MAGURA: Three persons were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Kalinagar area on Monday morning.Two of the deceased was identified Nazrul Islam, 35, resident of Kacherkol area under Shoilokpa upazila of Jhenaidah and Jillur Rahman, 38, son of one

BANDARBAN: A tourist was killed while 12 others were injured as their microbus plunged into a ditch in Shoilopropat area early Monday.The deceased was identified as Kabir Hossain, son of one Ahad Hossain, resident of T&T Colony of Gulshan, Dhaka. The injured are residents of

SAVAR: A worker was killed as a bus rammed him in front of Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) area of Ashulia on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Mukta, 34, swing operator of Korean company ‘Young One’ and wife of  one Delwar Hossain, resident of Dudkhali village

DHAKA: Eminent film director and producer Chashi Nazrul Islam has been admitted to Labaid Hospital early Monday after he complained of severe stomach ache.Sources said the veteran film director has been taken to the hospital around 1:00am as he suddenly fell sick for abdominal pain.

GOALANDA (RAJBARI): Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia river route resumed from Monday morning after a five-hour suspension due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Sources said six ferries fully loaded with passengers and vehicles forced to anchor in the mid-river that causes

RANGPUR: A mobile court on Sunday detained 12 people, including two women, for their alleged involvement in drug peddling from different area.The detainees are Sohel Mia and Sumon from Alamdanga of the district, Hashem Uddin from Tajhat, Shakil Ahammed and Tarek Hasan of Senpara,

DHAKA: The government has made a reshuffle in public administration, including the transfer of three secretaries, withdrawing deputy commissioners (DC) from five districts and appointing new DCs in six districts.Separate orders were issued by public administration ministry to this

DHAKA: Finnish lawmakers on Friday voted in favor of granting a new permit for construction of a nuclear power plant by the Fennovoima Power construction in cooperation with Russia’s state corporation Rosatom. The vote was promoted by Fennovoima’s supplement to the original

DHAKA: A woman allegedly killed her husband in Khilgaon area of the city on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Abdullah, 35, used to work as pickup van driver and resident of Khilgaon area.Police sources said that Abdullah’s first wife Rashida alleged that his second wife Sweety

MANIKGANJ: Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Aricha highway in BSCIC area of the district on Sunday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Al-Mamun, 18, son of Altaf Hossain, Saikat Hossain Tipu, 21, Shahinur Rahman, residents of Saturia upazila of the

DHAKA: A training-cum-awareness building campaign of Bashundhara Liquid Petroleum (LP) Gas Limited (BLPGL), one of the concerns of country’s leading conglomerate Bashundhara Group, was held on Saturday on safe use of LP gas to avoid accident.The campaign titled ‘Nirapad Nibash

DHAKA: Two persons, including a police source, were found dead at Tejgaon and Hajji Camp areas in city on Sunday.One of the deceased was identified as Yunus Khan, 30, used to work as police source, son of one Habib Khan and hailed from Barisal.Police recovered the body of Yunus Khan

DHAKA: The vice-chancellors of country’s public universities have agreed to take the government colleges under their supervision with a view to ensuring quality higher education.  The most of public university VCs, including Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi, came to a consensus at an

DHAKA: The government on Sunday withdrew deputy commissioners (DC) from five districts.The districts are Bandarban, Khagrachari, Bagerhat, Joypurhat and Khulna.Sources told banglanews that public administration ministry issued a letter in the same day by posting the DCs to different

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque on Sunday said amendment to the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 would be placed before the parliament in the next session with a view to trying political parties for their involved in war crimes during

DHAKA: Miscreants shot a bKash agent and snatched Tk 90 lakh from Prashika Bhaban intersection in city’s Rupnagar Thana on Sunday.Some unidentified miscreants opened fire at a car carrying the Bkash agent and loot the aforesaid money, leaving car driver injured, said

DHAKA: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque on Sunday said amendment to the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 will be placed before the next session of Jatiya Sangsad in the beginning of January next year provisioning to try war crimes-accused political

DHAKA: Miscreants shot a shopkeeper and snatched Tk 20 lakh in Goran area of the capital on Sunday morning.  The victim, Abu Salam, 28, is a shopkeeper of Ekata General Store of the area. Salam told banglanews that he was on his way to a bank to deposit Tk 20 lakh of the shop carrying

DHAKA: State Minister for Public Administration Ministry Ismat Ara Sadik on Sunday said public officials who had meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia would have to face disciplinary action for the violation of Government Servants' (Conduct) Rules. She made the disclosure while

RAJSHAHI: Three girls of Rajshahi College were killed and 20 others injured in head on collision between two buses in front Katakhali Jute Mill in the city at 1:15pm Sunday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police and witnesses said a bus of Rajshahi College