A Banglanews24.com team on last Sunday had an extensive visit to both the sides of ongoing ambitious Padma Bridge project. The team has brought out a detailed picture of the ongoing dream project. The team included—Head of News Mahmood Menon, Jahidur Rahman, Mehedi Hassan Pias, Mofijul

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in nightlong drives, detained 13 robbers along with arms and vehicles from different places of the city early Tuesday.Police sources said that tipped-off, separate teams of DB nabbed them red handed from Motijheel and

DHAKA: Chawkbazar Thana police, in a nightlong drive on Tuesday, detained 10 robbers along with huge amount of robbed goods from the city and its outskirt areas.Lalbagh Zone assistant commissioner of police Foyzur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further added police recovered

DHAKA: Militants opened fire on two Bangladeshi United Nations peacekeepers in Mali’s capital Bamako on Monday, killing one and wounding the other, security sources said.The deceased could not be identified immediately.A Malian security source told AFP, “Armed men that we have not yet

DHAKA: A man hacked his cousin to death over land dispute at Katherpool area under Sutrapur Thana of the city early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Sheikh Monir, 45, while the alleged killer is Wahid Hossain Badu.Victim’s uncle Sheikh Shamsuddin told banglanews Wahid slaughtered

DHAKA: Government asked the authorities concerned to provide all facilities including security to the family members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman under the “Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Family Members Security Act of 2009”.A circular signed by Dr M

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Nation paid tribute to national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on his 116th birth anniversary across the country on Monday.People from all walks of life including of socio-cultural organizations placed wreaths on the tomb of the poet on Dhaka University (DU) premises on Monday

DHAKA: Transport owners and workers association leaders on Monday evening have withdrawn their ongoing transport strike in country’s north and southern regions.State minister for home affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal informed the media at 6:30pm.Earlier at 3:00pm, representatives from the

GAZIPUR: Six accused and one policeman were killed as a tempo carrying them collided head-on with a truck in Porabari area of Gazipur district on Monday afternoon.At least 12 policemen are injured in the accident.The deceased are identified as police constable Mustafa Kamal (38), the

DHAKA: The government on Monday banned the militant Islamic outfit called Ansarullah Bangla Team.Home ministry issued an order regarding the ban this afternoon.The order said as per section 18(2) of Anti-Terrorism Act 2013, Ansarullah Bangla Team has been banned for its involvement with

COMILLA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that the poems and songs of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam encouraged the nation during the war of independence in 1971.She made the observations in a program commemorating the 116th birthday of the poet at Town Hall of the

KUSHTIA: A district court on Monday gave nine people rigorous life term imprisonment for killing a 4-year old boy Alif in Bheramara upazila.The court of Additional District and Session Judge Reza Mohammad Alamgir Hsasan passed the verdict at noon in presence of eight accused.The convicts

DHAKA: Bangladesh embassy in The Hague celebrated the birth anniversaries of the two major poets – Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam – of Bangla literature by arranging music, dance and poetry recitation programs.A press release, regarding the matter, was issued by the embassy

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Nation is paying tribute to national poet Kazi Nazrul on his 116th birth anniversary across the country on Monday.People from all walks of life including of socio-cultural organizations placed wreaths on the tomb of the poet on Dhaka University (DU) premises on Monday

GAZIPUR: Six accused were killed as a tempo carrying them collided head-on with a truck in Porabari area of Gazipur district on Monday afternoon.At least 15, including four policemen, are injured in the accident.Three of the deceased are identified as the tempo driver Mubinullah (28), son

MEHERPUR: Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) kidnapped a Bangladesh national from Sonarpur frontier under Mujibnagar Upazila of Meherpur district on Monday morning.The victim was identified as Shariful Islam, 40, son of Habibur Rahman of Majhpara area nearest the

CHANPAINAWABGANJ: Two children were drowned in a river in Shibganj upazila of the district on Monday.The victims have been identified as Anik (2), son of Nazim Uddin and Riyadh Hossain (1 and a half year), son of Sohel Rana of Kansat Bazar area of the upazila.Locals said that the children

COMILLA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has joined the inauguration program on the occasion of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 116th birth anniversary in Comilla district on Monday afternoon.A helicopter carrying the premier landed in Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium of the district

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday issued rule upon the government to explain within two weeks why the delay of police in recording the first information report (FIR) of the gang rape victim in microbus would not be declared illegal.An HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi M

DHAKA: The cabinet Monday approved a protocol to implement Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with India.The approval came from a cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.After the meeting, cabinet secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan made the disclosure to