FARIDPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed as a passenger bus rammed them in Dhuldi Bazar area under Sadar upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Moshiur Rahman Roman, 25, and his cousin Mohammad Joni, 26, residents of the district town.A passenger bus

TANGAIL: A 35-kilomiter tailback has been created on the Dhaka-Tangail highway due to road accident, stretching from Elenga to Mirzapur on Monday evening.The agitated locals blockaded the highway protesting the road accident.The tailback caused immense sufferings to the

DHAKA: A person was electrocuted in city’s Jatrabari area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Idris Ali, 50, resident of the area. Wife of the deceased Rokeya Begum said her husband came in contact in live electric wire while he was repairing electric bulbs at their house in the

JHALAKATHI: Two people, including a woman, were killed in a road crash in Bhairabpasha area under Nalchhiti upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased were identified as Hannan Sharif, son of Sobhan Sharif and Hafiza Begum, wife of Hasan, residents of the upazila.Police sources said

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Divisional Commissioners of Barisal and Rangpur to take action against criminals whatever their political identity.The premier came up with the directives after holding a meeting through video conference at secretariat on Monday.She also

DHAKA: Four people were crushed under wheels of separate trains at different places of the city between Sunday morning and Monday noon.  Identity of the victims --two men and two women--could not be known immediately.Railway thana officer-on-charge Abdul Majid told banglanews that a

DHAKA: Four people were crushed under wheels of separate trains at different places of the city between Sunday morning and Monday noon.  Identity of the victims --two men and two women--could not be known immediately.Railway thana officer-on-charge Abdul Majid told banglanews that a

DHAKA: Customs Intelligence officials on Monday detained a man with 36 pieces of gold bars, weighing around 4.198 kilograms, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.The identity of the detainees could not be known immediately.Confirming the matter, customs’ assistant director Umme

DHAKA: A new Indian Visa Application Centres (IVAC) facility has been set up at Dhanmondi in Dhaka for accepting Indian visa applications. State Bank of India (SBI), the authorized agent of the High Commission of India, Dhaka, made the announcement saying its operation will begin from

KOLKATA: Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, who is on a six-day official visit to India, is set to visit Kolkata from Delhi on Monday.Sources told banglanews that he will stay there at a hotel.West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi is hosting a dinner at evening in honor of Bangladesh

DHAKA: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday interrogated seven officials of Mercantile Bank on allegation of loan scam of Tk 1300 crore of Ananda Shipyard.A team led by Deputy Director Mir Zainul Abedin Shibli of ACC started grilling him from 10:00 am.The bank officers are

DHAKA: The British High Commission in Dhaka, its office in Sylhet, will be closed on December 24 and December 25 for the celebration of upcoming Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.Department for International Development (DFID Bangladesh) will also be closed on the two days.Press and

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal-2 fixed Tuesday to pronounce the verdict in the trial of 1971 war crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Syed Mohammad Qaiser.The three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hasan will declare the verdict.Earlier on August 20, the

NEW YORK: BNP vice chairman and also former DCC Mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka is taking chemotherapy in New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.His personal physician Dr Muzibur Rahman Majumder informed the matter on Sunday (NY local time) in the presence of Khoka at a press

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal-2 fixed Tuesday to pronounce the verdict in the trial of 1971 war crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Syed Mohammad Qaisar.The three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hasan will declare the verdict.Earlier on August 20, the

RAJBARI: A man was shot to death by robbers at Boalia Ambaria village of Kalukhali Upazila of the district early Monday.The victim was identified as Mafiz Uddin, 30, of the village.Police said being informed about a gang of robber attacked the village around 2:00am. Sensing the presence

MAGURA: A suspected robber was killed and three police officials were injured in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Mandartala area under Sadar upazila of the district early Monday.The deceased was identified as Uzzal, 32.Assistant superintendent (Magura circle) of police Sudarshan Kumar Roy

DHAKA: Outgoing US Ambassador Dan W Mozena left Bangladesh as his three years’ service tenure in the country has ended. Sources of US Embassy in Dhaka confirmed the matter to banglanews.Earlier, Mozena took the office of the US Ambassador to Bangladesh on November 24, 2011, sources

DHAKA: The customs officials detained a man along with seven gold bars and some gold ornaments, weighting 734 grams, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday midnight.The detainee Farid Matbar, 40, came from Malaysia by a Malaysia Airline flight MH196 which landed at the

DHAKA: The high-ups of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries reached in a consensus about setting-up a common power grid for the region.Besides, they took a decision about establishing a trans-border gas pipe-line for the SAARC region.The decisions were