DHAKA: A man was burnt along with his nephew and niece in a fire at their house at Central Road in Hatirpool in the capital on Saturday morning.The fire broke out around 7:45 am. On information, fire fighting unit rushed in and doused the flame.Burn injured Delwar Hossain said, “My

DHAKA: A case was filed on Friday night with Khilgaon Thana against four unidentified persons over the brutal killing of Blogger Niladri Chottopadhay Niloy.Asha Moni, wife of the slain blogger filed the case, confirmed Sub Inspector Jahidur Rahman.He also said Officer-in-Charge Anwar

LONDON: United Kingdom expressed its deep shock at the murder of  blogger Niloy Neel and promised to stands together with the government of Bangladesh in the face of extremism.In a statement, issued on Friday afternoon (local time), Foreign & Commonwealth Office Minister Hugo Swire,

DHAKA: Tenaganita (Women's Force urged Malaysia government to legalize or provide work permits and give the right to work to undocumented migrant workers, specially Bangladeshis, who have been here for decades instead of bringing new workers.The non-profit organization of Malaysia made

SAUDI ARABIA: Four Bangladeshi students were killed and seven more injured in a minibus accident in Jeddah of Saudi Arab at 9:30pm (local time, 00.30am BDST) Friday. Rafiqul Islam Faruki, Principal of Jeddah Bangladesh International School, confirmed the matter to banglanews.The deceased

DHAKA: “Niloi was sitting in the drawing room with his laptop on. My sister, Tanni, was also in the house in Khilgaon area of the city.”“Suddenly a youth, around 20-year-old, came to my house in the name of renting flat.”“I said to him, we are not leaving the flat and did not

DHAKA: Bangladesh branch of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Ansar-al-Islam, an extremist outfit, claimed credit for the murder of blogger Niloi Neel.An alleged spokesperson of Ansar-al-Islam, Mufti Abdullah Ashraf, came up with the claim in an e-mail message sent to several

DHAKA: A two-year old minor was killed and two others injured in a road accident at Banani area in city Friday afternoon.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Traffic sergeant Anis, who was on duty in the area, told banglanews a woman was going to Banani from Gulshan-2 around

MUNSHIGANNJ: At least two persons, including a woman, were killed and 17 others injured as a passenger bus with 51 passengers sank in a marsh beside Dhaka-Mawa highway at Ompara Bot Tola in Srinagar Upazila on Friday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Ramiz Ali, 60, hailed from

MUNSHIGANNJ: A passenger bus with 51 passengers sank in a marsh beside Dhaka-Mawa highway at Ompara Bot Tola under Srinagar on Friday afternoon.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Srinagar Thana confirmed the matter to banglanews.He also said body of one unidentified woman was recovered.Police,

CHITTAGONG: Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefajat-e-Islam Mufti Ijharul Islam from Lalkhan Bazar Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Madrasa Friday afternoon.Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of CMP SM Tanveer Arafat confirmed the

LALMONIRHAT: Teesta River is flowing above danger level due to the surge of upstream water from the hills, inundating several villages close to the bank of the river.About 5000 families have been marooned in the floodwater. At 12:00pm Friday, flow of the water was recorded 52.50

DHAKA: Another Blogger and online activist named Niloy, 40, was slaughtered by unidentified miscreants in his house at Khilgaon in the capital on Friday.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) OC Mostafizur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.DMP DC Muntasirul Islam said, “Niloy is an NGO

KHULNA: Police arrested two suspected poachers with 69 pieces of bones of Sundarbans Royal Bengal Tigers from Natun Bazar launch ghat of the district town Friday.  The detainees are Enayet Hossain, 22, son of Akram Sarder of Koyra upazila and Babu Hossain, 18, son of Salam Rana of the

BAGERHAT: Police recovered 18 people, who are being trafficked into India, from Darkana Tollghat Bridge of the district town Friday.During the time, Bagerhat model thana police detained a human trafficker red handed. The detainee is identified as M Aftab Hawlader, 38, son of late Dalil

NOAKHALI: Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader Friday disclosed a list of 22 highways across the country where auto rickshaws and three-wheelers are banned.He made the disclosure at a press briefing in the morning at his residence in Basurhat Bazar under Companyganj

NOAKHALI: Two transgender people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Begumganj upazila of the district Friday. Identity of the deceased and injured could not be known immediately.Witnesses said a Noakhali-bound bus from

DHAKA: Emergency medicine items, weighting 1.5 tonnes and worth about Tk 1 crore, are being sent to Myanmar for its flood-affected people. The relief items were loaded on the cargo vehicles at Central Medical Store Depot (CMSD) around 9:45am Friday.The medicines would be sent to Myanmar

RAJBARI:  A robber was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Burudia village of Pansha upazila of the district early Friday.The deceased was identified as Abdus Sobahan, 49, resident of Laxmandia village of the upazila.Pangsha Thana officer-in-charge ASM Iqbal Hayat told

NOAKHALI: Leader of Manik Bahini was beaten to death by angry mob in Muhithkhola bazaar area under Sonaimuri upazila of the district Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Manik, 35, son of Golam Rahman of Begaumganj upazila of the district. He was fugitive death-row convict in