DHAKA: A rickshaw puller was severely injured as miscreants blasted two cocktails in front of Rokeya Hall of Dhaka University (DU) on Thursday evening. The injured is Shafi Alam, 25, resident of Kamrangi Char area. Sources said miscreants blasted the cocktails in front of the hall where

DHAKA: Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) is not agreed to pay plane fare while depositing Muallem fee in government exchequer for the registration of hajj pilgrims. If the government creates pressure to pay the plane fare during registration, the HAAB will refrain from

COMILLA: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members seized 100,000 piece yaba tablets from bordering Surjanagar area in Sadar upazila of the district.A BGB team led-by commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Zakir Hossain, seized the tablets, approximately priced at Tk 3 crore, on early

DHAKA: Government has appointed Syed Aminul Islam, director of National Legal Aid Services Organisation (NLASO) and also a joint secretary of law ministry, as Supreme Court (SC) new Registrar.The law ministry issued a gazette notification Thursday noon in the regard.However, Supreme

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred till April 22 the indictment hearing in a defamation case filed against Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) President Kader Siddiqui.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh passed the order as both the plaintiff and defendant

MYMENSINGH: An SSC (Secondary School Certificate) examinee was electrocuted in Nayanpur area under Bhaluka upazila of the district on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Tareq, 16, son of Aminul Islam, an examinee from Shaheed Nazimuddin High School of the area.Locals said that Tareq

DHAKA: Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in the city.Darussalam Thana duty-officer Sub-Inspector (SI) Biswajit Paal told banglanews that a cattle trader Amzad Hossain (50), hailing from city’s Badda area, was killed as a truck knocked him down on early Thursday near

GAZIPUR: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday forewarned that there would be no room for militants and terrorists in the soil of Bangladesh.   The premier, also ruling Awami League president, was addressing the 35th National Rally of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defense Party (VDP)

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh Navy personnel held 15 fortune seekers, including an agent, who were trying to go to Malaysia illegally early Thursday.Sources said that the fortune-seekers were held near outer anchorage area of the Chittagong Port.Without detailing the matter, a competent source

DHAKA: Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said the welfare of the expatriate Bangladesh nationals is the highest priority of the incumbent government.  He made the comment while visiting the Consulate General of Bangladesh in New York on February 11, said a press release issued  During

DHAKA: Representatives of the Inter-Parliamentary Union lauded the Bangladesh’s progress in reducing the risks of climate change and facing natural disasters.IPU representatives made the appraisal at a discussion titled “The Role of Parliaments, Cities and Local Authorities in the

DHAKA: Bangladesh High Commissioner to UK Abdul Hannan presented his credentials to the Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace on Wednesday in a simple but regal ceremony.High Commissioner Hannan joined the London Mission as High Commissioner on 30 September 2014. External Publicity

CHITTAGONG: A man was killed and four others injured as a train hit a passenger bus at Ispahani rail gate in the port city on Thursday.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Officer-in-Charge of GRP Thana Himangsu said Ctg-bound Meghna

DHAKA: Ten newly-appointed additional judges of the High Court took oath of office on Thursday morning. Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha administered the oath at 10:30 am at the Supreme Court auditorium.Appellate Division Judges, High Court Division Judges, Attorney General and wives

GAIBANDHA: An activist of Juba League, youth wing of Awami League, was hacked to death by miscreants in Sapmara village in Gobindaganj Upazila on Thursday morning.   The deceased was identified as Abdul Hamid Khan Hero, 38, former general secretary of Gobindaganj Degree College, and

SAVAR, DHAKA: A five-storey building in Sobhanbag area of Savar municipality caught fire early Thursday. Fire service sources said the fire began from somewhere on the fourth floor of the building around 5:00am and soon spread to the adjacent places. On information, a fire fighting unit

RIYADH: Expatriates in Saudi Arabia will enable to process visas online for their spouses and dependent children to bring them to the country.The Ministry of Interior’s (MoI) launched online service to ensure hassle-free family visa for expatriates. On Wednesday, Prince Mohammed bin

DHAKA: A total of 234 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed across the country on Thursday - the last day of the 120-hour hartal enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance, coupled with nationwide blockade.BGB Headquarters’ public relations officer

DHAKA: Four people of a family were injured when a fire broke out at a shanty of Korail slum in the city’s Mohakhali area on Wednesday night.The injured were identified as Kadbanu, 42, her two daughters - Sima Akter, 20, Iti Akter, 16 - and her son Hanif, 12.Originated from a gas

RANGPUR: A driver and his helper were injured when activists of Islami Chattra Shibir, student’s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, exploded cocktails targeting a goods-leaden truck in Darshana Shutki intersection of the city on Wednesday night.Identities of the injured could not be