CHITTAGONG: Police arrested a person with 2,000 pieces of yaba tablets from Shah Amanat Bridge area of port city Chittagong on Monday early morning.The arrestee was identified as Afzal Hossain (33), son of Abdur Razzak Mollah of Madaripur district and a resident of Arambagh in

DHAKA: Metropolitan police (DMP) joint commissioner Monirul Islam on Monday observed that two persons were the prime architects of killing the bloggers so far.The two were identified as Tamim Al Adnani and Rezaul Islam Rana, members of a banned extremist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team.The

DHAKA: Dr. Ferdinand von Weyhe, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to Bangladesh on Monday said the German Government strongly condemned the murder of Niladri Chaterjee (Niloy Nil) that occurred last Friday (August 7).Dr. Ferdinand von Weyhe came up

DHAKA: Metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) of police joint-commissioner Monirul Islam categorically said that the law enforcers are monitoring the bloggers.The bloggers will be punished whether they made derogatory comments on religion, he added.The police official made the assertions on

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): A 15-member high-level delegation of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has reached India on Monday morning to take part in a training course on border management.India’s Border Security Force (BSF)-40 commanding officer colonel Bargendar Singh received the BGB delegation

MEHERPUR: Dead bodies of two schoolgirls, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Bhoirab River, from near the Tasikpur ghat in Mujibnagar upazila of the district Monday morning.Fire service diver Billal Hossian recovered the bodies around 7:30am.The deceased were identified as

KHULNA: A court here granted 5-day remand for the prime accused Sharif and his aide Mintu in boy Rakib killing case.Metropolitan Judge Faruk Iqbal passed the order following police plea on Monday.On Sunday, these two accused were shifted to jail from Khulna Medical College Hospital, where

NILPHAMARI: A man and his son were electrocuted in Kanchanpara area of Charaikhola union under Nilphamir sadar on Monday.The deceased were identified as Makbul Hassian and his son Manwar Hossain of Kanchanpara. BDST: 1156 HRS, AUG 10, 2015RS/SMS

BAGERHAT: A district court on Monday sentenced a man to death for killing his father at their house in Morelganj upazila.The condemned convict is-- M Badsha Gazi, 45.In absence of the accused, District and session judge M Mizanur Rahman Khan passed the verdict around 11am.According to

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-4 detained seven members of an alleged carjacking gang from Savar area early Monday. Besides, two private cars were seized from the detainee’s possession during the drive.Assistant director (legal and media wing) Major Maksudul Alam of RAB

DHAKA: Customs Intelligence department detained two people with two gold bars from immigration area of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Sunday night.The detainees --Alamin and Badiuzzmaan, hailed from Savar upazila, --arrived in Dhaka by EK 582 flight coming from Dubai. Customs

LALMONIRHAT: Old documents of land record of recently dissolved 162 enclaves are going to be exchanged on Monday.The document hand over will be held at a joint meeting of District Magistrate (DM) of India and deputy commissioner (DC) of Bangladesh at Chenrabandha land port inside India.

Back from Bibiyana (Habiganj): Mitali said, “Send them to school instead. I’ll quit school and work.”She successfully completed Grade VIII. But when the family couldn’t afford the registration fees for Grade IX, she came to her father Brojo Gopal Das with this proposal. Mitali is

RAJBARI: An alleged ringleader of a robber gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and police at Gopalpur village in Pangsha upazila early Monday.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rob, 28, ringleader of a robber gang and also son of Abdur Rahman of Falimara village in

DHAKA: Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid on Sunday paid homage to Ho Chi Minh during his visit to Vietnam.He placed floral wreaths at the mausoleum of the country’s legendary revolutionary leader at 4.50pm (local time).After placing the wreaths, the President stood in solemn silence in

DHAKA: A team of five American students along with their teacher visited banglanews24.com office in city’s Bashundhara residential area on Sunday to know about the history, culture and media of Bangladesh.They are the students of Bangla Language Institute of Independent University,

COX’S BAZAR: One hundred and fifty nine trafficking-victim Bangladeshis are set to return home from Myanmar on Monday.Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-17 commander Lieutenant Colonel Rabiul Islam Robi confirmed the matter to banglanews Sunday evening.He said that the fortune seekers will

KHULNA: Six tiger poachers were killed in a gunfight with police at Mandarbaria area of Sundarbans on Sunday afternoon.Koyra Thana OC among five police also injured during the gunfight.Police recovered skin of three tigers and arms from the spot.BDST: 1725 HRS, AUG 9, 2015AKA

DHAKA: A meeting between the members of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and visiting Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was held in city on Sunday over the murder of blogger Niloy Neel.The meeting was held at Detective Branch (DB) of Police office with the attendance of two FBI members

KHULNA: Police detained three people with skins of two Royal Bengal Tigers from Charamukh area of Koyra upazila of Khulna district early Saturday.Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation division’s divisional officer Zahidul Kabir told banglanews that he was informed about the