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

DHAKA: The newly-appointed Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang hoped that the prevailing political situation of the country will become normal soon. “Life will go on here as earlier soon,” he told reporters Sunday noon at secretariat in the capital after meeting with

DHAKA: Customs authorities detained an Indian citizen along with 2.7kg gold at Hazrat Shahjalaj International Airport on Sunday.The detainee, identified as Bijoy Kumar (40), came from Dubai by a flight of Emirates Airlines at 11:00am on Sunday.Airport Customs assistant commissioner Farid

MUNSHIGANJ: A police constable along with his driver was died in a road accident in the district on Sunday while he accompanied by his family members was rushing to village home hearing the news of mother’s death.  The accident took place in Kamarkhola area under Sreenagar upazila

DHAKA: Four people, including a woman, were killed in separate road mishaps across the capital Dhaka sometimes between Saturday night and Sunday morning.The accidents took place on four separate spots including near Rupshi Bangla Hotel, Natun Bazar area of Vatara, Senpara Parbata of

DHAMRAI (DHAKA): Two persons were killed falling off a truck when another truck hit the vehicle on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Daotiya area early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Harun-ar-Rashid of South Bathuli village of Dhamrai upazila and Dulal Miah of Bhagmanpur village under

DHAKA: The main construction work of converting the Dhaka-Chittagong highway into four-lane is going on in full swing. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday hoped that the project of widening the 192-kilometre Dhaka-Chittagong highway will be completed by June. The

MYMENSINGH: A mugger was shot dead by police in Bhatikasar area of the town while he was snatching a mobile phone and cash from a businessman early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Liton, 28.Kotwali Model Thana Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abdur Rashid confirmed the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday called upon people of the country to be united against ongoing barbarism and brutality during hartal-blockade of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami. She came up with the plea while addressing the 20th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Coast Guard and

DHAKA: The operation of new Burn Unit has begun at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Sunday morning to ensure better treatment for burn victims amid growing acts of sabotage countrywide.BSMMU vice chancellor Professor Pran Gopal Datta inaugurated the Burn

DHAKA: A total of 258 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed across the country on Sunday to prevent sabotage during hartal and blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance.BGB Headquarters’ public relations officer Mohammad Mohsin Reza confirmed the

MAGURA: A man was killed and five others were injured during rivalry clash in Bhatra village under Mohammadpur upazila on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Azad Sheikh, 35, son of Mazed Sheikh of Palla village.Police said recently there was a scuffle between the groups of

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a passenger bus in city’s Tejgaon area on Saturday night. Fire service sources said that a gang of anarchists set fire to a passenger bus of Balaka Paribahan in the area around 9:00pm. On information, a fire fighting unit rushed to the spot and doused the

DHAKA: Customs authorities of Shahjalal International Airport detained two persons and seized 500gm gold on Saturday. The detainees are Abdul Hakim, a Pakistani citizen and a Bangladeshi driver of Pakistan Airline’s vehicles Alamgir Hossain. Joint commissioner of customs Zia Uddin

GAZIPUR: Government Railway Police recovered two bodies from Tongi rail-crossing area adjacent to Ahsan Ullah Master Flyover on Saturday evening.The deceased were identified as Shilpi Akter, 27 and Enamul Haque, 32.GRP sources said that they might have been crushed under the wheels of a

LAXMIPUR: Miscreants torched four vehicles in different places of the district on Saturday evening.Police sources said that miscreants set fire to a covered van in Gora area of Maheshpur in the district on 6:30pm.The front side of the van was gutted before locals doused the blaze.On the

DHAKA: The body of Aminul Haque Badsha, former press secretary to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will arrive in Dhaka from London on Sunday.Badsha’s younger brother Quamrul Haque Shamim told banglanews that the body would arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around

DHAKA: A woman allegedly strangled her 2-year-old baby girl to death at Suhrawardi Udyan in the capital Saturday noon.The deceased was identified as Sharmin.Sources told banglanews that as the mother, Shahida, who got second married to man four days ago, was missing since the child’s