From BBIN rally: The Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) rally has flagged off from Silchar town of Cachar district in Assam on Friday morning. It will cross 290 kilometers to reach Agartala, the capital as well as the largest city of the Indian state of Tripura. Cachar deputy

DHAKA: Police detained 99 people in overnight special drives at different places in two districts in a bid to curb criminal activities and sabotages in the country. The drives were conducted between Thursday night and Friday dawn at four upazilas of Narail and different upazilas of

LALMONIRHAT: A Bangladesh national was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in north Gotamari border under Hatibandha upazila of the district on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Amulya Kumar Chandra, 38, son of Mohesh Chandra of Butiamangal village of the

DHAKA: Police detained two people for interrogation over the firing at a mosque at Shibganj upazila in Bogra district early Friday.In the drive conducted between Thursday night and Friday dawn, a team of police picked up Anwar, 48, and Jewel, 25, and taken them to police custody. At least

RUPGANJ: A five-old-girl was strangled to death for a ransom of more than Tk three lakh in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj on Thursday.The dead was identified as Hafsa Attar Rupa, 5, daughter of Malaysia expatriate Hazrat Ali of Girja village of the upazila. Family sources said Rupa went

DHAKA: At least one devotee was killed and three injured as a group of miscreants opened fire at a mosque at Shiibganj upazila in Bogra district on Thursday evening.The deceased has been identified as Moazzem Hossain (75).One of the injured Shahinur was rushed to Shaheed Zia Medical

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she wants to see whether BNP joins the upcoming local government elections under party banner.She made this comment at a program held at her residence in city Thursday evening.‘Awami League always wants to participate in elections. Now, we want

DHAKA: City mayor Annisul Huq said that the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is working to introduce 3,000 new buses for women and children with modern ticketing facilities to ply city roads.Moreover, over one hundred toilets will also be setup in city.The DNCC mayor made this

ASSAM (INDIA): This seems Bangladesh! After crossing Bhutan on Wednesday (November 25) we saw plain land lying stretched before us.Long stretches of paddy fields by the sides of the highway, people with tanned bodies and, more importantly and pleasantly, boards written in Bangla.Unlike

DHAKA: A Dhaka court sentenced four people to death for killing four members of a family in south Keraniganj one year back.Dhaka District and Session Judge SM Kuddis Zaman passed the order on Thursday and also acquitted one from the charge.Case statement reads, the convicts killed four of

DHAKA: The UK foreign minister Philip Hammond and his Bangladesh counterpart AH Mahmood Ali held a meeting at the sidelines of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Malta on Wednesday (November 25) afternoon.The two ministers discussed issues relating to international peace and

DHAKA: Representatives of the European Union member states based in Dhaka and of the EU delegation, including 5 heads of missions, on 17 and 18 November visited areas in Satkhira District, southwest of Bangladesh, that are particularly affected by climate change.This joint visit had a

SATKHIRA: Two Bangladeshis were allegedly shot to death by Border Security Force (BSF) on India at the other side of Keragachhi frontier under Satkhira sadar upazila early Thursday.The deceased were identified as Abdul Khaleq, hailed from Kakdanga under Kalaroa Upazila of the district and

DHAKA: A youth, who was found bullet-hit, died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) at the wee hours of Thursday.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Duty officer of Darus Salam Police Station, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Mohammad Ali told banglanews that another ASI

DHAKA: Joint commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Monirul Islam disclosed that dignitaries, including Prof. Anisuzzaman, Prof. Jafar Iqbal and Prof. Muntasir Mamun, were threatened to ensnare others over past enmity.He disclosed the matter in a press release at noon after

DHAKA:  A speedy tribunal sentenced life term imprisonment to Parimal Joydhar, sacked teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School (Bashundhara branch) for raping a student.Judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 of Dhaka Saleh Uddin Ahmed passed the verdict on Wednesday.The

DHAKA: The reading out of documents of the case of condemned war criminal Matiur Rahman Nizami, including the verdict given by the International Crimes Tribunal ended on Wednesday, the sixth day of the appeal hearing. The 4-member Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tribute to former Member of Parliament (MP) from Chittagong-4 constituency Abul Kashem Master at south plaza of the Jatiya Sangshad on Wednesday. The premier placed floral wreath to the body of former Awami League (AL) lawmaker around 10:30am where

DHAKA:  Detectives detained a youth named Nahid Hossain for running publicity of Islamic State (IS) through internet network.A team of Detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) conducted a drive in city’s Badda area early hours of Wednesday and picked up the young man. DMP

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) resumed hearing the appeal filed by condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the death penalty handed down by International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).The 4-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha is