SAVAR: Law enforcers recovered the bodies of two women from separate places of Savar and Ashulia, outskirts of the capital city, Dhaka.Police sources said locals found the body of an unidentified woman in an open field behind the Hemayetpur Tannery Industrial Zone in the morning.On

DHAKA: Indian police have arrested a 36-year-old Bangladeshi woman suspected for her involvement in a plot to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and carry out a coup in Bangladesh.The arrest comes days after Indian security officials said they had uncovered a plot by members of the

DHAKA: The prize giving ceremony of ‘DRU-Grameenphone Reporting Award 2014’ will be held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel on Monday.A press release, signed by DRU (Dhaka Reporters’ Unity) organizing secretary Mursalin Nomani, said the event will begin at 3:00pm in the

CHITTAGONG: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically on Saturday said her government is working to turn Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) into a time-befitting and skillful force in line with the ‘Forces Goal-2030’.“It is my belief that Bangladesh Air Force would make more effective

DHAKA: Facebook is providing its users more control over the posts and people they see most in their news feeds. On Friday, the company announced new filters in Settings that show the people, pages and groups you follow that posted the most in the past week, along with a summary, reports

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy is set to return home on Saturday afternoon. He is expected to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 4:55pm. PM’s deputy press secretary Ashraful Alam confirmed the matter to banglanews. He said that Joy is

CHITTAGONG: Water transport workers have enforced a non-stop countrywide strike since Saturday morning. Sources told banglanews that the workers, however, suspended loading and unloading operations at all the ports including Chittagong demanding security measures on waterways. On the

RAJBARI: Locals blocked Dhaka-Khulna highway at Goalando following death of a person in a road crash in the area Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Idris Ali, 30, son of Sadek Ali, resident of Goalando. Sources told banglanews that Idris was killed there after a rashly

LALMONIRHAT: All modes of transports went off the roads in Lalmonirhat Saturday morning. Sources told banglanews that the strike has been called demanding to meet 2-point demand of of district truck and lorry workers’ union. The union is demanding immediate arrest of the attackers of

DHAKA: The customs intelligence officials detained two Malaysia-bound passengers with foreign currencies worth about Tk 39 lakhs early Saturday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.  The detainees are Badiuzzaman Laskar and Ziaul Haq. Assistant Commissioner of customs intelligence

DHAKA: Sea ports are advised to show cautionary signal no ‘One’ as the depression over westcentral Bay and adjoining eastcentral Bay remained practically stationary over the same area. A Bangladesh Meteorology Department bulletin said on Saturday morning that maritime ports of

DHAKA: Customs intelligence officials recovered 15kg gold from a toilet of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city early Saturday. Sources said the recovered gold includes 12kg bars as well as 3kg chains, worth about Tk7.5 crore. Assistant director of the customs intelligence

DHAKA: Two unidentified persons were killed when a speedy private car ran over them in front of Scholastica School in Uttra area of the city on Friday afternoon.Inspector (investigation) Shahidul Islam Mollah of Airport Thana confirmed the matter to banglanews.Shahidul Islam said, a

DHAKA: Fire fighters doused a devastating a fire after one and half-an-hours of fanatic efforts since it broke out at a blanket factory inside Dhaka Central Jail in the city on Thursday.Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) sources said the fire originated at the factory godown

PARBATIPUR (DINAJPUR): Two persons were killed in a road accident in Bhusirbandar area under Chirirbandar upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased were identified as Abdur Aziz, 38, son of Nazrul Islam at Fatejangpur village of Chirirbandar upazila and Manik Chandra Roy, 28,

DHAKA: A man was killed and two others were injured as an Air Conditioner (AC) exploded in a hotel of city’s Gulshan area on Friday.Assistant commissioner (AC) Nurul Alam of Gulshan Zone confirmed the matter.He said the accident occurred when they were servicing the AC on the rooftop

DHAKA: Two United Nations human rights experts on Thursday urged the Government of Bangladesh to stay the execution of assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami M Kamaruzzaman who was condemned to death for crimes against humanity. “The UN Special Rapporteurs on summary

COX’S BAZAR: Police in a drive held 10 Malaysia bound Bangladeshis with one broker from Ramu upazila of the district on Thursday night while they were trying to go to Malaysia illegally.Police sources said that acting on a tip-off, law enforcers conducted a drive and held them from

GAZIPUR: The Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive detained a youth and recovered three foreign pistols, 11 rounds of bullet and four magazines from him at Sadar town of the district Thursday night. The detainee was identified as Roni, 24, hailed from Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.

DHAKA: The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were deployed in Dhaka on Thursday evening to maintain law and order and ensure peace.Several platoons of BGB troops have been deployed in other places across the country as well.Public Relations Officer (PRO) of BGB Headquarters Mohsin