DHAKA: A group of muggers shot a man and snatched Tk 500,000 in Rampura area of the capital on Monday afternoon.The victim--Belayet Hossain, 45—is a security guard of Bony Apparel located in front of Hajipara Petrol Pump of the area.He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital

DHAKA: The government has given approval of Metro Rail Bill-2014 with the provision of 10 times fine to the person who will travel without ticket.The approval came from a regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at secretariat on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the

DHAKA: The National Mausoleum-famed architect Syed Mainul Hossain passed away (Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun) at a city hospital on Monday. He was 62.He was suffering from several diseases for a long time and passing his days in isolation.Born on May 5 in 1952 in Dampara village

DHAKA: Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) employees on Monday have organized a demonstration and sit-in program presenting their 20-point demands to the government.The demands include the regularization of 1349 DPDC staff and a rapid implementation of the verdicts of the war

NETROKONA: A Netrokona court on Monday handed down life-term imprisonment to five people on charge of gouging out an eye of a school student and injuring his uncle. The court also fined the convicts Tk 20,000 each, in default, rigorous imprisonment for more two years. Additional

DHAKA: In a bid to reduce accident, the government Monday started countrywide drive against unfit vehicles those have no licence or carry fake licence. In the early hour of the day, Nazrul Islam, chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), told banglanews, “Its our routine

DHAKA: The non-permanent staff of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) on Monday held a protest rally to meet their 20-point demands, including job nationalization. The employees started their program in front of Bidyut Bhaban around 10:30am. Moreover, ruling Awami League’s labor

CHANDPUR: A Daffodil University student Rakib Hossain was killed after his motorcycle hit a van in Baburhat Chhoiyal Bari area of Candpur town on Monday. Rakib, son of Anwar Hossain Khan of the area, met with the accident around 9:30am. Locals told banglanews that Rakib was roaming on

MOULVIBAZAR: Four people were killed and another was injured in a road accident on Sreemangal-Mirpur road in Kamaichhara area of the district on Monday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Local sources said that a truck collided head-on with a pick-up van in

JHALOKHATHI: A drug addict son allegedly killed his father as he refused to give him money for drugs at Rola village under Rajapur upazila on Monday morning. The victim was identified as Sirajul Hawlader, 55, of the area. The killer son is Shahjahan Hawlader. Deceased’s wife said that

DHAKA: A truck driver was shot to death by miscreants at Rampura-Banasree residential area in city early Monday. The deceased was identified as Faruk Khan, 28, son of one Shahjahan Khan, hailed from Bagerhat. Police sources said locals heard the sound of gun firing in the area around

DHAKA: Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members detained a Bangladeshi citizen from the Beurjhari frontier area under Baliadangi upazila Sunday night. The detainee was identified as Muktarul Islam, 20, son of one Lofiz Uddin of the area. BGB-30 sources said Boro Billah BSF camp

DHAKA: The nation observed the Shaheed (martyred) Noor Hossain Day commemorating the supreme sacrifice of pro- democratic activist Noor Hossain, who laid down his life to overthrow the then autocratic regime of HM Ershad.On this day in 1987, Noor Hossain, a Juba League leader, was

DHAKA: Detailed Area Plan (DAP) prepared in 2010 showed ancestral homesteads as water-bodies. The land where people have been living constructing residential houses since long has been projected as flood-flow zone. Dr Jamilur Reza Choudhury, convener of DAP review committee, admitted

DHAKA: A man was found dead at residential hotel in Moghbazar area in the capital on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman, 42, diploma engineer, hailed from Chuadanga district.On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital

KUSHTIA: A mobile court on Sunday awarded 2-year imprisonment to four teachers for their involvement in leaking question paper for Junior School Certificate (JSC) at Shomspur High School at Khoksa upazila of the district.The court also fined them Tk 5,000 each. In default, they have

DHAKA: A college student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the rooftop of a nine-storey under-construction building in city’s Mirpur area on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Monirul Islam Rinku, 17, son of Nazrul Islam and a student of class (XII) of Mohammadpur

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Mozaffar Uddin Mahsin on a two-day remand in a case of killing of Maulana Nurul Islam Faruqi, an Islamic program anchor of Channel-i. Metropolitan Magistrate Tareq Moinul Islam Bhuiyan passed the order after Detective Branch (DB) of police

DHAKA: Members of agyan (dope) party conned Tk 1.5 lakh from an electronics businessman in city’s Gulistan area on Sunday noon. The victim is Muktadir Zaman Mukta, hailed from Narail district.Brother of the victim Mohammad Milon said that Muktadir came to Dhaka with the cash money to

NARAYANGANJ: A Narayanganj court on Sunday denied the bail petition to former Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) commander and RAB-11 Special Crime Division Company captain MM Rana in connection with gruesome Narayanganj seven-murder case.Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mohiuddin denied the