GOALUNDO, RAJBARI: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) authorities have suspended Daulatdia-Paturia ferry service temporarily early Wednesday due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.Sources told banglanews that the ferry service has been halted around

TANGAIL: Four people were killed and two other injured critically in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhu Bridge highway early Wednesday.Indentity of the deceased could not be known yet.The accident took place at 12:15am when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw was sandwiched between two

DHAKA: Two people received bullet injuries over establishing supremacy in Shyampur area of the city on Tuesday night. The injured are Abdul Jalil and Mohammad Jashim. Police sources said that they sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two groups over establishing supremacy in the

BARISAL: Miscreants set fire to two Dhaka-bound launches in the district launch ghat on Tuesday night.The launches are MV Sundarbans-7 and MV Parabat-10.Police sources said that miscreants torched four cabins of the vessels at 9:00pm.Police In-Charge of river outpost of the area Nazrul

CHANDPUR: District BNP unit called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Saturday protesting the arrest of BNP leaders and activists.District BNP joint convener Advocate Salim Ullah Selim made the declaration around 5:00pm in a rally on Chandpur Hasan Ali High School premises of the district.After the

DHAKA: Jamal Uddin Ahmed has been re-appointed as the chairman of the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.Moreover, the former board members will be reinstated in running the national flag carrier.An order from Prime Minister Office (PMO) made the disclosure on Tuesday.The

DHAKA: Bir Bikrom Major (retd) ATM Hamidul Hossain Tariq will speak as part of the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) Guest Lecture Series in IGCC Auditorium of the city on January 29.He will speak on “Diplomatic History of Liberation War-Account of a Freedom Fighter” in the

DHAKA: 20-party blockaders vandalized a passenger bus at city’s Kuril area on Tuesday afternoon.Police said a group of blockaders vandalized the bus of Suprabhat Paribahan around 3:30pm. However, no one was reportedly injured.Bhatara Thana Officer-in-Charge Sarowal Alam confirmed the

DHAKA: State Minister for home affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal Tuesday announced bounty for information leading to arrest petrol bomb attackers and arsonists. He made the disclosure when members of newly elected Bangladesh Crimes Reporters Association of Bangladesh (Crab) paid a

THAKURGAON: India’s Border Security Force (BSF) nabbed a Bangladeshi Jamal Hossian (28) from Paria frontier area of Baliadanga upazila of the district.Members of BSF Bargharia camp detained Jamal, son of late Sahed Ali of Raypur village of Barhatta upazila of Netrokona district, at

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday said live telecast centers would be established in every division of the country within two years.He made the disclosure in an inaugural ceremony of ‘Training on Television Program Production (Diploma)’ course at National

JAMALPUR: A Jamalpur court on Tuesday sentenced five persons to death for killing a 14-year old boy.Additional District and Session Judge Waheduzzaman Sikder passed the order around 11:30am.The convicted are Saddam Hossain, 20, Setu, 18, Fazle Rabbi, 20, Zakir Hossain, 24 and Miran,

DHAKA: Foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said UN peacekeeping forces from Asia-pacific region including Bangladesh are working in the conflicting areas to attain sustainable peace in the world.The minister made the assertions in an inaugural ceremony of a consultancy

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court issued arrest warrant against Tarique Rahman and Mirza Fakhrul in a case filed over derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu and Sheikh Hasina.On September 9, 2014, AB Siddique, president of Bangladesh Jananetri Parishad, a pro-Awami league organisation, filed the case

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of Islami Chhattra Shibir, student’s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, brought out brisk procession, vandalized six to seven vehicles and exploded seven to eight cocktails at city’s Shahjadpur area on Tuesday morning.Tuesday is the fifteenth day of the

DHAKA: An unidentified youth was killed and three cops were injured in a gunfight between a team of Detective Branch (DB) police and a gang of miscreants in Khilgaon area of the city early Tuesday.The gunfight took place at Jorapukur ground of the area around 3:00am that left the youth

MEHERPUR: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) opened a border out post (BOP) at Ichakhali border under Sadar Upazila of the district.BGB additional director general of Jessore zone Brigadier General Shahidul Islam inaugurated the new camp around 4:00pm on Monday.The 47th BGB battalion

DHAKA: Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Greg Wilcock, on behalf of Australia, “condemned, without qualification, the continuing political violence in Bangladesh”.He also urged all sides to renew their efforts to resolve political differences peacefully, and to exercise

CHITTAGONG: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) early Monday seized 100,000 pieces of yaba tablet worth Tk 4 crore from Shah Porir Dwip area under Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.Moreover, the elite force personnel detained Abdul Amin, 26, son of Nurul Islam, residing in

DHAKA: The government has blocked three more popular online voice and messaging services—WhatsApp, Mypeople and Line—due to security purpose. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Monday blocked the popular services after blocking Viber and Tango. These five