DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion (APBn) menbers detained a man with gold jewelry and sheets, weighing about 800 grams, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday.The detainee, MA Malek, 45, hailed from Shariatpur district, arrived at the airport by the Biman Bangladesh Airlines

LAKSHMIPUR: Miscreants beat a local Awami League activist by tying with a tree and later chopped him to death in Chatkhil Upazila of the district Friday morning.The deceased was identified as M Golam Mawla, 32, member of Ward no. 2 Awami League unit of Ramnarayanpur Union under Chatkhil

DHAKA: A female cleaner sustained splinter injuries when a cocktail went off in Azimpur Battola area of the city early Friday.The victim was identified as Zahura Begum, who resides at sweeper colony in Hazaribag area.Co-workers told banglanews that Zahura along with others was cleaning

FENI: Five people sustained burn injuries when miscreants hurled petrol bomb at a fish-laden truck on Feni-Noakhali highway in Matobhuiyan area under Daganbhuiyan Upazila of the district early Friday.The burn victims are Mohammad Yusuf, 55, driver of the truck, his helper Rabiul Islam,

CHITTAGONG: The business sectors including the export–import sectors are still struggling to be normal though the public life has come to a normalcy during the ongoing hartal-blockades. The environment of investment is also still to be restored. The productions in the factories and

HILI (DINAJPUR): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) held three Bangladeshi youths from Hili frontier as they allegedly attempted to enter India illegally.The youths, identified as Bidyut, son of Abdul Latif of Hakimpur upazila, Farhaduzzaman, son of Saiful Islam of Rangpur

MOULVIBAZAR: A 35-year old man, named Jila Mia, was chopped dead by rivals in Gujarai village under Sadar upazila early Friday.Local sources said there was a longstanding dispute between Jila and Saimun Mia of the same village. On Friday, Saimun along with his cohorts attacked Jila Mia

MOULVIBAZAR: Two engineers of Palli Bidyut Unnayan Board were killed as a rashly driven truck rammed into them on College Road in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar district. The accident took place on Thursday afternoon. Sreemangal Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Abdul Jabbar told

DHAKA: Arju Akhtar Munni, a student of Tejgaon Girls College, reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself in city’s Tejgaon area on Thursday noon. The deceased, hailed from Joydebpur of Gazipur, was a student of 1st year of the college. Tejgaon Industrial Thana sub-inspector (SI)

DHAKA: Customs intelligence recovered goods worth Tk 2-crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Thursday noon. Customs assistant commissioner (preventive) Riazul Islam said that on a tip-off, they conducted drives and recovered the goods including cell phone sets,

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday approved chargesheet against five people including four high-ups of The Oriental Bank (currently known as ICB Islamic Bank Limited) in an embezzlement case filed with Tejgaon Thana in city.The approval came from a regular

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a BNP activist, also an alleged attacker of Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan-led procession, from the city’s Demra area early Friday.The detainee was identified as Rezaur Karim alias Fahim.RAB caught him in front of Doctor Mahabubur Rahman

BAGERHAT: A district court on Monday sentenced a man to death for killing his father at their house in Morelganj upazila.The condemned convict is-- M Badsha Gazi, 45.In absence of the accused, District and session judge M Mizanur Rahman Khan passed the verdict around 11am.According to

DHAKA: Customs officials detained two women along with 64 gold bars weighing about seven kilograms from Shahjalal Airport on Monday.The detainees are—Jerin Begum and Jesmin Akter.Customs Assistant Commissioner Md Shaheduzzaman confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 1542 HRS, AUG 10,

BHOLA: A farmer drowned in a pond after being chased by police in Bheduria union in sadar upazila of Bhola district on Monday morning.The victim was identified as Jamal (45), a resident of Char Ramesh village of the union.Moreover, two police constables were suspended in this

DHAKA: Forgery and misappropriation by government and bank employees will be tried under Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) laws while individuals will face judicial magistrate courts.Keeping the provision, the cabinet gave approval in principle to Anti Corruption Commission Law-2015

LALMONIRHAT: Land records of recently dissolved 162 enclaves, which were included in Bangladesh and India, have been handed over to each other on Monday noon.The document handover process was held between delegations of the both neighboring countries around 12:35pm at Chengrabandha land

DHAKA: The Supreme Court (SC) will pronounce the verdict of the contempt rule against Bangla daily ‘Janakantha’ editor-publisher Atiquallah Khan Masud and its executive editor Swadesh Roy on Thursday. The six-member larger bench of the Appellate Division heard the explanation of the

MAGURA: District Detective Branch police detained three more accused over shooting a baby in her mother’s womb and one other to death.The arrestees are- Liton Hossain, Farid Hossain and Milton Hossain.Investigation officer DB OC Imaul Haque confirmed the matter to banglanews saying,

COX’S BAZAR: One hundred and fifty nine Bangladeshi trafficking victims returned home from Myanmar on Monday afternoon.The meeting between a team of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)-17 and Myanmar Immigration Department was held at Chambu town administrative building this morning.After the