Monday, 01 Sep, 2025

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BRTA official’s wife killed in city

DHAKA: A woman died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Tuesday and her husband and two daughters were injured as miscreants stormed their house in city’s Mohammadpur area on Monday night, setting fire at the house and beating them with metallic stuff.The deceased was

France calls for investigation in blogger Oyasiqur murder

DHAKA: France called the authorities concerned to investigate into the brutal killing of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, condemning his death.A statement of France Embassy in Dhaka said on Tuesday.The statement, sent to media by the embassy’s Attaché de Press et Communication Shakhawat

Stranded Biharis in BD not Pak’s responsibility!

DHAKA: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan has said that the remaining ‘stranded Pakistanis’ in Bangladesh, a majority of whom are Biharis, are not the responsibility of Pakistan as the country has already repatriated a large number of non-Bengalis.The Supreme Court of

2 held with 3.25 Kg gold at Shahjalal

DHAKA: Customs detectives detained two men along with 12 gold bars, weighing 3.25 Kg, from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Tuesday.The detainees were Mahmuda Hossain, 26 and Nurullah Nur, 45.Assistant director of customs intelligence Umme Nahida confirmed the matter to

10 FFs accorded reception in Sylhet

SYLHET: ‘Apex Club of Hill City Sylhet’ has accorded a reception ceremony to 10 valiant Freedom Fighters (FF) at the Central Shaheed Minar premises of the city on Monday.Former Sylhet City Corporation mayor and city Awami League president Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran was present as the

Worker’s death sparks vandalism in Gazipur

GAZIPUR: Angry workers vandalized few vehicles and set fire to a bus and blocked Kaliakair-Nabinagar road Tuesday after a fellow worker was killed in a road accident in the morning. The deceased was identified as M Rana, 32, of Boratia area of Tangail. He was a worker at a Walton’s

2 die in C’nawabganj boat capsize

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Two bodies were recovered from Padma River on Tuesday morning after a boat capsized in Pakar Ghat area under Shibganj Upazila Monday.   Officer-in-Charge of Shibganj Thana Mainul confirmed the matter to banglanews.He further said that another 10/12 passengers were still

Mother-daughter slaughtered

GAZIPUR: A woman and her daughter were slaughtered by unidentified miscreants in Pabur village under Kapasia upazila early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Surjo Banu, 80, wife of late Yar Uddin and Mafia Akter 65.Kapasia Thana Inspector Abul Kashem confirmed the matter to

53 held for defying fishing ban

BAGERHAT: Coast Guard personnel held some 53 fishermen in Sarankhola Upazila on Monday evening for defying a ban on catching fishes from the estuary of Baleshwari and Panguchi rivers.Five fishing trawlers, 1,400 kilograms of fish fry and around 4,000 miters of fine-mesh gill net, known as

Bus kills woman in city

DHAKA: A woman was killed and another injured when a bus hit a rickshaw in Golapbagh area of Jatrabari in the city Monday night.The decease was identified as Shiuli, 25, while the injured are Shahida, 32. The deceased was a niece of the injured. They resided at Bou Bazar in Golapbag

4 held with VoIP equipment in B’baria

BRAHMANBARIA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel held four people with illegal voice over internet protocol (VoIP) equipment from Awlia Bazar under Bijoynagar upazila of the district Sunday night.Bhairab camp of RAB-14 issued a press release on Monday regarding the detention.It said

Lightning kills mother, son in Dinajpur

DINAJPUR: Mother and son were killed as lightning struck them near Baniapara BRAC office at Birol upazila of the district Monday evening.The victims were identified as Monowara Begum (45), wife of Abdul Khaleque and their son Mahbur Rahman (25).Local sources said that Mahbur, with his

Khulna Jamaat secy arrested

KHULNA: Police on Monday afternoon arrested Advocate Mostafijur Rahman, secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Khulna (south) unit in the district.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Koyra Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Harendranath Sarkar said that police arrested the Jamaat leader from Court area

Bangladesh condemns Houthis actions in Yemen

DHAKA: Bangladesh strongly condemned actions by the Houthis against the legitimate government led by President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi of Yemen.External Publicity Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press statement regarding the issue.The statement deplored acts of violence

18 mobile courts’ deployment from Apr 10

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) said that eighteen mobile courts will be deployed from April 10 to monitor upcoming in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections.EC secretary Sirajul Islam informed the media on Monday noon.He said that the mobile courts will monitor whether the

4 JMB men charged for Burdwan blast

DHAKA: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India Monday formally charged in a special court 21 people, including four activists of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), for their involvement in the Burdwan blast.The charge sheet was filed before a National Investigation Agency

Condolence motion at Lee Kuan’s death adopted

DHAKA: The Cabinet on Monday adopted a condolence motion at the death of Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore and first Prime Minister of that country.The condolence motion has been adopted at the weekly cabinet meeting, with Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina in the chair. After the

Truck kills 2 students in Tangail

TANGAIL: Two madrasa students were killed in a road crash in Jogarchar area under Kalihati Upazila of the district Monday noon.The deceased were identified as Elina, 16 and Marzina, 16, of Garilabari area of the upazila.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Bangabandhu East Thana Akheruzzaman

Sunderbans sea level rising at 8mm/yr

DHAKA: The water level in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is rising at an "alarming" level, endangering the habitation, a World Bank report has suggested.The report stated that the sea level could witness an estimated 3 to 8 mm rise per year and mainly attributed it

Karnaphuli tunnel work from December

CHITTAGONG: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the ‘physical work’ of the tunnel under the Karnaphuli River will start in December this year.The minister came up with this assertion while talking to reporters after visiting the project area in front of port