RANGPUR: Two people were killed in a road accident on Dinajpur-Rangpur highway in Pagla Pir area of the district on Wednesday evening. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Sources said a passenger bus of Ahsan Paribahan turned turtle on the highway as its driver

DHAKA: The government appointed new directors to the department of environment, tourism board, bridge authority and Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) Wednesday. The former legal advisor of the food department Khurshid Alam has been made the director of the Department of

TANGAIL: A Tangail court on Wednesday awarded lifetime imprisonment to five people for killing a man in Nagarpur upazila of the district in 2009. The convicts are Zakir Hossain and Ibrahim Khalil Khokon of Kalia village, Sarwar Hossain and Ebadat Ali of Choubaria and Shahinur of Keitar

DHAKA: Newly appointed ambassador of Philippines to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio Tejamo Bandillo called on Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali at the ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday. During the meeting both the foreign minister and the ambassador agreed to strengthen the

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained two illegal arms traders with a foreign-made pistol in city’s Darussalam area on Wednesday. The detainees are Mohammad Nahid, 26, Mohammad Jewel, 24. Both are hailed from Capainawabganj district. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and

DHAKA: The government has decided to appoint Muhammad Abdul Muhit, currently serving as Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister in Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC as the first ever Ambassador of Bangladesh to Denmark. A career diplomat, Muhammad Abdul Muhit belongs to the 11th batch of

HABIGANJ: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members detained a Bangladeshi near Dharmaghar frontier under Madhabpur upazila Wednesday. The detainee is Sohel, a farmer, son of Kamrul Hasan of Alinagar village of the same upazila. Locals told banglanews that BSF members of Mohanpur camp

DHAKA: Romanian women are seen marrying men from Bangladesh and some other countries in exchange of money. They thus manage permissions for their men to travel to EU Member States without a visa. Romanian women usually take between EUR 300 and EUR 500 for the process. The disclosure

SYLHET: A Sylhet court on Wednesday awarded death penalty to a man to and lifetime imprisonment to two others in the sensational industrialist Atikur Rahman killing case. Metropolitan Magistrate Akbar Ali Mrdiha passed the order. The death row convict is Shafiqur Rahman Shafiq, 32, son

DHAKA: The customs authorities detained a cabin crew along with gold bars weighting 2.50kg from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city on Wednesday. The detainee was identified as Mazharul Afsar Rasel, 38. Customs assistant commissioner Juela Khanam confirmed the matter. She

SYLHET: The airport immigration police detained a Pakistani national along with Indian currency worth Tk 1.15 crore from MAG Osmani International Airport of the district on Wednesday.Inspector Bashir Ahmed of Sylhet airport immigration police confirmed the matter to banglanews.The

CHITTAGONG: Rail communication of Chittagong halted with other parts of the country after three compartments of a train derailed in Faujdarhat of Sitakunda on Wednesday.Official of Railway East Zone Firoz Iftekhar said the three bogies of a container-laden Chittagong-bound train,

FROM KISHOREGANJ RALLY: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, also the former prime minister, on Wednesday alleged that the incumbent government is “killer”. “The government is killing people by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and police and leaders and activists of Chhatra League,” she

DHAKA: The National Mausoleum-famed architect Syed Mainul Hossain’s body has been taken to the Central Shaheed Minar on Wednesday so that people from all walks of life can pay homage to him.His body was taken to the Shaheed Minar at 11:20am. Sommilito Sanskritik Jote has organised the

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 fixed Thursday for pronouncing the verdict against self-proclaimed razakar Zahid Hossain alias Khokon Razakar for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.Justice Enayetur Rahim of ICT-1 fixed the date

CHITTAGONG: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday morning reached the port city to lay the foundation stone of a new flyover and participate in a program arranged by Bangladesh Army.A special helicopter, carrying the premier, landed at Chittagong cantonment around 10:15am.Additional

GAZIPUR: The train services of Dhaka-Chittagong route has been resumed after more than two hours of halt as the Indian Maitree Express train went crippled at Kaliakoir upazila of the district around 7:45pm Tuesday.Assistant Station Master of Joydebpur Station Nasir Uddin confirmed the

NILPHAMARI: A Bangladeshi fisherman was shot by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in Charkharibari frontier area under Dimla upazila of the district on Tuesday afternoon. The victim is Mosharraf Hossain, son of Abdus Samad of the area. Locals said BSF members tried to abduct

Khustia: Three minor boys drowned in an abandoned well in Barkhada village of Sadar upazila of the district Tuesday morning, police says. District additional superintendent of police Abu Bakkar Sikkidque told banglanews that the three boys went missing since Tuesday morning. One of the

KUSHTIA: Three minor boys drowned in an abandoned well in Barokhada village under Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Shakil, 5, son of Majibor of the area, Liton, 5, and Tarun.Quoting locals, district additional superintendent of police Abu Bakar Siddique