FARIDPUR: At least 25 people were killed and 20 others injured as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Kaidubi area under Bhanga Upazila early Thursday.Eleven of the deceased were identified as Akli Akter, Asma, Amena, Helal and Shahin of Patukhali district, Abjal Mian, 65,

DHAKA: Senior Jail Super of Dhaka Central Jail Forman Ali met Syed Iftekhar Uddin, Inspector General (IG) of Prisons, after the verdict of death sentence against war criminal Kamaruzzaman reached at Dhaka Central Jail.They talked about for half an hour and Forman Ali re-entered into the

DHAKA: The full verdict of death sentence against war criminal Kamaruzzaman was read out to him in the Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday afternoon.The jail authority read out the verdict around 6pm.Earlier, a five-member team led by acting registrar of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)

DHAKA: Bangladesh government has got permission to land its planes in Yemen capital Sana’a to return its stranded nationals in the strife-torn country.Sources in Bangladesh foreign ministry informed the media Wednesday afternoon.According to the sources, Bangladesh planes will be

NARAYANGANJ: Charge Sheet in sensational Narayanganj 7-murder cases submitted Wednesday with the district court indicting three Army officers among 35 some 11 months after the murder.District DB police submitted the charge sheet before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in the

DHAKA: The verdict of death sentence against war criminal Kamaruzzaman reached at Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday afternoon.A 5-member tribunal team took the verdict to jail authority for proceeding for execution.Chief Justice (CJ) SK Sinha and three other judges have signed the copy of

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) that held the trial of war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, received the verdict that rejected the Jamaat leader’s appeal to review his death sentence.The verdict copy is also being sent to home ministry, Dhaka Central Jail and deputy

NARAYANGANJ: The charge-sheets of two separate cases on gruesome Narayanganj seven-murder will be submitted to district chief Judicial Magistrate on Wednesday afternoon.  District Additional Superintendent of police (DSB) Mohammad Jakaria said Narayanganj SP will brief the media around

DHAKA: Attorney General Mahabube Alam on Wednesday afternoon said there was no legal bar to execute the death sentence of war criminal and also Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman as the justices signed the complete copy of the verdict.He further said as per section 20 (3) of

KUSHTIA:  Two cousins, aged five and four, have died after  drowned in a hole  in Kalidaspur area under Doulatpur Upazila of the district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as  Genius, 5, son of Rafiqul Islam and Lamia, 4, daughter of Idris Ali of the area.Police said children

DHAKA: Chief Justice (CJ) SK Sinha and three other judges have signed the copy of the Appellate Division's verdict on the review petition filed by Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.The other members include Justice Abdul Wahab Mia, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and Justice AHM Shamsuddin

COX’S BAZAR: Police detained two youth along with 18 round bullets, 30,000 pieces of yaba tablets and two long knives in Taknaf of Cox’s Bazar district.They were held in a drive at Lengurbil area of Teknaf sarad at 6:00am on Wednesday.The detainees were identified as Syed Hossain

DHAKA: Police arrested three members of a dacoit gang conducting drives in Chakbazar, Mohammadpur and Kamrangichar area in city.The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Jamal Khan alias Mamun (28), Mohammad Siraj (30) and Sonia Akhtar Nishi (28).Hazaribagh Thana officer-in-charge (OC)

HABIGANJ: Four people, including a one-year-old kid, were killed in road accident near to Agradut filling station at sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday.Of the deceased, three were identified as Lal Mia, 50, of Doulatpur village, Samia, 1, daughter of Shahed Mia and Karim Mia, 40,

DHAKA: Two men were killed in a road accident near South Keraniganj Thana area of the city Tuesday night.One of the deceased was identified as Dulal, a CNG-run auto rickshaw driver.Witnesses said that the accident took place when a container ran over a CNG-run auto rickshaw in the area

DHAKA: A retired railway officer was killed when a shunting train hit him in Basabo area Wednesday night.The deceased was identified as Abdul Aziz, 60, who was a senior assistant at Bangladesh Railway, and retired from his job in 2014.Deceased’s colleague Mostafa Dulal told banglanews

DHAKA: A total of 23 Bangladeshis have been nationals evacuated from war-torn Yemen so far with the help of Indian government so far.Two Air India flights and an Indian Navy ship carried them to Djibouti from Sana, capital city of Yemen, and Aden. The Bangladeshis are now staying at a

DHAKA: The newly appointed diplomats to Bangladesh from Chili, Colombia and Georgia have separately met foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday, said a release,Chilean ambassador Andrés Augusto Barbe Gonzalez met the minster first, followed by Colombian Ambassador Monica

DHAKA: Police recovered the body of a youth from Meradia Bhuyanpara area under Khilgaon Thana of the city Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Joynal, 30.Khilgaon Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Mostafizur Bhuiyan confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said the body, bearing

DHAKA:  Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for post-2015 is set to be taken in September this year in United Nations General Assembly.In this regard, the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has sought the cooperation of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she was in the meeting in