DHAKA: A court here sent cricketer Rubel Hossain to jail rejecting his bail plea in a sexual assault case filed by actress Naznin Aktar Happy.Judge Anwar Sadar of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed order on Thursday after Rubel surrendered before the court.On December 13,

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court ordered to quiz ETV chairman Abdus Salam at jail gate in a case filed under the Pornography Control Act.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Meher Nigar Suchona passed the order after rejecting remand and bail pleas Thursday.On Tuesday mid night, Detective Branch police

FENI: Miscreants Thursday set fire to village home of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque, who jointly banned publishing of BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman’s speeches and statements Wednesday.In the early hours of the day, the Kachari Ghor of the house, located at Choumuhoni village

BARISAL: Four people, including a Swechhasebok League leader and a customs official, were killed and five others injured in separate accidents in Sadar and Ujirpur upazilas of the district on Thursday morning.Of the deceased, two were identified as general secretary of Tungipara

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the constitution of Bangladesh is the best one in the world.She made this comment while addressing the 19th Biennial Conference of Bangladesh Economic Association at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium in the city

JOYPURHAT: The railway communication of Joypurhat with Dhaka and Rajshahi has been restored after nearly a four-hour halt following the removal of several fishplates from the railway tracks early Thursday.The rail service resumed around 10:15am, said Nurul Islam, main master of Joypurhat

DHAKA: Cricketer Rubel Hossain surrendered before court and sought bail in a sexual assault case filed by actress Naznin Aktar Happy.Judge Anwar Sadar of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court will hear the bail plea at 11:00am Thursday.On December 13, 2014, Happy filed the case with

JPYPURHAT: The rail communication on Rajshahi-Dhaka route has been suspended as miscreants removed several fishplates from the railway tracks early Thursday, during third-day of countrywide blockade.Being informed, other stations were informed about the removal of fishplates of 35-feet

DHAKA: Two activists of Jubo Dal, youth wing of BNP, were reportedly shot dead in a clash with law enforcing in Chowmuhani Bazar area under Begumganj upazila of the district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Rubel, 25 and Mohin Uddin, 30.Jubo Dal upazila unit convener

GAZIPUR: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has reportedly assured to withdraw the ongoing indefinite nationwide road-train-waterway blockade imposed by the BNP-led 20-party alliance at any moment due to Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after Hajj.Millions of devotees from

DHAKA: Three cocktails were blasted one after another in city’s Gulshan area on Wednesday afternoon.Witnesses told banglanews that miscreants hurled the cocktails in front of Gulshan-2 Kanchabazar at 3:20pm.But, no one was injured in the blasts, sources added.Witnesses said the

SYLHET: Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury was suspended by local government division of LGRD ministry on Wednesday.A competent source confirmed the matter to banglanews.Chief executive of SCC Enamul Habib told banglanews that he heard the matter.He also said,

GAIBANDHA: Over 150 vehicles were vandalized in attacks in Palashbari upazila of the district from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, the first and second day of the nationwide indefinite rail-road-waterway blockade, called by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.Sources told banglanews that

DHAKA: Commuters experienced traffic congestion in the city on Wednesday, the second day of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-called nationwide blockade for indefinite period.Vehicular movement was seen halted for sometimes on several areas, including Bijoy Sarani, Karwan Bazar, Gulistan

DHAKA: Sylhet City unit of BNP called a dawn-to-dusk shutdown across the Sylhet district for Thursday while district Jubo Dal called dawn-to-dusk hartal in Noakhali protesting the killing an activist in a clash with police.Convener committee member secretary of Sylhet unit Badruzzaman

DHAKA:  A special Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s petition seeking deferment of deposition recording in the Zia Orphanage Trust case. Judge of Special Judge Court-3 Abu Ahmed also ordered to start recording deposition in absence of Khaleda Zia.Later,

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday banned broadcasting and publishing speeches of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in all print and electronic media of the country as he remains fugitive in eyes of the law.A HC bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Haque and Justice Abu Taher M

DHAKA: Dr. Mujibur Rahman Bhuiyan, head of Gastroenterology Department at the city’s Apollo Hospital, examined the health of  BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night.After conducting an hour-long check-up, he told nothing to the media on health condition of the BNP

DHAKA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel are patrolling the city streets at night to avert untoward situation due to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) called ongoing nationwide blockade.The BGB members were deployed again in the city from 6:00pm on Tuesday.BGB headquarters

DHAKA: Three people were killed and two others injured as a passenger bus crushed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in North Tower area of city’s Uttara on Tuesday evening.The deceased were identified as Hossain Uddin, 30, production manager of a chocolate factory in Narail district, Pradip