MIRSARAI: Torrential rainfall has created long tailbacks at different places of Dhaka-Chittagong highway.The tailbacks occurred on the road in between Shitakunda and Mirsarai upazilas since the early hours of Friday.Sources said there was water logging and chaos of traffic at several

HOBIGANJ: Two sisters have drowned in a pond in Kalikrishnanagar village under the Madhabpur upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.The deceased sisters were identified as Suma Akhter, 8 and Ruma Akhter, 4, daughters of one Shamim Mia, resident of the village.Officer-in-Charge of

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY: A 35-year-old unidentified woman was killed and 15 others were injured in a road accident in front of Joy Bangla Gate of Jahangirnagar University on Friday noon.   Sources said that a Manikganj-bound bus overturned after hitting a roadside tree as the driver

DHAKA: Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three, said a warning message issued by Met office.   Due to strong monsoon deep convection is taking place over North Bay.    Squally weather may affect

BHOLA: Due to the stormy weather, the authorities prohibited plying of bellow 65-feet launches and trawlers on all internal and long distance route.   Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) issued the order around 11:00 am Friday which would be continued till further

CHITTAGONG: The department of customs intelligence & investigation on Friday seized gold worth about Tk 40 lakh from a passenger’s luggage at the Shah Amanat International Airport.The passenger Osman, came from Sharjah by a flight of Air Arabia, has been detained by law

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion arrested another accused of the case related to Pinak-6, which capsized in the Padma River with 250 more on board, from Khilkhet area in the city on Friday morning.The captive is Omar Farukh Limon, 27, the third accused in the case.RAB media wing commander

KOLKATA: Homage was paid to father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the historic Bekar Hostel in Kolkata, capital of Indian state of West Bengal, on Friday to mark the 39th martyrdom anniversary of the great leader and the National Mourning Day.Deputy-high

DHAKA: A trader was shot to death by miscreants in front of Aziz Super market in the city’s Shabagh area at a hospital Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Gias Uddin Razu, 33.Shabagh Thana Officer-In-Charge (investigation) Habil Hossain told banglanews on Thursday night,

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said Awami League men  “should be allowed to respond” to BNP’s claim over Khaleda Zia’s ‘fake birthday’ on National Mourning Day.Joy, in a status on his Facebook on Thursday night, said, “Today (Thursday) the

FROM THE PRIME MINISTER’S CARAVAN: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also founding president of Bangladesh, at Tungipara of Goplaganj on the National Mourning Day. The premier reached there by a helicopter where she was accompanied by

MYMENSINGH: At least four people were killed and two others injured in a road crash on Dhaka- Mymensingh highway in Beltali area on Friday morning.The accident took place at 6:00am.Details of the deceased and the injured could not be known immediately.Police said a Mymensingh-bound

DHAKA: Almost 1.65 million people across the world die due to heart problems brought on by excess intake of salt, said a research analyzing populations from 187 countries.The paper, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Thursday, found that the average

DHAKA: President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Friday morning on the occasion of the 39th martyrdom anniversary of the great leader and the National Mourning Day.Hamid placed floral wreaths

DHAKA: President M Abdul Hamid is scheduled to visit London for medical treatment on Sunday.A competent source from the foreign affairs ministry confirmed the matter to banglanews on Thursday.The President is likely to return home on August 24.BDST: 2155 HRS, AUG 14, 2014

DHAKA: A total of 28 top police officials have been transferred and given new postings in a latest reshuffle of the police administration.The Home Affairs Ministry issued an order to this effect on Thursday.    Public Relations Officer of Police Headquarters Quamrul Ahsan confirmed

NOAKHALI: Twin sisters drowned in a pond at Sudharam Nagar Thana of the district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Saba, 5 and Munia, 5, daughters of Police Constable M Zakaria, hailed from Comilla district.Police sources said the two siblings went missing in the afternoon.After

DHAKA: The nation paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Friday on the occasion of the National Mourning Day. On the night of August 15 in 1975, some disgruntled and over ambitious army officers assassinated Bangabandhu and most of his family members at

RANGPUR: Vice President of Rangpur City Awami League unit was killed as lightning struck him in Tajhat area of the city on Thursday evening.The deceased was identified as Abdul Aziz, 60.General Secretary of city Awami League Tushar Kaniti Mandal told banglanews that lighting struck

JHENIDAH: Two people, including an engineer, were killed as lightning struck them in at two separate villages under Shailkupa upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon. The deceased were identified Engineer Titon Biswas, 23, son of Moshiur Rahman, resident of Lakkhandia village and