DHAKA: Security measure has been tightened in city’s Bakshi Bazar and its adjacent areas cantering BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appearance before the court in Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trusts graft cases on Sunday.To avoid any untoward situations, additional law enforcing agencies

DHAKA: At least 25 people were killed and dozens more injured as Nor’westers lashed Dhaka and some northwestern districts on Saturday night.Banglanews correspondents from affected areas across the country report:Dhaka: A 40-year-old man named Hanif Sheikh was killed in mid-Buriganga

RAJSHAHI: An unidentified beggar was killed and many houses damaged as a nor’wester lashed in the district Saturday afternoon.Law enforcers recovered the body from ‘Old Folklore Chattar’ of Rajshahi University in the evening.Banglanews correspondent reported that the nor’wester

DHAKA: Dhaka Divisional Commissioner rejected the appeal of BNP-backed Abdul Awal Mintoo, who challenged cancellation of his mayoral candidacy for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls by Election Commission.Commissioner M Zillar Rahman passed the order after hearing at his office at

DHAKA: Police recovered slaughtered body of a youth from Aganagar union under South Keraniganj of Dhaka Saturday afternoon.South Keraniganj Thana sub-inspector (SI) Sohrab Hossain told banglanews that on information, they recovered the body of a youth approximately 20 years old from a

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said moviemaking has got the status of an industry and her government has taken steps to build a film city for the development of the sector.She made the observations while addressing the National Film Awards distribution ceremony at

DHAKA: A worker and a minor boy have died after falling from rooftop at two buildings in Khilgaon and Uttara areas of the city sometime between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.At Khilgaon, a worker slipped down to the ground from the rooftop of a 9-storied under-construction bulling

CHITTAGONG: Police detained six Myanmar nationals and a manpower agent in Shah Amanat Bridge area of the port city Saturday morning for their illegal entry into Bangladesh.A team of Bakalia Thana police nabbed them. Of the detainees, four are male two are female.Bakalia Thana

CHITTAGONG: An on-duty policeman was killed in a road mishap on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Vatiari Taltala area under Sitakunda Upazila of the district early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Jaane Alam, 45, an assistant Sub-Inspector of Industry Police, who was transferred to

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) started conducting special drives against narcotics in the city ahead of Dhaka’s two city corporations polls, slated to be held on April 28.Detective Branch (DB) of DMP and police forces from respective thanas are jointly driving the operations

DHAKA: A five-member team of defence lawyers met the convicted war criminal Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman on Saturday morning.Advocate Shishir Monir, Barrister Ehsan A Siddique, Advocate Mashiul Alam, Advocate Motiur Rahman Akand and Advocate Mujahidul Islam Shahin entered the Dhaka

DHAKA: Two siblings were killed in a road accident while working at Maghbazar Flyover construction site in the capital on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Asadul, 18 and Sajedul, 16. Witness Salam said, a Gazipur-bound bus of Probhati-Banasree Paribahan rammed into the

SYLHET: A woman, her son and daughter sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out from toxic gas of septic tank at their house in the metropolitan Friday late night.The injured were identified as Monwar Begum, 45, wife of late Zakir Hosssain, her daughter Zahida Akter, 20, and her son

DHAKA: Customs Intelligence detained a Cabin Crew of Kuwait Airways with 548 grams gold at Shahjalal Airport early Saturday. The detainee was identified as Aslam Omor Belim (45) who carried the gold 4 bars, 10 tola each, and 82 grams ornaments in his body. He came as cabin crew of flight

NARAYANGANJ: Five more bodies, aged between 20 and 25 years, were recovered Saturday morning, raising the death toll to 16 in  trawler capsize in the Buriganga River at Pagla in Sadar upazila of the district.Of the deceased, 13 were identified as Abdus Samd, 35, Habib, 12, son of Abdul

NARAYANGANJ: The death toll has risen to 11 in the trawler capsize in Buriganga River as three more bodies were recovered on Friday.The deceased were identified as Alamgir Hossain, 30, son of Karban Ali, Jamila Khatun, 65, wife of Abdur Rashid of Lalbagh Shahidnagar area of Dhaka and

DHAKA: A five-member team of defence lawyers will meet the convicted war criminal Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman at the Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday morning. Several lawyers of Kamaruzzaman confirmed the matter to the banglanews on Friday night.The team members include Advocate

DHAKA: Rescue unit of fire service and police separately recovered bodies of three persons who had gone missing in two trawlers sank off the Buriganga and Meghna Rivers.The deceased were identified as Jamila Khatun, 65, wife of Abdur Rashid of Lalbagh Shahidnagar area of Dhaka and Rasel,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Flying Academy (BFA) suspended its operations in Rajshahi for indefinite period after two days into the aircraft crash that killed trainee pilot Tamanna.Considering the mental condition due to the accident, the authority called back all trainee pilots from the academy to

RAJSHAHI: The probe team, headed by captain HM Akter Khan, has completed their preliminary investigation over training aircraft crash at Shah Makhdum Airport that killed a female trainee pilot.After collecting several data, evidences and visiting the accident spot, the head of the probe