JHALOKATI: A court here awarded death penalty to five JMB men for killing Jhalokati Public Prosecutor Advocate Haidar Hussain about eight years back.District Session Judge Abdul Halim passed the order in a crowded court on Wednesday noon.The JMB men gunned down Haidar Hussain on April

DHAKA: Customs officials detained a passenger with two kilograms gold worth about Tk 1 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning.The detainee is Mintu, 36, hails from Comilla.Airport customs joint-commissioner Kazi Mohammad Ziauddin confirmed the matter to

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will have to face trial for terrorism as per international standard.The premier also asked Khaleda Zia: “Stop burning people by petrol bombs, stop terrorist activities.”She came up with assertion

BHOLA: Police recovered five petrol bombs in Bhola municipality area early Wednesday.District Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ramananda Sarkar told banglanews that acting on tip-off, a police team of conducted raid in Reserved Pukur area at 12:00am.A gang of miscreants were

JHENAIDAH: Two Bangladeshis were shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Lebutola frontier under Moheshpur upazila early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Aminur Rahman, 28 and Foyez Ahmed alias Foysal, 32.Commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Subedar Jahangir

PABNA: Three persons were killed after a truck rammed into a three wheeler, locally named Nasim, in Kashinathpur in Santhia on Wednesday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.BDST: 1006 HRS, FEB 11, 2015

DHAKA: Armed Police Battalion (APBn) members detained five people and seized 721 grams of gold and 2 kilograms of cannabis at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.Of the detainees, four are-- Abul Kalam, Nuruzzaman, Ashraful Islam and Ruhul Amin.APBn nabbed them in separate drives

NETROKONA: A driver and his helper sustained burn injuries when miscreants hurled petrol bombs at a truck in Pisinal School area under Durgapur upazla of the district on Tuesday night.Of the inured, one was identified as Afzal, driver of the truck.Durgapur Thana Officer-In-Charge (OC)

FENI: At least 11 people suffered burns and 25 others received other injuries when miscreants hurled petrol bombs at a bus in Daganbhuiyan Upazila of the district on Tuesday night.Witnesses said 36 reports of casualties took place in Ameergaon area around 9:30pm when a Bashurhat-bound

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approved charge sheet against former Water Resources State Minister, also incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) of Patuakhali-4 Mahbubur Rahman, for acquiring illegal properties worth Tk 6.50 crore.The anti-graft body approved this on Tuesday and

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) to see the victims on Wednesday.PM press wing said that the premier is expected to reach the DMCH around 9:30am on the day.However, at least 62 persons are admitted to the hospital

DHAKA: The Saudi Arabia government assured of giving safe working environment as well as security for Bangladeshi workers.Visiting Saudi Deputy Minister of Labor for International Affairs Dr Ahmad Al Fuhaid gave the assurance at a meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned five people, including Managing Directors (MDs) of Fareast Finance and Investment Limited (FFIL) and Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited (BIFC).They were summoned for interrogation on charge of their involvement in Ananda

DHAKA: A couple was found dead at a residence in Bamuil area under Demra Thana of the capital.The deceased was identified as Aslam, 32, and his wife Pia Akhter, 19.  On information, police recovered the bodies from the area on Tuesday afternoon.Sub-inspector of Demra Thana Nazmul

DHAKA: At least 46 leaders and activists were detained in nightlong drives conducted by law enforcers in three districts.Banglanews correspondents report from their respective districts on Tuesday.Rangpur: Ten activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir and

DHAKA: Law enforcers on Tuesday recovered 2.5-kg gold from the Turna-Nishitha train at Kamalapur railway station in city. They also detained two people for their alleged involvement with carrying the gold. Kamalapur railway thana Sub-Inspector Rafiqul Islam told banglanews that acting

DHAKA: At least 20 garment workers were injured in a tripartite clash among police, workers and a group of people loyal to the factory owners in Pukurpar area of Ashulia, outskirt of the city, on Tuesday.Ashulia Industrial Police-1 director Mostafizur Rahman told banglanews that about

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police, in a raid against illegal immigrants, detained seven Bangladeshis among 61 foreigners from a shopping mall in Penang city.Local businesspeople had long been complaining that their businesses were being hampered as illegal immigrants became shop owners

DHAKA: Aminul Haque Badsha, press secretary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, passed away at 6:00am (BDST) in London.Eminent journalist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury is expected to bring his body in Bangladesh.BDST: 1015 HRS, FEB 10, 2015

SYLHET: At least 32 people including 10 children died at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) in the last 24-hour.Of the deceased children, four were newborn and six were from six months to seven years of age. Victims’ relatives alleged that they died due to wrong