KUSHTIA: A regional leader of banned outfit Purba Bangla Communist Party (M-L) was killed in a gunfight with police in Mirpur area of the district early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Palash Malitha, 28, son of Abul Malitha of Khamarpara Village of Mirpur.Police said a gang of

SYLHET: Body of the college student, who went missing while bathing in the Piain River at Jaflong Wednesday, was recovered in Noyabasti area, two kilometers away from the accident spot on Friday night.The victims was identified as Abdullah Antar, 18, son of M Sanaullah, Class-XI students

SYLHET: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-9 detained seven people along with 12-pound poison of Cobra worth Tk 46-crore from Kanaighat Upazila of the district Friday.Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP-media) of RAB-9 Mainuddin Chowdhury confirmed the matter to banglanews.Acting on a

BENAPOLE (JESSORE): After serving for different jail-term, eight Bangladeshi women and children returned from India on Friday.Petrapole immigration police of India handed over the victims to Benapole check post immigration police of Bangladesh around 4:00pm.Later, police sent them to

DHAKA: At least 32 people were killed and 40 others injured in countrywide accidents on Friday.Staff and district correspondents helped preparing the desk report:Dhaka: A motorcyclist, Mujibur Rahman, 53, was killed and another one injured as a truck knocked the motorcycle on Kanchpur

BRAHMANBARIA: A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by miscreants in Cape Town of South Africa Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Wasim, 21, son of one Khayes Mia, hailed from Amtoli village under Nabinagar Upazila of the district.Family sources confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: A police constable was killed as a passenger bus knocked his motorcycle at Karwan Bazar area in city Friday afternoon.The deceased police official was identified as Sohel Rana, 32, constable of the special branch (SB), and son of one Khalilur Rahman, hailed from Thanapara of

DHAKA: Trinamul Nari Uddyakta Society (GRASSROOTS) has been selected as the recipient of "FOBANA Outstanding Community Service Award of 2015" for their brilliant effort to empower women through home based workers program.According to a press release issued by FOBANA, the award will be

MADARIPUR: A head-on collision between a local bus and a microbus in Dasar area of the district Friday noon left five people dead and 14 others with injuries.Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident took place around 1pm. Dasar Thana officer-in-charge Emdadul

PATUAKHALI: Four members of family died from electrocution in a pond in which a live electric wire had fallen at Dholapara village under Bauphal upazila of the district Friday.The deceased were identified as Abdul Hye, 50, his two daughters Tina, 22 and Dina, 20 and Ibrahim Khan, 45.The

DHAKA: The met office forecasted that heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur in five divisions due to active monsoon over Bangladesh.Monsoon is active over Bangladesh and moderate elsewhere over North Bay.Meteorologist Abul Kalam Mollik said that heavy to heavy rain is likely to

GAZIPUR: At least five people, including a woman, were killed and eight others injured in a road accident in Naojor area on Dhaka-Tangail highway on Friday morning.Of the deceased, four were identified as Saidur Rahman, 20, driver of the human hauler and son of Hazrat Ali of Jhinaigati

DHAKA: A parliamentary sub-committee found no evidence of former state minister for liberation war affairs ABM Tajul Islam’s involvement in the gold crests scam.The crests were however given to the foreign nationals for their contribution to the War of Liberation in 1971. But, the

DHAKA: A youth was killed as a bus knocked him down in city’s Kalyanpur area Thursday evening.The victim has been identified as MA Hayat (27), son of Mohammad Yusuf Uddin of Sadar upazila of Bogra district.Hayat died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) undergoing treatment,

HABIGANJ: At least three people were killed and 10 injured as a boat capsized in Gardair river in Ajmeri upazila of Habiganj district on Thursday afternoon.The victims include a man (50), a woman (20) and a child (5). But details of the victims could be known immediately.Locals said that

MAGURA: Two motorcyclists were killed as a bus rammed into the vehicle on Magura-Faridpur Highway in Kachhundi area on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Shamsur Rahman Shamin, 29, son of Ekram Hossain of Sitarampur village and Obaidur, 27, son of Garakhola village under Madhukhali

BRAHMANBARIA: Militants of Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria had shot two Bangladesh nationals in Libya on Tuesday noon.The victims were identified as Mosleh Uddin (30), a resident of Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria and Arifur Siddique (28) of Barisal.A Bangladeshi expatriate in

TANGAIL: At least eight people were killed and 16 injured as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Basail of Tangail district Thursday afternoon.Confirming the matter to banglanews Gorai Highway Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Humayun Kabir said the accident took place on

GAZIPUR: At least eight people, including three children, were killed as a train knocked a passenger carrying CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Gazipur on Thursday afternoon.Details of the victims could not be known immediately.Confirming the matter to banglanews Joydebpur Station Master Shahidul

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday praised Special Security Force (SSF) members and expressed sympathy for discharging additional duty to provide her security.The premier made the inspirational speech while addressing to the SSF members on its 29th founding anniversary at