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

BRAHMANBARIA: Law enforcers confirmed that rail communication from Dhaka to Sylhet restored Friday early morning.Earlier at 9:15pm Thursday, intercity ‘Mahanagar Godhuli Express’ train hit a private car on its track at Kodda area in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila, resulting a three-hour

SAVAR, DHAKA: Two kids were killed and one injured critically in an abandoned grenade explosion in Birulia of Savar on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Hridoy and Shuvo.Locals said the explosion took place when they were playing in a playground in the afternoon.BDST: 1842 HRS, APR

MOULVIBAZAR: At least two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident at Kalapur Bazar area under Srimangal Upazila of the district Thursday afternoon.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Quoting local sources, officer-in-charge of Srimangal Thana Abdul Jalil

DHAKA: Some 8,589 people were killed and 17,524 others injured in 5,928 road accidents in the country between January 1 and December 31 of 2014.Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Association) general secretary M Mojammel Haque Chowdhury disclosed the statistics

DHAKA: After lingering for few times, Captain Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury, founder chairman and MD of United Airways, appeared before Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday.ACC Deputy Director Meer M Joynul Abedin Shibli started quizzing him at 3:15pm at ACC office over allegations of

NARAYANGANJ: Eight people have died after a trawler with 80 passengers on board capsized in Buriganga River at Pagla in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Sagor, 11, Rubel Mia, 24, Rubel Matabber, 16, son of Wahab Matabber Md Samir, 40,