DHAKA: Attorney general Mahbube Alam commented that the execution of verdicts, handed down to BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, is matter of time.He made this comment at the post-verdict press conference on Wednesday

JAMALPUR: A district court sentenced five convicts to death for killing a boy, named Mostakim Billah, in Sadar upazila of the district.District additional session judge Mohammad Wheduzzaman Shikdar passed the order around 11:40am on Wednesday (November 18).The death sentence awardees

COMILLA: A man and his wife were killed and three others injured in a road accident in Lalmai area of Sadar South in Comilla district on Wednesday morning.Identities of the victims could not be known immediately.Lalmai Highway police in-charge sub-inspector Lutfar Rahman told banglanews

DHAKA: Detective Branch police arrested three men for threatening late blogger Niladry and claiming the responsibility of murder in the capital Wednesday.Deputy Commissioner Muntasirul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews. Details will be informed at a press briefing, he added.BDST:

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld the death penalty of war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mujahid.BDST: 1136 HRS, NOV 18, 2015RS/SMS ** SQ Chy review hearing underway

DHAKA: The verdict on the review petition filed challenging the death penalty for war crimes convict Ali Ahsan Mujahid is set to be pronounced around 11:30am on Wednesday.  On Tuesday, a 4-member full bench of the Division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha fixed the date after hearing of

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) Appellate Division is hearing the review petition filed challenging the death penalty for war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.The hearing at 4-member full bench of the Division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha started around 9:05 am on Wednesday.The

BRAHMANBARIA: A suspected robber was shot dead in a “gunfight” between police and a “robbery gang” in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Shakib Uddin alias Malu, hailed from Morapukurpar village of the Kasba upazila. Police recovered a

DINAJPUR: An Italian citizen sustained bullet injuries in attack by miscreants at BRTC bus stand in Dinajpur town on Wednesday morning. The injured is identified as Dr Piero, physician of Sanvin Sento Hospital in Dinajpur.      The man with bullet injuries has been admitted to

MANIKGANJ: Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route in the Padma River resumed after a three and half an hour suspension from Wednesday dawn due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Paturia Ghat’s commercial department assistant manager Mohiuddin Russel told banglanews the ferry

BENAPLONE (JESSORE): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained eight Bangladeshis while entering Bangladesh from India through Benapole border in Jessore district on Tuesday.But the BGB could not detain any trafficker.Benapole check-post ICP BGB camp subedar Jalal Uddin told

FROM PATNA TO SILIGURI: Patna, capital of Indian province Bihar, is renowned as a city of transportation. Geographically, it is situated in the center part of India. Here trucks are loaded and unloaded with goods and later they leave for other Indian provinces.Currently, the Chhath Puja

Dhaka: On the second day of her Bangladesh visit, queen Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti of The Netherlands has passed a busy day in Gazipur district on Tuesday (November 17).Early in the morning, she visited garments factory, ‘One Home, One Farm Project’ and Digital Server Center in the

DHAKA: The 11th joint commission meeting between Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia will be held in city on Wednesday.Bangladesh foreign ministry said that the meeting will be held at Economic Relations Division (ERD) conference room on the day.According to the ministry, Saudi labor ministry

CHITTAGONG: Law enforcers detained 129 people, including 23 local leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, in overnight drive at various upazilas of the district on Tuesday.Of the detainees, 10 were Jamaat-Shibir men and 13 were BNP leaders and activists.Additional superintendent

DHAKA: Hearing on the review petition filed challenging the death penalty for war crimes convict Ali Ahsan Mujahid has begun at the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning.A 4-member full bench of the Division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha is conducting the review

DHAKA: Security has been beefed up at the Supreme Court (SC) area in city as the hearing on the review petition filed challenging the death penalty for war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mujahid began on Tuesday morning.Huge member of law enforcers have been

DHAKA: A traffic police member was killed as a train knocked him at Sainik Club rail gate of Banani area in city on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Chakla Kumar Barman, a traffic police constable of Uttara Zone in city.Dhaka railway thana officer-in-charge (OC) Abdul Majid

DHAKA: The first day’s meeting of two-day Bangladesh and India secretary-level talks on issues pertaining to security and border management ended in Dhaka on Monday.The first day’s meeting of joint working group of the two neighboring countries ended at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in

DHAKA: On the occasion of the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) from November 15-16, Jeff Nankivell, Director General Programming, Asia-Pacific, Global Affairs Canada, travelled to Bangladesh.Canada high commission on Monday issued a press release regarding the visit.It said,