DHAKA: Eminent educationist Professor Anisuzzaman has received a death threat and filed a general diary (GD) with Gulshan Thana in city on Tuesday.An unknown person through a cell phone call threatened the educationist Tuesday evening.He informed banglanews about the matter.Dhaka

DHAKA: Jatiya Party lawmaker from Mymensingh-7 constituency (Trishal) MA Hannan, his son Rafique Sajjad and three others arrested in a case filed for crimes against humanity during Liberation War in 1971.Three other arrestees are: Dr Khandaker Golam Sabbir, Mizanur Rahman Mintu and Harmuj

SIRAJGANJ: At least two women were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Raiganj Upazila of the district Thursday afternoon.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Confirming the matter, Raiganj Police Station officer-in-charge (OC)

SHERPUR: A woman and her granddaughter were killed in a road accident near Bogadubi Bridge in Jhenaigati upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased were identified as Monda Begum, 45, wife of Amjad Hossain and her granddaughter Urmi Akter, 5.Jhenaigati Thana

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal Thursday issued death warrants against the convicted war criminals BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid.Tribunal registrar will send the two death warrants to jail authorities, ministries for law

CHITTAGONG: A court here sentenced two men to death and fined Tk 5,000 each for killing a woman and her daughter last year.The death convicts are—Abu Rayhan alias Arju, 23 and Shaheed, 27.Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury, judge of Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal, passed the order on

RIYADH: Jeddah consulate consul general AKM Shahidul Karim has confirmed that at least 41 Bangladesh nationals were killed and 148 reportedly missing in the stampede near Makkah during hajj performance.Regarding missing hajjis, he said that they prepared the list as per complaints of

DHAKA:  An Air Asia Malaysia-bound plane that was supposed to depart the Shahjalal International Airport at 12.25am reportedly delayed to inform its passengers about the flight cancellation due to its mechanical fault.Passengers alleged that Air Asia Airlines had not kept them well

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have expressed they profound shock at the death of social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali.In a condolence message, the President prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family

DHAKA: Students of the private universities have resumed their anti-VAT protest program since Monday morning, putting road blockades at some city key points.Hundreds of students are protesting at Rampura, Kakal-Banani, Uttara the imposition of value added tax (VAT) on their tuition fees,

DHAKA: Cabinet has decided to lift VAT (Value Added Tax) on tuition fees in Private Universities.The decision has been taken at regular cabinet meeting held at secretariat on Monday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.BDST: 1212 HRS, SEP 14, 2015RS/SMS

MOULVIBAZAR: Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali passed away at a Singapore hospital early Monday. He was 67.Moulvibazar Swechchasebok League president Nazmul Islam confirmed the matter.He was undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital.Earlier on September 5, he was taken to

TANGAIL: Two cattle traders were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between two trucks in Mirzapur Sadar on Dhaka-Tangail highway on Monday.Identity of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately.The accident took place around 7:00am when a Dhaka-bound

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been announced as one of the winners of the United Nations’ highest environmental accolade, in recognition of Bangladesh’s far-reaching initiatives to address climate change.With a population of close to 159 million, Bangladesh is one of the

PATHARGHATA, BARGUNA: Local fish traders caught 11 supected sea robbers at Charduani bazar in Patharghata upazila of the district early Monday.Later, they were handed over to police. Charduani marine police camp in-charge assistant sub-inspector (ASI) M Liton Hossin confiremd the matter

RIYADH: A Bangladesh national was killed in road accident in Dammam, town of eastern Saudi Arab, on Sunday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Al Mamun, 18, hailed from Dhankkorah area under Hossainpur upazila of Kishorganj. He went to Saudi Arabia from Bangladesh just 25 days

RIYADH: Eid al-Adha, one of two important religious festivals observed by Muslims around the world, will be celebrated on September 24 as the Zul Hijjah moon was not sighted on Sunday.The announcement was made after the Saudi Arabia kingdom’s official moon-sighting body watched for the

DHAKA: Bangladesh ambassador to Thailand Saida Muna Tasneem said Royal Thai Police spokesperson on Friday afternoon that Bangladesh will uphold its zero-tolerance policy against any terrorism suspects at home and abroad under its stringent counter-terrorism laws, including the suspected

DHAKA: Bangladesh foreign ministry on Sunday said that most of the Bangladeshis, who were injured on Friday’s Makkah crane collapse, were released from the hospital after primary treatment.Even then, none of them was critical.They were mostly wounded due to stampede after the incident,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her deep condolence over the causalities following the crane collapse in Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah.PM press wing said a condolence message has been sent to Saudi king Salman Bin Abdul Aziz on behalf of herself and her