TANGAIL: Two madrasa students were killed in a road crash in Jogarchar area under Kalihati Upazila of the district Monday noon.The deceased were identified as Elina, 16 and Marzina, 16, of Garilabari area of the upazila.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Bangabandhu East Thana Akheruzzaman

DHAKA: The water level in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is rising at an "alarming" level, endangering the habitation, a World Bank report has suggested.The report stated that the sea level could witness an estimated 3 to 8 mm rise per year and mainly attributed it

CHITTAGONG: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the ‘physical work’ of the tunnel under the Karnaphuli River will start in December this year.The minister came up with this assertion while talking to reporters after visiting the project area in front of port

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Monday sentenced seven persons to death and another person to life imprisonment for killing Swechhasebok League leader Monir Uddin Manu in capital’s Mirpur area. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 judge ABM Nizamul Haque passed the verdict this morning. Death row convict

DHAKA: Agitating mob put barricade on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Gokul area under Sadar upazila on Monday over the death of a school boy in a road accident.Witnesses said Riyad, 12, a class V student of Gokul government Primary School, was killed when a speedy truck hit the bi-cycle riding

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received Women in Parliaments Global Forum Award as recognition of Bangladesh’s leading role in reducing gender inequality in South and South-East Asian politics. State Minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam handed over the medal to the Prime

DHAKA: A blogger named Washiqur Rahman, 35, was chopped dead by miscreants at Tejgaon area in the capital on Monday morning.Police, with the help of pedestrians, detained two of the killers red-handed from the spot.Officer-in-Charge of Tejgaon Industrial area Salahuddin confirmed the

BARISAL: At least 10 shops and eight houses were gutted as a fire broke out in Raipotty area at Tarki Bandar under Gouranadi Upazila of the district early Monday.Besides, at least 12 people also sustained injuries while trying to douse the flame.People concerned suspected that the fire

DHAKA: An elderly man was killed in a road accident in Saddam Market area of Jatrabari in the city Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Raman Das, 80.Victim’s son Sumanta Das told banglanews that a wheel of a speedy bus hit Raman after being disconnected from it in the area

NARAIL: Police, in overnight drives, detained 57 people from different upazilas of the district till Monday morning.District Superintendent of Police (SP) Rakibul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Narail police control room sources said the law enforcers’ detained 18 men from

KHULNA: Forest robber gang 'Al-Amin Bahini' leader Al-Amin, 28, was killed and three cops were injured in a "gunfight" at around 10:15pm at Jhopjhopia Char in Koyra Upazila in Sundarban.Police has recovered 3 2.2 bore rifles, a foreign made pistol, 2 locally made pistols, one air gun and

BARISAL: A man was burnt to death and four others sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out at a medicine factory in Purba Bagura Road area in the city early Monday.The deceased was identified as Neser Payda, 45, a painter in the factory and son of Abul Payda of Galachipa upazila in

DHAKA: The Japan government extended grants to three Bangladeshi NGOs. A grant contract signing ceremony was held in the city on Sunday.Japan ambassador Shiro Sadoshima signed the contracts for Grass-roots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) at its embassy in Dhaka with the representatives of

DHAKA: Former FBCCI president Anisul Haque on Sunday submitted his nomination paper to contest the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) elections as a mayoral candidate.The ruling Awami League-backed mayoral candidate submitted the nomination paper to DNCC returning officer at his Agargaon

DHAKA: As he was staying abroad, Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus Sunday sought time to meet the tax commissioner concerned of National Board of Revenue over his unpaid taxes of more than Tk 13-crore. On his behalf, tax lawyer Mahbubur Rahman sought time to appear before it till April

JAMALPUR: A group of miscreants shot dead a sales representative of country’s largest cell-phone operator Grameenphone in Jamalpur.The deceased was identified as Arif Hossain (23), hailed from Shahjadpur village of Melandah upazila of the district.Confirming the matter to banglanews,

RANGPUR: At least 40 students and a teacher of Robertsonganj Girls High School were injured as they tried to come out from a classroom in panic following a transformer blast adjacent to the school in Rangpur town.Among the injured, Rubina Akhtar, a student of class 7 and Mahini Akhtar, a

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: A total of 3500 litres oil, which was snatched from Savar, were recovered from Sonab area under Rupganj Upazila of the district on Saturday night.   Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-11 members, in the drive, detained two members of mugging gang. The detainees are Nazrul

TANGAIL: Miscreants snatched Tk 50-lakh from a man by firing bullets and blasting cocktails in Sohagpara area in Mirzapur upazila of the district on Sunday.Sources said that Sohagpara Juin-Junthi Filling Station owner Humayun Kabir sent his relative Afsar Mallik in his private car to go

CHITTAGONG: At least 11 shops were gutted as a fire broke out in Kashia Nayahat Bazar under Patiya Upazila of the district Saturday night.Patiya Fire Station officer Dolan Achariya said the fire originated from electric short-circuit in a shop around 10:45pm and soon engulfed adjacent 10