MUNSHINGANJ: A 105-year-old women was burnt alive and five houses were gutted as a fire broke out at several houses of Nitira village under Tongibari Upazila of the district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Razia begum, mother of Rahim Master of Nitira village.  Witnesses said

MUNSHINGANJ: A 105-year-old women was burnt alive and five houses were gutted as a fire broke out at several houses of Nitira village under Tongibari Upazila of the district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Razia begum, mother of Rahim Master of Nitira village.  Witnesses said

DHAKA: Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Friday said it is possible to make a poverty-free Bangladesh by 2018 if country's economic development will continue.  He came up with assertion while addressing the two-day conference of Rotary International at City Hall-1 of

DHAKA: A passer-by was killed as a passenger bus knocked down him in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport intersection area Friday morning.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Sub-Inspector (SI) of Airport Thana M Foyez told banglanews that a passenger bus hit the

NAOGAON: Police recovered 12 petrol bombs and detained three people on suspicion from Jak-Amrul area of Atrai Upazila of the district on Friday. The detainees are Saiful Islam, 22, babul Hossain, 35 and Boder Uddin, 50. Atrai Thana Inspector Abdul Latif Khan told banglanews that acting

BAGERHAT: Families of victims who were killed in Sena Kalyan Sangstha’s cement factory roof collapse will be given one-lakh takas financial assistance each. During the spot visit around 10:00am, Captain Syed Helal Hossain, deputy director general of Elephant Brand Cement Factory,

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested chief editor and admin of Basher Kella, a Jamaat-Shibir backed facebook fan page, from the residential area of Comilla Cadet College Thursday afternoon. The arrestee is Ziauddin Fahad, hailed from Bashkhali Upazila

DHAKA: The democracy in Bangladesh is under threat due to serious levels of violence, intimidation, enforced general strikes, and transport blockades by the 18-Party Alliance, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami after the 10th parliamentary elections

DHAKA: Police recovered a body of a unidentified man from the footpath in front of Rokeya Hall of Dhaka University (DU) on Friday morning.Officer-in-Charge of Shahbagh Thana M Saidul told banglanews that on information, police recovered the body from the area.“We have sent the body to

BANDARBAN: At least 15 dwelling houses were burnt to ashes when a devastating fire broke out in Manglainggra area under Ruma upazila of the district town Thursday evening.Locals told banglanews that the fire originated from a fireplace of a house and soon engulfed the adjacent

BAGERHAT: A nine-member probe committee has been formed early Friday to investigate into Thursday’s under-construction building collapse at Sena Kalyan Sangstha’s Elephant Brand Cement factory of Mongla in Bagerhat.Khulna division additional commissioner Faruk Hossain was made head

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed deep shock at the loss of lives in an under construction building collapse at Sena Kalyan Sangstha’s Elephant Brand Cement factory in Mongla Upazila of Bagerhat.In a condolence message, the premier prayed for the eternal

DHAKA: A construction worker was killed when a covered van crashed him in Babu bazr area under Kotwali Thana of the city Thursday night.The road mishap took place on Tipu Sultan Road of the area around 9:00pm.The deceased was identified as Mujibur Rahman, 35.Kotwali Thana Sub-Inspector M

DHAKA: The Bangladesh embassy in Tripoli sought Red Crescent support to rescue its two nationals, who were taken hostage by the Islamic State (IS) militants.Sources of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that ASM Ashraful Islam, counselor (Labour Wing) at the embassy, personally met

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asadduzzman Khan Kamal informed the parliament that assets of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s fugitive murderers are being confiscated.In reply to a star-marked question of Sharif Ahmed, the state minister on Thursday reiterated that all

LALMONIRHAT: A team of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) abducted a Bangladeshi farmer from Dahgram border area of the district Thursday morning.The abductee was identified as Asmat Ali, 23, son of one Mojibur Rahman, hailed from Katipara village under Dahgram union of Patgram

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday expressed his hope to hold the Dhaka City Corporations (North and South) and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections before the holy Ramadan.He also expected to announce the polls schedules this month.The

DHAKA: A remote-controlled mobile bomb was exploded at old building of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court on Thursday afternoon.Aminur Rahman, assistant commissioner of Police Prosecution Wing confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said the bomb was blasted on the corridor in

DHAKA: The authorities concerned are set to resume long-route bus service on highways after 9pm Thursday after a halt due to petrol bomb attack spree. Transport Owners’ Association took the decision after a meeting with Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, state minister for home

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Unidentified miscreants chopped an activist of Chhatra Shibir to death in Rehaichar of the district town on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Ariful Islam, 17, son of one Ramzan Ali. He was Class-XI student of Chapainawabganj City College.Police said Ariful