NETRAKONA: A district court sentenced five people to lifetime rigorous imprisonment for throwing acid on a woman and her two minor daughters at Rambari village under Durgapur upazila of Netrakona district.Acid Crime Prevention Tribunal-2 judge M Abdul Hamid on Monday passed the order.The

DHAKA: A construction worker was electrocuted in city’s Lalbagh area on Monday morning.The victim has been identified as Mohammad Ekhlas (22), son of Mohammad Helal, resident of Lalmohan upazila of Bhola district.The deceased’s cousin Mamun said that Ekhlas was working at an

DHAKA: A Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against actor Ahmed Sharif in a cheque forgery case.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mostafizur Rahman issued the order on Monday.One of the lawyers of defendant Rokon Reza Sheikh confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said earlier the actor was

NAOGAON: Two people were killed in a clash between two rival groups over a land related dispute at Akbarpur village under Patnitala Upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased were identified as Mithun, 13, and Hafizul, 22.Patnitala Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdur Rafique confirmed

COX’S BAZAR: Police detained three women drug peddlers along with 50,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Nazirpara area of Teknaf Upazila of the district early Monday.The detainees were identified as Nasima Akhter, 20, wife of Abdur Rahman of Nazirpara area and two Rohingya women Rafita

MAGURA: A robber ringleader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in Rawtara School area under Sadar upazila of the district early Monday.The deceased was identified as Alfu Biswas, gang leader ‘Alfu Bahini’ and son of Lokman Biswas of Paka village of the upazila.Assistant

DHAKA: A group of muggers snatched Tk 4 lakh after making Honey Telecom owner Anwar Hossain a hostage in city’s Banasree area on Sunday.Anwar told banglanews that a group of 4/5 armed men entered the shop and make him owner a hostage.They snatched Tk 4 lakh from the cash, he

CHITTAGONG: Police has set July 15 for readymade garments owners in Chittagong to pay workers’ salary and allowances ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.Chittagong Police Commissioner M Abdul Jalil Mandal fixed the time boundary in a meeting with Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters

DHAKA: Bangladesh Railway will sell advance tickets from July 9 ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr festival and the sale will continue till July 13.The return tickets will be also available from July 16 to July 20.Railway Minister M Mujibul Haque disclosed the matter at a press briefing at Jamuna

BENGURA (BOALKHALI), CHITTAGONG: Railway secretary Firoz Salauddin and director general (DG) Amzad Hossain visited the place three days after the accident.However, three oil-carrying wagons plunged into Boalkhali canal as the bridge over the canal collapsed at Bengura of Boalkhali upazila

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Sunday recalled the arrest warrant issued against Gonosasthya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury for not paying fine in contempt charge.The 3-member tribunal recalled the warrant after getting the Chamber Judge’s stay order in hand on

DHAKA: Myanmar foreign ministry denied returning Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Nayek Abdur Razzaq, who was abducted by Myanmar’s Boarder Guard Police (BGP).Bangladesh foreign ministry sources said on Sunday.Earlier on Saturday, Bangladesh ambassador to Myanmar Mohammad Sufiur Rahman met

JESSORE:  Two siblings died of electrocution and two other sustained injuries at Dodaria village under Monirumpur Upazila of the district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Milon, 32, and Sumon, 23, sons of Abdul Aziz of  Dodaria village in the upazila.Confirming the matter,

MALAYSIA: Bangladesh expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain is scheduled to visit Malaysia on June 24 amid the rumor of opening non-government visa in the country.Sources said the visit is set to seek new horizon in manpower export in Malaysia

DHAKA: Myanmar is thinking to take legal action against Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Nayek Abdur Razzaq, who was kidnapped by Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP), for illegal entry.However, Bangladesh has protested the incident of publishing the picture Abdur Razzak on Facebook and

MAGURA: Two youths were killed and three more injured in a road accident in Rautora area under Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Zakaria, 25, son of Rahim Biswas and Samirul, 22, son of Solaiman.Witnesses said a loaded truck turned turtle when its driver lost

CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-7 detained Special Branch police ASI Mahfuz and his car driver along with 6.80 lakh pieces yaba tablets from Lalpur of Feni.Assistant Director of Rab-7 Sohel Mahmud confirmed the matter to banglanews.He added details in this regard will be

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three.According the marine warning bulletin, the depression over North West bay and adjoining west central bay moved slightly west northwestward.It was

BRAHMANBARIA: Two youth were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Nandanpur area of the Sadar upazila Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Ibrahim, 20, son of one Ali mia and Yasin, 18, son of one Sono Mia, hailed from Suhilpur village of the upazila.Local