Govt to withdraw over 10,000 political cases
CA orders creation of fund to manage recovered looted assets
CHITTAGONG: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in front of PHP glass factory of Sitakunda upazila of the district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Md Ali, 20, and Md Jafar, 24, of Bhatiary area of the upazila. Sergeant Zillur Rahman of
SAVAR, DHAKA: A man killed his three sons by feeding poison and then commits suicide hanging himself from ceiling fan over family feud in Savar on Friday noon. Officer-in-Charge of Savar Model Thana Dipok Kumar Saha confirmed the matter to banglanews. BDST: 1927 HRS, JUNE 27, 2014
DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, aslo Awami League (AL) president, claimed AL was established to fulfill people’s hopes and aspirations. History of AL says the party was established to fight all kinds of oppressions against the people of Bangladesh and show them the path to freedom
FENI: A 25-killomiter-long traffic gridlock on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway has unconfined in the evening after recovering the covered van on Friday. The traffic congestion had started to loose from 6:00 pm as police managed to lift up the van under the culvert. Officer-in-charge (OC)
DHAKA: Robbers allegedly looted about 55 bhori (tola) gold, 280 bhori silver and Tk 9.58 lakh from 11 jewelry shops in Nawabganj upazila of the district earlier Friday. Law enforcers held a robber, Julon Mandal, son of one Sambhu Mandal, hailed from Gokul Nagar village of the upazila.
CHITTAGONG: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader claimed on Friday that 3-Kilometer-long Karnaphuli Tunnel Project would be started from January next. The minister made the disclosure while visiting the airport area in Patenga of the city selected for the project. The project would be
FENI: Two persons were killed in a road crash at Kalipal under Sadar upazila of district on Friday. The identities of the deceased are yet to know, police told banglanews. Mohipal Highway Police Camp in-charge ASM Jahangir Alam said that the incident took place around 12:45pm on
MANIKGANJ: At least two people were killed when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Muljan area of Sadar upazila of the district on Friday morning. Details of the deceased could not be known immediately. Golra highway police sergeant Mehedi Hasan confirmed the
PABNA: Two farmers died here as lightning struck them during heavy rainfall in Ishwardi on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahman Mollah, 51, resided at Bayra village under Dashuria union and Abu Sayeed, 60, lived at Baghhasla village under Muladuli union of the
DHAKA: Bangladesh has been re-elected a member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) securing the highest votes in its elections held at the United Nations on Thursday. Ismat Jahan, Bangladeshi candidate for the election, was re-elected as a member
CHITTAGONG: MV Sundarban-1, a Lighterage ship, loaded with steel coil, has been sunk in Patenga Harinagar of the port city on Friday. Sources said that thought it sunk with 1500 tons of steel coils but the coast guard rescued all the 11 crews from the ship immediately. Witnesses told
CHUADANGA: In a cinematic style, miscreants kidnapped a college girl from the residence after chopping her mother to death in Damurhuda upazila of the district on Thursday. The deceased was Tahmina Khatun, 45, wife of Abdul Kader of Azimpur village of the upazila while the kidnapped girl
DHAKA: A ten storied building in city’s Dhanmondi area caught fire on early Friday.Sources of the fire service control room said that the fire originated at the building around 1:50am.On information, four units of firefighters from the Dhanmondi fire station rushed in and doused the
DHAKA: A 10-month pregnant woman was neglected by not giving trolley at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Thursday as she had no money. Monir Hossain took his wife, Mukta Begum, in the hospital for labour pain from Bhasantek Kajoler Tek area in city. Monir said, ‘There were enough
DHAKA: India External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj delivered a speech at a seminar, organized by Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies on ‘India-Bangladesh Relations: A Framework for Cooperation’, at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel on Thursday. Here is her full speech
NARAYANGANJ: Selim Osman from Jatiya Party won in Narayanganj-5 constituency by-election on Thursday. According to the unofficial results from 140 polling centers, Selim Osman bagged 82, 856 votes while his nearest independent candidate SM Akram got 58,785 votes. Presiding officers have
DHAKA: Emdadul Haque Lal of MTnews24.com and Moshihur Rahman of Bangla daily Dinkal on Thursday were elected as president and general sectary respectively of Dhaka Court Reporters’ Association (DCRA). The election for the DCRA’s executive committee for 2014-15 session was held at the
FROM PARLIAMENT: Housing and public works minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday said Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) had allocated plots for 336 Members of Parliament. According to the minister, a total of 336 MPs had got plots in last 22 years from 1991. Among them
DHAKA: The National Moon Sighting Committee will sit in a meeting on Saturday at Islamic Foundation conference room in Baitul Mukkarram in the capital. A press release from Islamic Foundation made the disclosure on Thursday. The meeting will begin at 7:15pm where foundation will
CHITTAGONG: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader cancelled upcoming Eid holiday for officials and employees of Roads and Highway Department (RHD) for the sake of smooth communications of lakhs of the people. The minister made the disclosure at a seminar at Theatre Institute of the