COX’S BAZAR: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel detained a youth with 30,000 pieces of yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar town on Sunday.The youth has been identified as Joynal Abedin (36), son of Mohammad Ali.RAB-7 commander Saud Hossain told banglanews that on tip-off they conducted a

THAKURGAON: At least two people were killed and six others injured as a three-wheeler and a tractor made head-on collision in Ranisankail upazila of Thakurgaon district.The deceased were identified as Sharif (35) of Haripur upazila and Liton (40) of Ranisankail.The injured, Aleya (29),

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina put emphasis on the director flight from Bangladesh to Turkey.She told the newly appointed Turkish ambassador to Bangladesh Devrim Ozturk made a courtesy call to her at PMO in city on Sunday.PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim informed the media after

DHAKA: Senior secretary of land ministry Mohammad Shafiul Alam has been made cabinet secretary.A gazette notification by public administration ministry said on Sunday evening.Earlier, the current cabinet secretary Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain was appointed as World Bank’s ‘alternate

DHAKA: Senior secretary of land ministry Mohammad Shafiul Alam has been made cabinet secretary.A gazette notification by public administration ministry said on Sunday evening.Earlier, the current cabinet secretary Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain was appointed as World Bank’s ‘alternate

DHAKA: India high commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran made a courtesy call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday afternoon.The envoy praised the PM for the smooth implementation of land boundary agreement (LBA) sing by neighboring Bangladesh and India.The other steps of LBA will

DHAKA: The government has contractually appointed Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Mosharraf Hossian Bhuiyan as ‘alternate executive director’ of the World Bank.Public Administration Ministry issued an order in this regard on Sunday.BDST: 1605 HRS, OCT 25, 2015RS/SMS

DHAKA: Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal categorically said there is no organizational existence of international militant group Islamic State (IS).He made this assertion to the media after a parliamentary standing committee meeting on home affairs ministry on Sunday.‘I am

Dhaka: Police filed a case under Anti-Terrorism Act over the bomb attack at Huseni Dalan during preparation of Ashura Rally in old Dhaka. Chalkbazar Thana sub-inspector Jalal Uddin filed the case with the thana accusing many unnamed people around 12:00am on Sunday.When contacted,

BANDARBAN: ‘Prabarana Purnima’, one of the largest Buddhist religious festivals, will be celebrated in Bandarban district on Monday.Marma and Rakhain ethnic communities will mainly celebrate the festival to continue till October 29.According to the tradition, Buddhist communities

DHAKA: A youth was crushed under the wheels of a train at Karwan Bazar in city on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Abul Kalam (35) of Maijdee upazila of Noakhali district as his identity card showed.Tejgaon Thana sub-inspector (SI) Shamim Shikdar told banglanews that

DHAKA: Muggers killed a man running over by their private car after snatching gold chain of his wife under Kuril Flyover in the city.The deceased was identified as Ananta Biswas, 28, hailed from Gaibandha Sadar.Kakali, wife of Ananta, told banglanews that after enjoying Durga Puja at

SAVAR, DHAKA:  Police arrested Dhaka district unit BNP vice-president and also former lawmaker Dr Dewan Mohammad Salauddin Babu in a sabotage case.Savar Model Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Kamruzzaman told banglanews that Salahuddin was picked up from his Paribagh residence in the city on

TANGAIL: Four people were killed and two others injured in a road crash in Raktipara intersection on Mymensingh-Tangail highway on Sunday morning.The accident took place in Madhupur Thana area of the district around 7:15am.The deceased were identified as Jani, 19, student of Madhupur

NILPHAMARI: A police member was killed in a road accident at Chirirbandar Upazila of the district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Sohel Afzal, 50, Nilphamari court police inspector, hailed from Debiganj Upazila of Panchagarh district.Additional superintendent of

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday constituted a three-member committee to investigate whether on-duty police showed negligence in discharging their duties during the time of crude bomb blast at Hussaini Dalan at the older part of the city.DMP additional commissioner

MOULVIBAZAR: At least three people, including a minor, were killed in a road accident in Sadar town on Saturday.Of the deceased two were identified as Delta Life Insurance employee Kalyanmoy Roy Gautam, 40, who hailed from Shantibagh area of the town and Gaurab Saha, 8, and a rickshaw

DHAKA: Dhaka customs house authority detained a citizen of India along with 1.21-kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Friday night.The detained was identified as Harprit Singh, 29.Customs house assistant commissioner Shahiduzzaman Sarker told banglanews that finding his

DHAKA: The holy Ashura, marking the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), was observed on the 10th of Muharram on Saturday across the country with due religious solemnity.The Arabic Hijri year 1437 started from October 15.Muslims believe that

DHAKA: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal alleged that local and international conspiracies are underway against Bangladesh.He came up with the allegation at Dhaka Medical College Hospital while visiting the victims of bomb blast at Hoseni Dalan Saturday.The minister added, “These are