DHAKA: Nose wheel of a training fighter aircraft broke down at the runway of Shahjalal International Airport (SIA) at 4.17pm Tuesday.No one was injured reportedly but it halted flight operations at the Airport for 38 minutes, according to Caab Director (Flight safety) Group Captain Nazmul

DHAKA: The government has made a major promotion and reshuffle in police administration including its DIG, additional police commissioner and police supers.21 Police Super (SP) have been promoted to Additional DIG and 113 senior ASP to Additional Police Super.A gazette notification issued

DHAKA: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam met the Omani Minister of Manpower Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Bakri in Muscat Tuesday. The State Minister is on a two-day official visit to the Sultanate. During the meeting, the Omani Minister recognized the

DHAKA: Nine more Bangladeshis have been rescued from strife-torn Yemen with the help of Indian government.They are now on board and expected to reach Djibouti.Councilor (political) SM Mahbub Alam of Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait confirmed the matter to banglanews on Tuesday.He said the

DHAKA: Law enforcement agency personnel has been put up a multi-layer security system around the Dhaka Central Jail from Tuesday morning centering the execution of death sentence against the Jamaat assistant secretary general Kamaruzzaman.Assistant commissioner of police of Lalbagh zone

DHAKA: A major reshuffle has been made in police administration including its DIG, additional police commissioner and police supers.A gazette notification issued from home ministry said on Tuesday.In the reshuffle, police headquarters deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Binoy Krishna

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 personnel recovered six fresh cocktails in abandoned condition from the BG Press area of Tejgaon industrial area in city Tuesday morning.Additional superintendent of police of RAB-2 Tofail Ahmed confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further said on

LALMONIRHAT: Five members of a family were killed as a passenger bus rammed into a battery-run ‘easy-bike’ in Selimnagar Bazaar of Lalmonirhat sadar upazila.The accident took place around 12:30pm on Tuesday.One of the deceased was identified as Faruque Hossain (40), driver of the

DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion (APBn) officials detained six persons along with 1.7kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Tuesday morning.The detainees are identified as Quamrul Hasan, 52, and his wife Ismat Ara, 35, Jesmin, 30, Mohsin, 40, Mujibur, 45 and Azad, 52.APBn senior

DHAKA: A 48-hour hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the Supreme Court’s verdict to uphold death penalty of its leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, is underway from Tuesday morning.Began at 6am on the day, the shutdown is set to continue till 6am on Thursday beside the ongoing

BOGRA: A total of 91,894 houses were damaged by Friday’s nor’wester, affecting some 413,704 people across the district.Sources of Directorate of Relief and Rehabilitation (DRR) said Monday afternoon.The nor’wester, however, has destroyed some 70,301 houses completely and some 28,667

DHAKA: Four people of a family including a baby boy were injured in a reserve tank explosion in Ganaktuli of Hazaribagh area of the city Monday night.The injured were identified as Zakir Hossain, 45, his son Shakib, 18, daughter-in-law Rabeaya Akther, 21, and 18-moth-old grandson

DHAKA: Government promoted a total of 872 officials to deputy, joint and additional secretary levels Monday.Ministry of Public Administration (MoPA) has issued separate gazette notifications at the night in this regard following the approval from the Prime Minster’s Office.Sources of

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 230,000 pieces of contraband Yaba tablets worth around Tk 6.90 crore from Alikhali village under Teknaf Upazila of the district Monday night.Being chased BGB members of Leda BOP, two Yaba smugglers fled on a salt producing field in the

DHAKA: War crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman will not be hanged Monday night as the jail authorities are yet to receive any copy of the apex court verdict.Dhaka Central Jail senior jail superintendent Farman Ali revealed the matter to the journalists in front of

MUNSHIGANJ: A college student was electrocuted in Baroipara area under Sirajdikhan Upazila of the district Monday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Hridoy Qazi, 20, a BA first year student of Malkhanagar Degree College and also a cable network technician.He was a son of Shamsul

NARAYANGANJ: Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islam, set fire to a passenger bus hurling petrol bomb at Don Chamber area of the district town on Monday afternoon.Police and witnesses said that some 30/35 Shibir men brought out a procession on Nawab Salimullah

DHAKA: The campaign by the candidates of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will start from the wee hours of Tuesday till the midnight of April 26.Election Commission (EC) Public Relations director SM Asaduzzaman informed the matter to journalists

DHAKA: Law minister Anisul Huq said death row convict war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman has only few hours in his hands to seek presidential mercy for his wartime crimes.“Then the verdict will be executed soon,” the minister said at 2:00pm Monday, hours after the Appellate

DHAKA: Police members on Monday are asked to be alert following the preparation of hanging war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, also Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary.Police headquarters media wing sources confirmed the matter.A police official, preferring anonymity, told