DHAKA: Election Commissioner Mohammad Shah Newaz said that no permission is needed from the commission to arrest anyone during the election.He made the assertion to the media at his office in EC secretariat in the city on Tuesday.According to the commissioner, the administration will

DHAKA: A city court on Tuesday noon placed madrasa students Zikrullah and Arif on 8-day remand in blogger Washiqur Rahman murder case.The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Yunus Ali Khan passed the order in response to a 10-day remand plea by Tejgaon Industrial Thana

NETROKONA: A court here awarded death penalty to two men for raping and killing a girl of class-2 some three years back in Atithipur village under Barohatta upazila.District and Session Judge Dr AKM Abul Kashem passed the order on Tuesday in presence of the accused.The death row convicts

DHAKA: A woman died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Tuesday and her husband and two daughters were injured as miscreants stormed their house in city’s Mohammadpur area on Monday night, setting fire at the house and beating them with metallic stuff.The deceased was

DHAKA: France called the authorities concerned to investigate into the brutal killing of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, condemning his death.A statement of France Embassy in Dhaka said on Tuesday.The statement, sent to media by the embassy’s Attaché de Press et Communication Shakhawat

DHAKA: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan has said that the remaining ‘stranded Pakistanis’ in Bangladesh, a majority of whom are Biharis, are not the responsibility of Pakistan as the country has already repatriated a large number of non-Bengalis.The Supreme Court of

DHAKA: Customs detectives detained two men along with 12 gold bars, weighing 3.25 Kg, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Tuesday.The detainees were Mahmuda Hossain, 26 and Nurullah Nur, 45.Assistant director of customs intelligence Umme Nahida confirmed the matter to

SYLHET: ‘Apex Club of Hill City Sylhet’ has accorded a reception ceremony to 10 valiant Freedom Fighters (FF) at the Central Shaheed Minar premises of the city on Monday.Former Sylhet City Corporation mayor and city Awami League president Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran was present as the

GAZIPUR: Angry workers vandalized few vehicles and set fire to a bus and blocked Kaliakair-Nabinagar road Tuesday after a fellow worker was killed in a road accident in the morning. The deceased was identified as M Rana, 32, of Boratia area of Tangail. He was a worker at a Walton’s

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Two bodies were recovered from Padma River on Tuesday morning after a boat capsized in Pakar Ghat area under Shibganj Upazila Monday.   Officer-in-Charge of Shibganj Thana Mainul confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further said that another 10/12 passengers were still

GAZIPUR: A woman and her daughter were slaughtered by unidentified miscreants in Pabur village under Kapasia upazila early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Surjo Banu, 80, wife of late Yar Uddin and Mafia Akter 65.Kapasia Thana Inspector Abul Kashem confirmed the matter to

BAGERHAT: Coast Guard personnel held some 53 fishermen in Sarankhola Upazila on Monday evening for defying a ban on catching fishes from the estuary of Baleshwari and Panguchi rivers.Five fishing trawlers, 1,400 kilograms of fish fry and around 4,000 miters of fine-mesh gill net, known as

DHAKA: A woman was killed and another injured when a bus hit a rickshaw in Golapbagh area of Jatrabari in the city Monday night.The decease was identified as Shiuli, 25, while the injured are Shahida, 32. The deceased was a niece of the injured. They resided at Bou Bazar in Golapbag

BRAHMANBARIA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel held four people with illegal voice over internet protocol (VoIP) equipment from Awlia Bazar under Bijoynagar upazila of the district Sunday night.Bhairab camp of RAB-14 issued a press release on Monday regarding the detention.It said

DINAJPUR: Mother and son were killed as lightning struck them near Baniapara BRAC office at Birol upazila of the district Monday evening.The victims were identified as Monowara Begum (45), wife of Abdul Khaleque and their son Mahbur Rahman (25).Local sources said that Mahbur, with his

KHULNA: Police on Monday afternoon arrested Advocate Mostafijur Rahman, secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Khulna (south) unit in the district.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Koyra Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Harendranath Sarkar said that police arrested the Jamaat leader from Court area

DHAKA: Bangladesh strongly condemned actions by the Houthis against the legitimate government led by President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi of Yemen.External Publicity Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press statement regarding the issue.The statement deplored acts of violence

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) said that eighteen mobile courts will be deployed from April 10 to monitor upcoming in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections.EC secretary Sirajul Islam informed the media on Monday noon.He said that the mobile courts will monitor whether the

DHAKA: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India Monday formally charged in a special court 21 people, including four activists of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), for their involvement in the Burdwan blast.The charge sheet was filed before a National Investigation Agency

DHAKA: The Cabinet on Monday adopted a condolence motion at the death of Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore and first Prime Minister of that country.The condolence motion has been adopted at the weekly cabinet meeting, with Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina in the chair. After the