NARAYANGANJ: Some miscreants torched two compartments of a Dhaka-Narayanganj route train in Narayanganj Central Rail Station late on Sunday.Station Master Golam Mostafa of the rail station told banglanews that the two bogies were set ablaze by miscreants at 11:00am while it was waiting

DHAKA: Miscreants torched two passenger buses in city’s Gulistan and Tantibazar areas on Sunday. Police sources said that miscreants set fire to a passenger bus of ETC Paribahan in Gulistan area around 9:05pm. However, no one was reportedly injured in the incident. On information, a

SHERPUR, BOGRA: Joint forces recovered with 10 petrol bombs, books, compact Disk (CD) and secret documents on jihad from a mess in Sherpur upazila in the district on Sunday. Two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were also detained from the area.  The

DHAKA: Three people were injured as a cocktail blasted at a rally Ganajagaran Mancha in city’s Shahbagh area Sunday evening.  The injured, Ruhul Amin, 28, a staff of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted three cocktails in front of the National Press Club in the city on Sunday night.Police sources said that a group of anarchists blasted three cocktails in the area around 7:30pm.No one was reportedly injured in the incident.However, additional law enforcers were

DHAKA: Experts of Atomproekt, a sister concern of Russia’s State Nuclear Corporation- Rosatom, are examining technical and economic aspects of Natural Draft and Ventilation cooling towers to select an optimum option for Rooppur nuclear power plant (NPP).A cooling tower is an

DHAKA (NAWABGANJ): A meat trader was found dead in Shailya area under Nawabganj upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ahsan, 45, resident of the upazila. Police sources said that locals found Ahsan’s slaughtered body in a paddy field in

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained eminent singer Baby Nazneen on Sunday evening when she visited BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office in the city.Police barred Nazneen from entering the office around 7:15pm, said a competent source from the BNP chief office.Baby Nazneen tried

DHAKA: Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoît-Pierre Laramée opined violence during hartal and blockade would impede the economic development of Bangladesh. He came up with the assertion at ‘Showcase Canada 2015’ program organized by Bangladesh-Canada Chamber of Commerce and

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday issued a rule upon the authority to explain why the family of Jihad should not be given Tk 30 lakh as compensation for negligence of rescue operation. An HC bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Mohammad Izaharul Haque issued the rule

DHAKA: The newly-appointed Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang hoped that the prevailing political situation of the country will become normal soon. “Life will go on here as earlier soon,” he told reporters Sunday noon at secretariat in the capital after meeting with

DHAKA: Customs authorities detained an Indian citizen along with 2.7kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalaj International Airport on Sunday.The detainee, identified as Bijoy Kumar (40), came from Dubai by a flight of Emirates Airlines at 11:00am on Sunday.Airport Customs assistant commissioner Farid

MUNSHIGANJ: A police constable along with his driver was died in a road accident in the district on Sunday while he accompanied by his family members was rushing to village home hearing the news of mother’s death.  The accident took place in Kamarkhola area under Sreenagar upazila

DHAKA: Four people, including a woman, were killed in separate road mishaps across the capital Dhaka sometimes between Saturday night and Sunday morning.The accidents took place on four separate spots including near Rupshi Bangla Hotel, Natun Bazar area of Vatara, Senpara Parbata of

DHAMRAI (DHAKA): Two persons were killed falling off a truck when another truck hit the vehicle on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Daotiya area early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Harun-ar-Rashid of South Bathuli village of Dhamrai upazila and Dulal Miah of Bhagmanpur village under

DHAKA: The main construction work of converting the Dhaka-Chittagong highway into four-lane is going on in full swing. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday hoped that the project of widening the 192-kilometre Dhaka-Chittagong highway will be completed by June. The

MYMENSINGH: A mugger was shot dead by police in Bhatikasar area of the town while he was snatching a mobile phone and cash from a businessman early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Liton, 28.Kotwali Model Thana Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abdur Rashid confirmed the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday called upon people of the country to be united against ongoing barbarism and brutality during hartal-blockade of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami. She came up with the plea while addressing the 20th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Coast Guard and

DHAKA: The operation of new Burn Unit has begun at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Sunday morning to ensure better treatment for burn victims amid growing acts of sabotage countrywide.BSMMU vice chancellor Professor Pran Gopal Datta inaugurated the Burn

DHAKA: A total of 258 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed across the country on Sunday to prevent sabotage during hartal and blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance.BGB Headquarters’ public relations officer Mohammad Mohsin Reza confirmed the