DHAKA: A total of 270 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed across the country on Monday to prevent sabotage as the 72-hr nationwide hartal rolled into second day, coupled with non-stop blockade called by BNP-led alliance.BGB Headquarters’ public

MANIKGANJ: At least 70 bodies were recovered from the launch MV Mostafa, which capsized Sunday noon in the river Padma with more than 150 passengers on board. Among the deceased, there are 13 minors and 30 women.Sources said divers of fire service and civil defense recovered the bodies

DHAKA: Four unidentified people, aged between 18 to 30 years, were found shot dead at different places in capital’s Mirpur area early Monday.Being informed from locals, police rushed in and sent the bodies to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) around 1:00am.Mirpur Model Thana

DHAKA: A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison over family feud in Tejgaon area of the city on Sunday evening.The deceased was identified as Poly Akhter, 25, wife of Shah Ali of the area.Poly’s in-laws claimed that she has committed suicide as she had a long standing

DHAKA: Police detained a person from city’s Panthapath area in connection with hurling three cocktails there Sunday evening. Without disclosing the identities of the detainee, police said that he is being quizzed following the blasts. However, the cocktails were hurled around 7:45pm.

DHAKA: A worker was injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail in city’s Nawabpur area on Sunday night. The injured is identified as Badal. Badal told banglanews that some miscreants blasted a cocktail in the area around 7:00pm and fled the scene that left him injured. Pedestrians

DHAKA: A three-member committee has been formed to look into the accident of MV Mostafa, which left so far 33 dead and about 100 missing after being capsized in river Padma Sunday noon. Sources said the shipping department formed the prove body led by its nautical surveyor captain M

DHAKA: ‘Shaheed Dibas’ as well as International Mother Language Day was marked with due solemnity and fervor in Tashkent on February 21.The day’s program began with ceremonial lowering the national flag at half mast in the chancery by Bangladesh ambassador to Uzbekistan Mosud Mannan

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday asked the law enforcers to arrest the schoolteacher who allegedly raped a student of class nine in Gazipur.An HC bench of Justice Kazi Reza-Ul-Haque and Justice Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman passed the order.Earlier in the day, Kaliakair Thana police

FROM RESCUE BOAT (MID PADMA): The government will provide  Tk 1.25 lakh to family members of each deceased of the launch MV Mostofa capsized Sunday noon in mid Padma River. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) chairman Samsuddoha Khondaker disclosed the information Sunday

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Arfina Begum, general manager of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) on allegation of amassing illegal wealth and recruiting unskilled staff in exchange of bribe. ACC assistant director (Inquiry and investigation-1) M Saiful

DHAKA: Bangladeshi Community in Belgium marked 21st February, the International Mother Language Day, in Brussels with due fervor and solemnity.Bangladesh embassy in Brussels arranged the program, said an external publicity wing of foreign affairs ministry press release Sunday

DHAKA: Five honorary consuls and consul generals for Bangladesh from Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Republic of Korea met foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali and state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam on February 20 at foreign ministry in the city.They are visiting

DHAKA: Bus service between Dhaka and India’s Guwahati via Sylhet and Shillong will be flagged off on May 2. The decision came from an inter-ministerial meeting held at the secretariat in city on Sunday with road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader in the chair. Initially,

NARAYANGANJ: At least 15 people were injured after a rashly driven truck collided a head-on with a passenger bus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Purinda area under Araihajar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. Araihajar Thana Sub-Inspector (SI) Zaher told banglanews that a Sylhet-bound

DHAKA: The first twenty four hours is ‘golden hour’ for a burn victim patient. If any burn victim gets proper treatment during this time then the survival chance is eighty percent along with immunity from other serious problems. But the victims are not getting proper treatment during

DHAKA: A female student of Kabi Nazrul Government College was severely hurt as a group of blockaders blasted a cocktail from their procession in front of the college in older section of Dhaka on Sunday noon.The victim, identified as Sharmin Sultana (19), was rushed to the Dhaka Medical

RAJBARI: At least 41 bodies were recovered from the launch MV Mostafa capsized Sunday noon in Padma River with more than 150 passengers aboard. The identities of the deceased, including seven minors and 10 women, could not be known immediately. Sources said divers of fire service and

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday noon issued arrest warrant against three ‘Razakars’ of Kishoreganj for their alleged in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim, ordered law enforcers to

DHAKA: A bus helper, who sustained burn injuries in an arson attack on February 12, lost his battle for life at the burnt unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Sunday.The deceased was identified as M Bappi, 25, son of Dulal Mian of Srirampur village under Mohonganj Upazila of