DHAKA: Newly appointed Army chief General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the National Parliament in city on Sunday.He met the PM at the Parliament as she was attending the budget session.General Belal went there after completing his ceremonial programs

KHAGRACHHARI: An organizer of United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot to death by miscreants at Buddadhan Karbari para of Ramgarh Upazila of the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ranjan Chakma, 45, son of late Nandia Chakma of Laxmichhari Upazila of the district.

DHAKA: Malaysia has decided to deport all illegal foreign workers to their countries of origin before bringing approximately 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh.Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi came up with the development on Saturday.He also said his ministry,

FROM DHAKA CANTONMENT: Bangladesh Army gave a ceremonial guard of honor to newly appointed Army chief General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq at the cantonment in city on Sunday.The event took place at 9:45am in the day.Later, he planted a sapling at Senakunja lawn.A special prayer was

DHAKA: Police detained three people with a foreign-made pistol and five rounds of bullets from city’s Motijheel area early Sunday.The detainees have been identified as Rabiul Islam, 35, Amanur Rahman, 38 and Saidur Rahman,27.Moreover, a private car (Dhaka Metro-Ga-8804) was seized in

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) ordered Sunday to stop within 24-hr the construction of car parking demolishing the wall of heritage Lalbagh Fort at Old Dhaka.An HC bench comprising Justice Kazi Reza Ul Haque and Justice Abu Taher M Saifur Rahman passed the order following a writ petition in

COMILLA: Two persons were killed in a clash on Sunday morning at Sriang area under Laksam upazila of the district.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately, however their bodies were kept at Comilla Medical College Hospital.While our reporter failed to contact with

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion detained a youth with 10 petrol bombs and 12 hand bombs in Chandina Upazila of the district on early Sunday.The detainee is identified as Wakhilur Rahman.Comilla RAB-11 commanding officer Major Khurshid confirmed the matter to banglanews. He said a team of

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained five money fakers along with TK 1.4 crore forged notes from Banasree of the capital early Sunday.Assistant Direction of Rab Legal and Media wing Major Maksudul Alam confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 1158 HRS, June 28, 2015AKA/

COMILLA: Two siblings were killed and four other injured in a road accident in Pennai area under Doudkandi Upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Karim, 28, and Abul Kalam, 22, sons of A Mamman Molla of Kushiara village of the upazila. Quoting

DHAKA: A moderate tremor jolted different parts of the country, including the capital, Sunday morning.U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the tremor measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale was felt at 7:05am.The epicentre was at Basugaon of Assam in India.However, there was no immediate report

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined an iftar program hosted by Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha on the Supreme Court premises on Saturday.Speaker of the House Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, cabinet members and senior judges and lawyers, among others,

COX’S BAZAR: Four people were killed in two accidents in Teknaf and Chakaria upazilas of the district Saturday.In Teknaf, mother and daughter were killed in a landslide due to heavy rainfall at Shamlapur area under Baharchhara union of the upazila at noon.Moreover, two others drowned in

PATUAKHALI: Bangladesh naval police personnel detained six India fishermen with an engine-driven fishing boat inside Bangladesh water boundary.They were nabbed in Kawar Char area near Kuakata coast in Patuakhali district around 12:00pm on Saturday.Kuakata naval police camp in-charge

DHAKA: Thoroughfares, several lanes and by-lanes in city went under rain water, caused by the monsoon shower due to the low in the Bay of Bengal.The rain also caused terrific traffic congestion than usual as submerged roads slowed down vehicular movement. This has been causing extremely

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack at a gas factory near the city of Lyon in France.PM’s press wing confirmed the matter on Saturday.In a message sent to French President Francois Hollande, she said, “This dastardly attack again

JESSORE: Two people were killed as a truck rammed into them in Hashimpur Bazar of Jessore sadar upazila of the district Saturday noon.The victims have been identified as Matiar Rahman (45) of Hashimpur and Wajiullah (60) of Panchbaria villages of the area.Confirming the matter to

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Saturday placed Raqibul Islam Mukul, news editor of Gazi TV channel, on a one day remand in an oppression case filed by his wife.Metropolitan magistrate Amit Kumar Dey passed the order after the IO (investigation officer) of the case sub-inspector (SI) of Mirpur

CHITTAGONG: Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department of Chittagong found liquid cocaine from a container of sunflower oil, imported from Bolivia.Sources confirmed that there is 185Kg cocaine in one of the drums of the container.On June 8, samples were taken from the container in

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal number three.Bangladesh Meteorological Department, in warning message, said due to heavy monsoon, steep pressure gradient persists over north of the Bay of