DHAKA: Senior Medical Officer (Medicine) of Outdoor Department of Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes (BIRDEM) Hospital was shot by miscreants at his residence in city’s Moghbazar area on Sunday night.The victim is identified as Abu Naser Muhid, 37.Muhid

DHAKA: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran on Sunday said India deeply gives importance to its relations with Bangladesh and lauds the progress made by the people of Bangladesh especially under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The High Commissioner made

DHAKA: A schoolboy motorcyclist was killed and two other riders were injured in a road accident on Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover in city’s Jatrabari area on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Jacky Hossain (17), son of Siddique Akand of Saban Factory Lane of Dholairpar.The injured

DHAKA: A female teenager readymade garment (RMG) worker committed suicide by taking poison after she got upset over eve-teasing in city’s Dakkhin Khan area early Sunday.The victim was identified as Asfana Aktar Lavly alias Sathi, 17, daughter of Tofazzal Hossain Selim, hailed from

DHAKA: Noted journalist Chowdhury Mohammad Faruk passed away (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un) at his residence in United Kingdom on Saturday morning (local time).He was the president of Bangladesh Editors’ Council.His family members urged all of his well wishers and relatives to

SAVAR (DHAKA): Four children of a family were burnt in Aminbazar area of Savar as power outage hit country after the national grid tripped on Saturday.The ill fated children are Sara, Jara, Rakib and Zihad.Locals said that the children were studying at their room in the area under

Mir Quasem Ali in 1977 began his new mission of re-establishing Pakistani fanatic ideology in independent Bangladesh right from where he had ended his killing operations opposing the birth of a nation in 1971.He is the man who founded Islami Chhatra Shibir as perfect successor of

CHITTAGONG: Jamaat-Shibir activists hurled cocktails aiming the procession of Ganajagaran Mancha, brought out after the death sentence of Mir Quasem Ali, in front of Cinema Palace of Kotwali Thana in the port city on Sunday.Dr Chandan Das, Member Secretary of Ganajagaran Mancha,

DKAKA: The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Monday on an appeal filed by Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman challenging death penalty awarded by International Crimes Tribunal.Kamaruzzaman has been enlisted in Monday’s cause list of the verdict of the Appellate Division of

BOGRA: Eight vehicles have been vandalized on Sunday morning in Bogra’s Sherpur upazila during the hartal imposed by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.However, police detained a picketer at that time.The detainee is identified as Rashedul Islam, 30, son of Nuru Miah, resident of Garidah

BOGRA: Eight vehicles have been vandalized on Sunday morning in Bogra’s Sherpur upazila during the hartal imposed by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. However, police detained a picketer at that time. The detainee is identified as Rashedul Islam, 30, son of Nuru Miah, resident of Garidah

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-2 detained a man with 65 cocktails, eight hand bombs and bomb making materials in front of Neurosciences Hospital in city’s Agargaon area on Sunday. The detainee is identified as Manik.Confirming the matter RAB headquarters media wing deputy

SATKHIRA: An Indian citizen has been detained here on Sunday from Townshripur of bordering Debhata upazila in Satkhira for crossing boundary illegally. The detainee has been identified as Sirajul Islam, 24, son of Nasiruddin, hailed from Shamserabad of Delhi. Sources told banglanews

DHAKA: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs Nasrul Hamid on Sunday claimed that there is no load-shedding in the country right now.Minister also explained, “If there is power shortage in any area now that is due to some local problems, not generation

DHAKA: Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader in a surprise visit on Sunday went to Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) Bhaban in city and ordered to issue show-cause notices to 28 staff of the corporation. The show-cause notices were issued to explain why the

DHAKA: The top financier of Jamaat-e-Islami and also intellectuals’ killer Mir Quasem Ali will be hanged for his crimes against humanity committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971. A three-member judge panel of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 led by Justice

DHAKA: The cultivation of Aman across the country sees a record high production this season. Harvesting of the 2014 Aman season rice crop is expected to start in early November and continue until mid-December, reports The Crop Site. Overall, rainfall between June and mid-October has

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Sunday started reading out the verdict in war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali. The three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hasan started reading out the verdict at 11:00am. The tribunal is reading out 11

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained three activists of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) from Postagola in city on Saturday night.   Confirming the matter, DMP Media Center Deputy Police Commissioner Masudur Rahman told banglanews that

DHAKA: Special security measures have been taken at the important city points over the verdict of Intellectuals’ killer Mir Quasem Ali. Law enforcers were seen to patrolling in High court, press club, Doyel Chattar area since early morning Sunday. Convoys deployed in front of High