DHAKA: Police detained 52 gamblers, including Kaliganj Upazila vice chairman Amjad Hossian Ripon, while gambling at a house in sector-7 of capital’s Uttara area Tuesday midnight.Uttara zone assistant police commissioner Sohel Rana told banglanews that amongst the detainees, Amjad

DHAKA: A five-year-old boy, who suffered burns in a fire that broke out at their house in Elabari area of South Keraniganj, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Gani, 5, son of Ripon, 40, who also sustained severe burns along his

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bar Council election is set to be held on Wednesday as several times of the reschedule.Earlier, the election was dated for May 20 and rescheduled for May 27 following an appeal.The election was halted for three months as a writ petition was filed in the High Court

DHAKA: Seven former officials of defunct Oriental Bank have been jailed for life in corruption case over disbursing loan illegally in unusual speed.Dr Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman, Judge of Dhaka-5 Special Judges Court, passed the order on Tuesday.All the accused are at large while they were

DHAKA: Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed said that people, involved in readymade garment (RMG) sector, are enjoying a safe and labor-friendly environment.The minister made this assertion at a high-level meeting, jointly organized by ‘The Federal ministry of Economic Cooperation and

DHAKA: Visiting British minister for international development Desmond Swayne on Tuesday announced up to £3 million to help flood affected people in Bangladesh.On the concluding day of his 3-day visit the minister wished for Bangladesh to be strong and successful as it leads its own

SYLHET: A day after court order, police confiscated all the movable properties of the prime accused Kamrul Islam among two in Samiul Islam Rajon murder case.A team led by Jalalabad Thana OC Akhtar Hossain conducted the drive at the houses of accused in Sheikhpara village under Sadar

DHAKA: Senior secretary Iqbal Mahmud has been made Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) chairman.Public administration ministry made a circular in this regard on Tuesday.According to the circular, the secretary, who was enjoying Post Retirement Leave (PRL) benefits,

DHAKA: Law minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday commented that section 57 of the ICT Act will be amended if it seems logical.The minister made this comment at his office at the secretariat in city while talking with the journalists.He further said that his government does not support

CHITTAGONG: Train communication from Chittagong with rest parts of the country has been restored on Tuesday after 6-hours of halt.Earlier this morning, a passenger train hit a covered van at Barabkunda area in Sitakunda Upazila of the district leaving one dead.However, intercity Subarna

CHITTAGONG: Train communication from Chittagong with rest parts of the country has been restored on Tuesday after 6-hours of halt.Earlier this morning, a passenger train hit a covered van at Barabkunda area in Sitakunda Upazila of the district leaving one dead.However, intercity Subarna

COX’S BAZAR: The government, in the fifth spell, on Tuesday brought back 125 more Bangladeshis who were rescued by Myanmar Navy from their maritime boundary.The Bangladeshis were brought back at Ghumdhum High School ground of Naikkhangchhari of Bandarban district around 12:00pm.Earlier,

CHITTAGONG: The authorities of Bangladesh Railway (east zone) constituted a three-member investigation committee over the train accident that killed one person at Barabkunda area in Sitakunda Upazila of the district early Tuesday.Additional transport officer of Railway (east zone)

KHULNA: Police submitted charge sheet on Tuesday in the case filed over the gruesome murder of teenage boy Rakibul Islam Rakib in Tutpara area of Khulna city on August 3.Prime accused Sharif, owner of motorcycle garage, employee of the garage Mintu and Sharif's mother Beauty Begum were

PABNA: Three suspected child-lifters were beaten to death by angry mob in Chaturhat Mor under Santhia upazila of Pabna district on Tuesday noon.Santhia Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Shahid Mahmud confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 1340 HRS, AUG 25, 2015AKA/RR

DHAKA: The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) gave an approval to five developmental projects, including a project at Rampal coal-powered Power plant area, involving Tk 6553.01-crore on Tuesday.The approval came from a meeting of the government’s highest

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered a judicial probe into the allegation of ‘extra judicial killing’ against Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Hazaribagh Thana unit Chhatra League president Arju murder case.The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan passed the

DHAKA: Detective Branch (North) police Tuesday arrested one retired warrant officer, one retired army civil staff and two other associates on charge of recruitment fraudulence. They were held from Mirpur-12 DOHS area along with huge number of stamp seals, blank stamps signed by victims

CHITTAGONG: At least one person was killed in a crash between a passenger train and a covered van at Barabkunda area in Sitakunda Upazila of the district early Tuesday.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Confirming the matter, Chittagong railway station manager Abul Kalam

SHERPUR: At least 72 villages have been inundated in three upazilas of Sherpur district as water level in the river Brahmaputra has raised.Local sources said that flood has inundated 16 villages in Nalitabari upazila, 34 in Jhinaigati and 22 in Sribordi upazilas destroying about 23,000