DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday night talked to former president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) Anisul Huq and former mayor of Dhaka Hanif’s son Sayeed Khokon ahead of Dhaka City Corporations (North and South) elections.Both the

DHAKA: Rafida Ahmed Banya, wife of blogger and writer Avijit Roy whom miscreants hacked to death Thursday night, was taken to Square Hospital in city early Friday.DMCH Police Camp In-Charge Mozammel Haque told banglanews that she was taken there from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

MANIKGANJ: Three petrol bombs were recovered from a shopping mall in Manikganj Thursday night.Manikganj Sadar Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Aminur Rahman told banglanews that acting on tip-off, police recovered the bombs from a motorcycle parked at the ground floor of a shopping mall in

CHITTAGONG: Metropolitan police on Thursday replaced Officers-in-Charge of two thanas of port city along the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Detective Branch.Sources told banglanews that a Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner order made the changes this night in

RAJSHAHI: At least five passengers were injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail targeting a bus here at Halidagachi in Charghat Thursday night.The injured are undergoing treatment at different hospitals.Sources told banglanews that the incident took place at near of Halidagachi

DHAKA: Blogger and writer Abhijit Roy, 37, was hacked to death and his wife, Rafida Ahamed Banya, 34, injured critically by a group of miscreants at TSC intersection of Dhaka University (DU) Thursday night.The deceased was the founder of a bangla blog, mukto-mona.com, and also son of a

DHAKA: A popular science illustrated booklet with basic facts about atomic energy, written in Bangla, was unveiled by Russian atomic energy corporation Rosatom at Omor Ekushey Book Fair at Bangla Academy.The presentation of the booklet was supported by the Ministry of the Science and

SATKHIRA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-6) personnel held four robbers including the ringleader Zia along with 13 firearms and seven bullets from Sundarbans’ Kateshwar area of the district on Thursday.The detainees are identified as -- gang leader Zia, his second-in-command Masum and

DHAKA: Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and also chairman of National Autism and Neuro-Disorder Advisory Committee and Global Autism Public Health, won Distinguished Alumni Awards-2015 from Barry University of the USA.She was honored by Barry's outstanding

DHAKA: China ambassador to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang made a courtesy call on Jatiya Party chairman (JP HM Ershad), also special envoy to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The ambassador met the JP chief and also former president at his Baridhara residence in the city on Thursday noon.JP sources

COX’S BAZAR: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend a flag hoisting program of the 10th infantry of Bangladesh Army in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday (March 1).She is scheduled to reach Ramu by helicopter at 11:00am on the day and attend the program as chief guest.The PM is

DHAKA: Police recovered body of an unidentified youth aged around 35 from Dohar upazila of the district on Thursday. Locals said that they found the body on the bank of the river Padma in the area around 11:30am and then informed police. On information, police rushed to spot and

DHAKA: Johannes Matyassy, Assistant State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, will arrive here on February 27 for a 4-day visit to hold the second round of the bilateral political consultation between Bangladesh and Switzerland. The consultation will be

DHAKA: The government has decided to appoint M Jashim Uddin, currently serving as Director General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to Greece.Foreign ministry issued a press release in this regard on Thursday. A career diplomat, M Jashim Uddin served

FENI: A druggie son Ariful Islam chopped his mother to death as she refused to give him money at Mahamaya union in Chhagalnaiya upazila of the district on Thursday.The ill-fated woman was identified as Jahanara Begum, 43, wife of Firoz Ahmed.Mahamaya Union Parishad (UP) chairman Abul

DHAKA: Two people were killed in two separate road accidents in city’s Sayedabad and Mirpur areas on Thursday.Of the deceased, one was identified as Mohammed Quader, 25 but the identity of an elderly man (70) could not be known immediately.In Mirpur, a passenger bus knocked Quader down

CHITTAGONG: The government will set up a Cyber City in Bakalia of the port city and Hi-Tech Park at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET). State Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak for Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology made assertion while

DHAKA: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld order of the High Court that granted bail to Ekushey Television (ETV) chairman Abdus Salam in a pornography case. Earlier, the High Court granted bail to Salam in the case. Following the appeal of the state to stay the HC order, a four-member

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged that BNP-Jamaat alliance is committing genocide across the country in the name of movement. She was addressing an inaugural ceremony of ‘The 4th International Conference on Burn and Plastic Surgery’ at Sonargaon Hotel on Thursday noon.

NARAYNGANJ:  A district court on Thursday awarded life term imprisonment to nine people and fined Tk 1 lakh each for killing a freedom fighter of Siddirganj in the district. Narayanganj additional and district session judge Mamunur Rashid handed down the punishment on Thursday in