DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam to arrange Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections within the shortest possible time. The premier came up with the directive in the regular

GAZIPUR: Miscreants torched a passenger bus in Chandana area of the district on Monday afternoon.Fire fighting sources said that miscreants hurled a petrol bomb aiming at the bus around 1:30pm. The fire broke out at the bus soon after the blast, said a spot account of the incident.No one

DHAKA: The first US–funded Shaheed Minar (Martyrs’ Monument) in Paterson of New Jersey in United States was inaugurated on Sunday. M Shameem Ahsan, Consul General of Bangladesh in New York, cut the ribbon where Pedro Rodriguez, deputy Mayor of Paterson, Ruby Cotton, Vice-President of

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, has called a 3-day strike starting from Tuesday (February 17) at all educational institutions across the country.JCD president Rajib Ahsan and general secretary Akramul Hasan made the announcement through a press release Monday

DHAKA: At least six persons were injured as miscreants blasted four cocktails in Gulshan and in front of foreign ministry in the city on Monday.Among the injured, one is in critical condition and rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.A gang of miscreants blasted three

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Hanging body of a security guard was recovered from Bhasha Shaheed Barkat Memorial Museum in Sergeant Zahurul Haque Hall of Dhaka University on Monday.The deceased was identified as Shangkar Chandra Roy (27).Zahurul Haque provost and also museum director Abu Mohammad

SATKHIRA: Members of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) shot a Bangladeshi on Bhomra frontier in Satkhira sadar upazila Monday morning.The injured was identified as shepherd Saiful Islam, son of Mohammad Jinnah of Garekanda village.Sources said that the BSF shot Saiful when he was

DHAKA: Aminul Haque Badsha, press secretary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be buried in Kushtia.His body is now on the way to his village.Earlier, his body was kept on National Press Club premises in the city till 12 noon Monday for people of all walks of life to pay their

DHAKA: A delegation of Subcommittee on Human Rights of European Parliament is set to arrive in Dhaka on a five-day visit on Monday to observe human rights situation in the country amid ongoing political violence.In last two decades, it will be the first tour of Subcommittee on Human

PATHORGHATA, BARGUNA: At least eight fishermen sustained bullet injuries as sea robbers attacked them in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday night.Confirming the matter to banglanews, Coast Guard official said, “We heard the news of attack some 160 kilometers deep in the Bay from

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