CHITTAGONG: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in separate raids, arrested an arms supplier and three terrorists and recovered huge amount of arms and admonitions from the port city Sunday night.Mojaher, who used to supply arms to a terrorist training center at Lotmoni hill of Sadhanpur

SIRAJGANJ:  An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, was killed by police in response to a shibir attacked on them in Dhanbandhi area Ullapara upazila of the district early Monday.The deceased was identified as Anisur Rahman Anis, 18, student of class XI of

DHAKA: Five cocktails were blasted from a procession of Jamaat-e-Islami in support of dawn-to-dusk hartal in Coca-cola area under Vatara Thana in the city on Monday morning.Sources said a procession with a banner of Chhatra Shibir was brought out in the area around 7:00am. After the

DHAKA: A truck driver has been burnt as hartal supporters hurled a petrol bomb at the vehicle in Daudkandi of Comilla early Monday. The victim- M Riaz, 40- was admitted to burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital with 14 percent burns. He hails from Boupara village under Kotwali Thana

DHAKA: Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday filed two cases against the collapsed Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana’s parents Abdul Khaleque and Marjina Begum over illegal properties.In the case statement, the duo are accused for attaining illegal assets worth of Tk 17-crore.ACC

DHAKA: Bangladesh, in the last moment, withdrew its candidacy from judges’ election of International Criminal Court (ICC).Though Bangladesh decided to participate in the polls for the first time, the nominated judge backtracked from joining it.Sources concerned said Bangladesh nominated

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said tight security measures will be taken around the capital for celebrating Pahela Baishakh, Bangla New Year.He came up with this assurance in a press conference at DMP media center around 3:00pm.He said that

GAZIPUR: A trawler, with 50 passengers on board, sank off Sitalakhya River in Kaliganj Upazila of the district Sunday afternoon.Sources said the trawler was heading toward Kaliganj Sadar from Mulagaon at 4:00pm. Few minutes after the departure from the ghat adjacent to RFL, it sank off

DHAKA: Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBN) members seized goods, including essence, topi, dresses and gold-bars, worth of Tk 1-crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday noon.Moreover, law enforcers detained Haji Mosharraf Travels and Tours proprietor Mosharraf Hossain in

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