NOAKHALI: Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on Sonapur-Subarnachar road under Sadar upazila of the district Monday evening.The diseased were identified as Tareq, 22, son of one Abdul Mannan and Ismail, 22, son of one Hafezul Haque, hailed from Dharmapur union of the

KUSHTIA: Aminul Haque Badsha, press secretary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was laid to rest in Kushtia on Monday evening. He was buried beside his mother’s grave in Court Station area of the district around 7:00pm. His body reached his village at 5:40pm on the day. There,

FENI: A robber was lynched at the early hours of Monday in Bhalukia area under Sadar upazila of the district.The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.Quoting the locals, Feni Sadar Hospital RMO said a band of robbers swooped on the house of one Alamgir Hossain of the area and

COX’S BAZAR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized a trawler with 80,000 pieces of yaba tablet on Naf’s confluence in Jaliar island area under Teknaf upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.BGB-42 sources said that on suspicion, BGB personnel signaled some trawler-men to

DHAKA: Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari left Dhaka for India Monday on a five-day official visit along with his spouse and one entourage to attend 10th International Aerospace Exposition- ‘AERO INDIA 2015’. During his visit, Chief of Air Staff will exchange views

DHAKA: Air Marshal SB Deo, AOC-in-C of Eastern Air Command of Indian Air Force (IAF), formally handed over the Dakota (DC-3) aircraft used in the paradrop operations in Tangail on December 11, 1971 during the Liberation War.The aircraft has been installed at the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF)

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a passenger bus at city’s Badda area on Monday afternoon.Fire Service sources said that a gang of miscreants set fire to a passenger bus, Turag Paribahan, in the area around 4:00pm.None was reportedly injured in the incident as the passengers managed to get

DHAKA: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan issued an ultimatum to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to withdraw hartal-blockade within 24-hour. The minister came up with the forewarning from a rally in Dhaka’s Gulshan-2 circle on Monday afternoon.Several organizations of workers and

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali will lead a three-member delegation to the ministerial component of the ‘White House Countering Violent Extremism Summit’ scheduled for February 19 at the US Department of State in Washington DC.The minister will leave Dhaka on

CHITTAGONG: A city dweller was injured in Didar Market area of Kotwali Thana following a cocktail attack on a bus Monday noon.The injured, Nasir Uddin Chowdhury, 56, was rushed to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).Sources said the incident took place around 1:00pm.The

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam to arrange Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections within the shortest possible time. The premier came up with the directive in the regular

GAZIPUR: Miscreants torched a passenger bus in Chandana area of the district on Monday afternoon.Fire fighting sources said that miscreants hurled a petrol bomb aiming at the bus around 1:30pm. The fire broke out at the bus soon after the blast, said a spot account of the incident.No one

DHAKA: The first US–funded Shaheed Minar (Martyrs’ Monument) in Paterson of New Jersey in United States was inaugurated on Sunday. M Shameem Ahsan, Consul General of Bangladesh in New York, cut the ribbon where Pedro Rodriguez, deputy Mayor of Paterson, Ruby Cotton, Vice-President of

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, has called a 3-day strike starting from Tuesday (February 17) at all educational institutions across the country.JCD president Rajib Ahsan and general secretary Akramul Hasan made the announcement through a press release Monday

DHAKA: At least six persons were injured as miscreants blasted four cocktails in Gulshan and in front of foreign ministry in the city on Monday.Among the injured, one is in critical condition and rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.A gang of miscreants blasted three

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Hanging body of a security guard was recovered from Bhasha Shaheed Barkat Memorial Museum in Sergeant Zahurul Haque Hall of Dhaka University on Monday.The deceased was identified as Shangkar Chandra Roy (27).Zahurul Haque provost and also museum director Abu Mohammad

SATKHIRA: Members of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) shot a Bangladeshi on Bhomra frontier in Satkhira sadar upazila Monday morning.The injured was identified as shepherd Saiful Islam, son of Mohammad Jinnah of Garekanda village.Sources said that the BSF shot Saiful when he was

DHAKA: Aminul Haque Badsha, press secretary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be buried in Kushtia.His body is now on the way to his village.Earlier, his body was kept on National Press Club premises in the city till 12 noon Monday for people of all walks of life to pay their

DHAKA: A delegation of Subcommittee on Human Rights of European Parliament is set to arrive in Dhaka on a five-day visit on Monday to observe human rights situation in the country amid ongoing political violence.In last two decades, it will be the first tour of Subcommittee on Human

PATHORGHATA, BARGUNA: At least eight fishermen sustained bullet injuries as sea robbers attacked them in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday night.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Coast Guard official said, “We heard the news of attack some 160 kilometers deep in the Bay from