RAJBARI: Locals blocked Dhaka-Khulna highway at Goalando following death of a person in a road crash in the area Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Idris Ali, 30, son of Sadek Ali, resident of Goalando. Sources told banglanews that Idris was killed there after a rashly

LALMONIRHAT: All modes of transports went off the roads in Lalmonirhat Saturday morning. Sources told banglanews that the strike has been called demanding to meet 2-point demand of of district truck and lorry workers’ union. The union is demanding immediate arrest of the attackers of

DHAKA: The customs intelligence officials detained two Malaysia-bound passengers with foreign currencies worth about Tk 39 lakhs early Saturday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.  The detainees are Badiuzzaman Laskar and Ziaul Haq. Assistant Commissioner of customs intelligence

DHAKA: Sea ports are advised to show cautionary signal no ‘One’ as the depression over westcentral Bay and adjoining eastcentral Bay remained practically stationary over the same area. A Bangladesh Meteorology Department bulletin said on Saturday morning that maritime ports of

DHAKA: Customs intelligence officials recovered 15kg gold from a toilet of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in city early Saturday. Sources said the recovered gold includes 12kg bars as well as 3kg chains, worth about Tk7.5 crore. Assistant director of the customs intelligence

DHAKA: Two unidentified persons were killed when a speedy private car ran over them in front of Scholastica School in Uttra area of the city on Friday afternoon.Inspector (investigation) Shahidul Islam Mollah of Airport Thana confirmed the matter to banglanews.Shahidul Islam said, a

DHAKA: Fire fighters doused a devastating a fire after one and half-an-hours of fanatic efforts since it broke out at a blanket factory inside Dhaka Central Jail in the city on Thursday.Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) sources said the fire originated at the factory godown

PARBATIPUR (DINAJPUR): Two persons were killed in a road accident in Bhusirbandar area under Chirirbandar upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased were identified as Abdur Aziz, 38, son of Nazrul Islam at Fatejangpur village of Chirirbandar upazila and Manik Chandra Roy, 28,

DHAKA: A man was killed and two others were injured as an Air Conditioner (AC) exploded in a hotel of city’s Gulshan area on Friday.Assistant commissioner (AC) Nurul Alam of Gulshan Zone confirmed the matter.He said the accident occurred when they were servicing the AC on the rooftop

DHAKA: Two United Nations human rights experts on Thursday urged the Government of Bangladesh to stay the execution of assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami M Kamaruzzaman who was condemned to death for crimes against humanity. “The UN Special Rapporteurs on summary

COX’S BAZAR: Police in a drive held 10 Malaysia bound Bangladeshis with one broker from Ramu upazila of the district on Thursday night while they were trying to go to Malaysia illegally.Police sources said that acting on a tip-off, law enforcers conducted a drive and held them from

GAZIPUR: The Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive detained a youth and recovered three foreign pistols, 11 rounds of bullet and four magazines from him at Sadar town of the district Thursday night. The detainee was identified as Roni, 24, hailed from Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.

DHAKA: The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were deployed in Dhaka on Thursday evening to maintain law and order and ensure peace.Several platoons of BGB troops have been deployed in other places across the country as well.Public Relations Officer (PRO) of BGB Headquarters Mohsin

JESSORE: Two people, including a policeman, were injured after miscreants attacked bombs targeting police vehicle in front of a mosque in Kholadanga area under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday evening.Jessore Kotwali Thana Office-in-Charge Enamul Haque told banglanews that

DHAKA: The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered some 27 cocktails from adjacent to daily ‘Amader Somoy’ office of Tejgaon area in city on Thursday.Assistant superintendent of police (ASP) Maruf Ahmed of RAB-2 said police initially suspected that the cocktails might be

DHAKA: The deep depression over westcentral Bay and adjoining eastcentral Bay moved slightly northwestwards over the same area.It was centred at 06:00pm Thursday about 1,060 kms south-southwest of Chittagong port, 990 kms south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 970 kms south-southwest

BOGRA: Two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Bogra Highway in Ariabazar area of Shahjahanpur upazila in the district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam, 30, son of Mahtab Uddin of Monirampur area of Jessore district and

DHAKA: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman on Thursday categorically said the chain of command in police administration was collapsed.“Some police personnel in a particular district are involved in anti-disciplinary activities that are tarnishing the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday placed wing chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team Morshed Alam alias Masum on a five-day remand.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate M Hasibul Haque passed the order after Detective Branch (DB) police inspector Nibaran Chandra Barman produced theme before the court

DHAKA: Foreign affairs ministry has summoned Pakistani acting High Commissioner to Dhaka Ahmad Hussain Dayo for the remarks of a senior cabinet member of Pakistan regarding the recent verdict in Bangladesh by the International Crimes Tribunal.Terming the comments as unwarranted and