NAOGAON: A Bangladeshi cattle trader was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Hapania frontier area under Sapahar upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Jahurul Islam, 38, son of one Abdul Latif of Porsha upazila of the district.Locals said a group of cattle

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained two suspected leaders of a militant outfit, including its chief financier, early Thursday.The DB men also recovered three pistols, and some ammunitions and explosives from their possession.Additional deputy

FARIDPUR: At least three suspected robbers were killed in a mob beating at Koijuri Union Parishad under the Sadar upazila of the district Wednesday night.The deceased could not be known immediately.Quoting local people Sub-Inspector (SI) of Faridpur Kotwali Thana Monir Hossain told

DHAKA: The Japan government will provide $23 million to build next generation meteorological radar systems to improve the weather forecasting system in Bangladesh.An agreement was signed between the governments of Bangladesh and Japan on “the Project for Improvement of Meteorological

MALAYSIA: Visiting Bangladesh expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain called on Malaysia premier Najib Razak on Wednesday.He met Najib in Putrajaya at 5:00pm local time.Mosharraf talked about different issues including the Bangladesh manpower

DHAKA: A total of 41 Bangladeshi migrants returned from Thailand on Wednesday evening.A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-089) landed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city at 7:30pm.A Biman station manager source confirmed the matter to banglanews.Law enforcers will ask the

DHAKA: Students of Government Titumir College withdrew the blockade on Mahakhali road in city around 4:30pm on Wednesday.Earlier at 3:30pm, the students blocked the road on the allegation of “misbehavior” of a police sub-inspector (SI) with several students of the college.Students

DHAKA: Students of Government Titumir College blocked Mahakhali road in city on allegation of “misbehaviour” of a police sub-inspector (SI) with several students of the college.The blockade started around 3:30pm.Students alleged that SI Mannan of Gulshan Police Station misbehaved with

RAJBARI: Two businessmen were killed in a road accident at Chandani in Rajbari district on Wednesday early morning.The victims were Aminul (40) and Ahadul (30), residents of Gangni upazila of Meherpur district.Pangsha Highway Thana sub-inspector (SI) Abdul Mannan said that the deceased

SIRAJGANJ: A mother and her daughter were crushed under train at Mulibari rail-crossing in Sirajganj district on Wednesday noon.The victims have been identified as Mukti Khatun (20), wife of Saiful Islam and their seven-month old daughter Sadia of Kol Gaila village of Sirajganj

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will start recruiting five lakhs registered workers from Bangladesh soon. The number will gradually increase to 14-lakh.Malaysia home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi disclosed the matter on Wednesday in a meeting with visiting Bangladesh expatriates’ welfare and

FROM JATIYA SANGSAD:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said all law-enforcing agencies have been instructed to take 'zero tolerance' policy against human trafficking.She said that as recently human trafficking has increased at an alarming level, her government has taken the zero tolerance

DHAKA: For this year, fitra has been fixed at minimum Tk 60 per person in the country ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr festival.Islamic Foundation finalized the amount in a fitra fixing committee meeting at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in city on Wednesday.Dwini Dawat Department director of

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain reached Malaysia early Wednesday. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying him and his entourage, landed at Kuala Lumpur Airport at 2:10am (local time).Bangladesh High

DHAKA: 41 more Bangladeshis, who were trafficked into Thailand through sea route, are set to be brought back to Dhaka from Thailand on Wednesday evening. The trafficking victims will arrive home by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 7:30pm.Of them, 13 hail from Cox’s Bazar,

DHAKA: Finally, a flag meeting between Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is going to be held on Thursday over the repatriation of abducted Nayek Abdur Razzak. BGP has sent a letter to BGB on Tuesday afternoon, seeking list to Bangladesh delegation to

DHAKA: The first-ever Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between Bangladesh and Thailand will be held in Dhaka from June 24 to June 25 (Wednesday-Thursday).A nine-member Thai delegation led by Thailand Foreign Secretary Norachit Sinhaseni is set to arrive in city on Wednesday to

MADARIPUR:  Two people were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pick-up van in Kamaldi Bridge area under Rajoir Upazila of the district early Wednesday.Details of the deceased driver of the pick-up van and his helper could not be known immediately.

COMILLA: At least 10 people sustained burn injuries in a LPG (liquid petroleum gas) cylinder blast at a shop in Doudkandi Upazila of the district Tuesday night.However, the condition of two of the injured is critical, said hospital sources.Affected people said at least eight shops were

DHAKA: A newspaper hawker was killed in a road accident in city’s Chairmanbari area Tuesday evening.The victim has been identified as Mohammad Siam (18), son of Abdul Hannan, hailed from Ramganj Thana of Luxmipur district.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Dhaka Medical College and