GOALANDA: Ferry services in the Daulatdia-Paturia route in Padma River resumed on Monday morning after an 11-hour halt due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.The authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) issued order to resume the services at 9:15am

DHAKA: At least 122 leaders and activists of 20-party alliance were detained during hartal hours countrywide till 10:00am Monday.Ten BNP men were detained at capital’s Naya Paltan, Azimpur and New Market areas, 38 in Gazipur, 26 in Comilla, 8 in Chandpur, 14 in Manikganj, 8 in Feni,

DHAKA: A suspected thief was beaten to death by a mob at Rasulbagh under Kamrungirchar of the city early Monday.The deceased was identified as Swpan Mia, 35, son of late Abdul Motaleb of Munshihati area of Kamrungirchar.Deceased’s brother-in-law Ismail told banglanews that someone

DHAKA: Shipping minister Shahjahan Khan was stuck mid-Padma River for 10-hours as a ferry carrying him halted due to the dense fog in Shimulia-Kawrakandi sea route on Monday. Sources said Shahjahan Khan and MP Bahauddin Nasim boarded on the ferry ‘Kakoli’ from Kawrakandi around

DHAKA: The cyber war began soon after Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) had killed Bangladeshi people including Felani, cattle traders and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in between 2011-12.Black Hat hackers of Bangladesh, along with Bangladesh Cyber Army, hacked about

PABNA: Two people were killed as a pick-up van rammed a human hauler in North Shilabaria Pukurpar area under Ataikula Thana on Monday.The deceased were identified as Helal, 40 and Ramzan, 39.Locals said a newspaper-laden pick-up van rammed a Nasiman, a local three-wheeler, on

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) expressed surprise after New York Times and Daily Prothom Alo published an editorial and news item respectively over its order dated December 2 punishing David Bergman for the offence of contempt.Taking those into suo moto notice, judges of

DHAKA: The journalists of the English Daily New Age stopped the law enforcers at the gate during a bid to raid its office at city’s Tejgaon area on Sunday night. The journalists of the daily said that a team of police led by Officer-in-Charge of Tejgaon Industrial Thana Salahuddin

JHENAIDAH: A retired primary school teacher was shot to death by miscreants in Sherkhali Bazar area under Kotchandpur upazila of the district on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Janab Ali Master, 60, resident of the upazila.Police sources said that a gang of miscreants shot

DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed in the city ahead of BNP-led 20-party alliance called hartal for Monday.BGB Public Relations Officer (PRO) Mohsin Reza confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday.BGB sources said the BGB personnel have been deployed at

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said that father of the ill-fated child Jihad was quizzed by the law enforcers to unveil the mystery. The intention was positive but necessary steps will be taken if he was harassed by police. Asaduzzaman Khan made the

SHARIATPUR: The ill-fated boy Jihad was laid to rest at family graveyard in Nagarpara village under Goshaier Hat Thana of Shariatpur on Sunday evening.Earlier, his maternal uncle Monir Hossain brought Jihad’s body here after the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) authorities

NARAYANGANJ: Two persons including a woman were killed and a minor was injured in a water tank collapse in Nayapara area under Siddhirganj on Sunday noon.The deceased was identified as Jhorna Begum, 55, and Abdur Rab, 60. A seven-year-old girl named Shikha was injured in the

DHAKA: The New Year will bring a new Bangladesh where the environment, minds of people, politics will be cleaned and so do the society. A voluntary organization named ‘We Want Change (Poriborton Chai)’ has taken up a program to make such values. So, there was a declaration on the

HABIGANJ: A court here on Sunday sent Habiganj Municipality Mayor GK Gaus, also the general secretary of district BNP, to jail, after surrendering in the former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria killing case.Sources told banglanews that Habiganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Rokeya Akter

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that there is no necessity to preserve all ‘red buildings’ of the British period in the name of heritage.She further said that there is a trend to protect many dilapidated buildings and materials of the British period, which is not

DHAKA: Bangladesh and China will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between two nations by arranging joint programmes in 2015.Sources of the foreign minister-level talks between Bangladesh and China, began at 10:45am and ended at 1:00pm Sunday at

COX’S BAZAR: Law enforcers held Dhulu Hossain, mastermind of Teknaf’s human trafficking ring, from Shah Porir Dwip Bazarpara area of the district early Sunday. Sources told banglanews that police detained Dhulu, son of a late Sultan Ahmed of that area, around 4:00am. Dhulu, who was

NOAKHALI: A Bangladeshi was shot dead by miscreants in South Africa after he refused to pay extortion money on Sunday morning (BDST). The deceased was identified as Dalim Hossain, 35, son of late Lokman Hossain, resident of Chongaon village under Sonaimuri upazila of the district.

GOALANDA, RAJBARI: Over 1,500 vehicles including night coaches and goods-laden trucks remained stranded at Daulatdia ghat on Sunday, awaiting ferry to cross the Padma River.A five-kilometer tailback, stretching from Zero Point of Daulatdia to Goalanda Feed Mill area, appeared on