazila of the district Monday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Hridoy Qazi, 20, a BA first year student of Malkhanagar Degree College and also a cable network technician.He was a son of Shamsul

NARAYANGANJ: Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islam, set fire to a passenger bus hurling petrol bomb at Don Chamber area of the district town on Monday afternoon.Police and witnesses said that some 30/35 Shibir men brought out a procession on Nawab Salimullah

DHAKA: The campaign by the candidates of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will start from the wee hours of Tuesday till the midnight of April 26.Election Commission (EC) Public Relations director SM Asaduzzaman informed the matter to journalists

DHAKA: Law minister Anisul Huq said death row convict war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman has only few hours in his hands to seek presidential mercy for his wartime crimes.“Then the verdict will be executed soon,” the minister said at 2:00pm Monday, hours after the Appellate

DHAKA: Police members on Monday are asked to be alert following the preparation of hanging war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, also Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary.Police headquarters media wing sources confirmed the matter.A police official, preferring anonymity, told

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said a separate division of Bangladesh Army will be created for southern region of the country.The division area will be located at the middle point of Barisal and Jhalakathi districts.The premier came up with the declaration during a video

DHAKA: The family members of death row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman met with him at Dhaka Central Jail on Monday evening.Five family members including Kamaruzzaman’s wife Nurunnahar, two sons Hasan Iqbal Wami and Hasan Imam Wami, daughter Atia Noor

DHAKA: Police submitted final probe report to Dhaka CMM Court mentioning that they found no evidence against cricketer Rubel over rape allegation of actress Naznin Akter Happy.Police Inspector Halima Khatun submitted the report on Monday.On December 13 of last year, Happy filed a case

DHAKA: The authorities of Dhaka Central Jail are ready to execute the Supreme Court order by hanging war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.More than one hangman (Jallad) also have kept prepared and the scaffold clean to hang the convicted war criminal.The jail

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced a person to death and four others to life imprisonment in Kabir killing case in Sonargaon of Narayanganj district.Justice ABM Nizamul Haque of Dhaka Speedy Trail Tribunal-4 passed the order at noon.The death row convict is Hasnat while the

CHITTAGONG: Two fishermen were killed and two others injured in lightning in Fisheryghat area in Chittagong on Monday noon.The deceased were identified as Kabir Hossain (30) and Mafiz Mia (30) of Moheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar.The injured, identified as Sona Mia (20) and Amir