DHAKA: A man was killed and five others sustained burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a running pick-up van on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Tarab municipality in Rupganj Upazila late on Friday. The deceased was identified as M Kabir Sheikh, 40, hailed from Bikrampur of Munshiganj. 

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed profound shock at the death of Commander Abdur Rauf, one of the prime accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case.Abdur Rauf died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at 5:00am on Friday at the age of 82. In a message of

DHAKA: The United Nations (UN) observers will release their final report on Sunday about the tanker sunk in Shela River of Sundarbans.They will present the report in a press conference in Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) auditorium of the city

DHAKA: A passenger bus was set ablaze by miscreants in city’s Johnson Road area on Friday afternoon.None was reportedly injured in the incident as the passengers managed to get down from the bus immediately after the arson attack.Locals said that a gang of miscreants set fire to the

DHAKA: Family members of convicted war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman will meet him at Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday morning. Sources of Kamaruzzaman’s family confirmed the matter to banglanews on Friday. Earlier on Thursday, Advocate Shishir Munir, lawyer of death-row convict

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: The Dhaka University (DU) and its adjacent areas have witnessed processions and rallies in phases from Friday morning in protest of the killing of blogger and writer Avijit Roy. From the rally, the protesting students, teachers, citizens have vowed to resist the

DHAKA: Convener of Ganajagaran Mancha Imran H Sarker announced that the activists of the mancha will continue sit-in program till the arrest of blogger and writer Avijit Roy’s killers. He made the announcement while addressing the sit-in that started in front of National Museum at

DHAKA: Commander Abdur Rauf, the 35th accused of Agartala Conspiracy Case, breathed his last at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in city early Friday.Acting secretary general of Sector Commanders’ Forum Harun Habib confirmed the matter to banglanews.Rauf’s body has been taken to his

DHAKA: Another victim of ongoing blockade and hartal lost his battle for life for last 15 days at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in city on Friday morning.The ill-fated person was identified as Lutfar Rahman, 35, a rickshaw puller of Moulvibazar and son of Abdur Rahman, hailed from

ASHULIA, DHAKA: Three persons received severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast at a jewelry shop at Nishchintopur of Ashulia on Thursday night.The injured are identified as shop owner Bhola Das, his staff Bhim and Nokul.Of the victims, Bhola Das, told banglanews that the explosion

DHAKA: Former Dhaka University professor Ajay Roy on Friday filed a case with the Shahbagh Thana accusing militants of killing his son blogger and writer Avijit Roy.Shahbagh Thana Officer-In-Charge (OC) Sirajul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Sirajul said that, in the case, Ajay

DHAKA: Two people were killed and two others injured as a passenger bus knocked a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Nandigram upazila of the district Friday morning.The deceased could not be identified immediately.Faizur Raman, Officer-in-Charge of Nandigram Thana, told banglanews that a

KURIGRAM: A Bangladeshi cattle businessman was killed by Border Security Force (BSF) of India near Khalisha Kotal border area under Fulbari upazila of the district Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Shymal Chadra, 35, son of one Jagadish Chandra, hailed from Naodanga union of

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: Four people, including a two-year-old boy, were killed and four others injured when a truck ran over a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Karnagop area of the upazila on Friday.Three of the deceased were identified as Abdul Kader Mian, 65, Sweety Begum,

FENI: Miscreants exploded five cocktail bombs targeting the resident house of the district superintendent of police (SP) at the Circuit House of the town early Friday.The explosion took place around 1:45am. No detention and causality, however, was reported.District additional SP Saiful

DHAKA: A truck helper, who sustained burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on his vehicle in Bogra’s Char Matha intersection on January 23, lost his battle for life at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early Friday.The victim was identified as Jahangir Hossain, 30, hailed from

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday night talked to former president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) Anisul Huq and former mayor of Dhaka Hanif’s son Sayeed Khokon ahead of Dhaka City Corporations (North and South) elections.Both the

DHAKA: Rafida Ahmed Banya, wife of blogger and writer Avijit Roy whom miscreants hacked to death Thursday night, was taken to Square Hospital in city early Friday.DMCH Police Camp In-Charge Mozammel Haque told banglanews that she was taken there from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

MANIKGANJ: Three petrol bombs were recovered from a shopping mall in Manikganj Thursday night.Manikganj Sadar Thana Officer-in-Charge (OC) Aminur Rahman told banglanews that acting on tip-off, police recovered the bombs from a motorcycle parked at the ground floor of a shopping mall in

CHITTAGONG: Metropolitan police on Thursday replaced Officers-in-Charge of two thanas of port city along the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Detective Branch.Sources told banglanews that a Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner order made the changes this night in