DHAKA: December, the glorious month of victory and pride for the nation, begins on Monday. The nation earned its liberation after a nine-month long hard battle with the Pakistani occupation forces and materialized victory on December 16 of this month.Around 43 years ago, on December

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested three members of banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from the city on Sunday night in connection to Burdwan blast in India. The law enforcers also recovered explosives and bomb materials from their possessions.Additional Deputy

DHAKA: ‘Swadhinata Padak’ award winning artist Qayyum Chowdhury, who suddenly felt sick at a function of Bengal Foundation on Sunday night and later died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), will be laid to rest at Azimpur Graveyard on Monday. Quoting the family sources, Cultural

DHAKA: ‘Swadhinata Padak’ award winning artist Qayyum Chowdhury, who suddenly felt sick at a function of Bengal Foundation on Sunday night and later died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), will be laid to rest at Azimpur Graveyard on Monday. Quoting to the family sources, Cultural

DHAKA: The Global Social Business Summit took place in Mexico City from 27-28 November 2014.  Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the event at Expo Bancomer convention centre in Mexico City. Professor Yunus, in his keynote, said: “We need new way to think about

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the demise of Independence Award winner eminent artist Qayyum Chowdhury. In a condolence message on Sunday night, PM said, “Qayyum Chowdhury was not only a painter, but also had great contribution in every movement of the

DHAKA: ‘Swadhinata Padak’ award winning artist Qayyum Chowdhury has passed away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in city Sunday night.The veteran artist suddenly fell sick during his speech on the fourth-day of Bengal Foundation organized classical music festival in Bangladesh

COX’S BAZAR: Police detained 13 people including 10 Myanmar citizens from a school in Samitipara area of the town on Sunday while they were conducting a secret meeting.Cox’s Bazar Sadar Thana Officer-in-charge (OC) Mahfujur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said the law

DHAKA: Inqilab Special Correspondent Sakhawat Hossain Badsha and Independent TV senior reporter Elias Hossain have been elected as president and general secretary of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU). DRU chief election commissioner Samakal’s editor Golam Sarwar declared the results in the

BANDARBAN: A youth was killed and 20 others were injured as a jeep plunged into a roadside ditch at Lama upazila in the district on Sunday.The deceased is identified as Mong Chai A Marma (30), son of Mongbushe Marma of Nunarbil in Lama Municipality area. Mong Chai was working as an

DHAKA: The top financier of Jamaat-e-Islami and also intellectuals’ killer Mir Quasem Ali appealed against the death penalty awarded by war crimes tribunal for his crimes against humanity committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971.The convict sought acquittal of all

DHAKA: Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran on Sunday expressed deep shock over the tragic and untimely demise of senior journalist Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury in a road accident. “This has dealt a cruel blow to Bangladesh’s media fraternity and to one of its preeminent

NARSINGDI: A district court Sunday sentenced three men to death for abducting and killing a boy for ransom.Judge of District Session Judges Court M Shafiqul Karim passed the order in a crowded court at noon.The death convicts are- Monir Hossain, 20, Alamgir Hossain, 22 and Shamvu Das of

NARAYANGANJ:  A Juba League activist was chopped to death while 10 others were injured during a fierce clash between Awami League and BNP in Araihazar upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Amzad Hossain Mollah, 45, an activist of the upazila Juba League unit.  Witnesses

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (KUSHTIA): A student of Islamic University (IU) was killed when a bus of the university ran over him inside the campus on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as Titu, a third year student of Biotechnology and Genetics Engineering Department at IU. The accident

DHAKA: A five-member committee has been formed to probe the death incident of the former Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) managing director and chief editor Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury. The road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader made the disclosure to the journalists on Sunday

DHAKA: An unidentified youth was killed and minor boy was electrocuted at separate places of the city Sunday. The minor boy was identified as Momin, 12, who worked as a hotel boy. At Kallyanpur, a passenger bus ran over the youth in front of BRTC bus depot around 7:00am, killing him on

COX’S BAZAR: Robbers gunned down a man in Tekpara area of Pekua upazila ealy Sunday. The victim was identified as Abdul Khleque, 30, son of one Ola Mian of the area. Victim’s father told banglanews that a robber gang stormed into the house of neighbor Abul Kashem around 3:00am.

DHAKA: The journalist community reacted with shock and sadness at the demise of eminent journalist Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, who died in a bus accident on Saturday night. President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and journalists expressed deep shock at the death of Zaglul Ahmed

FENI: Rail communications of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet have been restored on Sunday morning following one and half an hour halt as a stone-laden truck went out of services on rail line in Sharshadi area. Confirming the matter, Mostafijur Rahman, an assistant engineer of Railway