DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) issued arrest warrant against Mohammad Hossain and Moslem Prodhan razakars of Kishoreganj in war crimes cases.A 3-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the order following a petition of prosecutor Turin Afroz on Tuesday.BDST: 1227

DHAKA: A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of Awami League leader Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya’s minister post and parliamentary membership.Advocate Yunos Ali Akanda filed the writ on Tuesday morning.The writ will be submitted before the bench

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 detained five people including three members of international human trafficking gang from Uttara of the capital in Monday nightlong drive.Rab team also rescued nine women and seized 195 passports at the time.Rab-2 Operation Officer Senior ASP Maruf

NATORE: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained three persons with a revolver, a light machine gun and seven rounds of bullets raiding in Naopara village under Boraigram upazila on Monday night.Rab-5 Bagmara Camp In-Charge ASP Naser Al Zaman confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 1008

NAOGAON: Four people including two members of a family died inhaling toxic gas of a septic tank in Goali village under Sadar Upazila on Tuesday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Locals said they got down in the tank at night to clean it and later died

DHAKA: National Identity Cards (NID) and passports will be delivered to the residents of enclaves. Allocation in this sector will be increased, if necessary.State minister for foreign affairs informed banglanews on Monday.He said that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina several times

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted an iftar program for leaders of several political parties at her Ganabhaban official residence in city on Monday evening.PM’s special envoy and also opposition Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, commerce

GAIBANDHA: Sadar Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Rajiur Rahman has been show caused and eight police men suspended on Sunday for their alleged attempt to kill three court officials. Additional Police Super Faruk Hossain confirmed the matter to banglanews in the afternoon.Meanwhile the cops

DHAMRAI (DHAKA): A group of muggers snatched Tk 7 lakh from a businessman in broad daylight in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district on Monday.The incident took place in front of Islami Bank Kalampur Branch in Dhamrai.Police and locals said that a corrugated iron sheet businessman Abul Kalam

CHITTAGONG: Police detained six people with 26 gold bars in their possession from Panchlaish Thana Forest Gate area in Chittagong port city on Monday.Confirming the matter to banglanews, port city police deputy-commissioner (North) Paritosh Ghosh said that on tip-off, police checked a

DHAKA: Lawmaker Nurjahan Begum raised demand in the parliament to impose ban on Nestle’s Maggi noodles as the company failed to maintain safety standard.Maggi noodles have been banned in India, Singapore and Nepal following the allegations of high levels of lead and MSG, she said

COX’S BAZAR:  Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two Indian human traffickers from link road area of the district Sunday.During the drive, the elite force also rescued two young ladies from their grip. RAB-7 Cox’s Bazar camp commanding officer Major Ahmed Hossian Mohiuddin, in a

FARIDPUR: Two suspected robbers were lynched by angry mobs in Boalmari upazila on Sunday night.The deceased were identified as Milon, 30 and Murad, 28, hailed from Chandpur union of the district.Police said locals were guarding the village Hatkholarchar after robbing spree in the area. On

DHAKA: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) distributed aid to 3,000 families displaced by floods in Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar.In response to an appeal from the local administration and public representatives, UNHCR on July 4 provided 600 plastic sheets, 1200 jerry cans, 1000 solar lanterns

GAIBANDHA: A judicial magistrate court on Sunday noon issued an arrest warrant against 10 people including Gaibandha Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Raziur Rahman over the beating of court employees.Chief Judicial Magistrate Court judge Wahiduzzaman passed the order Sunday noon.Moreover, he

DHAKA: Directorate of Food submitted their report to the High Court (HC) claiming that the wheat imported from Brazil is fit for consumption.However, the HC has fixed July 8 as date of its order on writ filed in this regard.A bench of Justice Kazi Reza-ul Haque and Justice Abu Taher

FROM NATIONAL PARLIAMENT: Rail minister Mazibul Hoque admitted that many of railway houses are still remained under occupation across the country.According to the minister, they have identified 4,538 houses as occupied so far.Mazibul made the disclosure when replying to a question by

DHAKA: A group of muggers snatched Tk 1-lakh from a businessman on Dilkusha Road in city’s Motijheel area on Sunday noon.The victim, identified as Nurul Islam Mirdha, told banglanews that he was going to buy a ticket from Biman Bangladesh Airlines office in Motijheel by a rickshaw.Two

DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion members held a man with 817-gram gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city on Sunday.The detainee has been identified as Nasiruddin (37), a resident of Chittagong.Confirming the matter, Armed Police Battalion assistant police super (media)

DHAKA: A group of masked miscreants shot an employee of a Bkash agent office and snatched Taka over 3 lakh from city’s Badda area.The incident took place at 12:45pm in Purba Badda.The victim has been identified as Faisal (27), a sales officer of Fox Globe Distribution, a resident of