DHAKA: Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque on Sunday categorically said that no motorbike will be allowed to run without registration. The motorcycles, which are not registered, must have the registration by 15 days.Moreover, drives will be conducted against the bikes

CHITTAGONG: Storeroom of Yangone’s apparel factory caught fire at Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) in the port city on Sunday morning.Ten fire fighter vehicles of three units struggled about four hours to douse the blaze.Agrabad Fire Service and Civil Defence assistant director

DHAKA: Police have detected eight of the sexual harassers involved with the incident at Pahela Baishakh in TSC area of Dhaka University.The law enforcing agency also announced Tk 1 lakh bounty each to get help arrest them.Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque disclosed the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the countries of the southern hemisphere to extend cooperation for the sake of their own.The premier was addressing the inaugural session of “South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Financing for

TANGAIL: An on-duty policeman was killed as a bus hit him on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Purbapar Golchattar area of the district Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Abdul Majid, 42, a constable of Bangabandhu Bridge (East) Thana.Bangabandhu Bridge (East) Thana Officer-In-Charge

DHAKA: Libyan government has banned Bangladeshi workers from entering the country as they traveled to the country illegally by boat to southern Europe.Hatem Oraibi, a spokesman for Libya's internationally recognized government, said “Bangladeshi workers will be banned from entry into

BARISAL: A robber was beaten to death by angry mob in Ektabazar Kheyaghat area under Hizla Upazila of the district on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Yusuf, 35, member of an inter-district robber gang, son of Malek Sardar of Khunna Gobindapur village of the upazila.Local

DHAKA: Among South Asian countries, Bangladesh has experienced the steepest increase in urbanization over the last 50 years. Between 2000 and 2030, the total population of Bangladesh is expected to grow from 129 to 206 million, with two thirds of this increase occurring in urban

DHAKA: Snatched by people traffickers in Bangladesh and forced onto a migrant boat, 14-year-old Absaruddin endured a weeklong nightmare in which he almost starved to death, saw his relatives killed and was forced to jump overboard after being attacked.He lived to tell the tale after he

DHAKA: About 18,000 children, more often than not from one year to four years old, drown each year.The children are considered among 30,000 premature deaths in the country.A recent research conducted by Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) and International

DHAKA: Miscreants chopped to death a police source in city’s Madhya Badda area Saturday afternoon.The deceased has been identified as Dulal Hossain, 32, son of one Delwar Hossain, hailed from Chandpur sadar and a resident at Comilla Para in Madhya Badda.Confirming the matter, Badda

DHAKA: Mohammadpur Preparatory School authorities on Saturday afternoon announced the verbal expulsion of vice-principal Zinnatunnesa over the protest of guardians against her remarks on the alleged rape of a class-I student of the institution.Earlier in this morning, guardians of

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a bridge after her name on river Mahananda in Chapainawabganj on Saturday.A helicopter carrying the premier landed at AAM Mejbaul Haque Stadium at 12:27pm in the day.Later, she inaugurated Sheikh Hasina Bridge, the 2nd bridge,

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint Commissioner Monirul Islam Saturday said police has proposed to the government to ban the militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team. The proposal was sent to the Ministry of the Interior, the DMP join commissioner told banglanews. The militant

DHAKA:  The United States urged governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to refrain from pushback of new boat arrivals and continue coordination with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.US state department press office director

DHAKA: A US Navy P-8A aircraft with crew and maintenance personnel that landed in Bangladesh on Friday has left the country on Saturday.The US personnel came to assist the search efforts of a missing US Marine UH-1Y Huey helicopter that recently went down in Nepal while conducting

DHAKA:  The holy Shab-e-Meraj would be observed across the country on Saturday night with religious fervor, great respect and devotion.The word Miraj of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is derived from Arabic word Urooj, which means 'height,' or 'ascension.' It is celebrated on Rajab 27th in the

DHAKA: After 35 minutes frantic efforts, the fire fighters team doused the fire at a building near BNP central office in city’s Naya Paltan area.Fire service control room telephone operator Irin Parvin said the fire originated on the third floor of the building around 5:30pm.Being

CHANDINA (COMILLA): After 15 hours of gridlock, the vehicular movement in Dhaka-Chittagong highway came to normalcy Friday evening.Highway Police of Eliotganj outpost in-Charge (Sergeant) Asaduzzaman said the highway became traffic jam free by the frantic effort of the police members

MEHERPUR: Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) pushed back 40 Bangladesh nationals through Mujibnagar frontier of the district on Friday.Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) sources said the BSF members of India’s Patharghata camp pushed back the Bangladeshis through the frontier and they