DHAKA: After one-hour effort, fire fighting team doused the fire at a packaging factory, Five Star Interlining, in Borobari area of Gazipur on Monday noon.On in formation, four fire fighting units of Gazipur and Tongi rushed to the spot and brought the flame with the help of local

DHAKA: A man sustained bullet injury when police opened fire at picketers in front of Pallabi Thana Super Market in the city on Monday.Officer-in-Charge of Pallabi Thana Sayed Ziauzzaman confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said a group of picketers numbering around 40 vandalized 7-8

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 fixed Tuesday for pronouncing verdict on war crimes case against Jamaat Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam.The judges Monday kept the case on the top of the cause list for the day.On September 18, the court kept the judgment

BARGUNA: A passenger bus plunged into a pond on Barguna-Nishanbari road of the district on Monday morning.Seven critically injured were whished off to the Barguna Hospital while the fate of other passengers was unknown.Barguna Bus Workers’ Union president Shahbuddin Sabu confirmed the

DHAKA, SAVAR: Two passengers were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident in Moragang area of Ashulia, outskirts of the city, on Monday.One of the deceased was identified as Sohel, hailed from Barisal.Sources said a Abdullapur-bound bus of Classical transport coming from Baipal

GOALANDA: Ferry services in the Daulatdia-Paturia route in Padma River resumed on Monday morning after an 11-hour halt due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.The authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) issued order to resume the services at 9:15am

DHAKA: At least 122 leaders and activists of 20-party alliance were detained during hartal hours countrywide till 10:00am Monday.Ten BNP men were detained at capital’s Naya Paltan, Azimpur and New Market areas, 38 in Gazipur, 26 in Comilla, 8 in Chandpur, 14 in Manikganj, 8 in Feni,

DHAKA: A suspected thief was beaten to death by a mob at Rasulbagh under Kamrungirchar of the city early Monday.The deceased was identified as Swpan Mia, 35, son of late Abdul Motaleb of Munshihati area of Kamrungirchar.Deceased’s brother-in-law Ismail told banglanews that someone

DHAKA: Shipping minister Shahjahan Khan was stuck mid-Padma River for 10-hours as a ferry carrying him halted due to the dense fog in Shimulia-Kawrakandi sea route on Monday. Sources said Shahjahan Khan and MP Bahauddin Nasim boarded on the ferry ‘Kakoli’ from Kawrakandi around

DHAKA: The cyber war began soon after Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) had killed Bangladeshi people including Felani, cattle traders and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in between 2011-12.Black Hat hackers of Bangladesh, along with Bangladesh Cyber Army, hacked about

PABNA: Two people were killed as a pick-up van rammed a human hauler in North Shilabaria Pukurpar area under Ataikula Thana on Monday.The deceased were identified as Helal, 40 and Ramzan, 39.Locals said a newspaper-laden pick-up van rammed a Nasiman, a local three-wheeler, on

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) expressed surprise after New York Times and Daily Prothom Alo published an editorial and news item respectively over its order dated December 2 punishing David Bergman for the offence of contempt.Taking those into suo moto notice, judges of

DHAKA: The journalists of the English Daily New Age stopped the law enforcers at the gate during a bid to raid its office at city’s Tejgaon area on Sunday night. The journalists of the daily said that a team of police led by Officer-in-Charge of Tejgaon Industrial Thana Salahuddin

JHENAIDAH: A retired primary school teacher was shot to death by miscreants in Sherkhali Bazar area under Kotchandpur upazila of the district on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Janab Ali Master, 60, resident of the upazila.Police sources said that a gang of miscreants shot

DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed in the city ahead of BNP-led 20-party alliance called hartal for Monday.BGB Public Relations Officer (PRO) Mohsin Reza confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday.BGB sources said the BGB personnel have been deployed at

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said that father of the ill-fated child Jihad was quizzed by the law enforcers to unveil the mystery. The intention was positive but necessary steps will be taken if he was harassed by police. Asaduzzaman Khan made the

SHARIATPUR: The ill-fated boy Jihad was laid to rest at family graveyard in Nagarpara village under Goshaier Hat Thana of Shariatpur on Sunday evening.Earlier, his maternal uncle Monir Hossain brought Jihad’s body here after the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) authorities

NARAYANGANJ: Two persons including a woman were killed and a minor was injured in a water tank collapse in Nayapara area under Siddhirganj on Sunday noon.The deceased was identified as Jhorna Begum, 55, and Abdur Rab, 60. A seven-year-old girl named Shikha was injured in the

DHAKA: The New Year will bring a new Bangladesh where the environment, minds of people, politics will be cleaned and so do the society. A voluntary organization named ‘We Want Change (Poriborton Chai)’ has taken up a program to make such values. So, there was a declaration on the

HABIGANJ: A court here on Sunday sent Habiganj Municipality Mayor GK Gaus, also the general secretary of district BNP, to jail, after surrendering in the former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria killing case.Sources told banglanews that Habiganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Rokeya Akter