SUNAMGANJ: A housewife was allegedly killed by her husband in Bhoishob village of Mohanpur union under Sadar upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Papiya, 26, wife of a Kamal Mia of the village.Local sources said ‘mentally sick’ Kamal Mia hit his wife with

BANDARBAN: A housewife was allegedly beaten to death by her husband at Roangchhari upazila in the district on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Selina Akhter, 26, wife of a Mohammad Ismail, resident of Daneshpara of Chainga union.Local sources said, in a stage of family

DHAKA: Noted economist of the country Professor Abul Barakat on Saturday categorically said “very very important person (VVIP) and commercially important person (CIP) of the country are thieves”.“The very very important person (VVIP) and commercially important person (CIP) of the

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel detained a youth with 800 pieces Yaba tablets on Saturday morning from a jeep (locally known as Chander Gari) in Damdamia check post area of Teknaf of the district.The detainee is- Mohammad Ali, 34, son of late Mamtaj Miah. Confirming

DHAKA: To make the travel between Bangladesh and India over railway more convenient and comfortable along with to re-open old rail connectivity points and establish new route an inter-ministerial meeting will starts from April 21.The annual talk on India-Bangladesh Inter-Governmental

MUNSIGANJ: The main works of the much-awaited Padma Bridge, government’s highest prioritized project, would be visible by the year of 2014.Communication Minister Obaidul Quader came up with the remarks when visiting the Padma Bridge Project in Mawa jetty area of Lohajang upazila at

CHITTAGONG: Two people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in the port city and Sitakunda upazila on Friday night.The deceased were identified as Shafiul Alam Safi, 37, of Joramtal area of Sitakunda, and Ismail Hossain Rabbani, 26, a Saudi Arab expatriate, of

DHAKA: Police detained two men with some 53,000 fake national identity cards in the capital on Friday night.Kadamtali Thana police conducted the drive.Details of the drive will be disclosed at a press conference at Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Media Centre on Minto Road in the

COX’S BAZAR: A Yaba smuggler and four members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) were inured in a gunfight in Teknaf upazila on Friday night.The gunfight took place in Naaf River Dam area at Moulvipara of Sadar Union of the upazila at 10:30pm. Some 50,100 pieces of Yaba tablets were

KHAGRACHHARI: A trader was killed and a school girl injured as Janasahanghati Samity (JSS) activists opened fire at Durgachhari under Lakkhichhari in the district at 7:45am Saturday.The deceased was identified as Kiran alias Joy Kumar Chakma, 45.Confirming the matter to banglanews,

DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion (APBn) detained six people with several gold bars weighing 1.3 kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Friday night.The detainees are – Sahidul Islam, Haidar, Nasim Khan, Sha Alam, Ishaq Mian, and Dipan.APBn assistant

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi man died in the central Italian city of Pisa in the Toscana region Tuesday after being punched in the head while walking in the city centre in an attack characteristic of the so-called ‘knockout game’, reports Italy-version of English news site  The Local.The

NEW YORK: The USA decided to spend a large amount of money to empowering the youth and the growth of the ‘Sushil Samaj (Noted Citizens)’ of Bangladesh.US Department of State and other bureaus related to democracy and human rights affairs asked for project proposals or agendas from

DHAKA: Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan Friday showed her gratitude to the countrymen after her husband’s rescue.Rizwana said, “I don’t know how I could pay off this debt. I want to thank the media persons and the countrymen as

DHAKA: Victim of Sreepur gas line blast succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday.The deceased was identified as Anwar, 38, son of Ali Majhi, hailed from Moura village under Dohar Thana of Dhaka.Anwar, an employee of a local textile mill, was suffering

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday is set to inaugurate 450 new taxicabs to make the transport system easier in Dhaka and Chittagong.Communications Minister Obaidul Quader made the disclosure in the inauguration ceremony of three day long ‘Ninth Dhaka Motor Show-2014’ at

NARAYANGANJ: Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA) Chief Executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan, has appeared before the court on Friday to give statement on his abduction.AB Siddique is giving deposition at the court of Narayanganj Senior Judicial

DHAKA: Engineers at the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) have fallen under the wrath of Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday.Disappointed Quader came up with the wrath while addressing as the chief guest at the annual conference of Engineers’ Association in Tegaon area of

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained three Myanmar citizens with 19, 412 pieces Yaba tablets on Friday morning from Naitangpara area of Teknaf of the district. The detainees are- Abeda Begum, wife of late Abdul Hye, Hazera Begum, wife of late Hossain Ahmed,

DHAKA: Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday, was one of the greatest literary minds the world has produced.Here are some facts which are probably yet to know about this author.Marquez outsold everyone but God in SpanishOnly the Bible has sold