RAJBARI: Three persons, including two girls, were killed and eight others injured in a road crash in Gandhimara area on Rajbari-Kushtia highway on Sunday.Pangsha Thana Highway police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Lal Mia confirmed the matter to banglanews.Witnesses said a Kushtia-bound

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested singer Adnan Babu using mobile tracking system for seeking extortion from a school headmaster in Manikganj.According to case statement filed by ACC, Adnan Babu allegedly demanded Tk 5 lakh, disguising himself a section officer Mahbub of

DHAKA: A special court of Dhaka on Sunday has deferred the hearing of Dandy Dying loan default case till May 17.Judge Fatema Ferdous of Dhaka Money Loan Court-1 fixed the date for next hearing in the morning.Earlier on March 16, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, wife and two daughters of

DHAKA: Police recovered slaughtered body of an unidentified youth from city’s Kamrangirchar area Sunday morning.The person, aged around 22, was found dead at Ibrahimnagar playground in the area.Confirming the matter, Kamrangichar Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Sheikh Mohsin told

DHAKA: At least four people, including two women, were killed as thunderbolts struck them at different places in Kishoreganj and Moulvibazar districts Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Ratan Miah, 25, and Monjil Miah, 23, sons of Siraj Miah of Sakuya village under Karimganj

MOULVIBAZAR: Two women were killed by lightning at West Hazipur village under Kulaura upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Dulu Bibi, 53, and her daughter-in-law Suifa Bibi, 38, of the village.A local, Joynal Abedin, said the duo were killed being attacked by

DHAKA: Customs authorities detained four people along with 8.5kg of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport of the city Sunday morning.The detainees were identified as Mayen Uddin, 42, his wife Abida Sultana, 33, their son Mozakkir Moin, 5, and Poli Rani, 25.Director General of

DHAKA: The United States (US) on Saturday has released a statement over Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman’s execution.The statement said the US supports bringing to justice those who committed atrocities in the 1971 Bangladesh war of independence. In doing so, the

TANGAIL: Five people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Charpara Bypass area under Mirzapur Upazila of the district early Sunday.Both the deceased and the injured could not be identified.Police sources said that the accident took place when

DHAKA: The executed war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman was buried at his village graveyard in Sherpur on Sunday morning.After his Namaz-e-Janaza held in Mudipara village of Bajitkhola union under Sherpur sadar upazila, he was buried at 5:05am.Earlier at 4:20am, his body was taken to his

DHAKA: 136 more Bangladeshi nationals including 5 women and 4 children have been evacuated from war-torn Yemen with help of Indian government so far, said a press release of Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.The release signed by the ministry’s External Publicity Wing director

DHAKA: Ten more Bangladeshis, who went to neighbouring Djibouti from war-torn Yemen, reached Hazrat Shajalal International Airport in Dhaka Saturday evening.The stranded Bangladeshis, who have returned by a Qatar Airways jet, landed at the airport around 6:50pm. The number of returned

DHAKA: War criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was hanged on Saturday night for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.He was executed around 10:30pm in Dhaka Central Jail amid beefed up security.Earlier in the afternoon,

DHAKA: Law enforcers on Saturday afternoon have tightened security across the country prior to the execution of death-row war criminal and also Jamaat-e-Islami senior secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.Confirming the matter to banglanews, police headquarters public relations official

DHAKA: Death convict war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman will be hanged anytime after 10:00pm Saturday, said reliable sources from Dhaka Central Jail.Jail authority is all set to execute the verdict and high ups of the jail including IG Prison Syed Iftekhar, DIG Prison Golam Haider and

GAZIPUR: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government took initiatives to construct 60 more bridges in the western part of the country with the view to smooth vehicular movement.She further said the construction work of four-lane Dhaka-Mymensingh highway would be complete

DHAKA: Foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque on Saturday said with the help of Indian ships, Bangladesh foreign ministry evacuated a total of its 360 nationals from war-torn Yemen to Djibouti in two phases.He further said among them, Indian Navy ship rescued 340 and the rest 20 Bangladeshis

DHAKA: Death convict Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman met his family members Saturday for the last before being hanged for committing crimes against humanity during Liberation War 1971.Twenty-one people, including his family members, relatives, met him at Dhaka Central Jail in the

DHAKA: Four people were killed and three others injured in two road accidents in Dinajpur and Naogaon districts Saturday afternoon.Banglanews Dinajpur Correspondent said two motorcyclists were killed on Dinajpur-Phulbari highway in Kaogao area under sadar upazila as a truck knocked the

BARISAL: Police have arrested bus driver Zakir Hossian in a case filed over the fatal road accident that killed 25 people in Bhanga upazila in Faridpur.Zakir was arrested from Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital in Barisal on Saturday noon while undergoing treatment there.Earlier