JESSORE: Two people, including a policeman, were injured after miscreants attacked bombs targeting police vehicle in front of a mosque in Kholadanga area under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday evening.Jessore Kotwali Thana Office-in-Charge Enamul Haque told banglanews that

DHAKA: The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered some 27 cocktails from adjacent to daily ‘Amader Somoy’ office of Tejgaon area in city on Thursday.Assistant superintendent of police (ASP) Maruf Ahmed of RAB-2 said police initially suspected that the cocktails might be

DHAKA: The deep depression over westcentral Bay and adjoining eastcentral Bay moved slightly northwestwards over the same area.It was centred at 06:00pm Thursday about 1,060 kms south-southwest of Chittagong port, 990 kms south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 970 kms south-southwest

BOGRA: Two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Bogra Highway in Ariabazar area of Shahjahanpur upazila in the district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, 30, son of Mahtab Uddin of Monirampur area of Jessore district and

DHAKA: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman on Thursday categorically said the chain of command in police administration was collapsed.“Some police personnel in a particular district are involved in anti-disciplinary activities that are tarnishing the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday placed wing chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team Morshed Alam alias Masum on a five-day remand.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate M Hasibul Haque passed the order after Detective Branch (DB) police inspector Nibaran Chandra Barman produced theme before the court

DHAKA: Foreign affairs ministry has summoned Pakistani acting High Commissioner to Dhaka Ahmad Hussain Dayo for the remarks of a senior cabinet member of Pakistan regarding the recent verdict in Bangladesh by the International Crimes Tribunal.Terming the comments as unwarranted and

DHAKA: In the first ever visit of its kind, the Heads of Diplomatic Missions of Bhutan, India and Nepal resident in Dhaka and accredited to Bangladesh will travel together from Dhaka to India, Bhutan and Nepal.They will travel along the land route with the objective of highlighting

DHAKA: Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Thursday categorically said it is the rights of Appellate Divisions to decide whether the judgement against death convict Kamaruzzaman was summary or full.The chief law officer of the state made the observation while talking to journalists at

DHAKA: Law enforcers arrested Ramna blasts death row convict Abu Bakr Siddique alias Selim Hawlader, also banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI) top leader.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested from Keraniganj Thursday early morning.Selim Hawlader is also a

DHAKA: At least four people were killed and two others injured in separate accidents in Chittagong and Pabna on Thursday.Our Chittagong correspondent reports- a man and a woman were killed and two others injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw in Bashbaria of Sitakundo.The

COMILLA: A Sub-Inspector of Detective Branch (DB) of Police was shot at head from point-blank range by the district’s top hijacker Zira Sumon around 11:45am on Thursday.The injured was identified as SI Firoz. Another DB SI Shahidul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Local

NARAYANGANJ: Two Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel gave confessional statement before the court over senseational Narayanganj 7-murder case. They disclosed the number of RAB personnel participated in kidnapping and killing of seven persons including Narayanganj City Corporation

SATKHIRA: A commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was killed here in smugglers’ attack at Bhomra immigration check-post on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Subedar Nazrul Islam, 45, the commander of Bhomra BGB camp. Sources told banglanews that the BGB man died around

DHAKA: Shishir Munir, lawyer of death row convict Kamaruzzaman categorically said that law minister can’t order jail authority to be ready for executing verdict. He came up with the claim after meeting Kamaruzzaman in the jail on Thursday morning. Shishir Munir said, “Law

DHAKA: Health Secretary MM Niazuddin Thursday resigned over fake freedom fighter certificate controversy. Sources told banglanews that the health secretary is going to take the voluntary retirement. MM Niaz Uddin is one of the five secretaries against whom there are allegations of

DHAKA: A 5-member defence lawyers team led by Shishir Monir met death convict Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzamn at Dhaka Central Jail for some important advice on the case on Thursday morning.  The other members of the team are- advocate Matiur Rahman Akand, SC lawyer Barrister Ehsan A

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) officials of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained the media wing chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team from Kamalapur area Thursday. DMP Media Centre, in a statement, confirmed the matter. However, law enforcers are yet to disclose the identity of the detainee.

DHAKA: Fire broke out in a three-storey residential building beside Siddheswari Kali Mandir (Temple) in city Thursday morning. On information, three fire fighting units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control after trying frantically for one hour. The sources of fire

DHAKA: A prisoner transfer agreement between United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bangladesh is expected to take effect in the first quarter of next year, reports UAE government-owned English-language daily The National on Wednesday.Mohammed Imran, Bangladesh’s ambassador to the UAE,